Posts Tagged ‘Sundrunden’

To the left: A guy on a mountain bike. Well ahead of me after lap 1. Photo: Submitted

To the left: A guy on a mountain bike sticking with the main peloton. Well ahead of me after lap 1. Photo: Submitted

It’s not a crit. It’s not a standard mass start either. But it was buckets of fun. Sundrunden in Trysil is 55 kilometers of classic road bike action: breakaways, chase groups, sprints and hills. And for me, the race even had a significant element of individual time trial. The cold truth is that without hills, I have no chance. In flat race, even a guy on a mountain bike beats me on my best wheel set. (more…)