Team vs. Indy Racing
In the sad wake of my home bike shop and team closing down, last year I raced as an ‘independent’ for the entire season. Overall it was fine for the time being, as I didn’t want to rush my decision to...
View ArticleKing of the Hill
A couple of years ago, I took part in a sort of ‘cycling scavenger hunt’ across Calgary. It was fun day, with lots of hard, fast riding through the city from location to location. One of the stages was...
View ArticlePower Drain
I’ve only got two races in the bag so far this year. The first was the Blizzard winter race and the second was a spring series road race. All in, I’d say I felt pretty happy with my performance in...
View ArticleFat Tire Tuesdays
Bike racing can be a daunting world to get into. I should know. It wasn’t that many years ago that I finally warmed up to the idea, after breaking into the local MTB scene through Pedalhead group...
View ArticleDark Knight Throwdown!
Bikeridr is self-described as ‘the adventures, rants and ramblings of Ken & Sheldon, two guys who like to ride bikes.’ Truth be told though, we also really like to race bikes. Sadly we just don’t...
View ArticleDark Knight – CX Nirvana
I’m not joking when I say that the highlight of my entire cycling season, is hands down the Dark Knight Cross Race. This year reassured me of that fact, without question. It wasn’t that many years ago...
View ArticleThe 5 Stages of a DNF
Did… Not… Finish… There’s nothing more humiliating than seeing a DNF next to your name on a results sheet. There’s no space for excuses there… Just three letters, staring back at you – and everyone...
View ArticleWho is Hot Sauce?!
If you’ve been to an Alberta CX race this season, you’ve probably seen the boldly branded Shepard Fairey inspired Hot Sauce t-shirts and cycling caps around. It was the caps that I noticed first,...
View ArticleAlberta Cyclocross Finale
Well, thats a wrap! The 2014 cyclocross season is in the books, and there is nothing left now but the fond memories of the pain, the crashes, the DNFs and the suffering to keep us warm until spring....
View ArticleOverseas with Aaron Schooler
While Alberta cyclocross is but a slowly fading memory as winter’s cold embrace envelops us, it is alive and well elsewhere in the world. We were lucky enough to have our ‘foreign corespondent’ Rob...
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