After 7 months in Boulder I finally did my first local weekday training ride, FruitLoops. Philly had the Tuesday Drives ride and Thursday Greentree or Great Valley which I spent a fair share of time on the front, near the front or off the front of those rides and sometimes near the back, not the back of the back but near the back. Usually though I was in the mix but since i have been in Boulder I have been pretty prominent at the back, sometimes at the back of the back. See the back of the back is different from the back, the back of the back is the place where it is almost like you are not...

I am in the middle standing straight up Yesterday was my first group “race” style ride that I have participated on in quite sometime, heck, it was the first time I sat in a group bigger than 6 since July. Boulder’s big weekend worlds style ride is called the Gateway Ride. It meets and starts at the Gateway Funpark in North Boulder, Gateway Funpark might be fun, has some go-karts, mini golf, etc, but the real fun is on Saturday morning at 10:00 when a huge group (100+ yesterday) meets and rides for a few hours. The Gateway Ride has been known to be sort of the renegade,...