My Life On A Bike

A mountain bike trip to Moab is like the cyclist’s rite of passage.  Every rider remembers their First Time to this red rock, slick rock riding mecca.  This trip is our 10th, 11th, I forget, but the wonder and mystique never grows old for me.   Along for the trip are our friends, Clogger, Speedy, and Regularjoe.  Regularjoe [...]

Spring finally arrived this weekend, yeah!!!  We enjoyed a wonderful day playing in the dirt with friends and unknowingly avoided a disastrous day on the bike.   After 3 hard weeks of riding, last week  was rest  for me.  Of course, I did not  obey the rules and over extended myself one time too many.  That’s [...]

I enjoyed a refreshing ride this afternoon.  The past 3 weeks have been filled with hard rides and intense workouts and the fatigue has finally caught up with me.   Long overdue for a rest week, I was not looking for a ride in particular.  Tuesday I expected to be recovered, but could barely pull out [...]

Today was the second weekend in a row I was joining Damyankee and the atlbike crew for a Saturday road ride.  Last wkd, Keith led us on a climbing fiesta up  Vinson, Hightower, and Paris Mtn.  It was my first time up Paris Mtn and I really enjoyed it.  My legs are getting stronger and [...]