What does Ned Overend REALLY do at Specialized?

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Sounds like a fun job to me. But then you have to be a legend first. (And kick butt at 54!)

The Caveman Cometh (and he’s on a 29er)

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

So, you are a trail mashing mofo; gnarliest of the gnar. Yes, you are a fit machine and can ride. You have skills. Skills, eh? How about swimming, mountain biking and running — as in consecutively… in one day… at race pace?
Whaddya say? That off-road triathlon stuff — Xterra — isn’t for true mountain bikers? [...]

Riding with the champions, NorCal High School racing league & Specialized.

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Northern California has a booming High School racing programme. It is run a by a non profit organization and Specialized enthusiastically pitched in with a huge truckload of demo bikes for the kids to try out, and 3 World Champions on loan. Hence “Riding with the Champions.” Ned Overend, Rebecca Rusch and myself.
The kids could [...]

XTERRA World Champs- XTERRA.TV Highlights

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Despite the snow outside, I’m drenched with sweat. No, I’m not riding the stationary trainer in preparatory revenge for XTERRA Worlds 09. I just watched the highlights of this years’ race. I lived the race again. Sitting at the table, adrenaline pumped and my senses were abuzz with racing fever. Go to Xterra.tv [...]

Bike porn from Interbike 2007

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

The Avia bike drew a lot of attention and explained bike show goers why there’s running shoes at their “bike show”. Triathletes!

Interbike- Last Vegas. Dirt Demo

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

The Dirt Demo takes place in the desert outside Vegas- Bootleg Canyon. The trail system is amazing. Lots of everything- singletrack from mild to quite hairy, jumps, ladders and big drops, a small BMX track and even a huge shuttle for the boinga boinga guys.
I spent the day at the Specialized “village”. Hundreds of [...]

Caveman’s clever trick to lube a needy chain WITH YOUR CAR’S DIP STICK!

Friday, June 20th, 2008

How to lube a rusted bike chain when you have no (Squirt) chain lube.
Disaster strikes. The airline took your luggage hostage. You have to pre ride the course, so you borrowed a bike, helmet, shoes 2 sizes too big and clothes. (Yay for someone else’s used chamois!) Read more about why and how this was [...]

My XTERRA start…

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

My XTERRA start:
After racing professional road triathlons for 10 years, and really focusing on the Sydney Olympics in 2000, I decided to try XTERRA triathlons for fun, so in 2001 I came over to the US mainly to race road tris. I was completely unprepared for mountain biking. So for XTERRAs I traveled with my [...]