It’s been a long 6 weeks. Many dudes, dudes of The Crew, have been turning the cranks all over the world. And a large set of The Crew executed serious crank revolutions at some serious events… all over this planet we call EARTH. Yeah, just to be complete, if you care, The Past Events in… Read More Another 42 Days We’ll Never Get Back: v15.11
Jasper did it again, he conquered The Great Southern Brevet. For us yankees The Great Southern Brevet is a 683.5 mile (1100 km) race that tours the southern part of the New Zealand’s South Island. Jasper at the finish. I think. Who the hell would know? The dude sure knows how to bundle up! Jasper’s summary… Read More The Great Southern Brevet – Jasper’s Awesome Adventure
The New Zealand Wrap Up – That’s Right. This blog posting is not for you, the Back of the Pack fan that can only pay attention to the first 5 paragraphs or the first 5 minutes of info or whichever 5 minutes comes first. (Confused by that comment – I bet you are.) Anyway, this… Read More New Zealand: The Wrap Up
As The Founder & The Leader of Back of the Pack Racing it IS my responsibility to schedule and complete site visits to all the BPR chapters around the globe. And the New Zealand Chapter of BPR is always on the top of the list. Not because I’m concerned about the NZ Chapter’s performance and ability to follow the BPR… Read More New Zealand’s Le Petite Brevet: A Multidimensional Adventure
Well, I survived my time down in Antarctica and I’m back recovering in New Zealand. Yes. I call it recovering – not vacation. The original plan was to arrive in New Zealand & head south for some ‘training’ down in the area around Queenstown & Wanaka. Yeah, training for the 2011 edition of the 240km… Read More Back to Civilization: New Zealand Aventures Part 1
It’s been a crazy couple of months. It took everything I had to prepare mentally for this trip. (Not physically, obviously. That’s covered by my psychotic biking hobby.) I’m a few days into a trip of a lifetime – the real trip starts in 36 hours, weather permitting. I hope to publish updates as my… Read More To New Zealand and Beyond
Below is a short (or long) summary of the crazy events that took place in New Zealand during the Week of October 17th – 23rd. As I like to say, the events included: 3 Kiwis, 2 Americans, a Black Sheep, an aerospace company, titanium and many many cool dudes in Rotorua. I left off the… Read More SSWC10: The Incredible Adventure
The Singlespeed World Championship 2010 / Rotorua New Zealand was unbelievable. I had the time of my life. I traveled solo but I meet many awesome dudes / dudettes. The Singlespeed World Championship participants / groupies are the best group of humans to assemble in a common place. Everyone was smiling, everyone was cool, everyone… Read More Singlespeed World Championships 2010: Race Review
So, I’ve been in New Zealand for about 5 days. I’ve learned a fair amount about this country – the way of life in the Southern Hemisphere. Below are the more interesting things that I’ve learned. Bike Vegas (a local bike shop) is totally cool. The dudes are totally cool. I ran into a problem… Read More New Zealand: What I’ve Learned
The Whaka 100 – Whakarewarewa Forest. It’s at the south end of Rotorua, dude! I don’t have much to say – just look at the course profile. The profile tells the story – 100km (62 miles) and 8340 vertical feet. The climbs were not gradual, straight up is a good visual. Ok. It wasn’t that… Read More Whaka 100: Race Review
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