Tag: Canadian Cyclists
Marinoni. Making History.
It seems like many moons ago that I wrote about Giuseppe Marinoni. Some of his history, some of his bikes, some of my history, some of my bikes …and the bike I had never owned. At the time I promised that I would photograph and write about my new Marinoni when it final arrived. Well, [...]
Read moreVisiting a Legend
These were the halcyon days of the steel bike. 13 years old, this was my first bike race, on my first bike. Well, not actually not my very first bike, but it is my first real bike. This yellow Peugeot came to me at my birthday. My parents, not really in a position to go [...]
Read moreColorado
I have been home training now for the last week and a half now, but I thought I should write about my last week away. Before returning to Canada I, once again, rode the Greyhound to Vail, Colorado for one last week away. To get to the ski village of Vail we passed through Flagstaff, [...]
Read moreThat’s A Wrap
The last 59 days have flown by. It seems like just yesterday I was climbing aboard the Greyhound bus in Peterborough at 5:45 am headed for Tucson. I had great spring training down south, as always the weather was perfect and I come home with tan lines. Something every cyclist needs. I fully enjoyed these [...]
Read moreNew Home
After a month of eating, sleeping, breathing cycling I found myself madly packing again. Well in my case, throwing my things in a pack., and trading a comfortable apartment with no furniture and a air mattress as a bed for the less desirable house with an actual bed and real comfy furniture. With my house [...]
Read moreA Tale of Two Roads
Bicycling magazine once described Mallorca, Spain as, “like Disneyland for cyclists” and they are not far from the truth. There are no fuzzy bears or life-sized mice riding around the island but it does seem a bit like the whole place was purpose-built to please roadies. Not wanting to miss out on what is really [...]
Read moreFun Times
Sunday, Feb. 13th marks the end of the first 20+ hour week for my stint in Tucson. Capping it off with a 4 hour tempo ride halfway up Lemmon with some hard 1min intervals to make things even more fun. This week consisted of 3, 4-5 hour days, 2, 3 hour days and 2 recovery [...]
Read moreTucson Training
Last week I moved into a small apartment with 5 other cyclists. Saying that it is crowded doesn’t do it justice. When there are more than 2 people in the kitchen it becomes an awkward dance involving food and dishes. The apartment is not the only thing crowded; there is not a single empty space [...]
Read moreHere Comes The Sun!
Howdy ya’ll, This is my first ever blog so it might take a few weeks to get the hang of it. I am going to try to faithfully post something once a week. Either an update on what I have been up to; be it training or racing or possibly just a rambling about what [...]
Read moreWe Made a Limited Edition Letterpress Print.
*UPDATE* There are small number of prints still available. You should buy one because they are awesome! Ptborides.com teamed up with our good friends at Jacksoncreekpress.ca to bring you a limited edition print featuring the names of our 5 favourite Canadian cyclists. In 2010, Jeff at Jackson Creek Press had made a series of three [...]
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