My last entry was on the General Store in La Grange, WI on the way to the John Muir trails. Well let’s get on to talking about the trails in Kettle Moraine, WI. Specifically the John Muir trails are a 30+ mile set of groomed single track trails. If you live in the midwest and […]
First Impressions: Aircast Cryo Cuff
Mountain bikers are tough. We smash the toughest terrain, the steepest climbs, the gnarliest descents, and yet we keep coming back for more. When injuries occur, we naturally want to get rolling again as quickly as possible. Luckily, there is a wonderful little device that can help us do just that. What is it? The […]
100K Thoughts
Riding 100k? Off road? Well, as mentioned in 100K For My Wife, I signed up for just such an undertaking after my buddy Barry offered to ride Paul’s Dirty Enduro with me. In all reality when one looks at it riding a 100k on road is a bit daunting. Now take that 100k and put it in the […]
Rider Profile: “Darb”
Tony “Darb” Ryan was once an out-of-shape smoker with knee problems. Five years ago, when he bought an el-cheapo K-Mart bike to get fit, he had no idea how much it would turn his life upside down. Goodes Road, D’Aguilar National Park I recently had a few beers with Darb at home, and we talked […]
Hey Dude, Nice Bike!
I may be treading into some dangerous territory here, but I’m just going to come out and say it. To me, a bike is a bike. Now, I’m not saying I don’t occasionally baby my bike (I do), nor am I saying that I don’t feel an attachment to my bike (again, I do – […]
Summer Holidays Week 2 – Less Driving, More Riding.
Last post I took you along on our first week of summer holiday in Jasper National Park. While we admittedly didn’t do as much riding in Jasper as we (read: Rivers) would have liked, that decision was made in part because we knew week two of our holiday would be more ride-focused, including two days […]
650B wheel swap test
Update on the 650b conversion. I got a decent night where I could ride both wheel sizes 26 and 650b on the same bike on the same trail back to back. It was quite interesting for sure and I learned a lot of things while doing it. First let me note that this summer has […]
Five Days in the Sierras
Last week I spent 5 days camping at Donner Memorial State park. I went up a day earlier than the rest of my family to race downhill at Northstar California Resort. I woke up at 4:30 AM on Sunday morning to drive 5 hours Northeast with my friend and teammate Nicky, along with his Dad […]
The General Store
If you have ever been to Wisconsin to mountain bike you probably have been on the John Muir trails in Kettle Moraine. There are more than 50 miles of groomed cross country trails which range from easy to extremely demanding. However this is not about those trails, we can talk about those another day. This […]
100KM For My Wife
I am riding 100km’s because I love my wife and without my knowing I nearly lost her to something insidious. I am doing this because it is politically incorrect to talk about it. Yet if it was cancer it would be politically correct. I am riding 100km’s because while I have mild Autism it compares […]