MTB Tires for Gravel? A Test
The idea of running cross country race mountain bike tires has been getting a lot of attention lately. Rolling resistance testing in the lab and […]
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Unbound 200 Race Report
Unbound had been a bucket list item for me for a while, so I was stoked to finally get selected in the lottery this year […]
Continue reading »Yellow Chip Road Gravel Grinder on 10/14/23
Our annual gravel grinder, Yellow Chip Road, is happening in less than 2 weeks in Kansas, Illinois! Check out the Races tab for the flyer, […]
Continue reading »Try the Illini 2023
I did a half ironman training session on Saturday, to warm up for the TTI sprint triathlon on Sunday. I rode the superbike from home […]
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Big Jay’s Fat Ass 2023
It looks like Fat Ass will be my only ultracycling race of 2023. The race has a new 33 mile course that goes south through […]
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Big Jay’s FatAss 12 Hour
It was a relatively calm day with little wind, at least by central Illinois standards. We started with a big group that stuck together for […]
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Ken Woods Memorial Road Race, Cannon Falls, MN
As we all know, Illinois doesn’t have road races anymore, so I decided to drive up to race in Minnesota’s season opener, the Ken Woods […]
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Meander to Manchester Brevet May 2022
Suzanne Rinehart, Claudia Langarica, Brian Farren and I got together to ride the 400 km (250 mile) Meander to Manchester, organized by Greg Smith. It […]
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Jay’s Fat Ass 2021
Time flies, and the first ultracycling race of 2021 is also the only one I did in 2020. This time, with people mostly vaccinated, I […]
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Lytle Park 2021
I did this spring Tri first in 2007. The days of winning overall are past, but I came in 4th overall in 56 minutes, 1st in AG, […]
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