http://www.allyeargear.com Race, Ride, and Run Reports from the Field Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:13:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_320" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Nicklas Lidstrom with the Stanley Cup during the 2008 Red Wings Parade"][/caption] The Detroit Free Press is reporting that retired Red Wing Goalie Dominik Hasek might do some mountain bike racing. Hasek, 43, lives in the Czech Republic but still figures to spend some time here, where his ... http://www.allyeargear.com/2008/the-dominator-racing-mountain-bikes/ I waved goodbye to Diesel Doll and Del Bomber as they pulled out of the driveway and headed out of town.  They're on their way to Madison, Wisconsin for the East Regional Championships called Derby in Dairyland.  The top 12 roller derby teams from the east conference will compete for ... http://www.allyeargear.com/2008/detroit-derby-girls-off-to-eastern-regionals/ [caption id="attachment_308" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Rodriguez plays upstairs at the Park Bar"][/caption] If you haven't read the article, watched the video, or heard the story on NPR about Rodriguez, you should.  It's pretty mind blowing that a Detroit musician can record an album, think they struck out, hang out in relative anonymity ... http://www.allyeargear.com/2008/rodriguez-live-in-detroit/ I ran into Will and Shelley Botens while biking last weekend.  We started talking about riding and I agreed to take Will on a tour of Detroit that weekend. We started from Berkley and worked our way over to Oakman Boulevard.  The Boulevard took us to our first stop, the incredible ... http://www.allyeargear.com/2008/just-another-great-ride-in-detroit/ [caption id="attachment_288" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Peter and Jeff climb towards Vail Pass"][/caption] I'm getting caught up on posting photos from this summer.  Here's a series of photos from a ride a few of us did in Colorado. Jeff, Peter, and I started in Frisco.  We headed out on the bike path towards Copper ... http://www.allyeargear.com/2008/riding-the-copper-triangle-route/