Pic: DBenson, Pez.Please welcome Chad Hartley, our newest member of the Pacific Northwest family! K-Man had a chance to catch him to ask him a few questions while he’s jetting around the Southeast and Southwest for a bunch of races and sampling tasty caffeinated beverages. Hailing from Boulder, CO this phenom has raced [...]

Disclaimer… Mr. Plews is a teamate of K-Man. Miffy and Kiffy both certify that Mr. Plews received no special treatment, treats, favors, hay or any special anythings, somethings or whatevers.
Who is Mr. Plews? Evan is a Pro Mtn. Biker from the valley. K-man went on an investigation and dug up the dirt [...]

Pro Road Racer, Model, Shoe FiendSo… K-man had an opportunity to sit down with the famous 5 time PEZ victim, model and ex-OBRA-ite. After talking to cows, Mandy left the green pastures of Oregon for the hot and sticky South. Mandy, a former resident of Portland and Southern Oregon rides for Team TARGETRAINING. [...]

I can’t say enough about Candi- for the short time I have been racing (compared to some others), she’s been and still is an inspiration- someone who shouts words of encouragement but tells you how it is. We’re lucky to have Candi (and Mike too!). Despite being busy as she always is, she [...]

Original picture by Pat Carroll- Stage 2, Tour of California, Omer’s epic breakaway.
Soooo…. being bored off my butt, I shot off an e-mail to Omer Kem, Professional Bike Racer for Priority Health Cycling. Hey… wanna get interviewed? The K-man was lucky to get an affirmative answer- otherwise Miffy and Kiffy would have been [...]

Sal shows off his special skill: Upside down flying squirrel attack
The K-man found some time this week to come up with some questions for Salvatore Collura- local strong man with a penchant for riding really really really fast and who happens to be the new Exec Director of OBRA. After some hassling, Sal agreed [...]

Congratulations to Ivan Meadors on his recent upgrade to Cat 2. To most of us, Ivan has been a fixture of racing in Oregon- known as a really strong rider with a kooky sense of humor. One only needs to look to his antics at some time trials, racing tandem with both a [...]

Is Jacob unbeatable? Or are we a bunch of sissy riders who are scared of a 15 year old? That boy has talent but are we being intimidated? I’m inclined to say that kid has some mad skillz- and strength to match. Who is this up and comer? Who is [...]