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Carson Benjamin's Blog – January 2017 Archive (1)

2017 Old Caz Grasshopper: 9th Place

I chose the Grasshopper Adventure Series’ Old Cazadero gravel/road race as my first event of 2017 to gain some high intensity speed and fitness as well as to fatigue my body beyond what I can accomplish in training. Although most of the field rides either a cyclocross bike with wide tires or a rigid mountain bike at Old Caz, I don't own either of those, so I settled on my new Trek Top Fuel 9.8 with a pair of semi-slick Bontrager Tires. It was a similar set up to…

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Added by Carson Benjamin on January 29, 2017 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment