Latest articles by Keith Bontrager
The late spring flurry
OK, I am getting ready to go out on my first two laps of a 24-hour race in Madrid, Spain. It's the...
Twentyfour12 '07
Bontrager (the company) has sponsored a 24 hour race in England for the last two years. Bontrager...
Rough on the hands
After a quick warm up spin from New Abbott, we were in Mabie Forest ready to grin and bear it. The...
The tale: Part two
The second race on the trip was the 24 Hours of Moab, so after a quick stop in Flagstaff AZ to check...
A testing day - for riders and tyres
Today we raced from the rustic setting in Etherington Creek to the equally rustic campground at...
Mountains of Moab - Part I
Things have been hectic here, and that's why it's taken so long. I am off to Japan and Thailand to...
A call to the pros
It's 6 AM and the sun is just coming up. I am on the wrong schedule today. Seems I've become...
The Vaude Trans-Schwarzwald
August was going to be a big month for me. I had been riding most of the year with this stage race...
Team strategies and a tough decision
Today was a tough stage. It was long, there was a lot of climbing, there was plenty of sticky clay...
Fat Possum freakiness
Dear Diary... Sorry I’ve been silent for so long diary. Work’s been very demanding all winter and...
The tale: Part one
My season ends with a 2 week road trip around the Great Basin in the southwest. The conditions are a...
Riding the sawtooth
After two days of racing it's getting hard. It rained off and on all night in Elkford, but all that...
A very different prologue
Hi from the Canadian wilderness and the TransRockies Challenge. For those who do not know what this...
Bears, recovery and getting in the running
Dunno how many of you can actually look at the course profiles, and I am not sure if it is online...
Warming up
It's been a hectic winter and spring but I finally got on a bike with more than a test ride in mind...
Looking back at the 3 Peaks
It's been over a month since this race went down, and I have been pretty slack... errr... busy...
Your roots are showing
I'm back. Things were fairly quiet after the SSWC (I've included a few last pics from the event). It...
Breathless and cold in Colorado
There is very little oxygen in Winter Park, Colorado. I think the people out in California must be...
More singlespeed wonders
First I wanted to finish off the last post by adding some of Rudy's art and a shot of Ivan. Check...
Many prologues, one stage
I had a day in Santa Cruz after coming in from Calgary and then I was off on the plane to State...
The first "special test"
Stage 2 was short and sweet, 45 km on the map with 1,000 meters of climbing. That seems easy enough,...
Off to a bonny, muddy start
The season is going and I have been a slacker. But there is no time to catch up now since I just...
TransScotland final wrap
The last stage was not the typical short party stage that these races often end with. There was no...
