It's hard to know if I was rumbled or if I did the rumbling, but the 2018 Rose Mountain Rumble has been completed, logged, video'e...

Vermont Overland Pave' Madness 2018 from David Alden on Vimeo .

Another great Trail Boss ride at NEMBA Fest! Thanks to everyone who rode! #nemba #nembafest #mountainbike -#trailboss A post shared...

Jean and I wrapped up a week of camping, riding, and hiking on Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park with the Acadia 10K, starting ...

Quick report on a fast, (mostly) well run, and successful race:   So I signed up for the category 3 race which was only 6+ miles.  I ...

Read the story here.

And then at about mile 9, I knocked my wife to the ground... That was just one of the highlights along the WATA gravel ride in and aroun...

"You're kind of a big guy for a trail runner..." That comment came at me at about mile 4 while I was chatting with another...

The B2 Adventure Ride took place Sunday, April 29th and here's what went down. Rules: Teams of 3, picked by the store staff, no w...

Jean and I have ridden in the Muddy Onion in Montpelier, Vermont for the past couple of years    2017    2016 ) , and the event real...

It's officially race season! I'm excited that I've got a bunch of events on the calendar--running, mountain biking, gravel rid...

Think ‘Connected Exercise’ is (or is NOT) for you?

2/9/18:   My Winter Migration: Riding in the Nevada Desert Seasonal Affective Disorder aka the "winter blues." Is it a real...

I like the idea of endurance riding / racing. With the planning, travel, logistics, and household duties to balance any cycling event, long...

Kingdom Trails with some of the Racer-X crew, October 2017 from David Alden on Vimeo .

Pic by Kirk Giessinger Bikerdave Tufts Race Summary Oct. 18, 2017 I must be tired. The first two nights after the last race, I laid...

It was a busy weekend of racing for Racer-X, with Dave Tufts taking 2nd overall in the Gulf South Mountain Bike Series after the Lungbust...

Braintree 357 Gravel Enduro from David Alden on Vimeo .

Congrats to David Tufts for taking 2nd place in the Cat 2 Men (40-49)  class at Charlotte's Revenge in Ackerman, MS. He's been w...

An impromptu schedule change gave Jean and I an open morning on Saturday 9/16, and we were able to register for the Run for the Trails , p...

The 2017 Rose Mountain Rumble gravel ride, in Lyndenborough, New Hampshire was all that you'd want a gravel ride to be... Read more

I could make a witty but overplayed "rising from the ashes," statement, but even I'm not that corny. Although, I did feel th...

I have let this site get stale, but there's plenty of new content over at davealdenMTB.com (and davealdenBMX.com too). Click on ov...

>>> Photo gallery <<<

The ride UP is much less entertaining to watch but stay tuned for more from Maine!

I was only able to catch the 9:30 group of races due to those pesky work obligations. And with that, I didn't get shots of everyone. W...

Jean and I had ridden in an event in Montpelier a few years ago, and we still talk about the great dirt roads, awesome views, and killer c...

I'm ready for the Muddy Onion . Sort of. I skipped the "training" and went right into the taper and carbo loading. Should be...

I have made my not-so-triumphant return to cyclocross racing in Fitchburg, MA, for the NECX BAR. Read more...

2016

Head on over to http://www.davealden.com/ to see pics and read about the trip...

And so it ends, the 2012 cyclocross season... Read more ... Some might think it would be difficult to encapsulate an entire cyclocross ...

SSUSA 2012 was held in beautiful Stowe, Vermont this past Saturday. This was an anti-race event in which we were prepped well ahead of time ...

Well, the Racer-X interwebs has been a bit quiet lately. I suspect that's because everyone has been out slaying sweet singletrack or rib...

   I went to the Battle this past weekend and had mixed feelings.  The people that put it on really put it ON!  There was a finish chute  a...

So, I've been home for more than a week, and I'm still having trouble figuring out what to say. I had a great time. I raced (and g...

The name, officially dubbed by Tom Merrill, pays tribute to the "Hell of the North," Paris-Roubaix. Only our ride was much short...

So, my lovely wife and I went out for a cruise at Willowdale with Rob & Renee. We got a little bit of a late start, we were getting hu...

So, yesterday, while moving some stuff around in my basement (i.e. bike lair), I decide to get my TT bike ready for the upcoming season......

It ain't Garmin but it'll get me there and back.   Tape and paper:  8 cents.    Not having to be associated with anything Jon...

 These days I choose my mtb races by watching their helmet cam videos on-line and if it appears I won't kill myself I put it on m...

Yep, it's true. Spring has sprung, and our custom team hats from Walz Caps have arrived.  I'll be getting these out to those deser...

This is the hub piece that I thought I was missing when I assembled our bikes in Costa Rica ... that would have been a major buzz-kill... ...