This past weekend I loaded up the Yukon and headed north. The plan – race in the 2nd 24 hour race in the last 14 days. The B.P.R. schedule has three, that’s “3”, 24 hour races in a 28 day period. Yeah, educated coaching says massive ‘recovery’ time is required between serious races. Well, I’m… Read More 24 Hours of Leadville: Race Review
Assault on the Peak = The Pikes Peak Hill Climb, ON A SINGLE SPEED (B.P.R. Style!) I’ve always wanted to ride up Pikes Peak. Why? Because Pikes Peak is there and it’s a 14er. The only problem – Pikes Peak is paved. Oh well. A little asphalt isn’t going to stop me from grinding up… Read More The Assault on the Peak: Race Review
To sum it all up… 32 x 19 was a terrible choice. Don’t believe me? Check out the profile and the 1st major climb. The Race Summary, well just the important stuff: For the Judd, the race started out with 3 mechanical problems in the 1st 3 laps. Lap 1 = a broken seat post… Read More 24 Hours in the Sage: Race Review
The final hours until the FUN – the SUFFERING begin. The bikes are ready, the racers are ready, the weather is great, all you BPR fans are missing one awesome BPR experience! The BPR Transition Area — Post From My iPhone at 24 Hrs in the Sage Location:County Road 50,Gunnison,United States
Tomorrow is Race Day – 24 Hrs in the Sage. I’m prepared, almost. Is the rest of the B.P.R. Crew? Who knows! My ‘run up’ strategy consisted of 11 straight days on the bike during the last 2 weeks. Easy rides, only put in 225 miles during the time span. But the 11 days conditioned… Read More 24 Hrs in The Sage, Prerace Comments
No joke, you do the math! (And let me know if my math sucks, I am getting old – you know.) I finally rode the fixed gear into work – and I rode it home. The total = 41.31 miles. My fixed gear rolls 17 feet and 11 inches per crank revolution and if the… Read More The Commute = 12,174 Crank Revolutions
High altitude training, New Mexico style? What does that mean. Well, it means Fixed Gear baby, Fixed Gear. Today 1/2 of the B.P.R. crew took a leisurely ride to the top of Sandia Crest. Prob-eee and Judd started out at The Judd’s pad at Paa-ko (~6525 feet above sea level) and rode up and… Read More B.P.R. High Altitude Training, New Mexico Style
Leg # 3 – Imogene Pass, connects Telluride to Ouray Imogene Pass, a classic. Someone, sometime, claimed Imogene Pass is the second highest ‘road’ in the United States. Who knows. I wouldn’t call it a road, but that’s just me. Anyway, It’s a great ride / hike, the views are unreal. The rain, lightning and… Read More B.P.R High Altitude Championship: Leg #3, Imogene Pass – Video
Leg # 2 – Black Bear Pass, connects Red Mountain Pass to Telluride Colorado Black Bear Pass, enough said. It’s Awesome. So awesome I chose two Metallica songs. Why two songs? Well, the action does’t determine the length of the video. THE TUNES set the length of the video. AND when I pick TWO Metallica songs,… Read More B.P.R High Altitude Championship: Leg #2, Black Bear Pass – Video
It takes time to cut / crop / process / edit / annotate / perfect the video footage. So I will roll out the Back of the Pack High Altitude Championship video segments one by one. Leg #1 – Red Mountain Pass. If you haven’t been over Red Mountain Pass – well, make it happen.… Read More B.P.R High Altitude Championship: Leg #1, Red Mtn Pass – Video
BACK OF THE PACK RACING 