John is a former faux pro racer enjoying life as a geriatric cyclist in search of great bucket list rides to keep him in shape and out of trouble - well, at least in shape.
2019-01-30 13:53:45 - Gran fondos, or, "great rides," as they're known in Italy, continue to gain popularity with more and more riders (and licensed racers) participating, and with good...
2018-10-11 14:51:50 - If you ever find yourself suffering through a gran fondo blame the Italians, out loud like me with spicy Italian phrases - Che diavola! Merda! Porca miseria! - since...
2018-09-25 17:21:38 - Yo Eddy, Well you did it. You put on another great Eddy Merckx Classic. As someone who has a professional obligation to ride epic gran fondos (someone has to do it),...
2018-09-09 14:09:00 - I'm on the start line at the World Championships, trying to stay calm, play it cool, but goose bumps on my arms and rabbit's foot tucked in my jersey probably give me...
2018-08-06 14:55:03 - Double, double toil and trouble summarizes my dilemma. The plan is to do a reconnaissance ride of Haute Route Utah, writing an article with insights for prospective...
2018-07-30 17:10:06 - "Do The Duel!" The challenge is issued every year. To turn it down would mark me as a coward. Everyone meets at the chosen spot to faceoff. My legs ready, locked...
2018-04-20 15:58:21 - There are hundreds of training programs promoting incredible "breakthrough" benefits with power meters, lactate blood testing, HR zones, pedal vectors, periodization,...
2018-03-16 22:11:24 - Every now and then you need to Rage Against The Machine, pull a Crazy Ivan, be independent. That's how I feel today. Rather than head over to the Tour de Palm Springs...
2017-12-18 15:55:12 - "Hey Bucket Rider, which Haute Route should I do, 3-day or 7-day?" That is the question I'm asked time and time again since I rode the Haute Route Ventoux and Mavic...
2017-12-04 16:49:55 - Some days being a journalist is the best job in the world. Like when an editor calls and says "Pack your bags, start training, you're going to the Haute Route" or when a...
2017-11-22 14:33:57 - Cancel your summer racing plans. The Strider Cup National Race Series, The Cutest Race in The World, just announced the US dates and locations for the race series geared...
2017-11-15 15:01:00 - The Gran Fondo National Championship Series is once again shifting gears, using innovation to help grow US gran fondo racing in 2018. Deciding the "Championship" part of...
2017-11-13 15:59:55 - The American Wild West is legendary. Rough. Tough. Physically challenging beyond belief. A brutal land where the strong suffer and survive, while the weak suffer and...
2017-10-30 15:21:20 - As one of the "Best In The West" the 2018 Tour De Palm Springs is set to roll on February 10 from the heart of downtown Palm Springs with upwards of 10,000 riders. The...
2017-10-23 16:45:11 - I'm naked. Well, except for my bright yellow SpongeBob SquarePants briefs. Standing in front of a giant -150°C soda can that is about to open up and swallow me is...
2017-10-20 15:19:49 - The Bucket Rider recently sat down with former Pro Tour rider Frank Schleck at the Haute Route Ventoux in France for an interesting conversation about gran fondos, Pro...
2017-09-23 15:22:30 - In the American Southwest you won't find a more breathtaking backdrop than Acoma Pueblo's "Sky City". Built atop a sheer-walled, sandstone mesa in a valley studded with...
2017-09-12 15:16:43 - So, you're ready to go abroad. Cross a foreign bucket ride or two off your list. Maybe it's the exotic South American GFNY Brasil or L'Etape Wales in the UK. Or in my...
2017-07-04 07:45:17 - I'm in the throes of MHRR withdrawal. It's been a few days since finishing the Mavic Haute Route Rockies and symptoms persist: dreaming of 1km to go summit signs, waking...
2017-07-01 06:13:27 - Stage 7, Friday, June 30 Start - Colorado Springs. Finish - Colorado Springs 44 miles / 70 kms* 4,590 feet / 1,400 meters* Highest Point - 7,464 feet / 2,275 meters...
Ribble Cycles have launched a brand new range of gravel bikes...
Ribble Cycles have signed up as official bike partner for the...
Gran fondos, or, "great rides," as they're known in Italy,...
In the last year of the 19th Century, Marshall "Major" Taylor...
And now it is official. GFNY Santa Fe has been confirmed...
