Category Archives: The Wrong Gear

This blog series follows me, an extremely average cyclist, as I go all in to complete the legendary Leadville 100 race on a singlespeed mountain bike. Although I will still continue to write on this website, this is the last post in the series. Better late than never. It was about five seconds after theContinue reading “The Wrong Gear #18 – Type 2 Fun”

This blog series follows me, an extremely average cyclist, as I go all in to complete the legendary Leadville 100 race on a singlespeed mountain bike.   Planetary retrograde is an optical illusion that occurs when a planet appears to be moving backwards in orbit due to its position relative to us, the humble earthlyContinue reading “The Wrong Gear # 17 – In Retrograde”

This blog series follows me, an extremely average cyclist, as I go all in to complete the legendary Leadville 100 race on a singlespeed mountain bike.  After hours upon hours of battling dust, winds from all direction, and angry leg muscles just begging me to stop, my lower back and my backside had enough. IContinue reading “The Wrong Gear # 16 – Wha’ Happen? Recap of my 2018 Race Season and Leadville 100 Fail”

This blog series follows me, an extremely average cyclist, as I go all in to complete the legendary Leadville 100 race on a singlespeed mountain bike.  It has been a while since my last post, where I basked in the glory of not falling apart at a race that had menaced me the previous year.Continue reading “The Wrong Gear # 15 – Just Checking In”

This blog series follows me, an extremely average cyclist, as I go all in to complete the legendary Leadville 100 race on a singlespeed mountain bike.  12 Hours of Mesa Verde is an ultra beer-drinking event with a really long bike race added in as a bonus, and is based out of the Montezuma FairgroundsContinue reading “The Wrong Gear # 14 – 12 Hours of Mesa Verde Race Report”