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- May. 27, 2008Michael Barry's Diary: All for one and one for all
One by one the team stepped on to the bus, sweat pouring from their faces, their jerseys wide-open, radio earpieces hanging from their salt-encrusted helmet straps, road dirt and carbon brake dust on their faces, veins pulsing on their sweat soaked ...
- May. 19, 2008What goes through the head of a pro cyclist in a five-hour race?
Somebody once made the mistake of asking “What do you think about out there during five hour races? It can’t all be focus, right?”
You asked for it! A sampling of my really, really random inner monologue from the second stage at the Four ...
May. 12, 2008Dirty Words with Adam Craig: a Madrid World Cup report
American cross-country mountain bike racer Adam Craig has his sights set on the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. That means for the next few months he will be battling it out on the World Cup and National Mountain Bike Series with his fellow ...
- Apr. 30, 2008Fresh Korn: A brief respite from Europe
Riding a bike is fun. That’s why we all start riding, right? For most people that’s still why we ride, even when it becomes your job. Sometimes though when you’re mid-season and starting to wear down a bit it’s easy to forget how much ...
Apr. 28, 2008Long macaroni, German singletrack and good legs in WC #2 make Offenburg awful fun.
Basically any time a week of racing bikes somewhere kicks ass, we’re going to do a Ten Reasons piece. There’s just so much to tell on these perfect weeks that there would be pages and pages for you, the unfortunate reader, to wade through. ...
Apr. 23, 2008Michael Barry's Diary - Domestique life
Cycling dynasties are built around one or two leaders and a team of domestiques who are willing to pedal to the death for their leader. Faema, Molteni, Flandria, La Vie Claire, Systeme U, Banesto, ONCE, U.S. Postal all became dynasties, not ...
- Apr. 19, 2008Battenkill winner Anna Milkowski's post race diary
Anna Milkowski is a member of Team Advil-Chapstick. This diary entry was completed a few hours after she won the 2008 Tour of the Battenkill Valley in New York — Editor
Redlands exists as a haze — a temporary exchange of lobster gloves ...
Apr. 15, 2008Battling the compassion clause
What better way to begin my maiden voyage into the world of cycling diaries then to write about the Redlands Bicycle Classic, comparing it to racing in Europe in the spring?
Racing in California in March and April is not always the best ...
Apr. 14, 2008Tour d’Afrique: Visiting the real Africa
Filmmaker Brian Vernor is best known in the bicycle industry for his documentary “Pure Sweet Hell,” which chronicled the cyclocross lifestyle on 8mm black-and-white film. His most recent project is filming and riding the
- Apr. 11, 2008Giant's Adam Craig reports on the second round of the NMBS
American cross-country mountain bike racer Adam Craig has his sights set on the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. That means for the next few months he will be battling it out on the World Cup and National Mountain Bike Series with his fellow ...
Apr. 8, 2008The sounds of spring
The whistling of wind; the hiss of spray kicked up from mud-covered roads onto hollow down tubes; the light crackling sound of hail smashing into helmets; the honking of blown noses, clearing both spring sickness and mud; a hacking cough piercing ...
Apr. 6, 2008Rusching Across Africa: The end
Professional endurance competitor Rebecca Rusch has tackled her fair share of adventure races and 24-hour mountain bike races throughout the years. Now, the Idahoan is in South Africa, at the Absa Cape Epic, a nine-day mountain bike stage race ...
