I don’t know about you, but I really needed this long weekend. We had big plans for a camping trip up to the Kingdom Trails, and got up on Saturday afternoon with plenty of time for me to go out for 1.5 and hit a couple of the classic trails right around the campground. However, [...]
weekend riding
Going Hard
I had a great ride on Tuesday evening. It was the first of the season’s Ladies Rides and we had perfect temps, clear skies and dry trails. A couple of my friends were on their way, but were running late, so I took the opportunity to warm up by climbing up the downhill and riding [...]
Flower Power - Vermont Singlespeed Championships Race Report
I haven’t raced a bike in over 10 years. And consider, though I raced downhill for a couple of seasons I’ve only raced cross country once. One Wednesday night training race at Catamount way back when I had just begun riding. It wasn’t really a successful outing for me (no skills and no fitness) and [...]
annoyed with myself
so this weekend is my first mountain bike race in a very, very, very long time. not to mention, i think i’ve only raced cross country one time at a training night race ten or eleven years ago. and i’m doing it on my singlespeed.
so i’m pretty stoked that i’m doing this, excited to get [...]
Commuting Season
Last night my Jabberwocky was accidently driven into the garage by my husband. I was sitting there, just relaxing when I heard a tremendous crashing sound coming from that area of the house. I popped my head outside and discovered him surveying the damage. Trim removed from garage. Carbon seat post shattered. Real wheel out [...]
there’s been loads of riding lately. some not quite of the quality that i’d like, but others have been making me really happy in other ways as well. see above for a shot from our Friday night ice cream ride. We rode from the shop, along a dirt path next to the river where we [...]
stomach woes
i had a great ride on saturday. two hours on our local trails, the ones that are not particularly singlespeed friendly. but yet, i managed to find a route that enabled me to maximize my climbing time on the bike and challenge me with technical bits. a good time.
but today is a different story. i’ve [...]
