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The Heart of Arizona is a great century and 200k brevet event hosted by the Bullshifters. It forms a big loop in south-central Arizona though scenic and very remote country. Mike Sturgill has a pretty good description for finding the town of Congress (the start location): – 37 miles Southwest of Nowhere, AZ – 39 […] A friend of mine turned me on to an online newspaper called Examiner.com. He’s a professional chef and enjoys writing about what he loves, so he became the Scottsdale Cooking Examiner. What a great idea! I also enjoy writing, so I decided to try my hand as the Phoenix Cycling Examiner! And I got it! […] Garmin Connect: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/12761486 In 2006 I registered for the Son of Death Ride, but when I got to the start I found out the ride had been cancelled at the last minute due to problems getting a permit from the Forest Service. I wound up riding the route anyway with 3 other guys. One guy […] I was in Denver on Thursday and Friday before the High Country 200k in ShowLow. My flight back was supposed to land at 7:35 pm, which, optimistically, would put me in ShowLow around 11pm. Unfortunately, thunderstorms were moving through the Phoenix area and we wound up circling the airport for about an hour waiting for […] Mike Cox asked me to post some pix of the new Calfee (probably to show off what great work he does!) LOL. Calfee does great work (http://www.calfeedesign.com) Me and my new ride. Calfee Tetra Pro with a translucent blue (you can see the carbon fabric under the paint) that fades to black. Notice the […] I didn’t do as well as I would have liked during my last two “big” events, suffering from knee pain during each. Hindsight is 20/20 and I know I wasn’t properly prepared, especially considering the amount of hill climbing involved for both of them. My next “big” event is the “Son of Death Ride” … […] Mike Cox at Curbside Cyclery finished my new Calfee while my kids and I were off camping at Kinnikinick Lake the weekend before the Taylor House Century. Luckily Jeff Lockwood was able to squeeze in a bike fit for me on Monday, so the bike would be ready for it’s maiden century! I had decided to try… […] |
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