Headed back to Piru today for the 40k time trial. It’s hard to figure out how to leave it all on the bike. I’m hardwired to save something for the run it seems, even when there is no run. Fun to feel the hurt though. Went 1:03, 30 seconds faster than my last time here, but with 7 watts less averaged power. Must be the new set-up!
10 ago today Alex and I set out of our cross country bike trip from New Haven CT to Seattle WA. I don’t think either of us had ridden more than 30 miles on a bike before, but that summer, we clocked over 4,000 miles in 63 days. I remember him riding behind me and whistling as I gasped up enormous hills in NY, fighting off swarms of flies and killer dogs in Wisconsin, and hanging onto his back wheel for dear life as he pulled my dehydrated ass through canyons in South Dakota and up the cascades in Washington. This photo was taken at the top of Powder River Pass - a 26 mile climb between Buffalo and Tensleep, WY and our highest elevation on the trip.
Alex went on to race for the US Development team in Belgium and I went on to design school - but that summer holds some of my most cherished memories with my brother. Last year, I wrangled all our trip maps and made this data visualization that shows our route, tracks our daily mileage, and points to key events. After years of driving each other crazy, this was the summer that Alex and I became friends, and that is something I will always be thankful for.
After shooting/lighting a 10pm-10am 15 mile endurance challenge the cadre gave me this. I’m not going to post the pictures until we decide how we’re going to present everything properly.
Chris Del Moro
by Nathan Oldfield
Best feature of our newly renovated kitchen.
7 DE OCTUBRE, ABAJO LA VIOLENCIA!
Big News! 
