Monthly Archives: October 2013
12 Exercises to Improve Your Body and Fitness | Bicycling Magazine
Do You Have Sitting Disease? Have a desk job? Don’t do much more for fitness than ride your bike a few times a week? You’re at high risk of developing back pain, obesity, diabetes and cancer. The average American spends … Continue reading
Darkness @ 909 Night Mountain Bike Race
Darkness at 909 is a nighttime mountain bike race hosted in Pleasant Valley, NY. Costumes are strongly encouraged, and there is an award given out to the best one out on the trail. The race is done time trial-style, where … Continue reading
How To Be A Mountain Biker
This is a pretty funny video…and much of it is actually true with a lot of my mountain bike friends.
2014 Race Planning
While cyclocross season moves along, I’m starting to look ahead to the 2014 mountain bike season. I’m leaning towards more ultra-endurance mountain biking. Sure, I’ll continue to race some of my standard cross country races, but there are two distance … Continue reading
Uncle Sam Cyclocross: Day 2
What a great day for racing! Even if not racing, it’s a great day for riding or just being outside. Today was Day 2 of the NYCROSS.com Uncle Sam Cyclocross weekend. Today’s course was mostly the reverse of yesterday’s course. … Continue reading
NYCROSS.com Uncle Sam Cyclocross Gran Prix Day 1
First cyclocross race without my cyclocross bike was today. While my finger continues to heal, I built up a fully rigid 29er to continue racing cyclocross. Why a mountain bike? Well, being unable to bend or use my finger, I … Continue reading
Video: A Glimpse At Some Of The Trails I Train On
I’m fortunate enough to have trails pretty much at my door. In less than 1/2 mile from my house I can be on trails that will give me a 35-40 mile round trip mountain bike ride. Over the summer I … Continue reading
JAMIS Nova Sport: Another Outstanding Entry Level ‘Cross Bike
Over the barriers, through the mud, to the podium we go. On a Supernova of course. The carbon fiber Team and Elite versions of this perennial CX winner are guaranteed to have you reigning in the wet and muddy stuff. … Continue reading
7 Ways to Trick Yourself Full
Breakfast was two Krispy Kreme strawberry-filled doughnuts. I needed something quick, so I downed the pastries in my car on the way to work. Feeling full and high on sugar, I tackled my inbox with gusto. But by 10 a.m., … Continue reading
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