Fat biking, a relatively new side to our beloved sport of cycling, but definitely one that should not be overlooked. Fat bike season is in full swing, and I have been enjoying every freezing experience. From racing to training, it has been a main focus for me these past couple of months. I have succeeded in one event, and unfortunately, failed in another. All outcomes aside, this is one form of cycling that I am absolutely in love with, and encourage everyone to give it a try! I am thankful to say that I have already learned a lot from this short racing season. To begin, my first race of 2017, The Lone Cone Fat Bike Challenge, taught me a lesson in patience and stamina. Here is the simple but difficult truth about fat biking: the work that you put into this discipline is directly proportional to the conditions of the snow pack. A nice, groomed, hard-packed trail can feel as solid as the hero dirt that all mountain bikers love and crave. Alternatively, a trail covered by soft deep snow can metamorphose into a complete suffer-fest leaving any cyclist wishing that they had opted for an …show more content…
I was in the front pack feeling strong and positive. I knew who the former champion was, and watching her like a hawk I stayed on her wheel. The course consisted of five six mile laps, and I knew that as time went on, I could eventually work my way up in the pack. Then, it happened; my chain broke. Without shifting, it just broke while I was pedaling up a steep hill. Thankfully, with the help of an awesome friend (Cullen Barker, who was also racing), I got the chain back on and set off at a blistering pace. I was determined to work my way back to the front. My only consolation was that the chain broke on the first lap hopefully giving me time and shot at a spot on the podium. I finished my first lap and felt a thrill as I hurried past other racers. The screams of spectators made me feel even stronger and proud to be working so
Why do I like snowboarding? To understand why I like snowboarding, you have to go to the root of who I am, an adrenaline junky. Going fast is who I am so when I strap my boots into my bindings for those pre-planned “speed runs” and the jitters set in, I know it's time to shred. Every season I snowboard, my skills continue to grow and I continually push myself to new limits whether it is hitting bigger jumps or going balls to the wall and going as fast as possible down the mountain. This seasonal
For a lot of us, we’ve lost sight of this innate need to explore the unexplored. As work, school, family, social life and everything else that drives our days continues to pull us in every direction, it’s hard to remember the last time we were able to experience something so pure. For Jimmy, he’s managed to marry these stresses into his pride and joy, the Boise Bicycle Project. As Boise’s community-oriented, non-profit promoting the personal, social and environmental benefits of bicycling, BBP functions as “a bicycle recycling center as well as an educational workspace in a diverse and non-threatening atmosphere. Through education and access to affordable refurbished bicycles BBP strives to build a stronger bicycling community.”
Omg! I am going to have so much fun snowboarding! Today in my life I am at a super cool place. It’s in the UP and it’s called Ski Brule. It has all the snow hills you could possibly think about. I could never stop imagine me going down the hill and be so proud of me. But hopefully I don’t break any bones in my body. Because I still have basketball in the winter. But after I just took a soft energize nap. Then… We arrived. OM to the G! It was exactly what I imagined. The people gliding through the snow with their cool snowboards and their ski’s.
“Vasquez, thirty miles!” I yelled as I passed the counter’s desk. My legs are on fire, my heart is pounding, and my shirt is drenched in sweat. The sun is beaming, the temperature has reached 95⁰F and I’ve been riding my bike non-stop for three hours earning twenty dollars an hour. I would always find myself in this scenario every September when I attended High School, this was the Saint Jude Bike-a-thon.
A non-profit club with a strong commitment to fundraising initiatives, Gastown Cycling encourages friendship and fitness through cycling. Sergio has been riding since the 1980’s and is currently a Director serving on the Club’s Executive. He has witnessed first-hand the dramatic growth in his sport. Over the years Sergio has seen the sport became increasingly social. As we chatted about some of Sergio’s favourite rides, it quickly became apparent to me that the “pit-stop” coffee break location was an essential component to route planning. The majority of the Club’s weekend rides are 80-90km long, so a well-timed coffee break and social gathering makes the effort that much more enjoyable. From recreational cyclist, weekend warrior, biker commuter to competitive racer Vancouver is the place to
It all started as a passionate love towards the sport, then came as a dream to be one of those guys you see on t.v riding their bikes down a mountain, then became reality, and then….I was there on those mountains. Breathless. Just staring down below me as if I was a bird looking down from the clouds. I could taste the pine from the trees below and beside me. The taste was so surreal. And for a split second I couldn't believe where I was, and who I had become. I was so happy to be where I was, and was sure my mom was looking down on me today, and smiling from ear to ear seeing her son fulfil his dream.
Winter is my favorite season because I love to ski. I enjoy exploring Mother Nature, challenging my body to reach new limits, and challenging my mind to master a complicated technique. I raced in high school and placed 3rd at Junior Nationals, which led to training with the Olympic development team. Today, I enjoy sharing all that I learned with others. I helped coach the Spokane Middle School Racing team while I lived in Spokane, WA and I worked for Three Rivers Park District of Minneapolis from 2014-16 as a cross-country ski instructor. I often work with Minnesota transplants that are searching for a reason to love winter, which I can emphatically say, “it's
There’s no day like a snow day – Learn to Cross Country Ski at Cypress Mountain
With all the choices and methods of exercise these days, many of us are confused about what is best and what will work for them. Hopefully I can clear up some of this confusion about fitness, and talk about what methods I feel are most effective.
Brace yourselves everyone! This is Dave Smith here at the scene of the wreck on I-92. A semi pulled in front of them, and they swerved to avoid hitting it. If I were them, I would take the back roads like Route 66. Route 66 has small town restaurants, stores, and everyone knows everyone. It does not have those huge semi's that zoom past you. It is not busy at all. This road has landmarks, and stuff that you might never see again.
Cory Sorensen Paulson 6B English May 4, 2014 Synthesis Essay Snowboarding is a great way to stay in shape, relieve stress, and it floods one’s body with joy and happiness; and if something makes you happy, engage in it till it doesn’t bring happiness to you anymore. The benefits of snowboarding are exponential when it comes to the performance of your mental and physical capacity. Mentally, snowboarding triggers the parts of the brain that feel the sensation of being happy.
This winter, Karl has said that he wants to build another track bike. Again, he plans to build it from the ground up, and he has already bought the frame. He wants to finish it before the racing season starts in May or April. Cycling has proved an invaluable therapy for Moritz and his recovery. He has had to develop multiple skills as a result, and he completes a series of exercises every day to build his cognition and
John Bowers, a professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Institute for Energy Efficiency at UCSB, spoke to the Santa Barbara Independent about his month long journey along the Ride the Divide trail. The Ride the Divide Trail is a grueling mountain bike ride that travels through Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, and through the United States of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. These are areas of the country rich with California wildlife such as mountain lions, bears, and wild horses, and in places as empty and ominous as Great Basin Desert (105 degrees F) and the Grand Tetons. Bowers completed a total of 2,753 miles in less than 30 days, riding from Banff, Canada
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2. Cycling is a good way to lose those unwanted pounds. Steady cycling burns approximately 300 calories per hour. If you cycle for 30 minutes every day you would burn 11 pounds of fat in a year. Since it