Join Lael for a run down of her full bike setup, bag setup, and what she’s packing for the 2023 Colorado Trail Race. Thanks to Revelate Designs for pulling this together. Follow Lael’s dot at Trackleaders.
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Radar Roundup: Tectonic Pedals, Squid Gravtron V2, Esker Portage UDH, CdC Classic Road Shoes, Steve Potts Chinook Saddle, Colorado Trail Race 2013, and Ezequiel Gignone
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…
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A Tale of Two (Colorado) Trails: Lachlan Morton’s MTB Progression
“I wasn’t going back because I wanted to go dramatically faster but because I wanted to put myself in the same situations I was in three years before and be more comfortable. I knew that the only way to do that was to try to do it fast because that requires you to push yourself to a place where you are kind of on the edge of your capability. And every time I reached that limit this time, I was comfortable, in a way. I wasn’t stressed whereas every time I’d reach that point three years before I’d just crumble.”
In 2019, Lachlan Morton rode the Colorado Trail for the first time, starting in Durango and finishing three days and 22 hours later in Denver. He went back this summer, riding the trail in the opposite direction in three days and ten hours, and chopping nine hours off any other recorded time. However, after sitting down with the EF Education Easy-post athlete, it seems that speed was a byproduct of the feat, not the primary focus. Read on for a more detailed look behind the clock, from my conversation with Lachlan about how he went from surviving the CT in 2019 to establishing a new level on this iconic route this year.
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Radar Roundup: Ortlieb Bikepacking Limited Edition Colors, What It Takes to Race the Colorado Trail, Cane Creek el Platino 2 Brakes, MAAP Alt Road, and In Memory of Sule Kangangi
Our Radar Roundup compiles products and videos from the ‘net in an easy-to-digest format. Read on below for today’s findings…
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Stefan Griebel and the Origin of the Colorado Trail Race – CTR
When I first heard about the Colorado Trail Race I was in fact riding part of the route, albeit one of the least engaging stretches. It was just ten days after I’d raced my bike for 200mi in Kansas and I’d been overly optimistic about my recovery when I’d agreed to a four-day tour from my home in Boulder through the South Platte (and on through Summit County) with my partner Tony.