http://zerailleur.com Zach Bell - always in search of that extra gear... Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:06:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I crossed a threshold some where here int the last 6 months...or 3 months....or 3 weeks. I am not really sure when. As you approach the Olympics you tend to take this graceful departure from reality. Everything around you fades into the background and at a certain ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/308 [caption id="attachment_304" align="alignnone" width="224" caption="Cali World Cup"][/caption] Every year I have spent time in Vancouver in the winter wondering if it is really worth it to go down south for the winter as so many riders do to find that form. I have always thought "i can tough it out ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/305 It seems like there is a lot of juggling. This sport and particularly the omnium seems like more of an exercise in logistical planning then sport preparation. With all the systems you need to train and all the venues you need to train them it is a ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/303 I am trying to be more of a blogger. I really am. Things just go so fast. It is still months from the games and things are already starting to move fast. I have moved out to California to be closer to both good road riding ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/302 The end of our Euro August tour finally finished on some flats. It was great to find that form that had been building up of the course of a month. The difference between racing at the beginning of the trip and at the end was like night and ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/301 That was 4 days of hurt locker...I mean there was some times at a nice easy tempo in this race. However you were almost always going up or going down. Never for TOO long but long enough to notice. As a team there are some positives to ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/300 The end of today marked the halfway point of our first tour back in Europe and I think the opening two days saw us do some promising things as a team. We where at the very least competitive in the prologue. I would say most, if not all ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/299 August 1 and the rest of the pro world goes back to racing bikes. With the lull of racing that can happen for so many pro riders during the TDF August brings an interesting time. It is a time of transfers and talks for some riders. ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/298 April first always seems to mark a shift in my universe. A winter of track has come to and end and a long road always sits before me. As a whole, the track campaign went quite well this year. Podium finishes at each of the world cups ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/282 My life has been pretty crazy this year. I just got back from a training camp in Santa Barbra where I rode in an inch of snow on a crazy decent. I was at a great Spidertech Team launch a few weeks ago, a team I am very ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/281 Spending some time down in LA training and living with the other Canadian imports here. I am honestly surprised how much drive I have for training given the short break. It is early in the season yet and I am trying to really pace myself but it seems ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/280 It is about 12 hours until I leave for my plane back to Canada from the commonwealth games. This has been a trip...everything was not as expected here. The venues where better the village was different. The racing was hard and the atmosphere was tense and celebratory ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/279 As an owner rider and avid cyclist it is bound to happen...but it does not make it less of a pain in the A**. It is like cycling bandits are just following you around waiting to pounce when ever possible. Here is how they got me...It is hot and my ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/278 So I just got back from this, both the race and an actual literal tour of California. Due to unfortunate time cuts (9% on a mountain stage, if you can find another race with a cut like that I would be curious to see it) I was not ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/277 So it has been a week of rest at home preparing for the Tour of California. The racing in France was pretty unbelievable. Starting in little towns racing through little towns finishing in little towns. It was great to see fans and in each town that loved ... http://zerailleur.com/archives/276