Robert Winder

A quick dash up the f-way after the E3’s race to pick up Mex and back down to Fremont for the W4’s. Mex has been a little out of it this past week - thanks to some extra work she’s doing - but we talked tactics, strategy and smack on the 45min journey.
A good […]

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After all the wailing and gnashing of teeth (thank you Maurice Sendak), I finally overcame and made the top of the podium today at Fremont in the E3’s race. Its a bit of an anticlimax, but a win is a win, and I’m keeping it.
We had a team of 3 in the race, […]

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Fremont & Vacaville
Need I say more…
OK - yes -

I’ve not raced at either, but according to the Fremont event web-site, it’s an L-shaped crit with the L being a hairpin turn just like Brisbane. Hmmm… just like my teacher in primary school used to say… "Robert must try harder". I’m […]

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Joseph managed his first ride to downtown Danville today, I’m giving him an early start on his Peets addiction. To justify his frapocremacinno he had to ride the 11miles there and then home without complaining.
No problem! Great job, Joseph. He’s full of smiles.
When we started talking about the possibility of riding up Mt […]

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We live in a beautiful area of the world, great for our chosen past-time and passion. Sometimes in our beautiful sport bad things happen. There are no words to make up for the loss of a fellow rider, I’ve tried in the past to the nearest and dearest that would never again see […]

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I guess my regular comments are seen by some as divisive. Oh dear, thats a shame.

But, why is it that so many find safety in platitudes? Don’t they have an opinion? Is the wisdom of the crowd so comfortable that they can’t speak their own mind for fear […]

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Last year I raced and endured Elkhorn, finished over 37min back in 57th place. I said I’d never go back, that this race had too much climbing for me and the drive to eastern Oregon is 700miles.
Don’t know what happened, but in February I decided to race The Elk again and set about […]

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Leave Baker City, ride 100+ miles over 3 grindingly long climbs and finish up 2000 feet of climbing.
Can you say Tom Simpson, Mt Ventoux, 1967. OK, bad analogy - but I felt bad.
I was 3min 45sec down on GC so had nothing to race for but the glory and I decided to go […]

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I wasn’t sure Baker City would still be there a year on, last year most of the downtown looked like it was closed. A year on and the shops were open, people were out and the same trench on turn 2 was there.
A standard L shaped crit with a bunch of climbers and […]

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