While I haven’t ridden my RM-Z Suzukis as much as I have wanted to this summer, the days that I have ridden have been epic. This past week Joe and I rode with the Trek World Racing pro downhill guys at Dyracuse. It was a really good day of riding motos with professional athletes and [...]
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I work for Trek Bicycle. We sponsor a mountain bike team named Trek World Racing. Half the team is cross country mountain bike racers and the other half are downhill mountain bike racers. The DH portion of the team is coming to Trek this week for a visit and download about their race bicycles. On [...]
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Teammate Joe V and I hit a “real” hare scramble race this past weekend. I’ll get to the “real” aspect later but what I really want to dive into were the reality checks I experienced the day of the race. I lined up on the AA row at the combined D17 and D16 event. It’s [...]
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I spent a hour doing laps at the tight woods loop near my house. It poured rain the entire time. While it was fun and a good skill builder, it destroyed the bike and pretty much destroyed the trail.
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Lucky for me my job sometimes puts me in some pretty cool situations. Last week I was in Whistler, BC riding a Trek Session and this week I was in France riding a fleet of 2011 Trek mountain bikes. The Trek Session is 38lbs of downhill fun. It has 8+ inches of sophisticated suspension travel, [...]
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I went out on a limb yesterday and raced my RM-Z450 at a local District 16 hare scramble. Hixton was the place. Hixton is notorious for its clay soil, nasty ruts, and confusing trail network. The risk was that I don’t have much time on the 450 so when it rained 6” in the days [...]
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Two new topics today – the van got a facelift and I’ve been putting time on a 2009 RM-Z450. The van was a perk that AJ at Victory Circle Graphix helped us out with. Joe and I have often talked about how to grow our presence at races and on the .www and this was [...]
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I know it’s totally lame to post without photos when you’re trying to share a cool experience but bear with me. I feel bad enough for not taking a single photo and I don’t need to be reminded that most people visit our blog only look to at the pictures. Last Wednesday I met up [...]
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I’m short on time this week because of a busy work schedule but here’s the gist of my race experience this past weekend: • Pearson, WI is four hours north of where I live in WI. It’s pretty much the great wild north but not quite as far away. I felt like I was in [...]
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Did I ever mention how much I enjoy riding my motorcycle? Today was one of those days were the riding was about as good as it gets, all things considered. I played hooky from work, blasted Sirius XMU as loud as I could all the way to Dyracuse, signed in, suited up, lit the RM-Z250 [...]
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The second race of the AMA District 16 hare scramble series is in the bag. Joe and I drove an hour west of Madison this past Sunday to compete in a super fun event held on a private farm in the rolling hills of south-central Wisconsin. Friday rains and farmed soil made for hero dirt [...]
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One of our sponsors has joined forced with Lance Armstrong. That’s a powerful combination! Joe and I appreciate Honey Stinger energy and recovery foods because of our busy schedules and because we are trying to make the best of our micro sized race effort. It’s good stuff! Here’s the press release announcing the partnership: Lance [...]
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The first race of the District 16 Hare Scramble series is done. It was held at the Aztalan MX park just east of Madison, WI under gloomy skies and on very soggy ground. We have had zero precip for the past few months and we were hearing the dust was going to be an issue [...]
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I put the finishing touches on both my bike and my body yesterday morning at Homann’s. I’m feeling fit and sometimes feel fast but I need some race time to really get in the groove. That will happen this weekend, I hope, since its the first race of the season. I’ve switched to my practice [...]
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I just spent the last week in Tempe, Arizona on a business trip. I must confess, however, that my business trips aren’t what I would call typical business trips, especially when most of the people I sit next to on the plane are in suits and wingtips while I’m in shorts and a t-shirt. None [...]
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Homann’s has been treating me well lately. The abnormally dry conditions this month combined with the tight trails have helped me hone in on a few of my riding weaknesses. Because it’s so dry I’ve been able to ride far more this spring than in recent years and because there are so many turns at [...]
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I played hooky from work and home this past Wednesday morning and rode my RM-Z250 at the Homann farm near my house. The past few times I’ve ridden there it has been frozen solid (and a great place to ride with studded tires). But last Wednesday it was relatively dry. The loop there is short [...]
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One week ago I rode at Homann’s in eight inches of snow that covered frozen ground. Yesterday I did an hour on the Gas Gas on nearly dry dirt. That might sound like anything special to you but when you haven’t seen dirt in you own back yard for almost 4 months, this is big [...]
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Months ago I explained how my training was mapped out for the 16 weeks leading up to the first race of the season. I divvied things up into four week blocks, each with a specific focus, and increased the intensity or duration during each block. So now I’m into the third block of training and [...]
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Joe and I put in about 5 hours of riding at St Joe today. It was warm and drying so the locals showed up in droves which made the open sand sections and even the parking lot a little bit dangerous. None the less, we found a section of the woods that didn’t have much [...]
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For fun I got on the Gas Gas and made a section out of the load ramp in the St Joe parking lot.
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AJ at Victory Circle Graphix is interviewed in this article on VeloNews. VCG does the art and vinyl for our bikes as well.
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Joe and I made our annual pilgrimage to St Joe State Park south of St Louis today. We’re here for a half day of riding today and a full day of throttle twisting tomorrow before we head home early on Sunday morning. This is our third trip to St Joe. Thankfully its the same as [...]
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Check this out: Michael Williams http://www.wix.com/mwilliams64/michaelwilliamsracing He’s only 17 but has a website and regular blog entries. I think its cool that’s he so serious about what he’s doing.
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Mark sent me these photos of the bikes in his booth at the Indy show.
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I did a midnight run down to Suzuki Mark’s place last night to drop off my RM-Z. Vesrah has a booth at the Indy Dealer Expo this weekend and they are very kind to Joe and me for putting one of our bikes on display. Joe and I can’t go to the show this year [...]
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My Moose Racing XCR and Sahara clothes arrived today! If you don’t recall, I’m a big believer in Moose gear because of how well it works. The fit is right, its durable, the colors are bold yet simple and the technical feature rock. If you’ve never ridden in Sahara gear on a hot day, you [...]
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Joe definitely made the best of being woods rider by going to the opening round of the national enduro series last weekend but I did my best to get some ride time in here in Wisconsin. I don’t know what has kept me from riding more in the winter other than its cold and it [...]
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Check out this video of the Yoshimura race shop in Chino, CA. That’s Rich Doan giving the tour of the shop. Rich is an former World Superbike racer and an accomplished cyclist (that’s how I met him – through bicycle racing). Rich has helped our Vesrah Suzuki Off-road program from time to time. The Rockstar [...]
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The Steel Shoe ice race was postponed today. But I had cleared the day to be doing something on a motorcycle so after a few phone calls and discussions with various friends a few laps at Holman’s farm seemed to be the best option. I met up with Brian Terry at the entrance to the [...]
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I was in LA on business last weekend and had a few minutes to spare so I headed over to see some friends at Hi-Torque Publications. Hi-Torque prints Motocross Action, Dirt Bike Magazine and a bunch of other stuff. I’ve been friends with Zap Espinoza for a long, long time from the bike industry. Zap [...]
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I got text message from Mark Junge a few nights ago that mentioned an ice race on Fox Lake later this month. I had to check my work and home schedule but it looks like I can participate. Could be that we borrow an ice-prepped RM-Z450 bike from JR Schnabel for the event. JR won [...]
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I consider January 1 the day that my season starts. It’s the day that I stop my careless junk food eating and staying up to wee hours watching crappy movies and I start paying attention to the aspects of my riding that I want to improve on. In short, I start training. This will be [...]
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Mark and I made our way from Gallatin, TN over to near Dickenson today. We planted the big truck at the hare scramble venue then loaded the mountain bikes into the Jeep and drove to the Montgomery Bell State Park for some exploring. The MBSP has really good reviews on the Tennessee mountain bike site [...]
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Still in TN. Mark and I did a few hours on the trials bikes this morning trying to conquer the greasy hills out back of where we are staying. Last night’s breezy evening and some sun and warmer temps this morning dried the hill out a bunch so today’s riding was far more satisfying than [...]
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Here’s livin’! I spent the day riding trials bikes and talking shop with Tray Batey and Mark Junge near Nashville, TN. Tray is nearly 50 but, boy howdy, can he ride a motorcycle. Tray is one of Mark Junge’s endurance road racing riders and he lives here in TN. Mark, as you know, is the [...]
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Mark Junge invited Joe and me to ride motos and bicycles near Nashville this weekend. Tomorrow we hope to hook up with road racing legend Tray Batey for a day of trials riding. On friday we plan to ride mountain bikes then get a trail ride on the RM-Zs on Saturday afternoon. And on Sunday [...]
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Joe was at Sugar Maple last week when I couldn’t make it but I made it there today. Brian Terry, Brian’s daughter Grace and Dave Hollub and I all trucked the 88 miles out to west of Madison for a few hours of trail clearing and riding. This is actually a real treat because it’s [...]
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As Joe points out in his latest entry, it’s the off season here in WI. With unseasonably dry weather and warm temperatures we could have been riding or racing but I didn’t plan for that so it hasn’t happened. I can say that I’m bummed that I haven’t been riding because this time of year [...]
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The Ironman race has come and gone and the experience delivered its usual plethora of emotional ups and downs. I’m riding shotgun to Joe as we make our way back to Madison, around Chicago in the pouring rain. Joe and I did our usual course inspection, race registration and GNCC friends check in before eating [...]
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Joe and I are on our way to the last GNCC race of the year. This will be the only GNCC race that I’ve done this year which is has sparked conversations about the complete GNCC calendar that we did last year. We’ve been reminiscing about the fun times, the challenging times, and our favorite [...]
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Here are some of my favorite shots from the race we did a few weeks ago. Ready set go sandy climb navigating the sand track JD at speed fast downhill Marquette fast guy Ben Bernard Teammate Joe sand jump race winner Brandon Houts OMA superstar Chuck Garritson fellow Trek employee and veteran racer Roger Bird [...]
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There are a fair number of people voicing their opinions on-line and at WI hare scramble events about how the racing has been this past season. Its my opinion that two clear topics of discussion have surfaced throughout the year – that the races are poorly attended and that the two series don’t get along. [...]
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Joe and I were billing the final race of the WI hare scramble calendar as the World Championships. That’s because we both felt like we could do well at Dyracuse, and it was the last race, I suppose. I definitely prepared my bike, body and mind to do well there and nearly pulled off a [...]
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My brother Patrick came to visit me last week. We cleared our family schedules, promised not to get hurt and spend the better part of the day roosting at Dyracuse. He owns an 07 KTM EXC 530 so he isn’t new to motos but he lives in Sacramento, CA where the riding is hot, dry [...]
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Brian Mullane posted a bunch of photos on smugmug.com from the Hixton race. This links to my favorite in the gallery but there are lots of great photos showing the variety of terrain and skills from that day of racing. Here’s one from the radical start we did! Thanks for posting those photos, Brian!
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Finally back racing the moto after a long summer break and lots of work and family commitments. I’ve really been looking forward to riding some this fall and today’s race in Hixton, WI totally satisfying. I won the AA race but it’s a little bit of a hollow win, as I’ll try to describe. Hixton [...]
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I was too busy riding to take any pictures so if you need pictures to get through my blog, skip this entry. Joe’s recent post has some photos for to ponder. The dirt at Dyracuse this past weekend was pretty phenomenal. I was thinking, as I lay in bed the evening after my 2.5 hour [...]
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I work for a bike company – Trek bikes, to be exact. We recently debuted several 2010 mountain bike models to a group of magazine editors and select dealers in a tiny ski hill town named Altausee, Austria. I was along for the trip as a technical advisor and race team liaison. Austria is beautiful. The people are [...]
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Since I haven’t been racing motos, let alone riding motos, what have I been up to? Family commitments have kept me busy between work outings that’s for certain. But that’s time I like committing to. It’s the hours and hours of time spent in airports and planes that drives me nuts. Over the past five [...]
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