It rained. It wasn’t exactly epic, but it definitely rained enough to wreak some serious havoc. Barton’s a killer because you’re not just dealing with mud, you’re dealing with layers of mud that are concealing really slippery rocks underneath. Wicked. The off-camber descent was a veritable hazard during Sal’s race and I stood by and [...]
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Perfect Agony: Rainier Cyclocross Race Report
The full race report follows, but I wanted to mention that I’ve recently established a relationship with Wend Magazine and they’ll be publishing these reports as a diary series on their blog this year. I’m super excited to be hooked up with such a kick-ass group of people. The mission (below) of the magazine is [...]
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The Curse of Villebois
I should have known better.We’re racing bikes through what is left of a former insane asylum. A few rotting concrete walls and several deadly spikes of rebar growing out of the ground here and there are the only remnants of the building that was Dammasch State Hospital, but the ghosts are out in force. I [...]
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Let us speak plainly. The race did not go as planned. Buried on the start line despite my early arrival. 4o-something headed into the single track. Are you kidding me?
Continue ReadingIt’s Christmas Eve for Portland ‘Crossers and The Sugarplums Look a lot Like Beers to Me
It’s here. The Crusade is upon us. Tomorrow morning. We ventured out last night to Portland Velo’s First Friday gathering at the Lucky Lab and then over the Roots Brewing Company for the Cross Crusade Kickoff Party. The ‘crossers were out in force. Rabid. Frothing.
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There’s only one word for it. When the remnants of a typhoon from Japan hit Portland on the same day as the USGP in Portland, the result can only be referred to as epic. The morning is black and cold and we pull into the parking lot before the sun rises. Wind-whipped and wet, we [...]
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