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Upcoming Road Rides

Jeff Moser | May 27, 2010

Looking for someone to do some road rides with? Sat, May 29, 10:00am – 12:30pm – Washoe Lake Loop Contact: Paul Zatarain: pzatarain9th@yahoo.com Paul will be leading a Muscle Powered road ride this weekend, starting at Bower’s Mansion parking lot and riding 21 miles around Washoe lake. Short snack break half way through in Washoe [...]

Pedaling Towards Wildflower

Jeff Moser | April 18, 2010

by Dan Allison, originally published on the Muscle Powered blog. Vickie Pritchett has led a series of rides for Muscle Powered this spring, working up to a trip to the Chico Wildflower ride in Chico, California on April 25. The group completed its last conditioning ride yesterday, riding from the Target on Jacks Valley Rd [...]

Muscle Powered Ride this Sunday

Jeff Moser | March 12, 2010

Vicky Pritchett will be leading another Muscle Powered ride this Sunday, March 14th. The meeting location is at 10:00 AM at Mark Twain Elementary School on Carriage Crest Drive (MAP HERE), and the ride will be about 13 miles in length, heading out along Carson City’s east side. Riding along Deer Run Road I attended [...]

First Muscle Powered Ride of the Year

Jeff Moser | March 8, 2010

On March 7th, we had the first in a series of Muscle Powered sponsored rides. Riders met up at Bowers Mansion, and then headed south for a couple loops around Franktown Road. It turned out to be a beautiful morning, a landscape in seasonal transition. Fresh wintry snow in the mountains provided the backdrop for [...]

Muscle Powered Sponsored Rides are Back

Jeff Moser | March 3, 2010

Vicky Pritchett has volunteered to bring back the Muscle Powered sponsored road rides!  Vicky plans to start off with some easy loops around Washoe Valley starting on March 7th, and then gradually build the mileage in preparation for the Chico Wildflower Century at the end of April (a fantastic ride!). Old 395 in Washoe Valley Here’s [...]