On January 18th, I decided to race MTB Ayiti. The race started on January 30th. Besides being undertrained and overweight (which I like to think of as “rested and healthy”), I was really worried about the heat. It was 34 degrees and raining in Portland while I was training and the forecast told me it [...]
Continue ReadingPhotoGlimmer: Remembering Flanders
We huddled around the laptop in bed this morning, as we have done so many times before. Watched Fabian ride away this morning, as he has done so many times before. While we watched, I wondered how the women’s race was shaking out and when or if there would ever be a day when I [...]
Continue ReadingPhotoglimmer: Good Dirt in Nobeyama, Japan
2011. Tina Brubaker. My cyclocross spirit animal. At each fork in the road in Nobeyama, Japan that day we took whichever road looked worse. Pavement to gravel to dirt to thick, tracked-out mud. We kept going. Finally, we turned up a road that looked suspiciously like it might not actually be a road. A few [...]
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Photoglimmer: Mixtes, Heels and Wedding Daze
She called on a Tuesday. “We’re getting married on Wednesday.” “Jennifer, that’s tomorrow.” “I know. 2:00pm. Can you make it?” I made it. And so did 5 other friends. We gathered in Washington Park rose garden. The bride and groom arrived on Linus bikes. Susan had a baby blue Public, which is what she uses to [...]
Continue ReadingPhotoglimmer: Those Red Shoes
Standing in what politicians call Spain, looking north into what politicians call France. Truth is, we were neither place. On top of this watchtower on our way to a mountain bike ride that would remain one of my all time favorites for years to come, we were squarely in the middle of Basque Country. Just [...]
Continue ReadingTime Tested: Indestructible SIDI Road Shoes
Working in the cycling industry gives me a lot of access to test new product and while I’m as smitten with shiny stuff as the next gear-junkie, I’m most impressed by the pieces that just refuse to die. Unfortunately for Sal, who would very much love to have a reason to buy a new, sparkly [...]
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