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The last month has come and gone in a flash while getting lost in not knowing the date or day of the week. In the thick fog of losing track of time every discernible moment during a race I can replay like dominos falling. If I’ve forgotten one moment during a race I’ll recall another [...]
KEYESVILLE CLASSIC As the saying goes “time fly’s when you’re having fun”. That’s been the case with the winter training season. I feel gracious for all the beautiful weather we’ve had in northern California this year that has eased some long training days. Most of the winter I’ve been riding that high only cyclists’ know. [...]
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 [...]
As with all the events Bike Monkey promotes, Sonomas was lacking nothing; great course, good food, beer, and people that love riding bikes. The Sonomas course is one of those events dubbed as a “real mountain bike course,” you know the long ones like they used to be that everyone loves to reminisce about. With [...]
Tonight was the last race of the local short track series put on by Bike Monkey. With the series now at a close I’m stoked to say I took the win
The change in trail condition from the first race at Lake Sonoma to the final this weekend was astounding. The first race saw many days of rain; making for some sloppy conditions. Conversely the race this weekend was bone dry sans two creek crossings (they felt good in the heat). The short fast course out [...]
The Downieville Classic was just as I remember from years in the past (sort of). Just about everything was the same minus the upper section of the course; hot, hard, fun, large attendance. The general atmosphere of this event is what mountain bike racing is all about. It was awesome to be at this event [...]