Category: Cycling
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Short Track Recap
What is Short Track? It’s like cyclocross, but with mountain bikes. What is cyclocross? Short-form off-road bicycle racing. The difference here is the features are bigger/bumpier, and there are no hurdles requiring dismounts. You can do it on a cross bike, and some do successfully, but it’s probably easier on a mountain bike. The series is weekly from June to July at the local motocross…
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Quick weekend in Tahoe
This past weekend I made a quick trip down to Tahoe. I left Thursday morning and was home by Sunday night. A nine hour drive each way, much of the trip was spent on the road. The goal was to race in the Tahoe Trail 100. The plan was to make the trip down take two days with most of the driving front-loaded so…
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The summer that can’t stop, won’t stop
Another two weeks down and another few things worth noting. High Desert Omnium I did this event a few years back and had a chance to get back down to Bend for it again this year. I almost didn’t after being hit by a car two nights before it, but that turned out to be a non-issue. Ugh. Left home early Saturday morning to arrive…
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Race: Barton Park Road Race
Double the number of road races as last year and we’re just getting started! I hadn’t planned on doing this one, but my legs were feeling good after a light week of travel/not riding, and two friends/teammates would be in my group (pictured) so I went for it. The weather was more of the same with temperatures in the 50s and rain. At this…
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Race: Kings Valley Road Race
It’s not often that I preregister for a race many days in advance. It’s never that I preregister for a race given a grim forecast. It’s 100% of the time I do both that a grim forecast turns into some of the most miserable weather a human being can endure. This weekend made me one for one. Sub-40 degree temps, downpours, constant spray from wet…
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Dalles Mountain 60 errrrr 56 or 57ish
A few weekends ago was this annual unorganized gravel ride on the Columbia an hour and a half east of town. Last year was my first and I had fun so I went and did it again. Nothing too noteworthy to report. The weather was absolute garbage to start (high 30s and raining), but around 2/3 of the way in the sun poked through, serving…