Tag Archive for ‘Amber Rais’
Dolce Vita
As we roll into Cornaredo on the outskirts of Milan, I wonder What’s with the hairy eyeball? and find myself in a series of staring contests with all the pedestrians we pass. Then I remember: we’re in the team car, and that custom Diadora Pasta Zara paint job in purple and chartreuse is meant to [...]
On The Road Again
By Amber Pierce Calling this feature “Anywhere Road” could not more aptly describe the past two months. After the Tour of New Zealand, our team got things rolling in early March with our official Team Diadora Pasta-Zara presentation at the Diadora Factory HQ in Italy, followed by a grueling camp in the hills of southern [...]
Kia Ora
By Amber Pierce The journey from Austria to New Zealand would take more than forty hours, flying from Vienna to London to Auckland to Palmerston North. After the tour, I would travel another forty hours from Wellington to Auckland to Hong Kong to London to Vienna to Graz, making a full circle of the globe. [...]
Moment of Clarity
By Amber Pierce Last night, I arrived home in Graz after a week of training in Valencia, Spain. The journey home from Spain went something like this: Wake up. Load enormous bike bag (an old double Bike Pro) and large luggage bag into rented Citrön C3. Drive to airport. Unload Stuff and haul it to [...]
November Rain, Part II
By Amber Pierce Winter in Austria is spectacular. Every Hütte and Gasthaus offers gemütlich warmth with cozily intricate carpentry, fireplaces and hearty dishes, but the real party is outdoors – from the unparalleled natural beauty of dramatic mountain pistes and snowy Nordic trails, to the shining holiday markets in every town square, bustling with crowds, [...]
November Rain, Part I
By Amber Pierce Cross season is already here, and for roadies in the northern hemisphere, that means pulling out the fenders and thermal jackets. It’s a cruel reality that the coldest most miserable part of the year to train outdoors is also the time of year you should spend the longest hours on your bike. [...]
Standing On The Edge of Summer
By Amber Pierce My running shoes were clearly a poor choice, I thought as I tested my foothold and pulled myself over the rock face, one of many such obstacles on the trail my teammates and I were now negotiating on our hike up the Hochschwab (a 2277-meter-high peak in the Austrian Alps). I paused [...]
From A Motel 6
The Triple Crankset welcomes the beautifully talented Amber Pierce (nee Rais) to our pages as a semimonthly contributor. “Anywhere Road,” presented by Glacier Glove, takes a look at the personal life of one of America’s brightest and up-and-coming cyclists as she lives and works her way toward the realization of her cycling dreams. By Amber [...]
Rais Teams with World Bike Relief, HTFU, and SRAM to Raise Funds for US Nationals
If you are a fan of women’s cycling, as we are, here is yet another opportunity to actually support it. We have featured Amber Rais our site several times in the past, and for good reason. I could begin to list her superlatives, but its better that you read about her background and her current [...]
TRIPLE Exclusive: Graz’s American Speed Kueen – Part III
An American in Graz The second largest city in Austria, Graz sits in the southeastern portion of the country and along the Mur River. In 2003, the city was named as the European Capital of Culture, an annual European Union designation highlighting a city’s cultural life and cultural development, and its Old Town area is [...]
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