Alumni Tad Elliott is off to Austraila for the next week as he prepares for fidays U23 World Championship cross country race. Tad is there with fellow Durangoan Todd Wells to represent in the world scene. Here is Tad’s latest update. Flight went well economy plus on the isle with no one next to me. [...]
Chase Orrick Interview
Q: How did you first here about the DEVO program and what did you expect? A:Well I first actually heard about the program through Ben Kraushaar’s mom. My mom was an orthodontist assitant at the time and Ben’s Mom happened to come into the office one day. Ben’s mom mentioned the program and gave me [...]
Mary Monroe Interview
Durango DEVO is all about singletrack mountain bike trails. We ride them, race them and help maintain them. Durango is lucky to have such a sweet trail network, thanks to the hard work from the Trails 2000 family. The non-profit which began in the 90′s, is headed by executive director Mary Monroe. Mary moved here [...]
Tad Elliott in Recovery
Q: So a lot of us saw you out at the AOA/DEVO short track with a sling, what happened to your wing? A: I broke my Scapula in a Mountain Bike crash while I was riding with the Wells brothers. Q: What exact location on the trail/road did it happen? A: I was descending from [...]
Todd Wells Interview
Check out this cool Todd Wells interview from Colt at Cyclingdirt.com. Todd joined the u14 boys team this monday and worked on race starts and miniature short track racing. Thanks Todd.
Tad in Houffalize
Nice work to Alumni Tad! Here is the results Q: Was this the biggest race you have ever done? Got any stats? A: Yes, man was it huge. Here are some quick stats. 220 Starters. 30,000 Fans. Town Population under 1000. Start Lap plus five laps. Start hill 20% Grade. Q: What did you [...]
Tad’s First German World Cup
DEVO alumni Tad Elliott just completed his most massive World Cup to date in finishing 138th of 180 in Offenburg, Germany for round 2 of the World Cup XC series. Here are the results and story. Q: Did you know anybody around you at the start line? What was that like? A: I did know [...]
Elke Brutsaert Interview
Local retired DH superstar Elke Brutsaert has been working with the local college cycling team as well as the DEVO program ever since she gave up the traveling lifestyle as “team Mom” for the Giant World Cup mtb team. Durango is stoked to have her here for more months out of the year. Here [...]
Cody Wilderman Interview
Fort Lewis College cyclist and pro downhillist, Cody Wilderman is on a mission this year. His well rounded approach to training has an old school feeling. This past fall he took up cyclocross racing and made the FLC National Team. He is currently taking to Moab every weekend to get a jump [...]
Tad Elliott Interview
DEVO Alumni Tad Elliott is now a professional ski racer. After winning the U-23 US championship on the bike this summer, he signed on the Saab/Subaru Factory Ski Team to compete in the SUper Tour this winter. Good Luck Tad! Q: What is your favorite sport at the moment? ………………………………..Skate or Classic? [...]
Travis Brown Interview
Local mountain bike Hall of Famer, and DEVO friend Travis Brown is in the house, your house, on your computer screen. Travis is a former mtb Olympian and has been moonlighting on the cross scene ever since it became a scene. Today he wrapped up his season as the series champion for the local Squawker [...]
Shonny VanLandingham Interview
Q: When did you decide to switch it up and go XTERRA? A: After racing the professional mountain bike circuit for 9 years I decided it would be good to have a change. So last year I decided to focus on XTERRA racing for ’09. I had done a few XTERRA races for ’fun’ in previous years [...]
Jimmy Deaton and His Bike
Q: What year did you get this? What is it? A: I raced for Raleigh USA 1987, 88, 89. This is my custom 1988 team issue race bike and jersey. It’s a Raleigh Technium, The three main lugs are hand made aluminum and the main tubes are aluminum carbon fiber kevlar rapped for protection. [...]
Todd Wells Interview
Q: Who did you talk to on the start line of your Olympic xc race, and what did you talk about? A: I talked to Olie Beckensale(might be spelled wrong) from the UK. I don’t remember what we talked about other then it being hot and the fact that it was pretty cool we were [...]
Bicycle Bob Interview From Costa Rica
Q: Describe what it feels like riding from Durango to Costa Rica, in one run-on sentence. A: Imagine how YOU feel when you’ve done a great new ride somewhere that you’ve never been before and it was hard and beautiful with all sorts of demanding terrain and interactions and it took all day and you [...]
Greg Herbold Interview
Sorry, this is a little late, but here are 1990 World Champion, Greg Herbolds’ views on several things… Q: Who is going to win the Olympic Cross Country race in Bejing? A:I WOULD PUT MY MONEY ON JULLIAN ABSALON, OR ONE OF THE SWISS GUYS. THE COURSE IS ALL ABOUT FITNESS AND POWER. I THINK [...]
Tad Elliott World Cup Interview
2008 U-23 national champion and DEVO alumni, Tad Elliott was interviewed by Coach Chad and here is what he had to say on his first two World Cups of his entire career. Q: Which world cup superstar gave you the chills when you saw them in person? [...]
Anthony Colby Describes His Race-Week Routine
Anthony Colby and I, coach Chad, attended and graduated Fort Lewis College together. Then Colby was a budding pro mtb racer and now he is a top domestic road professional. Last weekend Anthony placed third in the ultra sweet stage race, Tour of the Gila in Silver City, New Mexico. Below is, in his [...]
Bicycle Bob Says “Ride On DEVO” From Costa Rica
Cycling has carried me far! From a wobbly spin around the yard as a 6 year old, to a ride around the block at 8, the boundries grew. At 12, my buds from the hood and I did a hilly 30 mile round trip to the lake. Many moons later, the miles piled on [...]
Winter Tips via Todd Wells
Hello Durango Devo, I hope this note finds you well in the middle of a snowy Durango winter. I know it has been pretty hard to ride this winter in Durango and I just wanted to offer up some tips for staying fit and getting in shape during the winter. I use to live in [...]
