By John Borstelmann What was the coolest thing about my first UCI stage race? Easy. The people. Dropping their work and lining the streets of every community we hurtled through to celebrate this storied, 58-years-and-running nationwide festival of Guatemalan cycling. Shouting, dancing, and clapping. Launching…
By Kyle Kirby After an early morning and a quick drive down to the Tecate border crossing, three of us from Marc Pro (Dave, Nate, and myself, Kyle) got suited up and headed out to the start of the Baja Bike Race. There’s not too…
Written by Colin Patterson Usually October is considered the offseason for bike racers. A time when we get sit indoors and watch movies or cruise around town on an easy spin. But this October, we are doing just the opposite. After a hard crash forced…
I sit on the back of a motorcycle-taxi and grip the driver’s hips with my thighs as we zoom through the lamp-lit streets of Kigali. We weave in between cars and dodge other motorcycles as we go on my way to dinner with my teammates.…
Quinten Kirby checks in with a recap of the Tour de Delta at BC Superweek. The BC Superweek Race is always one of the highlights for us every year. Located in and around Vancouver, the 9 races over 10 days offer a high domestic level…
It seems like it’s been an abysmal year for the American road racing calendar. First, The Tour of the Gila showed record-low turnout rates for competitors in both the men’s and women’s field, with word getting around the peloton that the race organizer/owner was funding…
THE CONTEXT: It’s been a little under a week since I completed my first Copperopolis, and I’m still managing to find tiny little asphalt bits in places I didn’t even know existed. I guess that’s why they call it asphalt. Get it? Because it gets…
The 90 mile second stage of Chico Stage race in Paskenta, California started out early and very brisk with temperatures just above 40. The course entails two large 45 mile windy laps of mostly flat but with some undulating hills. The final 15 miles of…
First race of the NCNCA 2018, and I think Dave and I were still reeling from our Dominican Republic adventure, as we had arrived with 15 minutes till the start of the race. Where as, island time would have dictated that there be a mandatory…