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Down in Asheville, North Carolina and it's looking like a ride isn't gonna happen today.  I'm using the weather as a convincing way to "cry wolf."   Let me explain.   On the rare yet very enjoyable occasions when I get to ride with Gerry and the Washington Square Tavern Crew I get to witness a phenomenon called "crying wolf." This occurs when a rider with little chance of cleaning a section blames the dude who bobbles in front him for his lack of cleanliness.  "WOLF! WOLF!" the rest of the crew shouts.    I was ju...

Watching Christian Tanguy rip through a section of trail...it's like he has a motor. And this is at 100 mile mountain bike race pacing speed. It's unreal. Here we unlock some of the mystery that is Christian Tanguy.  11 Vaguely Cohutta 100 Related Questions With 2011 NUE Series Winner Christian Tanguy 1. Christian Tanguy, I heard rumors that you had moved back to your homeland of France. Were these rumors unfounded? Are you back to crush another edition of the Kenda NUE Series? I am still in discussion with my company for a possible deleg...

"No one's ever gonna find your body out here..." Gerry "The Pfluginator" Pflug is the reigning, defending single-speed champion of the NUE universe. He goes into this year's Cohutta 100, the first stop in the Kenda NUE Series, as the odds-on favorite.  1. First off, how old are you dude, seriously? (Sorry, that question was left over from Dylan Johnson’s interview, but I guess it applies.) I’m not as old Gunnar, but I am older than all the fingers and toes we could count on both of our bodies if they were combined, > 40. That&...

Nikki Thiemann is known as one of the fastest cyclocross racers in the country. The Cohutta 100 is NOT a cyclocross race (in case you guys didn't know that). It will be interesting to see how a top athlete from a disclipline so far removed from endurance mountain bike racing will fair in a 100 mile event.  11 Vaguely Cohutta 100 Related Questions With Nikki Thiemann 1. Huh…why the hell is Nikki "MAC Series CycloCross Bad Ass" signed up for hundred miler? What were you thinking? I wondered the same thing myself seconds after registe...

"I don't always read blogs, but when I do, I prefer Team Dicky." - The world's most irritating man  I've been out of the blogging game for a while. And when I don't blog, I don't read blogs...except for Team Dicky. When other people think about cycling blogs, they think about Fat Cyclist or Bike Snob, not me. Bike Snob? Too edgy. Fat Cyclist? Not edgy enough. Team Dicky? Just the right ratio of edginess to non-edginess (I believe it's a two-to-one ratio). Another reason Rich Dillen, aka "Team Dicky" is superior to Fatty and Snobby is...

While the tires are cooling on the totally-abused Miniature Boogie Van and the files are moving from the GoPro and Contour HD over to iMovie, we have a moment to chat. Chatting to me means that I am going to yammer caffeine-atedly while you pretend to listen and fantasize about hitting me in the face with a cafeteria tray.  You can blame Espresso News and their free re-fill policy.  The first race in the King Of Pain Series - Boone Roubaix was, as promoter Andrew Stackhouse would say: "rad." (Not judging. I'd say it too, without...

When I Google image-searched "Lee Champion," I found not a single photo of a bicycle racer. What I found was the above photo of Bruce Lee kicking Kareem Abdul Jabbar in the face AND a mug shot of a woman with a tattoo on her face.  Both of these things are kind of bad ass and, based on his answers to the questions below, Lee Champion the bicycle racer is kind of a bad ass too. How much of a bad ass he is will be determined Saturday at Boone Roubaix: "The Hell of The High Country" in Boone North Carolina.  11 Vaguely Boone Roubaix-Rel...

Things are crazy here at the BigBikes & Cycligdirt, but right now is as good a time as any to start laying down segue-driven, typo-ridden prose again. I'm heading out to North Carolina tomorrow to cover Boone Roubaix "The Hell of The High Country." They say it makes Battenkill look like one, big, fat wuss-fest for lame-asses. But we'll see. The race is this Saturday, Apil 21st. We'll have interviews and highlights up Saturday night and Sunday AM. I have a new GoPro suction cup mount that I can't wait to try out. And by "try out" I mean "drive ...

It was approximately three times warmer at this year's Barry Roubaix than it was last year. (It was 19° at the start in 2011.) The only adversity came in the form of wet conditions, some late rain, and the inherently really frickin' hard 62 mile gravel/dirt/pavement course with its relentless, punchy climbs. Barry Roubaix is always a test of early season form — Mike Anderson (North Country Cycle Sport) and Amy Stauffer (Priority Health Cycling Team) showed that they had that form by winning their respective races.  Anderson and ...

62 Mile Results: Place No. Name Team Age Time Rate 1 5 Mike Anderson North Country Cycle Sport 23 2:51:05 21.7 2 154 Brian Matter Gear Grinder/bontrager 34 2:51:08 21.7 3 270 Nathaniel Williams Bissell Abg Nuvo 30 2:51:57 21.6 4 3 Shawn Adams Carbon Racing 37 2:52:39 21.5 5 26 Steve Broglio Lathrup Industries/giant Bicycles 37 2:52:39 21.5 6 118 Dan Korienek Leadout Racing/kentwood Cycling And 39 2:57:30 21.0 7 151 Ernesto Marenchin* Carbon Racing 40 2:57:31 21.0 8 272 Adam York Cleveland Clinic Sports Health 26 2:57:32 21.0 9 221 Michael Simon...