Welcome OBRA and Portland Mountain Bike Short Track Racers. The old gallery of photos are here. However, new pictures can be found here. Enjoy.

Take a look at some pics of the Twilight Criterium as well. And here's some of the highlights of the Short Track Finale.

Follow me as I document my daily rituals of training for the next "big one" and posting road reports from my rides. Rocks are hard. Cycling's hard. But it can be fun at the same time. I love everything road bike.


2006 Torture 10,000

12 August 2006 | 17:44 | No Comments

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Portland Velo West Hills Series

9 August 2006 | 21:30 | No Comments

hard hills portlandvelo wednesday
taken 08/09/2006
New route in the West Hills that I hadn’t ridden before. Old Germantown, all the way up Skyline to Helvatia, West Union, et al. I was going to try to bridge up to the lead group at the nine mile marker, but invariably took a wrong turn for a five […]



2006 Highline Hammer

7 August 2006 | 12:07 | 2 Comments

hard monday multiday raceday
taken 08/05/2006
The company we kept was full of ultra athletes, CAT 1 racers, ex-pro’s, pro’s, Furnace Creek 508 champion (and the only one to complete a Double Furnace Creek 508) Steve Born, Suzy “UltraWoman” Degazon, Velonews and Bicycling magazine writers, some weekend warriors like me. Even the non-pro’s […]



Race # 10 - CMG Mid-Summer’s Criterium

26 July 2006 | 21:57 | No Comments

hard raceday thursday
taken 07/26/2006
Mid-Summer’s Night Criterium in Hillsboro. Great course. My first crit. DNF. I spent the entire time above LT. The race was supposed to be 30 minutes + 2 laps (1.4 miles)
Once I fell off the back, there was no catching up. I figure I may as well finish, but again .. […]