It sure is nice to see all of you stopping by the lodge to say hi.  Here is the latest update.  I have been standing if I go cycling.  I haven’t sat in the saddle for a week.  Last Saturday morning I had to do some drastic stuff to prevent an infection from spreading and…

This is a race that I missed due to an infection. The up-side is that I got to take some great pictures. This is the Galena Grinder, quite possibly the best race of the summer and one that I am looking forward to thee most for 2008. We arrived at the location on a Saturday…

Team Delphine, in conjunction with sponsor Owenhouse Bike and Fitness, are offering a Giant TCR-C1 bicycle ($3,000 MSRP) to raffle for the Jenny McCune Benefit Fund (JMBF). Jenny McCune was seriously injured in a cycling accident on July 5th and is undergoing rehabilitation at Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colorado. Tickets are $10 each, 2 for $14…

It was a spur of the moment decision.  To try and bike up and over Sheep Mountain in 3 to 4 hours and impress my friends. So I posted where I was going on my Palaver section of my site (just in case … right?) and headed out. It was 103 degrees when I left…

Hello from somewhere under the haze in Missoula Montana. I returned home last night from this weekends race the Thompson Park Mountain Bike Race in Butte Montana.  This race was number 5 in the Montana Off Road Series (MORS). I left town on Saturday and spent a couple hours at the course pre riding.  the…

Julie H. has posted photos from the annual Snow Bowl Ride and Seed Spitting Contest (click here). The seed spitting contest is in it’s second year and becoming quite hi tech.  I think I over heard someone was using CO2. This years ride started out in some small rain showers and threats from the heavens…

It looks like I am still BARELY in first place. Hot on my heels is John and if he keeps his powerful pace from last weekend I may fall from the top spot this weekend in Butte MT. [Pro/Semi/Expert Standings][Google Spreadsheet ]

(By: Karl Rosengarth) The 3,100-mile Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDNST) runs the spine of the Rockies from Canada to Mexico, and is predominately open to bikes in non-Wilderness areas. However, bike access to the country’s longest shared-use trail is now in jeopardy. The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) reports that the Forest Service just…

Results for week #2 of the Graymont Mountain Bike Series. This is a race series put on by ROAR.  A lot of you have been asking me about this and I have said that it is a team from the Adirondack region of New York. I consider Plattsburgh the place I am from even though I was raised in…

Hello from a coffee shop in Missoula Montana.  Yesterday I had a great ride out in the Rattlesnake.  I did the Trail of Tears twice in preparation for the state championships coming up next week.

Hello from somewhere in Missoula Montana where I am just about to head on over the the Kettle House to pick up a growler of Double Haul for tonight’s TNR ride.  Tonight is the annual “Seed Spitting Contest” after the ride and I will provide the beverages. Before I head off to mountain bike nirvana…