Now that we aren't pulling on our layers and layer of Lycra each weekend and dirtying our bikes, we have this feeling of, "what the heck do we do with our lives now??!!" You feel that too? Yeah. It's a strange feeling! To go from cyclocross racing nearly every weekend to, well, not racing. Life feels a bit empty. Creating a new routine...

Today, marks my thirty-first year on earth. As I write this, and as I reflect on all that I have managed to accomplish in those years, I'm sitting in an adult-sized onsie on my couch. My laptop is so old that it freezes up with every few keys that I push, and the battery is so weak that if the power cord becomes...

I've never been an overly speedy cyclist, and racing is new to me. Though I had been on a mountain bike for years before I started wearing Lycra and getting into drop-bars, I was certainly the slow and steady style rider, preferring to take the easy ride-rounds than the crazy-ass-obstacles. I never raced a bike or had any desire to speed up, until...

This past weekend, after months of training, planning and prep, my fiance rode his bike up a hill, 19 times, without sleep, all as a fundraiser for the Kettle Society and to shed light on mental health issues. Everesting is the act of riding a bike up one mountain, as many times as necessary, to reach a total elevation of 8,848m. This is...

I'm always so happy to see more and more events, rides, and brands, focused on women cyclists, regardless of whether the aim is at beginners or advanced riders. Most sports are underrepresented in terms of female participation, which is a shame! Here is a round-up of upcoming Vancouver-area events that are aimed at women in cycling, or open to all genders and/or ability...

Bear X'ing - October 10, 2016   Cross-giving weekend. What a great weekend it was! A long weekend, featuring two cx races - one on the lower mainland and another on Vancouver Island. I rangled up my mutually-cycling-crazed partner to do both races that weekend, as well as have a home cooked Thanksgiving meal....and I have NEVER before made a turkey dinner. EVER....

Queen's Cross - October 8, 2016 Mud. I had been dreaming about it, wishing about it, wanting it...since the end of last year's cyclocross season, I had anticipated this year's cyclocross season. Well, with Queen's CX in New Westminster, I got what I asked for. Mud. Copious amounts of mud. Along with the mud, though, came the rain. Buckets and barrels of rain....