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One-Day Road Races
Pictured above is the second of three critical moments of the 1992 Hottern' Hell 100 road race (picture from an old Velo News). At the third of four hot spot sprints, worth $100 to the winner and...
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'89 Vuelta a Guatemala - The early stages
The Ukrainians want my jersey...they'd have it soon enoughIn October of 1989 I got to go to my second of three trips to the Vuelta a Guatemala. I'd had a reasonably good year, but there were a...
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'89 Vuelta a Guatemala - Continued
To wrap up the '89 Vuelta a Guatemala story, I'm also going to include a bit of a tribute to Chris Petty, seen below explaining the difficulties of the day after I lost the leader's jersey. I believe...
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Ronde van Belgie: My first Fed Trip
In 1987, things started falling into place for me. I had for the two previous seasons been a part of our Pizza Hut/Pepsi Team Time Trial squad at the National Championships, placing second in '85 at...
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How Blood Manipulation Really Ruined the Sport
Now that the dust has settled a bit on the doping scandals in cycling, it seems to me that while much blame has been cast, and there's been a lot of 'lets move forward' talk, there has been very little...
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That first big win...
In 1985 I joined the Twin Cites Cycling Club sponsored by Pizza Hut, Pepsi, and Penn Cycle. Ed Pepke convinced me to join by telling me that if any team in Minnesota had a chance of going national,...
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La Vuelta a Costa Rica '89
After Arriving back in Colorado Springs from La Vuelta a Guatemala at the beginning of November in 1989 (Part One, Part Two) I expected to head back to Central America for the Vuelta a Costa Rica in...
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There's More to Cycling than Bikes and Racing: Anthesianism and 43
In today's world of instant gratification and slick productions that can make gardening look dynamic and exciting, it can be hard to remember that most of life is in fact mundane. Today there are more...
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1989 Italy - Peace Race trip
I had alluded to my poverty-stricken year of '89 before in my Costa Rica posting; but of course that was the end of '89. The year started rather more dramatically. Even though I hadn't gotten to go on...
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1990 - January to Tour de Trump
The late '80s and early '90s were a great time to be a bike racer in Albuquerque. With several national team members in residence, and a decent pool of serious Cat IIs that traveled to races regionally...
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1990 - Milk Race to Nationals
Race bible cover with previous year's winner, Canadian Brian WaltonAt long last it was the Milk Race, along with the Eastern Bloc Peace Race, the most important amateur stage race of the time. While...
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