Broken bike

Colby Pearce's bike broke in a crash with a rock during stage 4 of the Breck Epic.

Colby Pearce's bike broke in a crash with a rock during stage 4 of the Breck Epic. (Image credit: Colby Pearce)

Today's stage 4 will be described in Haiku poems.

American Colby Pearce has raced for years on the road and track and he's collected many national titles in events like the madison, team pursuit and points race.  In 2004, he raced the points race at the Olympic Games and from 2005-2007, he worked as the US National Endurance Coach.  More recently, the 38-year-old has also been spotted in mountain bike stage races.  Last year, he finished fifth in the Pisgah Mountain Bike Stage Race.  In this blog, he'll chronicle his adventures in the Breck Epic mountain bike stage race.