Though both Ken and I have raced solo at a couple races in our respective cities (me the Perogy XC, and Ken the Giver’ 8′r – look for posts on those races soon) we’ll both be at the starting line next weekend at the Iron Lung in Canmore. If you’re in the neighborhood, hope to [...]

I have to admit, I’d never really considered the domestique as a glorious position. Whenever I imagined the grand tours, I always revered the Lance Armstrongs, Carlos Sastres, or the like… The heads of the team, the leaders. For those not well versed in cycling terminology, a domestique is: A road bicycle racer who works [...]

Ken gave a solid run down on the format of the two races already, so I’ll jump right into my race report. The Bacon: I went into the Bacon XC with one goal, to ride hard and place without blowing my legs out for the Trans Stony Superhero Challenge the next day. It seemed to [...]

This weekend marked the first races of our season. Both were at Fern & Harvey’s mountain bike farm just outside of Stony Plain (near Edmonton), so I made the trip up and Sheldon and I headed out together. To get you started, here’s a general description of the races: The Bacon Buffet: This was a [...]

The Tour de France… 23 days. 3,500 kilometers. A team of riders to support you. Thousands of screaming fans lining the roads. Unmatched glory. Massive prize money. The Race Across America… 10 days. 4,700 kilometers. No on-bike support. No fans. Inner glory. Enough prize money to possibly cover your medical bills. Talk about a race [...]

All day I was watching the sky out west. On my morning ride it was sunny, but you could see the clouds amassing – the forecast was calling for thunderstorms. By 2 in the afternoon, huge, ominous black clouds where right on top of the city and I thought we were done for – my [...]

I was out last night doing hill repeats in the frigid rain until I was soaked, frozen and miserable. I was talking about this with a friend and fellow rider today. He agreed, there is a joy in the agony that comes with riding and if you don’t enjoy suffering to at least some degree, [...]

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, the snow is gone and everybody is out riding except me… ‘Cause I’m sick, and feeling quite sorry for myself to boot. Boo hoo. I was sick once over the winter too, but it didn’t really affect my mood as adversely as this bout has. I think [...]

I can’t say enough about how stoked I am that the valley trails are clear already. Normally, this time of year in Edmonton they would still be under several inches of hard packed snow and ice. In the shade of the trees, it would be another 2-3 weeks yet before they were good to go. [...]

There are several schools of thought on Lance’s return to cycling, or should I say his return to Le Tour de France. One is that he’ll overshadow the other great riders and future faces of the sport. Another is that he will pull greater numbers of fans, new fans, that the sport needs to help [...]