The firecracker 50 on 4th of July is a perplexing race. On onehand you have barbeque, beer, parades, and other American festivities; onthe other side you 50 miles of sweet racing, 11,200 ft of elevation gain,and a super stacked pro mtb field. I was super pumped to start this race and see where I could [...]
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From Rus, after the Firecracker 50. Not what you wanted to hear, but I broke my rear derailleur and had to DNF. I tried and tried to get something to work, and even turned my bike into a singlespeed. But in the end I just couldn’t get it to go. So I limped home with [...]
Here’s this week’s report: Crested Butte. To start, my wish to race with the 19-29s wasn’t granted, as when I got my number plate I saw I was put in with the 50+. And since it was only about 30 minutes before the start I didn’t have time to try to convince the USA Cycling [...]
On June 13th, we raced in Albstadt, Germany. When we pre-rode the course everything was all totally rideable except for one section. It might have been rideable but Wesley and I watched Ellie crash super hard on it and that kind of psyched us out a little bit, so we were planning on running that [...]