In the early days of the Cascade Bicycle Club's Major Taylor Project (aka "MTP"), founder Ed Ewing described cycling as a mind-expanding experience for the Project's target audience: "Most of these kids live in a what is essentially a tunnel between wherever they are sleeping (which might not be their home), to school. They have no awareness of the world outside that tunnel. … [Read more...] about Rider Profile: Dashawn Hutchinson
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Young Rider Profile: Sam Zivin
Although many of us learn to cycle at an early age, by the time we're teens it's an outlier sport. As Conor Klupar mentioned in 2012 "Being a high school athlete is tough if your sport doesn't involve a ball." Hence, it's always exciting to see juniors who are passionate about cycling. Sam Zivin has been on my radar for quite a while (his proud mom Julie does a great job … [Read more...] about Young Rider Profile: Sam Zivin
Jennifer Wheeler: Team USA @ Tour of California
Seattle's Jennifer Wheeler raced professionally in 2011 and 2012 with the TIBCO/Silicon Valley Bank Women’s Cycling Team when, after a couple of hard crashes and unsatisfying results, she quit bike racing and focused on establishing a "normal" work career. She got a job at Microsoft. She tried Crossfit and weightlifting, but those never really quenched her competitive spirit. … [Read more...] about Jennifer Wheeler: Team USA @ Tour of California
Phil Stephens: Exit Interview
After ten years in the Seattle area, Phil "Bilko" Stephens is leaving us to be closer to his family in the midwest. Phil had been working at BikeFit in Kirkland, but was more widely known for teaching skills clinics at the Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome, and as "the voice" announcing at the Velodrome and at local criterium races. Some of Phil's announcing roles will be assumed … [Read more...] about Phil Stephens: Exit Interview
Rider Profile: Dennis Crane
Dennis Crane is probably the most visible and creative photographer documenting Seattle's bike racing scene. At area cyclocross races, and at the Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome, you'll see Dennis dashing around with multiple cameras dangling from his tall lanky frame trying get the next perfect shot, or as he puts it, to "paint with light." Dennis is a hometown boy who grew … [Read more...] about Rider Profile: Dennis Crane