Travel – Cycling – Outdoors
Stories about gettin’ your sweat on.
A few weekends ago, I rode the 2018 Tour de Mesa. It was my first of the Perimeter Cycling events held in the Valley after … Read the rest
This is a small request to playground designers from a dad doing his best to stay fit: Remember that adults spend a lot of time … Read the rest
Within a few miles of starting El Tour De Tucson 2017 a few weeks ago, a mantra came to me out of the blue. It … Read the rest
For the past year, I’ve ridden about 90 percent of my mountain bike miles on a belt-drive singlespeed (first a Raleigh XXIX, then a Domahidy … Read the rest
We recently escaped the summer heat to spend a few days near Denver. I wanted to go mountain biking, and we all wanted to stroll … Read the rest
Back in the old days, I worked at Adventure Bicycle Company in Mesa with this guy named Chad Hummer. He could race really damn fast, … Read the rest
For the first time in a few weeks, I did a long mountain bike without a stash of Fuel100 Electro-Bites. I’d run completely out … Read the rest
WARNING: This blog post about buying a new mountain bike is ridiculously old! Here is some better, newer content about this topic.
The very same day I mountain biked in the Whakarewarewa Forest, I started to wonder where else in New Zealand I could ride. Our … Read the rest
My training plan for the 6 Hours in the Papago mountain bike race wasn’t a winner: A month before the race, I came down with … Read the rest
The Whakarewarewa Forest in Rotorua is absolutely the worst place in the world to go mountain biking. If you ride here, you will go … Read the rest
After a more than 10-year hiatus from road-biking tour events, I made my return at the 2016 Tour de Scottsdale. In the meantime, I’ve ticked … Read the rest
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Congratulations, Phoenix. You’ve officially destroyed one of the nation’s best urban mountain biking areas. … Read the rest
I hate summer heat in Phoenix – and I’m sure I’d hate it in any other hot, desert city. But you know what? It’s not … Read the rest
I have a co-worker who always calls me “Ocho.” As in ESPN the Ocho, the (unfortunately) fictional ESPN arm that shows odd sports. Yes, … Read the rest
I might be the world’s weirdest mountain biker: I simply don’t care about super-expensive, shade-grown, organic, gluten-free artisan bikes. There are so many great $5,000 … Read the rest
The Desert Boneyard 10k at Davis Monthan Air Force Base isn’t a race for hardcore runners. The course is slow thanks to its uneven surface … Read the rest
This post is really outdated. The bikes here are no longer modern. This post has what you REALLY want. I’m keeping this one around just … Read the rest
After reading stories about a French family’s disastrous experience with the a desert hike in the American Southwest, I felt awful.
If you haven’t heard, … Read the rest
This post is pretty old- if you want to know what’s REALLY up with modern steel road bikes, be sure to check this one, … Read the rest