by Bill Plock | May 17, 2023 | Community
By Kate Agathon May 17, 2023, Cycling is an emotional experience. It can be joyful. It can be heartbreaking. It can be empowering. Just ask Golden-based lawyer Megan Hottman (aka The Cyclist-Lawyer), who is one of six bicyclists featured in The Engine Inside, the...
by Bill Plock | Jul 19, 2021 | Adventure, Featured
By Megan Hottman, follow her here: https://www.meganhottman.com I carried my GoPro camera along and compiled a video of the trip. You can watch it HERE.Day 1: Today was hard. Like… real hard. ? It’s taken me 5 years to forget how hard this ride is/can be. I last did...
by Bill Plock | May 24, 2021 | Community, Featured
By Bill Plock The senseless murder of Gwen Inglis at the hands of person with a history of impaired driving enrages most anyone, cyclists or not. As cyclists we are outraged and we want more protection and stronger punishments. But it’s not easy, it’s not...
by Bill Plock | Apr 19, 2021 | 303 travel, Featured, Mountain Bike Racing, Mountain Biking
By Megan Hottman, courtesy of MeganHottman.com This van trip kicks off with a lovely dose of #americana – some ball sports, some lively hockey, some bike racing, kids running around, the requisite amount of dirt and dust, loads of campers and RVs, ample flag...
by Bill Plock | Apr 5, 2021 | Featured
By Megan Hottman, follow her at www.meganhottman.com MARCH 27, 2021 IN VANLIFE, SABBTICAL “Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as...
by Bill Plock | Apr 5, 2021 | Featured
By Megan Hottman, follow her at www.meganhottman.com MARCH 27, 2021 IN VANLIFE, SABBTICAL “Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as...
by Bill Plock | Mar 22, 2021 | Featured, Mountain Bike Racing, Mountain Biking
By Megan Hottman, courtesy of her blog: www.meganhottman.com Quick quiz…1️⃣ it’s really important to cool down after a hard, short race. 2️⃣it’s really important to warm up before a race involving a “hole shot.” 3️⃣intervals are the only way to truly improve fitness...
by 303cycling | Mar 15, 2021 | Featured, Mountain Biking
By Megan Hottman, courtesy of her blog MeganHottman.com The tears welled up in my eyes today as I stood near the start line for the national anthem. It gripped me by the throat – more, I dare say- than ever before. My throat tightened and emotions bubbled up as...
by 303cycling | Mar 1, 2021 | 303 travel, Adventure, Featured
In a nutshell, Lemmon lived up to its hype … By Megan Hottman, via her blog https://www.meganhottman.com That is the sweetest climb ever… one I will definitely come do again and one I recommend for every cyclist who loves to climb in the sunshine…....
by Bill Plock | Feb 22, 2021 | 303 travel, Featured, Touring
By Megan Hottman While I’ve spent a lot of time in Arizona in my life, I’ve never made it to Tucson. When I began mapping out my vanlist dreamlist of places I wanted to do, Tucson was on the list. For very specific reasons: I wanted to ride the “loop,” this amazing...