In recent weeks, we got a lot of questions about tire choice for the upcoming U.S. Gravel National Championships in Minnesota. Nationals are not just for pro racers, who tend to be sponsored and thus limited in their tire choices. The best age group racers are lining up as well—and they chose their… read more

There’s definitely a lesson about patience in here somewhere. Maybe along the lines of: “You need to be patient to make it through an ultra race just as I needed to be patient to get over some mid season injuries.”  All said and done, I had a flawless run at the Gravel Worlds 300… read more

Summary: The Virtual Elevation or Chung Method is based on physically sound concepts. In practice, however, tests using this method have produced unreliable results. Attempts at validating the method have failed to reproduce the claimed precision. A possible explanation: Testers ‘guess’ initial values for rolling resistance (Crr) and aero drag (CdA) as they… read more