A haiku about riding and training in the city:
Broadway, Macklind, Page
Glass shards glisten in the sun.
D%#@! Another flat!
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A quick reminder that this Saturday is Team Revolution’s Technique Clinic. This clinic is the second in our educational series for 2009 and the first on the bike clinic of the year.

Join us from 12:30-3p on Saturday at Concordia’s Field House as Carrie Cash leads an indoor trainer and roller clinic that focuses on strength, [...]

As I pulled on to the Concordia Seminary lot, I saw Steph, Kube, and Susan out on the lot. The look of utter disappointment on their faces was clear. As I looked towards the gym, I noticed the lights were out. I was beginning to put two and [...]

Women’s Cat 4
As I stood in the stall of the “girls” room at the Two Mile Prairie Elementary School, I did not realize that the third layer I was cramming under my jersey would serve me in more ways than warmth.
As Cory, Kube, Steph, Alice, a bunch of Ghisallo girls, [...]

There is a fine line between stupidity and bravery. I’m not sure which side of the line Chris, Carrie, Teresa, Matt, and myself were on when we set out on the Hub ride this morning.
The gale force winds hurled the snow at us with the speed of a Nolan Ryan [...]

In 1977 my mom bought a black and yellow Huffy for me, similar to this one. I was six and it was my first “real” bike. I used to ride the Huffy past cow pastures and horse farms to my friend Roger’s house and we would spend the summer hours playing baseball and [...]

Suckers. You’re reading this because you clicked on the link on my Facebook status update, didn’t you?!? Don’t deny it – I can track you. $100 says this blog entry gets the most hits of any all year long.
I’m not gonna lie… I love Facebook. Where else can you procrastinate at work [...]

For months, a question has been burning in my mind. What is the better cycling performance enhancer? Coffee or Monster? The answer to this question was not to be found in the New England Journal of Medicine. There was only one thing left to do. For the sake [...]

I’d finally burned myself out on rotisserie chicken so I had to come up with another easy meal solution for my non-cooking, hungry-cyclist self. My sister had been harping at me for years to get a crockpot. I finally got one and, I’m sure I’m preaching to the choir when I [...]

Atomic Cowboy will host the second round of Wheels of Glory TOMORROW evening. Use indoor trainer spin as leg openers for Will Cycle for Charity’s indoor trainer races.
Check out Big Ring’s “race report” from the first edition and then come check out the event for yourself. There is no cover charge to attend and a [...]