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Test to destruction: The Keith Bontrager diary 2005

Keith Bontrager is best known as the bike and component design guru behind his eponymous road and mountain bike components, but behind the scenes the man universally known as KB is an enthusiastic and well-respected endurance mountain bike racer.

KB has taken part in a over 50 24-hour races in the last few years, and in his diary takes us inside the mental, physical and technical challenges of long-distance mountain bike racing, starting with one of the sport's greatest tests, the seven-day TransRockies Challenge.

Index to all entries

Latest entry: November 6: Looking back at 3 Peaks

2005 entries

• November 6: Looking back at 3 Peaks
• September 21: Cold and sleepless in Colorado
• September 12: Your roots are showing
• August 24: More singlespeed wonders
• August 22: Many prologues, one stage

TransRockies Challenge

• August 14: Coulda woulda shoulda
• August 13: A call to action for the pros
• August 12: Repairs and recovery
• August 11: Team strategies & a tough call
• August 10: A testing day - for riders and tyres
• August 9: Riding the sawtooth
• August 8: Bears, recovery and staying in the running
• August 7: A very different prologue

Previous Cyclingnews features with Keith Bontrager

• 2004 interview: The crossover man
• Peaking Out - Keith Bontrager rides the 3 Peaks Cyclocross