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Category Archives: biking
High times in low gears
Ben has a new cyclecross bike and I spent the summer building my gravel grinder. Instead of the traditional end-of-summer mountain run, why not get out for a little Indian Summer wheeled idiocy? Early this summer we did an all-night … Continue reading
Posted in biking, exploration
Tagged beer, ben, boulder, cr68, cr68j, Fall, flagstaff, gravel grinder, gross reservoir, magnolia, nederland, pizza, sugarloaf, switzerland trail
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Lucky Thirteen
Some problems have multiple solutions. Three months ago, Levi talked me into signing up for the Gold Rush Bike Rally. It’s a wildly-varying course with lots of climbing, some pavement and smooth dirt road, some loose gravel and sand, more … Continue reading
Posted in biking, race
Tagged cyclecross, fear, fourmile canyon, gold hill, gold run bike rally, lefthand canyon, lickskillet, oskar blues, poormans, race, reeb bikes, rowena, sunset, sunshine canyon, sunshine saddle, swizerland trail, wall street
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Operation Gravel Grinder
I was at a vulnerable point in my life — a little bored with the status quo of running and searching for something new to work on this summer. Knowing I was in this impressionable state, Levi swooped in and convinced … Continue reading
All Downhill From Here, Mostly.
Cycling is definitely not my primary hobby, but I do enjoy a good long road ride. Part 2 of my big goals for Summer 2014 was to do a big road ride in the mountains, something I’ve never done before. … Continue reading
Posted in biking
Tagged Camp Dick, cycling, hailstorm, lyons, nederland, peak to peak, raymond, riverside, st. vrain market, ward
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2013 Year in Review
Last year I set myself some goals… and none of them actually happened. I came close, but, well, life happened. The running goal was 1000 miles, but I only managed 810 (November/December total: 135 which is pretty good, considering), my … Continue reading
Posted in abroad, biking, exploration, family, peak, race, retrospective, running, skiing, winter
Tagged 2013, goals, retrospective, year in review
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Riding in the Buff
70 miles in a day under your own power is a long damn way… unless you’re on a decent road bike, surrounded by a couple thousand of your closest pals, and have well-stocked and enthusiastic aid stations every dozen miles … Continue reading
Posted in biking, race
Tagged 70 miles, buff bike classic, carter lake, felt, ride the buffalo, road cycling, seth
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Summer Season Retrospective
Bless me father, for I have sinned. It has been four months since I last checked my progress toward my yearly goals. The summer outdoors season is always particularly manic and this one more manic than most. Despite some setbacks, … Continue reading
Posted in biking, exploration, peak, race, retrospective, running, solo, travel
Tagged 2013, goals, new years resolution progress, summer retrospective
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