I had first heard about the Vision Quest a few years ago. At that time, I thought it was only crazy elite mountain bikers who could pull something like that off - 55 miles on dirt with ~11,000 feet of elevation gain.
Well, 5 years later, 35 pounds lighter, and a couple of unhealthy habits gone, [...]
I spent the weekend racing out at Vail Lake for the first 12 Hours of Temecula race for 2009. The forecast the entire week was predicting some rain, so I had brought along my singlespeed as a backup bike just in case.
We actually did get some rain Friday night and Saturday morning as [...]