Last Weekend The Lt Col and I went out for an easy ride in the cold. We hit all the major climbs in the ABQ South Foothills: The SS Stress Test and a the complete set of the 3Puah. It was a slow day, not because of the cold but because of the discussions. Check… Read More The Future: The Issues
So, the taper is over and I’m ready to race in the 24 Hours of Moab, maybe. (By the way, what the hell is ‘a taper’? Oh, I’m a rider not a racer – so I don’t need to know. Just like I’m a fighter not a lover, or something like that.) This last weekend… Read More 24 Hours of Moab, I’m ready! Maybe
Life isn’t just about Titanium Life isn’t just about 24 hour single speed Racing Life isn’t just about Choppers Life isn’t just about shredding the POW Life isn’t just about surviving the Backcountry A balanced Life must include Korn
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
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
I’ve been putting in some miles on the fixed gear road bike. I don’t really like it. I like the dirt. I like the isolation that comes with the dirt. But times like these require an alternate approach. (What? Times like these? What the Hell!) Yeah, it’s been raining, raining a lot. So the dirt… Read More 44 x 18 Ain’t That Bad
BACK OF THE PACK RACING 