Mt. Bike Now

I almost forgot… Last Wednesday, I raced the final installment of the Tiger Lane Criterium races. Once again, I lined up as the solo woman with the Cat4 men. As previously mentioned, my recovery from Slobberknocker/Cohutta was questionable, so I wasn’t sure how I’d feel for the crit. From the gun, the pace was very slightly more [...]

Sunrise over the Mountains above the Reventazon River

Yesterday, most people who came through the store were Mother’s Day shopping. As a result, the most common question was not, “what bike should I get?” but more “do you think my wife will like this shirt?” No, I think your wife would like it if you expressed your love and gratitude for her on a [...]

I did an interview with Tour Divide hopeful Scott Thigpen on his website…and I didn’t swear once!Check it out here: Driven2Divide interviewLook around at the rest of his site while you are there. Lot’s of good info and funny stuff.

Terriers are awesome. At 12 years of age, Indy still pursues the elusive mole… sometimes in the confines of the empty compost bin

Watch this: No, really. Watch it. Especially about halfway through when they start talking about the need for a “women’s specific” geometry on bikes. Since I’ve started looking into various bike fits and helping people find proper bike fits, I’ve had an inkling that the women’s specific bike is a marketing gimmick… especially in the case of Scott, [...]

I had heard rumors for some time of this cabin within bikes reach of the city. Now bikes reach can mean different things to different folks. I mean I did make my way out to Brunswick after work one night, but as to not blowout the spot, we shall leave it at that. Last week, I had [...]

I had heard rumors for some time of this cabin within bikes reach of the city. Now bikes reach can mean different things to different folks. I mean I did make my way out to Brunswick after work one night, but as to not blowout the spot, we shall leave it at that. I grew in [...]

Today has been a wonderful day off filled with not much more than yoga (Janet’s class was especially killer today) and an easy bike ride. After that, I’ve generally wandered around the house doing dishes, laundry, readying my road bike for the final Tiger Lane Criterium, and whitening my teeth… (I caved to vanity after watching [...]

Ahhh, the last Trans Iowa post…for now, anyway.

This week consisted of some decent adventure, some of which will discussed in its own post at a later date. Yesterday, I got out a few fellow members of the Race Pace/ Trek mtb squad and played amongst the wet rocks. It would seem some choose not to change tires depending on the terrain and several [...]

So, if you listen to the latest XXC Mag Podcast , you’ll hear me talk about a lot of things having to do with both racing and the trafficking of cocaine via Amish horse & buggies. You’d also hear me talk about being intimidated by the workout I had on my schedule for Saturday- a 5 hour endurance [...]

Tuesday (my weekday off from work), I spent half the day taking care of myself. Not so much as in an, “oh, I raced hard, so now I’m going to pamper myself” sort of way, but more of an, “I need to do this stuff to function normally again” sort of way. -First, the chiropractor. I’d [...]

It was 8:45 PM when we left Checkpoint Bravo at 170 miles into Trans Iowa. Clouds overhead obscured whatever helpful moonlight and stars would have otherwise been out to illuminate the night. On went the lights. I usually run a super bright Ayup headlamp and [...]

Within a minute of my 2:30 A.M. alarm going off Saturday morning I was staring at the weather report. Still cold. Still windy. Still suck. Lots of suck. This is what I had planned for and it looked like we were gonna get it. I wolfed down some food and [...]

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted a few of the random things we get to see in the shop. First off- warranty stuff. It happens. Parts (including frames), for whatever reason, don’t work, for no apparent reason. We call the manufacturer, they’ll send us a new part, and either want the old one back or, [...]

Last week at the Sunny King Crit Kyle Campbell posed a question to me that made me pause. “…so what made you want to do Trans Iowa?” he asked. This made me think hard and I quickly scurried away to the free beer tent with Tyree to ponder my friend’s question. I [...]

Friday morning, I packed up and hit the road around 7:30 for the 6.5ish hour drive to Ducktown, TN. Along the way, Zandr (from XXCMag) joined in, and we had a brief Element Convoy down I-24. We arrived mid-afternoon, checked in, and pre-rode the first climb and a little bit of the first singletrack. I attempted to show [...]

Here it is, Wednesday afternoon after the 10th annual Stokesville-Douthat-Stokesville weekend and I am still feeling the effects of the journey. Tough to rise in the morning, consuming coffee like its water, spending days in general haze before heading home after work and immediately passing out, fully dressed before struggling to rise 12 hours later. Today [...]

I can’t make up my mind: Cohutta 100- rigid w/an Ardent 2.4 front tire (lighter, a little faster uphill, makes me look like a badass) or SID WC suspension fork w/an Ignitor (~1.5 pounds heavier, but a little faster downhill)? Comment here or on FB/Twitter. Whichever has the most votes is what I’ll do this weekend… [...]