Apr. 30, 2008
Fresh Korn: A brief respite from EuropeRiding a bike is fun. That’s why we all start riding, right? For most people that’s still why we ride, even when it becomes your job. Sometimes though when you’re mid-season and starting to wear down a bit it’s easy to forget how much ...
Apr. 28, 2008
Long macaroni, German singletrack and good legs in WC #2 make Offenburg awful fun.
Basically any time a week of racing bikes somewhere kicks ass, we’re going to do a Ten Reasons piece. There’s just so much to tell on these perfect weeks that there would be pages and pages for you, the unfortunate reader, to wade through. ...
Apr. 23, 2008
Michael Barry's Diary - Domestique life
Cycling dynasties are built around one or two leaders and a team of domestiques who are willing to pedal to the death for their leader. Faema, Molteni, Flandria, La Vie Claire, Systeme U, Banesto, ONCE, U.S. Postal all became dynasties, not ...
Apr. 19, 2008
Battenkill winner Anna Milkowski's post race diaryAnna Milkowski is a member of Team Advil-Chapstick. This diary entry was completed a few hours after she won the 2008 Tour of the Battenkill Valley in New York — Editor
Redlands exists as a haze — a temporary exchange of lobster gloves ...
Apr. 15, 2008
Battling the compassion clause
What better way to begin my maiden voyage into the world of cycling diaries then to write about the Redlands Bicycle Classic, comparing it to racing in Europe in the spring?
Racing in California in March and April is not always the best ...
Apr. 14, 2008
Tour d’Afrique: Visiting the real Africa
Filmmaker Brian Vernor is best known in the bicycle industry for his documentary “Pure Sweet Hell,” which chronicled the cyclocross lifestyle on 8mm black-and-white film. His most recent project is filming and riding the
Apr. 11, 2008
Giant's Adam Craig reports on the second round of the NMBSAmerican cross-country mountain bike racer Adam Craig has his sights set on the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. That means for the next few months he will be battling it out on the World Cup and National Mountain Bike Series with his fellow ...
Apr. 8, 2008
The sounds of spring
The whistling of wind; the hiss of spray kicked up from mud-covered roads onto hollow down tubes; the light crackling sound of hail smashing into helmets; the honking of blown noses, clearing both spring sickness and mud; a hacking cough piercing ...
Apr. 6, 2008
Rusching Across Africa: The end
Professional endurance competitor Rebecca Rusch has tackled her fair share of adventure races and 24-hour mountain bike races throughout the years. Now, the Idahoan is in South Africa, at the Absa Cape Epic, a nine-day mountain bike stage race ...
Apr. 4, 2008
A day in life of Ryan, the team mechanic
Professional endurance competitor Rebecca Rusch has tackled her fair share of adventure races and 24-Hour mountain bike races throughout the years. Now, the Idahoan is in South Africa competing in the Absa Cape Epic, a nine-day endurance mountain ...
Apr. 4, 2008
Dirty Words with Adam CraigAmerican cross-country mountain bike racer Adam Craig has his sights set on the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. That means for the next few months he will be battling it out on the World Cup and National Mountain Bike Series with his fellow ...
Apr. 3, 2008
Rusching across Africa: The Scarlet Letter
Professional endurance competitor Rebecca Rusch has tackled her fair share of adventure races and 24-Hour mountain bike races throughout the years. Now, the Idahoan is in South Africa, at the Absa Cape Epic, a nine-day endurance mountain bike ...
