There’s not a lot we need to say about our newest sponsor. When logging miles and miles and miles, what’s more important than your feet (ok, saddle excluded)? The cycling shoe market has gotten increasingly crowded over the past decade, but very few companies have a history of technological innovation that spans nearly half a [...]

If you haven’t heard of Prologo you’re soon to be in the minority. Prologo is a relavtively new company that has experienced a meteoric rise to prominence over the last few years, which they accomplished the old fashioned way. They developed a superior product and were able to get people to try it out. It [...]

2011 is a HUGE year for 10DL. First of all, thank you for all of your support in 2010. The North American event has been a long time coming and it will finally happen in 2011. Stay tuned for final details. One of the cool aspects of the course we’ve chosen is that it starts [...]

Check out the 2011 line.  Some of the most beautiful bikes in the world.

I’ve always thought that Antarctica will be the most physically difficult expedition of all our 7 10DL expeditions. Until now I never had a structured way of thinking about how to measure “difficulty”. From a energy expenditure perspective, Antarctica will be the hardest. Here’s how I performed my calculations.  1. The first step is to [...]

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A training flashback…  As preparations begin for 10DL North America in 2011, I began pulling out some of the toughest training days of the past few years.  Mt. Evans is certainly a highlight.  We cycled to the summit of Mount Evans at 14,264 feet. Mount Evans has the “highest auto road in the US”. We did [...]