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Carl Buchanan (aka The Jackal) is a cross country mountain bike racer and endurance racer, sponsored by Cannondale. He also works for Europa Cycle and Ski in Waterloo as a mechanic / salesman / webmaster.
His blog covers his training, racing, and the everyday life of a bicycle racer from Waterloo.
Headlines From Carl Buchanan, Bicycle Racer
- They're baaaaack 08-29-2008
- College is back in session and that of course means that students have flocked back to Cedar Falls to get their education. Somebody needs to take it one step further and teach a few of them some things about common sense, respect, and guidelines to using the multi-use trails […]
- Tagged eh? 08-27-2008
- So I was "tagged" by my buddy G-Ted a few days ago and I have been mulling over the idea of participating so......I decided what the heck and here goes.What was I doing ten years ago? Lets' see. 1998. Not much really. Working, jet-skiing, and riding motorcycles. […]
- Race Report - Iowa State Crit Championships 08-25-2008
- Saturday, 23 August 2008Pella, IowaIt was a beautiful day of sunshine and cycling on Saturday. I was feeling great and was really looking forward to the Cat. 4 race at 3:00pm. We arrived at Caldwell Park at around 12:20 and were able to watch the final 25 laps of the Pro/1/2 […]
- Commuting notes and pictures 08-21-2008
- Some visual stimulus from my commute to and from work ove rthe last couple of weeks. I did drive the VW in today since it is going to rain , I'm a wuss.Turning over that massive 46T ring on the CX bike. ;)I do have the joy of riding about 800 meters of dirt/pea gravel […]
- Pedal 'til you..... 08-20-2008
- Had a late start getting my warmup going prior to the group ride last night but I have actually been feeling really good lately so I had no worries about it. We rolled out of Bike Tech at 6pm for a pretty good workout to the South through Dike and Hudson. Although, it all […]
- What did I forget now? 08-19-2008
- Spent the weekend around the house with Amy and Rhea rather than going to Boone for the Iowa Games Road Race. Rhea was not feeling the greatest and I felt guilty leaving by myself; there will be other races. We did make it out to one of the local golf shops, I'm looking […]
- Intervals 08-13-2008
- The time of year has arrived for me to fully engage CX training which means that intervals become a bit more of a staple in my weely workouts. Usually a couple days a week will be dedicated strictly to this and then at least one more day of working on barriers, run-ups, […]
- Commute 08-12-2008
- Well, my VW Passat made it into the body shop yesterday morning to get the driver's door fixed from the damage given to it by some mystery person while it was parked on a side street near my house. Never did find the culprit by the way. The body shop owner told me that […]
- G3 08-08-2008
- A few years ago I was given the opportunity to ride a Campagnolo equipped bicycle owned by my boss at the shop I was working at. I had always been drawn to Campy equipment due to, in my opinion, it's superior aesthetics at the time. I took a quick spin on that bike […]
- Fore!!! 08-07-2008
- Tuesday night's group ride was pretty awesome with most of the local fast guys that are in town showing up. I needed to blow off some steam so I picked up the pace at mile zero to get things going and after the group caught back on a couple of miles later, I did it […]
