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Carve Slayer...no explanation necessary.  This is probably not what I should be doing right now. It's 4AM and there's a 15 hour drive between me and Asheville, NC. The original plan was to leave Tuesday night after rush hour and try make it to either New York City or D.C., then continue the rest of the way on Wednesday AM. But, thanks to a little dose of food poisoning courtesy of a beloved Somerville BBQ joint, I spent Tuesday in and out of consciousness, just absolutely hating life. I would nap for a while, wake up, wander around on my ...

Shannon Greenhill is a super-fast local triathelete and cross racer. She will be taking on Southern Cross on February 25th in Dahlonega, GA.  11 Vaguely Southern Cross-Related Questions 1. First off, what's your definition of "Ultra Cross?" What is this stuff all about? Like if you were trying to explain it to a martian or some toothless dude from New Hampshire. What would you tell it/him? A dirt road race with some dismounts and run ups. Actually, I have never done one before, so I will let you know my explanation Saturday. 2. What&rsquo...

Cheryl Sornson is one of the top endurance mountain bike racers in the country. She often finds herself perched upon the highest step of an NUE (National Ultra Endurance) Series podium. We'll see how she stacks up against the competition at a slightly different type of endurance event on February 25th — Southern Cross in Dahlonega, GA.  11 Vaguely Southern Cross-Related Questions BB: First off, what's your definition of "Ultra Cross?" What is this stuff all about? Like if you were trying to explain it to a martian or some tooth...

Roger Masse is one of the top single-speed contenders heading to Southern Cross on February 25th in Dahlonega, GA.  11 Vaguely Southern Cross-Related Questions With Single-Speeder Roger Masse BB: First off, you're riding this thing on a SINGLE SPEED. Are you INSANE? (Wait, that doesn't count as my question.) What gear ya runnin' dude? RM: I've got to be more man than Dicky, so 36x17 BB: What’s your set up, you running a cross bike, 29er, or...miscellaneous, and why? RM: Trek Superfly Single Speed with a Niner rigid carbon fork BB:&n...

Photo cred: Drew Graham Southern Cross - Ultra CX series opener AND closer, now with double points! Southern Cross, it's not your daddy's cross race...well, it's more like your great, great grand daddy's cross race. Event promoter Eddie O'dea wants to bring cyclocross back to its 1900s roots where races were more like steeple chases than grass cirts around school yards (the thing about grass crits around school yards; my words, not his). "Back in the day" folks would race to the next town, over farm land, dirt roads, hills, creeks, rock walls,...

  First-Ever Mountain Bike Festival at Kingdom Trails Order Your Tickets Online Before March 31st Early Bird Special, only $99 The Big Kahuna of the Kona Bicycles MTB Adventure Series Friday - Sunday, June 22-24, 2012 Burke Mountain Ski Resort East Burke VT Come celebrate all things mountain biking at one of the premier riding destinations in the country.  We are partnering with the Burke Mountain Ski Resort and the Kingdom Trails Association to put on a fun-filled weekend of riding, camping, demo'ing the latest mountain bikes and ch...

Well, I suppose it's about freaking' time to get the blog section of this site going. I think I've got writer's ring rust or something. I'm not sure how or why this happened. It was like I lost the love, the love of both riding and writing…simultaneously. Which is too bad, because those two things are like the conjoined twins of happiness for me. But then, like a bolt from above, it was back! (The love that is.) There were reasons…none of them good enough to justify the amount of time I have spent off the bike and on the couch an...

PRESS RELEASE: MISFIT PSYCLES MAKES INDUSTRY LEADING CHANGES TO BUSINESS MODEL AND COMPLETE PRODUCT LINE. BOLTON Ontario, January 12, 2012 /Misfit Psycles/ -- Peter Keiller (president and founder of Misfit Psycles) is proud to be the companies only employee and the one selected to announce this, Misfit Psycles stunning advancement and generous gift to the cycling world. Keiller is confident that such grande and ingenious changes have NEVER before been (successfully) completed. He even goes so far as to suggest that such change m...