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Colby preps snacks for the Valley of the Sun Road Race

Feb 18, 2012 No Comments by

Sonic Boom Racing p/b Lucky Pie racer Colby Ricker prepares food for the 90 mile Road Race at Valley of the Sun. The snacks must have worked, as Colby and the rest of the SBR boys protected Jim Peterman’s overall lead. Stay tuned for more updates from Valley of the Sun.

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2012 Prep…thoughts about the coming season.

Dec 29, 2011 No Comments by

The release of the preliminary racing schedule for the upcoming road season is always one of the most exciting moments of offseason. This will be my second off season spent training through the apparent six-month Colorado winter, so the population of the race calendar and its associated boost in morale comes at the perfect moment: [...]

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Reflecting on the season

Sep 16, 2011 1 Comment by

The end of the cycling season has come for many of us.  Some are transitioning and ramping up for cyclo-cross season, while others are already thinking about off season training, base work, etc. I rode my last race of the season over two weeks ago, stuck my bike in the garage with the wheels off [...]

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Cycling Mania – Nationals 2011

Aug 21, 2011 No Comments by

Q&A with Eric Steele about Nationals 2011 What were your expectations of the racing at Nationals and did the reality line up with your expectations? Nationals is a different kind of race all in its own. I’ve never been to an event on such a big level, so I wasn’t sure what to expect, all [...]

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‘Beyond the Peak’ – My Mt Evans Ascent among the Cat 3′s

Aug 21, 2011 No Comments by

Nothing could be more fantastic and exciting than race primed and ready to go for every race all year long, right?  It may even seam like some superb athletes are not confined to the rules of peak fitness but in reality they are probably just talented enough to win even without totally dialed fitness.  If [...]

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