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On Saturday April 5th I met fellow teammate Jeremy Arnold (www.goatandabandersnatch.blogspot.com) in Craig County Virginia for the hardest “bike ride” I’ve ever done. We met the evening of the 5th for some dinner at Olive Garden and talk of riding the much anticipated Dragon’s Back XXC race. We quickly ate and went back to [...]

On the morning of Sunday November 7th I drove out to Cove Creek Campground in Pisgah Forest to ride in the last race of my season. Don’t let the name fool you (It’s metric). The SWANK 65 is a 42 mile race set in the Pisgah Mountains outside of Brevard, NC. Like other races organized [...]

Three weeks ago I ventured out to the unknown trails of Camp Wahsega in Dahlonega, GA to participate in the 2007 Fools Gold 50 mile race. I anticipated racing the 100 mile for several weeks before registeration and at the last minute I decided I needed a few more miles under my belt before racing [...]

On 7/22/07 I ventured out to the starting line of the Off Road Assault on Mt. Mitchell for the Second time. This year there were about 70 more riders and I had 8 more gears. I hadn’t been able to obtain and build a Vassago SS so I rode my Bandersnatch set up w/a 1X9 [...]