I'rod bike race?!

[Deerskin and Anja]

i wasn't anything close to that kind of mileage, my best was a fast 7 miles/day, along with about the same in running/walking on a dirt track to build my lungs/endurance for ice skating. i wasn't a competitor in the usual sense, but a 'test skater', competing against the standards. did that for years, though i wasn't very good at it, i loved it.

what sort of bike do you have? mine was a peugeot mixti frame, that had been in a wreck prior to my getting it, so the headtube was bent in a little. no one could ride it but me, because if you didn't know the trick, you would wind up hitting your toes on the front wheel! but it was fast, and trappy, and i loved that bike,

[Heidi]

It's a Trek road bike that needs to start getting used again.

[tanglefoot]

i ve taught and worked as a mountian bike guide here in the uk for..um...jeez 20 years! omg! haha didnt realise it was that long....some awesome trails up innorth wales, gentler but beautiful trails in the wye valley, stonking great hills in scotland,,,before that i was a sponsored bmx rider (alder surfwear) many moons ago.

[bourgeois_rage]

Great links John. I'd love to see some of those freight bikes.

[carolynh]

Here's a link http://arcticglass.blogspot.comto a regular Alaska blog where the writer biked the I'rod bike race for the first time this year. Scroll down to the March 2 entry and start reading. It's a pretty extreme story. But great reading!

Carolyn H.

[Deerskin and Anja]

oh, man! are those bikes phat or what?! our 16 year old is in love! what are those?