“Boy today everything sucked: my chain sucked, weather sucked and i did too.” That’s what was going in my head as I pushed to finish the last lap of the 4.5 laps of the CCCX course today: that was fun! I did a pretty good job of setting my expectations right in the last few [...]

This has been my first real racing season, following a training plan based on Joe Friel’s training bible. At the beginning of the season I set my goals. These need to be measurable, within our control, must be somehow stretch you and should be stated  in the positive. Season Goals 1. Complete Sea Otter Classic [...]

Last race of the CCCX series for me. That was a fun and fast course: I had to keep Kris and Matt at bay to hold my 4th position overall. I had a pretty good start and half of the first lap I passed Matt and Mike on one of the grunts. After that I [...]

Some good improvements from the previous race, still dropped the chain 3 times, ending up 6th out of 9. Felt a lot stronger than last race but still felt the bike was holding me back.

Interesting race for me – Beg. 35-44 on my FrankenBike with 1×9 and 36T chainring and bashguard, assembled 2 days ago. Still waiting on my new frame, so I rode a hardtail for the first time in many many years (my last full rigid was a Bianchi Volwerine circa 1993). HT takes its toll on [...]