Lynda

• Kidz in Training

  Emmas cycling development is coming along. Her cadence averages 140 rpm with her 60mm cranks and she has been rocking the single speed from day 1. We’ve been working on drafting lately. She likes the new found speed. She learned to do the Hula Hoop too. That is good core strength and flexibility training all rolled into [...] Posted May 07 2008, 08:40 PM by 2 Epic Filed under: Lynda, Kid stuff

• No Nitrous for me this weekend :-(

  I’m tired. Really! How did that happen? Winning Rim Ride, following it up the next day with a White Rim lap, then Big Friggin’ Loop all single speed maybe? I slowed down a little the next week and had to pedal gears down to the casino in Mesquite and back. Then last weekend I absolutely finished myself [...] Posted May 03 2008, 12:36 PM by 2 Epic Filed under: Lynda

• Lime Kiln Challenge

  That fancy new PT Disc wheel is still not on a bike…I tried yesterday but the rear triangle on the bike it was to go on doesn’t have disc mounts!  Geez.  It was a bummer at first…big ride day on the plan.  What to do?  Take the SS of course  32.17 has been the [...] Posted Apr 29 2008, 04:41 PM by 2 Epic Filed under: Training

• Overnight in the flowers

  More fun on bikes this weekend in the million acres of the Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument. This time we drove the 30 miles south from St George to the border of the park and started riding from there. We also took overnight gear. This was my first bike-packing adventure. I’m not sure how much I like [...] Posted Apr 28 2008, 01:27 PM by 2 Epic Filed under: Exploratories, Lynda

• PowerTap SL 2.4

  It is here! It is wireless. It is tubeless. It is mileless. Dustless. Muckless. Mine is 26 inchs and almost ready for action. Stay tuned… DHL is holding Dave’s PowerTap 2.4 wireless tubless disc wheel hostage carting it all over the Western US making him grumpy. I let him stroke mine but it didn’t help. They both started out in Grand Junction. [...] Posted Apr 24 2008, 11:02 AM by 2 Epic Filed under: 2 Epic

• Lime Kiln Canyon

  Lime Kiln is a place in the Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument that has been calling for a while. The Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument is 30 miles south of St George and covers over a million acres. It is huge and remote. It has no food, supplies, camping, lodging, first aid etc. Nearest is St George. A [...] Posted Apr 22 2008, 10:00 PM by 2 Epic Filed under: 2 Epic

• Harsh beauty in Sedona

  We went to Sedona, AZ for the SBFL last weekend.  Lynda raced, I just rode.   Chad warned that the first 10 miles were pretty harsh and rocky, but I read in the descriptions it also included the best views in Sedona.  I set the Lev up all super squishy to soften the course…but wow was I [...] Posted Apr 15 2008, 03:44 PM by 2 Epic Filed under: 2 Epic

• Bug days

  Yesterday was one of those days, the kind where you’re blindsided faster than your reflexes can handle.  So, after wrestling with multiple projects it was time to hit the trails for a bit.  I haven’t felt this good on a bike since GLR ‘07, surely a couple hours on Barrel Roll will be the perfect [...] Posted Apr 10 2008, 02:54 PM by 2 Epic Filed under: 2 Epic

• D2D 12 hour Solo

  Big kudos go out to Dawn til Dusk 12 hour race in Gallup for adding a female solo single speed category. While I will be sad not to race directly with the guys on my SS this coming weekend I am excited to support this new category. Old Pueblo is one of the few races [...] Posted Apr 07 2008, 07:14 PM by 2 Epic Filed under: 2 Epic

• RIP

  Quite possibly my favorite man made structures.  Well, aside from a bike or two… A couple years back: Yesterday:  Yowza.  Don’t play with matches. Posted Apr 07 2008, 01:59 PM by 2 Epic Filed under: 2 Epic

• Spring in the desert

  Indian paintbrush, my favorite springtime marker. Posted Apr 06 2008, 11:52 AM by 2 Epic Filed under: 2 Epic

• White Rim in a Day

  The day after Rim Ride, Dave and I indulged our 2-Epic hearts and rode White Rim. The weather was wild all day. It is raining in this picture above but the sun was out. It made the fantastic views surreal. The section from White Crack to Murphy’s hogback was an hour long near white moment for [...] Posted Apr 03 2008, 11:16 AM by 2 Epic Filed under: 2 Epic

• Ridin’ rims with grins

  We’ve been looking forward to RimRide for a long time.  The plan from day one was to ride it SS, not hard, and together.  After Vision Quest, 1/2 of 2 Epic had a tendon injury that made riding SS impossible…there were a few weeks when we just didn’t know what we’d do.  Gears?  Skip it [...] Posted Apr 02 2008, 12:04 PM by 2 Epic Filed under: 2 Epic, Single Speed, Race Reports, Race Execution

• Power date

  Lynda and I decided to do RimRide together - as in stay together during the race.  At the last minute we decided to go SS too.  32.19 for me, 34.20 for her.  How’d it go?  Well…beyond all expectations.  We didn’t expect to be in the mix - we actually weren’t planning on putting down a [...] Posted Mar 29 2008, 08:39 PM by 2 Epic Filed under: 2 Epic

• Rim Ride Obsession

  Now I’ve decided to do Rim Ride SS it has brought on a minor obsession. I sallied up my SS with the 34×20 and all the race goods. 4 water bottles, Power-Tap, GPS, a couple of tubes and misc items taped around. Barrel Roll was fabulous today. I love that trail. Nothing fell off the bike so I [...] Posted Mar 26 2008, 11:03 PM by 2 Epic Filed under: 2 Epic