Jacob here with a trip down memory lane. In 2016, I hosted a series of gravel rides in the Rogue Valley, along with Aaron, a Cycle Analysis teammate and fellow 5&9 Crazy Mofo. I’ve been wanting to write this post for a while to recap the series, share the routes, and relive some of the […]
I promise, after this report, I will do my very best to avoid the topic of the Gravel Epic race. It’s finally come and gone so this should be my last time writing about it for awhile. And, not a moment too soon in my opinion! I’m tired of thinking about it. Last week […]
Well, here we are at the end of Summer. Seeing as how I’m about 1000 miles behind pace to hit my year’s goal of 6500 miles, I guess I should be satisfied with my other goal. And, I am! My favorite goal this year was to HAVE FUN riding. After last year’s drive to do […]
The Gravel Epic is only 3 weeks away and with that in mind I dove into last week intent on burying myself in cycling pain for the next 2. Tuesday got things started in the right direction when Jared and I decided to try to escape the smoke by heading out to Lost Creek Lake […]
It looks like the smoke has finally made it’s way to the Valley. So far it hasn’t been bad, but this morning I was riding the motorbike down I-5 to work and thought it was raining. I wasn’t getting wet though, and my highly perceptive mind finally realized (after about 10 minutes) that it was […]
I promise I was trying to be more consistent. Truth. But, when I was forced to wait nearly 2 weeks for my new internet service, I had to bail on last week’s report. I’ll try and make up for it today. I only had the chance to ride twice last week, but both […]
Oh yeah. Oh yeah. 3 weeks in a row. Boom. I’m on a roll. Or, I’m just doing what I’m supposed to. That’s probably it. For the one or two people that enjoy hearing about my brushes with death while hiking the wilds of Southern Oregon, I apologize. No hike last week. Just good […]
Whaddya know? Two weeks in a row! I told y’all last week I was re-committing myself to reporting on my adventures more faithfully. I may not always have much to say, but I’m not afraid to say a lot about nothing! Lucky for you guys, I had another somewhat adventurous week. And, even if you […]
Yeah, yeah. I skipped another week of writing last week. I’ve already been scolded by a couple people so I’m going to redouble my efforts to be more dedicated. It’s not that I didn’t ride. I just found myself with very little time to sit down and contemplate the two-wheeled goodness I had experienced. […]
After giving my highly questionable storytelling skills a break last week, I’m back. You guys didn’t really think you could get rid of me THAT easy, did you? Too many good rides took place over the 4th of July weekend to not share the happiness! While I really don’t work all that hard […]
Today’s Summer Swing route brought 12 intrepid riders through the backroads outside of Lake Creek and Butte Falls. With temperatures in the 90s and lots of steep gravel of varying texture, plus a hike-a-bike section or two, completing the ride was no small feat, but everyone managed to get through the entire thing without incident. […]
I’m not going to bore you guys with all the regular stuff like, “Hey, I rode 17 miles on Tuesday” (I did). Or, “It was really dumping rain during the race Thursday and I was sliding all over so I bailed because I could” (It was, and yeah, I did). Instead, I’m gonna get right […]