Life at Red Bull Performance HQ

I’m in Santa Monica, CA this week for four days of strength training, brain training and bike testing with the Red Bull Performance Team.  It’s a week of skill development and testing to provide tools to keep improving in my sport.  The schedule is super packed and my body and mind are going to be [..read more]

December Ask Reba Giveaway

It’s time for another giveaway, and this months prize is a bit different from the type of item we normally giveaway. Jessica Cassity‘s book, Better Each Day, is a compilation of 365 easy, sensible health and wellness tips. She polled tons of experts (including me!) on topics ranging from fitness motivation, easing shoulder tension and [..read more]

Smith PivlockV2 Review

Smith has updated their popular Pivlock glasses and I wanted to share. I have used these glasses for years for cycling and basically anything outdoors and love them. Amazing coverage, and the ease of changing lenses is unparalleled. Try them out sometime. Video.

The November Ask Reba Winner

The Ask Reba train keeps on rolling! November has passed and after reading almost 7 pages of questions, I have chosen 2 people to win the Light & Motion Urban 300 lights. That’s correct, we are giving away two! Tis the season they say. There were plenty of questions to chose from, and many were [..read more]

Moab Thanksgiving Escape

Last week as Sun Valley locals were chomping at the bit for the lifts to open, and doing the snow dances, I was scheming a way to delay the start of winter and go ride my bike. I did the semi annual gear change over, hauling the ski gear from the storage unit and tucking [..read more]

Cyber Monday Sale

The kind folks over at Backcountry.com are having a huge sale today, well all week really. Check it out!

LaRuta 2011

La Ruta: Pre-Race  J. Andres Varga La Ruta Ready Day 0 and the race wheels are rolling.  We start tomorrow at 5:20 AM.  Today is the last minute bike prep and registration.  My Specialized teammate Todd Wells has arrived, along with team mechanic, Benno Williet.  It will be really fun to have Todd and his [..read more]

La Ruta Recap

Hello, The La Ruta is in the history books, and I am fully reminded of how difficult this race truly is. It is such a fun experience though to come race literally from one side of the country to the other, and have the support of a international crowd along the way. Despite the bad [..read more]

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