Archive: June, 2011
Triple Crown Challenge
The ptborides.com Triple Crown Challenge has landed . . . Just in time for the long weekend (In Canada) Call up some friends or solo your way into local legend status. Ride one route or ride all three. Get outside and enjoy your bike, have a few laughs, a few cups of coffee and tell [...]
Read moreLast Mention of Dirty Thursday.
We promise. This is the last mention of Dirty Thursday . . . until the next time it rolls around. Matt Stetson is a fine gentlemen. He holds down a 9 to 5 at a local sporting goods and haberdashery. He can cruise through a skatepark on a skateboard or bmx bike. He enjoys riding [...]
Read moreA Sunday Ride.
It’s Tuesday and I am writing about a ride on Sunday. I need to stop living in the past. I woke up this (past) Sunday morning in the beautifully quaint hamlet of Trenton, Ontario, at my In-Law’s house, with designs of pedaling my bicycle home to Peterborough. Since I have been married for 12 years, [...]
Read moreLooking Good
Quick, somebody get this guy a username and password! I reckon this guest post from Paul Wilkinson puts him beyond guest designation. There are many of us that simply call Paul The King …or King …even Kinger …if you are into that sort of thing. He sort of rules things from afar, has strong opinions [...]
Read moreDirty Thursday.
“Is this the dumbest ride I have ever been on, or is this the best ride I have ever been on?” That pretty well sums up my inner monologue from last night’s infamous Peterborough Cycling Club’s ride known as Dirty Thursday. Dirty Thursday is very similar to the regular Thursday Nighter race/competitive ride — with [...]
Read moreA Great Bad Day.
Three laps and less than 4km to go. An opportune attacks takes me away in a small selection of four guys. It is late enough in the race that we commit completely but the response from the peloton is immediate. A brief look over my shoulder tells me that the bunch is on us as [...]
Read moreDown and Dirty
It is no secret that the folks at PTBO Rides have a thing for exploring new routes, epic rides and long stretches of gravel! There is something about turning off the paved roads and heading down a loose, bumpy, potholed road on a road bike that must be experienced to understand. “A gravel road adds [...]
Read moreHere there be Dragons
IMBA (International Mountain Bike Association) has a slogan “Long Live Long Rides”, a celebration of all that is great about long rides and the memories, stories and legends that they create. That saying has always rung true to the heart with me. There’s something about long rides that drives me as a cyclist. I don’t [...]
Read moreStay Hydrated.
Everything I am about to say is true . . . These water bottles will look really nice on your bicycle. Designed by Tanya from flirtees.ca and available for purchase at Wild Rock. Pop into the shop today after you hit the Wednesday Farmer’s market. I personally use these water bottles and can vouch for [...]
Read moreExploring …So Close to Home.
We all have done it, are currently doing it or are about to start doing it. Let’s face it, everyone who rides in the Peterborough area rides to Lakefield and back. It is a beautiful river-side ride that is easy to find and doesn’t have much traffic. Hey, what’s not to like? Repetition! That’s what’s [...]
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