Ready To Ride

I first met my gremlin during the Cascade 1200 in 2006. It was just about 100 miles from the finish that I decided to give in to his incessant rant and quit pedaling. Had it not been for a bit of rest in the shade, a diet coke, a handful of chocolate chip cookies, and [...]   Read More...

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Extreme Spinning. I would rather ride my bike on a trainer outdoors in a snow storm than pay a gym to sweat with the oldies. Riding out of doors in Winter is challenging for roadies, especially for those who live in the middle latitudes. While a brave few are willing to ride in the wind and the [...]   Read More...

My first two-wheeler was a Schwinn. I got it for Christmas when I was seven years old. Its steel frame and sheet-metal fenders were painted bright red with white pin stripes. It’s 26-inch, balloon tires were black and soft and I can still remember the smell of the rubber as I knelt there beside it that [...]   Read More...

The Bridges of Marion County. Even RAAM-qualified riders like John Kramer can use a little down time. He gets a little here one Saturday afternoon in November in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Indian Summer lingered until Halloween this year. Then, all at once, the rains returned to Oregon. Overnight, the off-season had begun. The big rides of summer...   Read More...