From Serenity to Tempestuous Apollo 11 to 12 base (The Sea of Tranquility to Ocean of Storms) Dates -              From December 1, 2025 to February 23, 2026 Entry -              Strava Club: Youngs Training https://www.strava.com/clubs/1860703 -              If you are a member of Youngs Training club; you are auto-entered The Challenge -              Each time you cover 1426km you win a “valuable prize” -              No limits to how many times you cover the distance (a p

In my family we used the expression "you don't know beans!" when someone boasted of having some information of questionable validity. Do you indeed know "beans"about yourself? Well let's see! You are tasked to choose 8 "activitIes" you plan to do from October 6 to December 8 and predict some metric you will log for each of your choices. Prove you do know beans about yourself when you do those activities and get your predicted metrics within range. For each activity you pre

The theme: Many years ago I was riding across Spain with my friend Ralph. When passing outside the city of Huesca he pointed to a castle...

Rouleur is an acient cycling term coined at the first Tour de France in 1903. A Rouleur is a rider that constantly exhibits above...

Eddy Merckx (probably said something like): "The best rider is the one who can pedal the best, who can turn the pedal the fastest in the...

Monday, November 11 2024 - Sunday, January 19 2025 (note the bike in this rendering) THE ART OF THIS CHALLENGE In commemoration of the...

How to enter: Choose either to ride on ZWIFT, Velodrome, or Road/Off-road (you can enter and post results as many times as you like)...

The Olympic flame comes down from the mountain top, with  the ideals it represents to be presented to and shared by everyone I [Roger]...

OK it's not the holy grail It's ROGER'S CUP CHALLENGE (AND LOOKS MORE LIKE THIS) GOOD NEWS THERE'S MORE THAN ONE CUP SO.... (THIS...

July 17 - November 30, 2023 Imagine: spooked and determined strong powerful animals have split their harnesses and dropped their...

Well recently I was wasting my time on social media and came upon a story about an obscure amateur 6 day race in Cologne Germany way way...

Another Friend Gone: As loyal as Samwise Gamgee, as wise as Bilbo Baggins, and as determined as Frodo, my friend Noel came from a small...

It was a cold snowy ride up the Gavia Pass when the American Andy Hampsten took the pink jersey and the lead of the Tour of Italy. His...

If I was a horse; they’d have sent me to the glue factory a long time ago. However… This week I’m getting both knees replaced and I’m a...

"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you have to keep moving.” Albert Einstein (well...that’s not completely true...

Masters, a misnomer: In the most honored sense of the word the Masters class of cycling is actually are not experts but comprised of true...

Memories of Belgium Last week my anecdote began with me, a teenage American, having tea and chat in the office of one of the most...

Oscar Dommers was a tyrant. He was a mean man; a miser with virtually no empathy for any bike rider. World Champions, winners of The...

In L.A. one of the most famous climbs is Mandeville Canyon or "Mandy". The Mandy Challenge pits your climbing fitness against a music...

Prehistory In the early 80’s American racing turned pro. Most of the top riders took out professional licenses and began riding in Euro...