February 27th, 2011 | by Chad Totaro | Features
March 5th kicks off the local race scene with an 11.4 mile mostly flat time trial which is on the east service road between exits 288 and 281, completely exposed. Last year the TT had relatively warm weather for an early winter morning and also saw some wicked southern winds. The southern wind provided a wicked tail wind on the way out. I was close to spinning out a 55/12 gear. This non-technical TT is a great way to kick off the local season and for any time trialist this is a pure power course and one that I personally
Read MoreFebruary 14th, 2011 | by Taylor Jung | Features
And so the routine continues… Team BRC Real Estate spent another weekend on the eastern plains putting the miles in our legs to prepare for the season. After a week of heavy snow and frigid temperatures, the warming trend was more than welcome. Saturday was a smallish group some of whom spent 4+ hours and some who spent less as a process of rehabbing injuries. Sunday was warmer and a larger group of ~10. The wind was strong out of the west, so our ride out to Deer Trail was took well under 2 hours. The slog back rated as
Read MoreFebruary 7th, 2011 | by Chad Totaro | Features
A few weeks back a few of us from the team rode out from Boulder to preview the Mead Roubaix road race course. The race isn’t for a couple of months but it was a good way to get in 4+ hours of riding while also getting excited about the first big road race. This road race is replacing the Boulder Roubaix race and it is actually a very different race, so in my opinion it is just taking its place on the calendar. The only similarity is that there are some dirt sections but very different terrain. The course
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