I’ve been struggling to process MTB Ayiti. It was hard and amazing and uncomfortable and frustrating and wonderful. As is usually the case, someone else got it more right than I ever will. Tommy prefaced this Facebook post by noting that he was “not a writer”. After reading this, I beg to differ. Tommy Southerland [...]
Continue ReadingMTB Ayiti Stage One: Mosaics!
It’s hard to overstate how dynamic and ambitious the MTB Ayiti project is. It’s a bike race, sure, but the overall vision reaches far beyond competition or shredding gnarly trails. At the end of the day, founder Philip Kiracofe’s dream is to create an entire system of trails that spans the vast mountainous regions of [...]
Continue ReadingOh hi, Haiti.
I’ve been called out. I know, my new year’s resolution to blog twice a week is off to a dubious start. That said, I’m crushing my other resolutions. 66% isn’t really even a D+ but 2 outa 3 ain’t bad? I don’t know. Either way, I’m sitting in seat 34A waiting for the departure of [...]
Continue ReadingIra Ryan + Ned Ludd = Amazing Market Bike
I just spent an amazing Saturday morning tagging along with Chef Jason French of Ned Ludd restaurant. Officially, I was gathering images and information for an upcoming Peloton Magazine story about the market bike that Ira Ryan built (in collaboration with Trucker Racks and Tanner Goods) for French to take to the Farmer’s Market every [...]
Continue ReadingThank you.
Last night Jennifer Cree and I spoke at Upper Echelon Fitness about Reve Tour. I cannot express how humbled I am by the crowd that turned out, the quality of questions, the level of enthusiasm and the absolute support that everyone there expressed. How amazing to have that feedback from our community here in Portland? [...]
Continue ReadingTurning the Corner
[Dodgy iPhone photo by Olivia Bleitz. What better way to celebrate corner-turning than with a nerdy photo vest and a row of porta-potties?] If you’ve been reading my weekly training updates for Peloton Magazine, you may have picked up on a certain darkness there. I’ve been heady, agitated, worried and a little depressed. I haven’t [...]
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