Road races are a dying species, and more and more keep falling off the calendar. The list of canceled road races gets longer: Wayne Elliot, Housatonic Hills, Lake Auburn. — Russ Campbell (@rusto88) April 24, 2013 Russ Campbell’s tweet got those of us who are sitting behind a desk talking on the Twitters. And maybe talking ...

You’re probably looking at this title and thinking “YEAH RYAN, WE GET IT. YOU THINK YOU’RE AWESOME FOR THE BICYCLE RIDING”.  Not true.  This race was quite difficult, and I am really glad that I’m good at writing macros in Excel and doing website things.

I’m still not clear where the dragons are, as none were seen, and we didn’t really tour anything.  ASIDE FROM THE PAIN CAVE (LOL PAIN CAVE JOKE). ANYWAY.

So earlier today, I asked the Internet if anyone had a GPS file for this weekend’s road race so I could load it into my Garmin and know how many miles I had until the next climb. As usual, Alex Cox came to rescue, with a .gpx file he made at some point.  I converted it to ...

Here are some things that I learned at nationals: Pitting is stressful, and I’m really glad that it wasn’t super muddy during the elite men’s and women’s races.  Or else Mr. Katie Compton and Stu Thorne would have murdered me for my spot in the pit wash line. Running around like a maniac is tiring. ...

Did you know that NECX is REALLY GOOD? Because we are.  The Wilichoski CRUSHED the 35-39 race.  Dylan McNicholas CRUSHED the 30-34 race. Adam Myerson got third in the 40-44 race. Sally Annis DECMIATED the 35-39 race. Jesse Keough got 4th in the U23 race. ALSO: Andrea Smith won the 30-34 race, with Crystal Anthony ...

The dude who designed this part? Yeah.  He should be fired. In my experience, everything else you make – chains, cassettes, etc – is great.  And your customer service is great, too!  However, I’ve had to use it four times, each time to replace a shifter*.  I’ve ridden Shimano on my road bikes since 2003, ...

Sometimes, when you start bike racing in March, it is difficult to keep bike racing until December.  Then your legs stop working, you start sucking, and bike riding is not fun. THEN THREE WEEKS LATER BIKES ARE FUN AGAIN, and you go on a 50 + mile ride mostly on a rail trail on a ...

I failed to mention that Jeff Bramhall now referrers to me as Ryan Sparkles. This pleases me.