Road Painter

Thoughts on where we fell down in 2010 and what 2011 will bring to make it better – both up front and behind the scenes. NOTES: * Arvest Gate at OneOK Field for Saturday start backdrop * 7:30 start time both days * Registration packet pickup beginning Wed or Thurs the week before up till [...]

We use a chip timing system to keep track of rider locations and elapsed ride times on the  touring rides at Tulsa Tough. You’ve used or seen similar systems in running and triathlon events. The rider wears an ankle strap with a small electronic device and whenever they cross a remote sensor on the roadway, [...]

About one and a quarter miles of N. 41st W. Ave. is under construction, along with the new road being built out to the Botanical Garden. That will be a great thing for the community in that area but it plays havoc with Tulsa Tough’s Saturday Ride finish. 41st W. Ave. was always kind of [...]

Our goal at Tulsa Tough is to grow the rides to a sustainable level. Sustainable means participant numbers we can sustain over the long haul by creating touring rides people want to come back to and recommend. It also means growing ride participation to numbers that give us a strong income base to sustain the [...]

SAG stands for Support And Gear. It usually refers to one of the cars that follows riders with emergency first aid, tools, food, water, and ice. It can also mean the truck that carries your bicycle while you ride the bus or the vehicle that carries your luggage from campsite to campsite on multi-day tours. [...]

I put this on the DAM J.A.M. website about 2001. It’s still solid advice. There’s really no excuse for poorly marked routes on bicycle events. All you really have to do is imagine what people are experiencing as they approach decision points on a bike ride and then do what it takes to remove the [...]