I took my cross bike out for the first time tonight; mostly just to see if anything would explode since installing my new shifters and how it would hold up on trails. While there are a few things that need to be altered (for some reason there is an ENORMOUS screw holding the seat post [...][...]
Archive for August, 2007
August 20th, 2007 - 9:46 pm § in Cycling
Huh?
OK, so I’m doing some site maintenance (adding a better event calendar and a different banner just for fun), and I noticed something interesting in my site analytics I recently set (OMG! I got another visitor!). One of the search terms I got a hit on from google was “women’s bike r[...]
August 20th, 2007 - 9:17 pm § in Uncategorized
Final PIR – Ladies Night
[ August 27, 2007; 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm. ] Ladies Night - end the season with a bang, and win some great prizes! August 27th - Monday PIR Series To show our continued support of women racing at PIR we are making a the last race of the year a major blowout! Prizes for everyone (we didn't forget a[...]
August 20th, 2007 - 9:14 pm § in Uncategorized
NW Challenge Diamond Lake MTB
[ September 1, 2007; ] XC Mountain Bike Race (September 1st) What a great way to end your mountain bike season at The Northwest Challenge Diamond Lake Mountain Bike Race. The Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA) will be the official sanctioning body for this event. Expect a heck of a ride thr[...]
August 20th, 2007 - 9:10 pm § in Uncategorized
Cross Crusade
[ October 7, 2007; October 14, 2007; October 21, 2007; October 28, 2007; November 4, 2007; November 11, 2007; November 18, 2007; ] October 7 Crusade Series Race 1 Alpenrose Dairy October 14 Crusade Series Race 2 TBA October 21 Crusade Series Race 3 Rainier High School Octo[...]
August 20th, 2007 - 9:05 pm § in Racing
CCX: Kreuger’s Kermesse
[ September 15, 2007; ] Kermesse ~ 1. annual, local celebration, typical for the Low Lands and northern France, accompanied by feasting, dancing and sports of all kinds. 2. (a.k.a. kermiskoers) Belgian style summer bike race, staged during local kermesse festivities. Good times, on and off the cour[...]
August 20th, 2007 - 8:39 pm § in Cycling
Best Places – Time Trials
This is the first part of some posts I’m going to make about my favorite routes/trails to ride. One of the things I’m always searching for is more places to ride, but they can be hard to find, so I’d start posting some of mine. Probably will eventually make a static page of these, [...]
Ride Report: Knebal Springs
Friday night I drove up to the Knebal Springs campground alone to meet some friends to camp for the weekend; by the time I got there it was pitch black and the campground was completely empty. I didn’t think they would be there (since they usually don’t camp in campgrounds and just use t[...]
August 17th, 2007 - 2:08 pm § in Cycling, Deep Thoughts
The Economics of Cycling
My first experience cycling in Portland involved me stealing my brother’s old bike (that was 3 sizes too small) from his childhood and riding that around for a year. Half the gears didn’t work, but it wasn’t until I starting going on long rides and feeling like my wrists and back[...]
Weekday stuff
Tuesday Super Swim I had an awesome swim on Tuesday, it was so hard! Basically 4 x (100m moderate pace, 50m sprint, 100m mod), 4 x (50mod, 50 sprint, 50 mod). I pretty much did it without the use of pool toys, and wow did I keep an awesome pace. Basically my heart was through the [...][...]
