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This is year thus far has turned out like one of the distant past. My early racing years was plagued by mechanicals and this year has chalked up to just that. The previous few seasons have been almost entirely mechanical free and this year I haven’t found my break. Yet!!! I recall last year not [...]
This weekend I ventured up north to Ft. Bragg, California for an inaugural event called raid on Sherwood peak. The event turned out to be what I expected, poorly attended yet fun. There were only about 50 of us total to take on the day of plentiful forest logging roads. My intention of doing this [...]
This weekend I raced Boggs 8-hour relay race, it’s been a long time since I have raced a team race. The last one I did was with my brother and a friend when I was 15. It is a whole different kind of race with all the stopping and starting than I’m used to. Nevertheless [...]
The days leading Whiskey 50 in Arizona were hectic swapping parts and changing equipment for the race after the Sea Otter carnage. I was up late triple checking all my stuff to make sure I had everything I needed for the weekend. I usually check over my stuff a few times then don’t second guess [...]
The good, the bad, and the ugly. That sums up the Sea Otter Classic for me; although the later two were involved I’d like to emphasize the first. When events don’t go in your favor I guess you just have to appreciate that it is a part of life and there’s much to learn. I [...]
The first two rounds of the US Cup are now said and done. The warm glow of racing is back in the legs and all that goes along with it. Long trips in the car in the battleground of L.A. traffic, hacking up a lung of dust after the effort, and the endless pursuit of [...]
I rolled into the White Tanks Regional Park in Buckeye, AZ Friday afternoon with my Team Ti set up SS style and my Attack Trail 6.9 I had built up that morning, with anticipation that I was going to ride a couple laps of the XC course then cruise down to South Mountain in Phoenix and [...]
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