One thousand minutes to BASE
Monday, November 11 2024 - Sunday, January 19 2025 (note the bike in this rendering) THE ART OF THIS CHALLENGE In commemoration of the...
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Roger Young
Aug 222 min read
Roger's Express Challenge
How to enter: Choose either to ride on ZWIFT, Velodrome, or Road/Off-road (you can enter and post results as many times as you like)...
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Roger Young
May 132 min read
An Olympian's Challenge
The Olympic flame comes down from the mountain top, with the ideals it represents to be presented to and shared by everyone I [Roger]...
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Roger Young
Feb 71 min read
Roger's Cup
OK it's not the holy grail It's ROGER'S CUP CHALLENGE (AND LOOKS MORE LIKE THIS) GOOD NEWS THERE'S MORE THAN ONE CUP SO.... (THIS...
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Roger Young
Jul 14, 20231 min read
Drop the Coach Challenge
July 17 - November 30, 2023 Imagine: spooked and determined strong powerful animals have split their harnesses and dropped their...
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Roger Young
Jan 15, 20233 min read
The Cowboy Way
Well recently I was wasting my time on social media and came upon a story about an obscure amateur 6 day race in Cologne Germany way way...
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Roger Young
Jan 1, 20231 min read
One Less Hobbit
Another Friend Gone: As loyal as Samwise Gamgee, as wise as Bilbo Baggins, and as determined as Frodo, my friend Noel came from a small...
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Roger Young
Oct 29, 20223 min read
Massimo (Max) Testa - the pioneer in heart rate usage in professional cycling
It was a cold snowy ride up the Gavia Pass when the American Andy Hampsten took the pink jersey and the lead of the Tour of Italy. His...
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Roger Young
Oct 8, 20223 min read
Horse Sense
If I was a horse; they’d have sent me to the glue factory a long time ago. However… This week I’m getting both knees replaced and I’m a...
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Roger Young
Oct 1, 20224 min read
The end of World(s)...NOT
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you have to keep moving.” Albert Einstein (well...that’s not completely true...
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Roger Young
Sep 27, 20222 min read
Mastering the World
Masters, a misnomer: In the most honored sense of the word the Masters class of cycling is actually are not experts but comprised of true...
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Roger Young
Sep 17, 20222 min read
Where my bread was buttered
Memories of Belgium Last week my anecdote began with me, a teenage American, having tea and chat in the office of one of the most...
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Roger Young
Sep 10, 20223 min read
Never Leave Them Waiting
Oscar Dommers was a tyrant. He was a mean man; a miser with virtually no empathy for any bike rider. World Champions, winners of The...
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Roger Young
Sep 5, 20221 min read
Mandy Challenge 2022
In L.A. one of the most famous climbs is Mandeville Canyon or "Mandy". The Mandy Challenge pits your climbing fitness against a music...
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Roger Young
Sep 3, 20223 min read
The Bostasaurous
Prehistory In the early 80’s American racing turned pro. Most of the top riders took out professional licenses and began riding in Euro...
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Roger Young
Aug 27, 20223 min read
A Force of Nature
Not the Latvian from Taxi A stereotype from the Baltics, our first note of Latvians was a role made famous by Andy Kaufman. In 1989 that...
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Roger Young
Aug 13, 20224 min read
Rising
We have some reports from the Pan Am Championships. Eddy and Zoe have medaled a couple times so that’s great! Howard rode a gravel bike...
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Roger Young
May 27, 20221 min read
Peeking Tiger
A Peaking Challenge (peeking Tiger) A celebration and show of support for Jason, a.k.a. Tiger, whom is going to race across the U.S. in...
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Roger Young
Jan 1, 20222 min read
TIGER TIME !
TIGER TIME ! is a time trial challenge where riders do one, two, three, or four time trials, trying to beat a time-standard set by coach...
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Roger Young
Nov 14, 20211 min read
Madison School Information
Next Classes: December 5 and 12 (11am start but get there WAY early and bring matching jerseys). For more/other details click on the...
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