Covered Bridges

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BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA It was bittersweet day as we had been planning for Jacob’s Hero Ride across Pennsylvania for children’s cancer research and to honor Jacob Grecco. Although that didn’t work out, I was able to bring a couple riders on the team, Chey Hillsgrove and Chelsea Johnson, to Pennsylvania for some riding. I promised them […]


Finally a Fast Ride

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LEESBURG, VIRGINIA I don’t (normally) ride for speed but it’s nice to go fast. And it’s a nice metric to measure oneself against Father Time. I haven’t had any real fast rides this year and I’m not counting rides where I jump in a pace line. This is just me against the “clock.” Yesterday I […]


Georgetown

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IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO This was my last day to ride in Colorado before flying back home tomorrow. I drove to Boulder and picked up Ki Young Kim. We followed the suggested GPS route to Idaho Springs until we reached US 6. I told Ki Young I wanted to follow that road. We did and it […]


Estes Park

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LOVELAND, COLORADO It was a beautiful morning as I rolled out. I parked in Loveland and decided to head up US 34 towards Estes Park. I knew the Texas 4000 was there and headed to Fort Collins but knew nothing else. If I ran into them I would say hello. US 34 is not a […]


Hardscrabble Pass

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CAÑON CITY It was a beautiful morning as I rolled out of Cañon City. I really couldn’t wait to get out of the room I stayed in last night. I went and ate at the McDonalds up the street – the same as I had done two years ago with my roommate, Scott Olson, when […]


Royal Gorge

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Two years later, I was able to bike across the Royal Gorge Bridge


Cottonwood Pass

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SALIDA, COLORADO This was the day I dreaded. My legs failed me on Monday over the Grand Mesa and didn’t do so hot on Tuesday. Today was a planned 102 mile day to Salida over the 12000′ Cottonwood Pass.  On dirt. I watched the pros race this and I wasn’t looking forward to it. I […]


Crested Butte

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MT CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO This was an easy day. Coming on the heels of two pretty difficult days, it was well received. As planned, riders would have a 27 mile ride on pavement or a 35 mile ride with 13 miles of dirt and two 10,000′ passes. In the weeks leading up to RTR Colorado […]


Blue Mesa Reservior

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GUNNISON, COLORADO Maybe my legs have a 30-mile climb in them. But not at the start of a rainy day after a big day over Grand Mesa. Not today. My legs were crap. I boarded a bus at 6:00 a.m. in Montrose for the 40 mile ride to Hotchkiss. Our last stop in Montrose we […]


Grand Mesa

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HOTCHKISS, COLORADO Pain is relative and this was a painful day. In 2007 I rented a bike in Idaho Springs and slogged up the 28 miles to the summit of Mt. Evans. By my calculation that gained 6600′ over 28 miles or 4.5%. Today’s ride gained 5800′ over 20 miles or 5.5%. It was hot, […]