Heels On Wheels: How to Get Women to Ride

Lisa Mullis, "Look Ma', no feet!"

The League of American Bicyclists website is a treasure trove of information for cyclists and people interested in making our streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians.  The largest national advocacy event of the year, the National Bike Summit is coming up March 4-6 in Washington D.C. This year, for the second year in a row, [...]

The Continuing Tale of Bicycle Boy

Bicycle-Boy-Plaza

Standing guard, ever vigilant, since the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library Bridge last fall, Bicycle Boy has been watching cyclists and pedestrians travel along the Arkansas River Trail. At the base of the bridge on the North Little Rock side of the river, Bicycle Boy has been performing his track stand alone for over [...]

Battered by the Gauntlet

Lisa enjoying the mud section.

The team that once conquered the Warrior Dash was back together to make an attempt at conquering the Gauntlet. These mud filled, obstacle course races seem to be multiplying rapidly across the country as people seek something beyond the 5K or 10K running race. People are looking for more. They want an event to inspire [...]

State Criterium Championships

Some teamwork really paid off for these guys.

The full name of the event was the Dr. Feelgood Star-Spangled Classic Criterium. It’s a long name to go along with a long, hot day of road bike racing. Starting at 8 am Sunday morning with racing events lasting until almost 6 pm, this was the ultimate in criterium events. Most criterium events in central [...]

100 Miles of Everywhere

The last time over the Big Dam Bridge.

I laugh at Fatty’s instructions. For those of you who don’t know who Fatty is congrats on having more important stuff to do than to cruise the internet reading odd blogs like Fatcyclist.com. (You’re also not fooling anyone since I can see you’re reading this one.) Anyway learn about Fatty here, he’s a pretty cool guy despite his [...]

Broadway Bridge Reboot

Broadway Bridge Redesign.

(Opinion by site owner Joe Jacobs) Above is the map that was presented Tuesday night to local citizens showing a possible design for the Broadway Bridge. I’ve added a couple of circles and arrows (yes, this is feeling like an Arlo Guthrie song, if you don’t know the reference ask your parents or grandparents.) The circles [...]

Revisiting an Old Friend

The welcoming site of trail.

Entrance to Yucca to Center to Port-A-Potty to Outer Loop to Airport Loop to 10 Bridges and out. I know, it makes no sense unless you ride mountain bikes at Camp Robinson. The trails at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock have had their share of hardships. Being on an active military base has both [...]

The Winter Solstice Ride

The winter solstice happened in Little rock at approximately 11:30 pm on December 21st. I wasn’t going to stay up that late to greet it, so I decided to set up a ride for 5:30 pm on December 22nd. If you lived in a magical place called Greenwich you would have greeted the solstice at 5:30 pm [...]

Once more into the mud!

Cyclocross really should be classified as Multi-Sport.

UPDATE: Results are now available at Arkansas Cyclocross Blog! I’ve really enjoyed covering the 2011 Arkansas Super-Prestige Cyclocross Race Series (last week) (week before last) the last few weeks. Of course I missed most of the season but I was able to get a good taste during the three races I attended, a muddy, dirty, gritty [...]

Raid The Rock 2011

All you need is a little momentum to get up the Stairway to Heaven Bridge.

UPDATE: Results are in for 2011 Raid the Rock. You can also get splits here. And if you’re wondering where some of these teams came from check out this. By 2000 I’d done a couple of adventure races which at that time made me, in the minds of some, an old hand at it. I [...]