July 2013 Blog Posts (2)

Where to begin...this was really one of my all time most fun bike weekends. Ever. Not because of the result, which was okay, but because of the people and trails and location. Boom.

Much of "the crew" decided to drive up mid-day Friday to get a jump on the weekend. I had prior commitments, so drove up early Saturday morning with Matt Erbentraut. This turned out to be a good call, as Aaron, Ethan, Christian, and Jordan got stranded about 15 miles out from China Peak when the…

Coming in third at Terrible Two, after completing the second of three CA Triple Crown Stage races, and after having raced across 400 miles of road and climbed just over 30,000', I was now only five minutes behind Robert Choi, the reigning CA Triple Crown Stage Race Champion. Just 20 minutes behind me was Maximiliano Mehech, a consistent endurance racer breathing down my neck. Just behind him, holding forth position was Marc Moons, the SRCC Belgian powerhouse.

Alta Alpina remained the…