Tag Archive for: cycling
Race Report from BuDu #5
This past weekend I decided to race my mountain bike. It was pretty much a spur of the moment decision at 7:30 pm the night before the race. I havent raced my mtb since the Test of Metal last June. Not only that but I was out until 1 am…
Keeping warm on your bike.
So the other day I was riding and due to my booties being wet still I left them at home. About three quarters through my ride the sun began to dip on the horizon and my poor feet began to get cold. Every cyclist has been in this situation…
Black Ice 1, Scatman 0
The Match up:
(From Wikipedia)
Black ice, sometimes called clear ice, refers to a thin coating of glazed ice on a surface.
Because it represents only a thin accumulation, black ice is highly transparent and thus difficult to see as compared…
Black Diamond Trail Review
January 07, 2012
Location: : Black Diamond/Lake Sawyer/Maple Ridge (known as Henry's Ridge)
Getting there: From I-405 take SR-169 south towards Black Diamond. Pass through Four Corners shopping-Safeway on the left and continue to the town…
Fat Bike Snow Ride #1
Last night I went for my first ever fat bike ride on snow with my Surly Pugsley. About 10 minutes into the car ride I blurted out, SHIT! and my friend driving stabbed at the breaks not knowing what I was yelling shit about. I had just realized…
Crank Brothers Egg Beater 2 Review
Crank Brothers Egg Beater 2's
$90 (purchase here)
Test Period: 7 months
Field Tester: Scatman
I've been using Crank Brothers Egg Beaters 2 pedals for over 5 years now and love them. That being said I had…
SSCXWC 2011
It's back and here are the details or you can go to the SSCXWC site.
When: Nov. 18-20
Where: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
Who: You and 249 other single speeders
Why: Because you keep it simple, like to dress up and drink beer.
Volunteers…
Sasse Mtn. Trail Review
September 24, 2011
Our intended loop was to start at Salmon La Sac, ride the road east to FS4305, work our way up to the Sasse Mtn Trail #1340, then ride the ridge to Trail 1307 the Jolly Mtn. Trail which would drop us back down at Salmon La…
2011 StarCrossed Coverage
Presented by
Condensed Version
Full Race Coverage Part 1
Full Race Coverage Part 2
Men's Top 10
1 Bart Wellens (Bel)
Telenet-Fidea
0:56:13
2 Ryan Trebon (USA)
LTS-Felt
0:00:11
3 Jonathan Page (USA)
Planet…
Noble Knob Trail Review
September 3, 2011
White River Trail #1199
FSR 7174
Noble Knob Trail #1184
Dalles Ridge Trail #1173
Palisades Trail #1198
Our loop started at Camp sheppard where we rode a counter clockwise loop starting with the White River Tr. #1199 to…
