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.


Race # 9 - OTB

26 July 2006 | 14:35 | No Comments

hard raceday thursday
taken 07/25/2006
This guy was Off the Back in the CAT 1/2/3 race. That’s pretty much what happened to me in the CAT 5 race earlier that day. I was hoping to pull most of the way and did for four laps. It’s much easier for me to keep pace up front rather […]



D.N.H.

22 July 2006 | 13:33 | No Comments

hard hills monday portlandvelo
taken 07/22/2006
“Competition is painful and wonderful and insane and ugly and beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Forget magazines and how-to books. The fastest, best way to get in touch with pure physical exhilaration and hardship of this sport is to race. The fastest way to go faster is to race.” - Dan Koeppel
D.N.H. […]



Portland Velo “A” Ride

8 July 2006 | 16:22 | No Comments

There’s a reason I drive all the way to Hillsboro to meet these folks for a group ride. What went wrong? […]



Training # 30 - West Hills

5 July 2006 | 23:12 | No Comments

I would have thought yesterday’s efforts would drop my performance level a notch; but quite the opposite. […]