As I mentioned in the introduction for my post on the Boulder Roubaix, I pride myself on having never known a dirt road I didn’t like. I have riden my bike places that only few would ride road bikes. But of all the gnarly roads I’ve found myself on none and I mean none even [...]
After riding the Koppenberg in February and seeing the gnarly road/climb combined with my two previous Roubaix’s I was nervous about the race. I was able to pre-ride the Koppenberg a few days before the race though and to my relief the climb was in great shape. The laps were short at 5 miles each [...]
A recap of the first three races I’ve done in Colorado. I’ve never lived somewhere that featured any real “classics” type race. The closest that I had done before was the Eugene Rubaix, but being dubbed a “Roubaix” might be a bit generous for a road race that features only two miles of gravel per [...]
The Sonic Boom Racing team was founded on a simple philosophy, team over the individual. Its no surprise that the team trial event works to our team’s strengths, and the 2012 Haystack Team Time Trial was no exception. This year’s weather did something very unexpected. There was no rain, little wind, and sunny skies to [...]
(by Keith Miller) The weather always seems to suck for the Air Force criterium. Today was no different with 25mph wind gusting to 35+. The course was a simple 4 corner layout with a good climb up to the finish line. The race started fast with an attack coming in the second corner, nobody chased [...]
Q. You just raced the Morgul Bismark course recently. When was the last time you raced on that course? A. 28 years ago in 1983. It was stage 10 of the Red Zinger Mini Classic. The race was 11 stages, 10 days and covered about 400+ miles of racing. I don’t think there are NRC [...]