Wisconsin.

Really, the last 30 seconds are the best 30 seconds:

I am in Wisconsin. Sun Prairie to be exact. Staying at Dan (of Planet Bike fame) and Jen Powell’s house!
It is very nice. Dan is still at Interbike, Jen is at work. I am putting my bikes together and working on work and more work email [...]

Starcrossed and Rad Racing GP-first UCI action of the season.

Tonkin and I on our way to NOT getting in the top ten.
I did a decent ride at Starcrossed. I faded pretty hard with 4 to go. Shannon and someone else got me with 2 to go and that was it for the top ten.
11th place. Again.
With my guts in knots and my back and [...]

yeah, she is fast, but it's not like she wins races…

ouch.
After watching Cary Miller pour a little bit of his RedBull out for his homies, I realized I had nerves before starting this local cx race. It was hot and dusty and the course was bumpy as hell.
My teammates Shannon and Kevin were 1st and 2nd in the overall ranking for this little race series [...]

The shoes.

Damn. (here is my tongue in cheek and slightly late tutorial.)
Got a few comments and a handful of emails about the Shimano shoes.
I like Damian’s comment about Adam having a thing or two to say to Shimano about the slickness!
So, here comes a photo or two and a brief tutorial.
Race.cx covered it briefly when I [...]

CX practice is getting weird.

It just hit me that I’ll be helping out at the OBRA Alpenrose Cyclocross clinics starting tomorrow!

The flyer is here.
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What the hell?

When I find the time…

I’ll update my damn website!
Let me think back… I raced a big-deal criterium a few Friday nights ago. Very fun, very fast. I like racing with road PROs. It is just so damn hard you can’t fake it and sit in. Not that I was doing much besides staying out of everyone’s way.
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Last week I [...]

Let me expand on that:

It is not that a PRO racer needs be a responsible public figure for themselves or their team’s own good.
It ties into the responsibility of every human being to act decently and with awareness of others.
It never made sense that people cruise through life not realizing (or more to the point, not giving a shit) [...]

Cyclocross tyres + Elkhorn photos:

The dolphin, the goat and the moose. And the gerbil…
All of that. For what?
Glicker.
Cara.
Kenji.
You become your power animal.
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On cyclocross tyres:
After some wrangling I am still technically a Dugast dealer.
Thanks to those who deserve thanks and… I’ve got a boatload of Dugast Rhino’s in stock!
More coming too.
Donn from Challenge writes:
“Hi Molly!
We should be able to release [...]

Elkhorn classic stage race! Drive home.

Yes.
We packed the S H I T out of the rental.
4 bikes + 3 huge over packed luggage bags + 12 wheels + tons of CLIF product + double bike box + tired bike racers.

Elkhorn classic stage race! Day 1 wrap up.

H O T T.
I’m back at the host house with my legs up.
The stage was 75 miles, with 1 x 15 minute climb and a bunch of rollers on the way in to the finish.
I was hoping to have more info about other riders but I got myself dropped from the peloton halfway through the [...]