http://www.davesbikeworld.com My world of bikes - racing, epic rides, bike commuting, riding with my kids Wed, 12 May 2010 16:56:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wow what a great race!  Where to start ….  well I’d hafta start by saying hats off to Eric Wever for continuing the coolest game in all of Pisgah.  He’s been putting on this event for years, but being recently married and now a new daughter – thanks Eric for ... http://www.davesbikeworld.com/?p=203 This week I was lucky enough to go to the JavaOne conference in San Francisco.  I’d been to the bay area a few times before but never had the opportunity to ride.  I was stoked to find out that Pacific Bikes was just two blocks away from ... http://www.davesbikeworld.com/?p=188 NOTE:  Huge thanks to BradO for taking pictures and allowing me to use them in this blog post!  Also, there are some more pictures here. Last weekend I went back to race in the Pisgah Mountain Bike Adventure for the 5th time.  At this point it’s a ... http://www.davesbikeworld.com/?p=157 “Hey it’s a nice day in February – let’s go do a night ride up the Farlow Gap trail” (Farlow just happens to be one of the gnarliest, most technical trails in Pisgah National Forest) “There’s a full moon out so let’s go climb all the way up to the Blue ... http://www.davesbikeworld.com/?p=89 So here we are in late January – usually a time for off season training and just riding for fun.  But what, a race?  Yes kids, it’s time for another race.  But this isn’t a typical mountain bike race.  To quote the Pisgah Productions site: This race will be about glory ... http://www.davesbikeworld.com/?p=76 WOW!  That was 7 long, intense, insane, adrenalin-filled days of racing bikes in the Canadian Rockies! It all started last fall driving back from the Swank 65 race in Pisgah.  Alex asked if I'd consider doing an MTB stage race.  Sounds like fun I said.  Let's see, there's the ... http://www.davesbikeworld.com/?p=56 So after a long travel day we made it to Panorama.  A few flights and one bus transfer from Calgary landed us at the Panorama Mountain Ski Resort at about midnight local time.  That's 2 AM EST which made for a nice 21 hour travel day for us!  But hey, ... http://www.davesbikeworld.com/?p=75 who knew trail work could be so fun? I usually have the best intentions of trying to make it to trail work days, but I end up only doing it a few times a year.  On the weekends I try to spend time with the family - Caroline is ... http://www.davesbikeworld.com/?p=51 Alex and I headed up to ORAMM to test the legs out prior to our Trans Rockies adventure in a few weeks.  I was also looking to avenge my mechanical troubles from last year and pull a sub 7 hour race time.  The race was sold out again this year ... http://www.davesbikeworld.com/?p=26 Way back in 2003 (or thereabouts) Pisgah Productions started a race in Pisgah National Forest called the Pisgah Death March. It wasn't your typical mountain bike race. Rather than a set course you receive a passport at the beginning of the race that lists a set of checkpoints scattered throughout ... http://www.davesbikeworld.com/?p=18