from zero to hero: 2009 eXTri off-road triathlon

... 1-kilometer ocean swim. 23-kilometer bike ride. 4-kilometer run. the order...concerns and proceeded to park my bike at the transition area, readied my...my shoes. when i saddled my bike, i immediately felt a side stitch...and found another runner walking the downhill portions. i told him he could..., but it was already a mountain for me. that is why i... than 9 others in the bike portion, and outran 18 racers.

A Bike Tour In Four Themes, Theme 2: Curiosity, concluded

... in some more convenient place downhill. The road here really is ...to the top of the mountain pass, the terrain opens into...the idea of a recumbent bike when they probably wouldn't...t hurt on an upright bike, why compromise? Besides, it's...own stock in a recumbent bike company, and I get uncomfortable...type, to convince people that bike touring is not that hard...to them on a loaded bike is going to impress or...

Tehran

... at it's best, slammed up against an impressive mountain backdrop that rises up out of the pollution in a...t have brains to begin with!) Dave's left his bike in Esfahan, traded for a rug and two glasses of... into the city, I'm scrambling to put my bike together in the middle of the bus depot parking ... direction to find in Tehran as it's always downhill the city is built on a gradually softening slope. ...

Mountain bike tracks

Ok are there any dual slalom, four-cross or even BMX courses in or near town? Short of that, where is the closest, challenging downhill trail system for mountain bikes? thanks!

... been much of a problem. We're going to San B because Andy's registering for a few downhill mountain bike races! He's really excited about the races. I guess a lot of the guys he rides with have...hilarious that he's this nerdy software engineer during the week and an adventure downhill cyclist by weekend. It's kind of unsuspecting like Clark Kent and Superman. ...

A Bike Tour In Four Themes, Theme 2: Curiosity

...on this many times during the bike tour. It will come naturally to...As we continue to skirt the mountain, we pass through vast hills of...along the outer face of the mountain. Close up, the pollen on the... on the back of my bike: Dig those big stripey antennae, ... flat highway with a slight downhill grade and a narrow shoulder,... your balance disappears and the bike pitches violently. It's a ...

Sheffers

...for a while without much difficulty before the track went to what i'd refer to in mountain-bike terms as 'singletrack'; no real room for overtaking. Went merrily along with Sarah and in front a... had to crawl to get up them. I recognised some of it as being a downhill mountain bike track! The route kept on going in a tortuous up and down manner giving you a ...

A few little adventures on the bike

.... A good place to stop, as the next few miles are down the mountain pass, into a huge Plateau for the next, dozens of miles, it seemed... the night. Good sleeping, once again. The next morning, I ditched the bike under some wood and climbed up. Wake up time was 5:30 am,... pass, almost 12,000 feet up: Pretty place. Most of this was now downhill. A crazy amount of downhill, making good time.

3 Things I've Learned

... mentioned putting together a fixed cross bike before using a dingle cog. Well, I finally got that bike together and this was its maiden dirt voyage. The bike climbs like a champ. Like a serious mountain goat. So awesome. This was countered, however, my perhaps over-cautious downhill descents. I was running slicks so ...my next bicycle projects - putting dirt drop handlebars on my mountain bike.

I can see this becoming addictive… Spring fling!

.... As it was we were last out of the transition (aaah), and onto a 4km mountain bike section to Check Point 1.   It was mostly over paddocks and easy tracks, so that ...we’d left them. From there it was a 10km bike ride up to CP4, which was a mission and a ...old stock races. After CP4 it was a potentially awesome downhill ride that was marred by the extreme bumpiness. Felt ...