Confessions of a Middle Age Man in Lycra – Mexico, eh

Confessions of a Middle Age Man in Lycra – Mexico, eh

Before dawn we left our apartment to make our way on foot to the bike shop where we were scheduled to take a two hour bike tour in the Mexican countryside.  Locals were setting up food stands to feed the construction workers who were building the apartment blocks...

Confessions of a Middle Aged Man in Lycra – Bovine Classic

Confessions of a Middle Aged Man in Lycra – Bovine Classic

The Bovine Classic bills itself as “America's 4th-Hardest Cow-Themed Gravel Ride ... in a California Wine Region ... Not Called Napa or Sonoma.”  I’m not sure that’s true, but I decided to check it out to see for myself.  The entry fee was steeper than I...

Confessions of a Middle Aged Man in Lycra – WYO131

Wyo131 is an annual gravel race in Lander, WY, a town of about 7500 people at the foot of the Wind River Range.  It’s named either for the distance of the full ride, 131 miles, or for the number of the highway that leads out of town and into the mountains. ...