End of year Dart comes with challenges
So it has been a few weeks since my last rando ride. I have been busy with the holidays and some travel. The new bike finally came...
So it has been a few weeks since my last rando ride. I have been busy with the holidays and some travel. The new bike finally came...
Let's rewind the clock a bit back to July. My friend Byron texted me about an upcoming SR600 in Utah. I had been interested in this ride...
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Looking ahead to this year's HCR 1000K, Jeff and I worked hard to ensure the routes would have the most updated...
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38353214 My wife and I had a trip planned to Arizona to see the two Chihuly exhibits (Botanical Garden and...
Last year was pretty much a bust for me. The perm program shut down. Brevets cancelled. No long rides to build upon. I felt grateful to...
The final big ride on the calendar for 2021 is the annual brevet of CDB (Crawford Dimebox). This brevet was new in 2015 and on paper it...
My quest to attain K-Hound status for 2021 requires that I get about 1500K in before the end of the year. There is a 600K coming up in...
Six routes and four teams were originally signed up for a day in the hill country. As the day of the ride arrived, a few riders backed...
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/37337658 Day 3, the final day. The alarm went off as expected and there were text messages from Dan D...
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/37337656 Day 2 alarm went off with Aerosmith blaring music from Dan's phone. I got up and headed to the...
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/37337653 I Day 1 of the SR600 is the long day. 170 miles from Helen, GA to Tellico Plains, TN. Over the...
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13091666 The planning for the Super 600K in Georgia began a few weeks ago when the expected list of riders...
Back in 1921, the AUDAX club in Paris rode the very first 200K. It started in Paris and visited Dreux and Chartres before returning to...
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/37389559 As Jeff and I get ready for the SR600 in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, we also know the...
My wife and I had planned a trip to Park City for August. My friend Byron and his wife live nearby and when Byron found out we were going...
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/37054136 Saturday's ride was a new (to me and Jeff) route with the Heart of Texas Randonneurs. Smithwicked...
In this post, I will document my thoughts and conclusions regarding this 1200K and my overall strategy. Volunteers were awesome. Vernon...
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36706224 Day 4! We finally get to sleep a bit. The plan the night before at the base of Willow Creek was...
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36706220 Day 3 starts off heading southwest. Garmin proclaims there are 10 climbs on this day. The cue...
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36706215 Day 2 started at 3:15am for me. The alarm went off and I felt well rested having gotten close to...