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...
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...
Oh deer!
As you know, I like to find food. That makes it tough to travel sometimes, knowing what I am...
The first (and only!) six hours
I took two quarts of fluids with me on the first lap. Based on the pre-ride measurements, that would...
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...
The Adrenalin 24 Hour World Championships
First I have to say that this wasn't an event I had planned on competing in earlier this year. I had...
Twentyfour12 '07
Bontrager (the company) has sponsored a 24 hour race in England for the last two years. Bontrager...
TransScotland final wrap
The last stage was not the typical short party stage that these races often end with. There was no...
The penultimate day
This entry is a bit wordier because I am writing it from the New Inn in Appletreewick after the race...
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...
Stages 3 and 4 and the second TT
First - some important MTB trivia. I was informed this evening by Clive, ace DH man and proprietor...
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...
Home remedies cut the cost and pain
I'm sitting here a week before the Transrockies starts looking like I got punched in the face. I've...
O Bom, O Mau, e O Feio (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
I've been putting this one off for a while. I have my reasons of course; I had a lot of work to do...
The tale: Part one
My season ends with a 2 week road trip around the Great Basin in the southwest. The conditions are a...
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...
Yorkshire, here I come!
My plan was about the same this year as it was last year - get up north with a few days to ride,...
Chasing setup at Landahl 24-Hour
It's been a while since my meltdown in Canada. I've spent the time constructively and fairly focused...
Global warming is not my thing
I took me a while to get to this, for all the reasons that you'd imagine. I'd recovered well and...
Solving the sports physiology puzzle
I dig Canada. The people, the trails, the beer, the candy smoked salmon, the organic potatoes, it's...
Excuses, excuses...
Now it feels like the year of riding is really starting. I flew to London and hopped on a train...
Fat Possum freakiness
Dear Diary... Sorry I’ve been silent for so long diary. Work’s been very demanding all winter and...
