Tag: Gravel
Noble Pursuit 2013
The Noble Pursuit is a team event happening on Sunday July 21st, 2013. Think of it as the greatest time you will ever have on a bicycle. Teams of 6 will depart from the Silver Bean in staged intervals. The ride will cover something like 140km-160km. The route will remain a highly guarded secret until [...]
Read moreFriday Morning. Thursday Night Report. 06/15/12
A-Gruppo Okay, it’s no secret, I love Dirty Thursday. I like everything about it. The jitters of everybody in the parking lot before the ride, the jostling for position as we hit the gravel, pinning it through a gravel section that should really be ridden with greater respect and caution, the absolute concentration (or that [...]
Read moreSimple Pleasures #3 – Embrocation.
Here I am, trying to get myself back into the habit of writing. I am taking today a bit easy by putting down a few new words, recycling some old ones and finally posting a piece I wrote almost a year ago. What the hell? The racing season is upon us. If you need a [...]
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 [...]
Read moreA Grey Sunny Day
Wednesday. We have been discussing this ride concept for months. The days are counting down and we don’t yet know if the proposed route is ridable. Now, the last coffee is downed and we are on our way. Testing, probing we try to force our way through some trails that just won’t go. Even if [...]
Read moreOne Hundred the Hard Way
Well its kinda like spring. Kinda. Club rides have started, bike path is getting busier, but it’s still early days getting out on the roads to work the winter cobwebs out of the legs. The Peterborough cycling scene is filled with super fast, super dedicated riders who by April have churned out a few hundred, [...]
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