Mountain bike training recovery tips What does recovery mean? Training, racing or anything that places a mental and physical demand on your body will require some type of recovery. This type of stimulus is generally categorized as stress. Applying stress to the body during training is necessary for performance gains. Performance is gained by adapting […]
Grand Targhee Bike Park Located just a short drive from Driggs Idaho, the Targhee Bike Park offers you lift assisted mountain bike riding. This was my second time to the resort. The first time being as a kid to ski. My uncle dropped me off in the middle of what I thought was a blizzard. […]
You can view the ride on my Strava Riding gravel bikes from Jackson Wyoming through the Teton Valley to shadow mountain. After racing the BME Big Sky. We made our way down to Jackson Wyoming. Parking at Hoback Sports we made our way through Jackson to the bike path. The bike path takes you right […]
Belgian Waffle Ride Cedar City As if 125 miles of grooling gravel isn’t enough for you. BWR races offer you 3 other ways to punish yourself. Belgian Waffle Ride races also have: Sprint segments Climbing segments King of dirt segments Overall lowest time through these highlighted segments and you earn bonuses and recognition for being […]
Brian Head Bike Park The video below is from my first laps at the Brian Head Bike Park. Video Key: 1:17 top half of “little gritty” (trail) 5:15 I talk about little gritty and bike set up 7:30 “little glittery” (trail) 14:55 Bike Park Review About the bike park The bike park itself is not […]
YouTube video of our ride on the Virgin River Rim Trail Video Keypoints: :20 first viewpoint 1:14 second view point 2:23 almost hit an elk 5:53 best decent 7:25 Beer/Trail review Check out my strava for more information about our ride. Riding in the Cedar Breaks National Monument While getting ready for the BWR Cedar […]
BWR Belgian Waffle Ride Cedar City Welcome to the “Hell of the South” As I sit here on a couch in an Airbnb in Utah. Drinking a West Coast IPA. Because Utah hasn’t provided me an IPA that tastes like licking a pine tree, yet. I sit, reflecting on the 125 miles of ass grinding […]
Shimano Saint Pedal Review These days when I have buy a $250 memory card for my camera. That’s $250 US dollars for a 1 inch by 2 inch piece of plastic. I’m always really happy to find actual value. Or at least relative value. What I mean by that is paying $150 for some bike […]
Gravel ride Big Sky Montana We were out in Montana to race the Big Mountain Enduro Big Sky. After the race was over we decided to stay a few extra days to check out more of what Big Sky had to offer. We found Buck Ridge on trail forks and checked it out. On this […]
Race recap If the images above don’t sum it up for you, let me tell you about it. Towards the end of last year (2019) I was looking at the 2020 Big Mountain Enduro schedule. After a little research I decided Big Sky Montana looked nice. Described as “fast and steep” I was in! 2 […]