Last Sunday was a mainstay race in the Ontario racing schedule. The Effingham road race has been around since I was a cadet. Traditionally Jet Fuel has had great results at this race so this year we wanted to make sure that we kept up with that tradition. At the team meeting we decided that we weren’t going to ride a Continue Reading...
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My last blog was about Lady Luck. This week I will be again to talk about another cruel mistress. Mother Nature. Really what was she thinking? Perhaps I am becoming a little soft! However, the weather conditions Lake Of Bays were apocalyptic. In the 12 years that I have been riding/racing my bike I have never been that cold. When Continue Reading...
Joe Martin Stage Race day 4. Good Morning. My legs seemed confused by this statement seeing as I had to check to make sure they were still attached. It was rough just walking over to the washroom and getting off the seat as so many of us know, can be an epic struggle; one that can require more watts than Continue Reading...
For Saturdays Stage 3 Road race the forecast the night before was calling cloudy but a dry day of racing in high teens. However it seems like the weather-man confused the days with a day before, as we woke up to pouring rain and mixture forecasts that called for 50% chance of rain, but the radar looked clear (50%!! – Continue Reading...
Anton and I have pretty much started every morning off the same, sleep in as long as we can. Head on down to the free breakfast at the hotel and woof down a bunch of waffles. The stage today didn’t start until 2 in the afternoon so we had a bit of time to kill not needing to go to Continue Reading...
Hi everyone, we are here in Arkansas competing at the Joe Martin Stage Race this week. Our team this week consists in four riders (Travis, Anton, Yuri, and myself) and two great friends from all of us and long time Jet Fuel team members (Mary and Bryan Bowers). The race this year looks definitely really competitive with 140 riders and Continue Reading...
Bloomfield RR and Calabogie Classic This past weekend I had the opportunity to race both days, Saturday in Bloomfield NY and Sunday back in Ontario to contest the Calabogie Classic. We woke up Saturday morning and were greeted with rain, snow and crazy winds, typical spring weather. The course to be contested was 6 times around a very Continue Reading...
Hamilton Death Loop There is just something spectacular about Sunday mornings. They are a day of rest and recovery, and the day you try to figure out what happened the night before on your late night fiasco. Did all those things actually happen or was it just a dream? A few phone calls to friends usually sorts things out, and Continue Reading...
This past Sunday, Pablo and Myself (Luis) did a hard 120 km hilly road race around the great vineyards of Ensenada. It was a great race hosted by the state of Baja. There were about 60-70 starters in the Elite category. The course had close to 6,000 ft of elevation gain and it was 3 laps around a 40 km Continue Reading...
Norco has been Canada’s largest company for mountain and general purpose bikes for the longest time. They are now taking all their experience from this segment of the industry and hitting the road with some awesome road bikes! Their newest offering, the Tactic isn’t a bike to tour around the back roads. Speed is the name of the game Continue Reading...
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