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Mongolia Bike Challenge: Stage Five
The Mongolia Bike Challenge continues its march through the epic Mongolian landscapes. Stage five passed through amazing terrain including Yak sightings for the first time.
Continue reading...Mongolia Bike Challenge: Torture!
5 August 2011
Pain – redefining the definition of pain in my mind I cannot begin to describe what I underwent today to complete the 115km stage across the Gobi Desert. I know that I have already been saying that this Mongolia Bike Challenge is getting tougher with each passing today. I have never been through this level [...]
Continue reading...Mongolia Bike Challenge: Judder Bars!
4 August 2011
Mongolia Bike Challenge: Judder Bars! Its only day two of this epic nine-stage Mongolia Bike Challenge, but my body is already screaming to stop! It was my hardest day on the mountain bike in my life, period. Nutrition wise I was doing great, making sure I had plenty of fluids from all three feed-zones and [...]
Continue reading...Bikedan in Mongolia: Camp Dalanzagad
4 August 2011
Wow, what an amazing camp set-up we have here. I feel like I am part of an “Amazing Race” reality TV show – we were each given an envelope just like on the show and now we have landed in a remote region of Mongolia. My blog-posts are going to bring you the adventurous spirit [...]
Continue reading...Mongolia Bike Challenge: Photo Essay
1 August 2011
The Mongolia Bike Challenge has officially started, but the racing will begin on August 2nd. Below is a collection of photographs I wanted to share with you from the Opening Ceremony. Cyclingnewsasia will have my official daily race reports and you can find more in-depth diary style about the event here on my website. Damdin Sukhbaatar, the [...]
Continue reading...Ulaanbaatar: Mongolia Bike Challenge
31 July 2011
Today was the Official Opening Ceremony of the Mongolia Bike Challenge where all 68 athletes rode from the hotel by police escort to the historical Sukhbaatar Square where 15 beautiful Mongolian girls, each with a country flag in hand, were awaiting the athletes. The Sukhbaatar Square, in the middle of Ulaanbaatar, is highly significant as it [...]
Continue reading...Racing in California: San Rafael Twilight
16 July 2011
It is always great to race criteriums in California. The Norcal Racing Calendar is just full of super fast criteriums that are packed with large fields chomping at the bit. Some of the fastest races are held in California such as the San Rafael Twilight that was staged on July 9th, 2011 by Project Sport. [...]
Continue reading...Preview: San Rafael Twilight Criterium
9 July 2011
The 13th edition of the San Rafael Twilight Criterium is going to be staged this Saturday evening in Northern California and it is a completely sold out pro men field! It is shaping up to be an exciting contest for riders and spectators alike with at least 10,000 turning out. The racing will be fast [...]
Continue reading...Marin: Mount Tamalpais Mountain Biking
8 July 2011
As I mentioned in my previous post, I would be doing some mountain bike riding up the fabled Mount Tamalpais where clunkers used to be ridden back in the 1970s! I had Will from WTB to show me some good trails in the Tamalpais area. The ride was supposed to be a good solid 2.5 [...]
Continue reading...Marin: Birthplace of Mountain Biking
8 July 2011
My trip in Stateside is now drawing to a close, but not before checking out the area of Marin where mountain biking was born on the slopes of Mount Tamalpais. It is a stunningly beautiful region that has some great climbs through majestic Redwood forests and the undulating highway one that overlooks the Pacific [...]
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