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Carl Decker

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Coming in hot at @twilightoperations Willamette Super Champs CX race on a beautiful course trying to fightboff the legend that is @deckerator in a battle for 3rd that came down to the last few turns.

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@trekbikes taken in Eugene, Oregon by @deckerator

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11 days ago

@leejonathan_ goes over his day and first High Cascades 100. @deckerator finishes his first as well for a solid day of mountain biking in Bend, Oregon. @trainerroad #highcascades100 #mudslinger #enduranceracing #mtblife #trainerroad taken in Athletic Club of Bend by @deckerator

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3 months ago

Leavenworth Bike Fest: Super fun ridge line berm trails, great river sitting, ample ice cream and Bavarian sausage spots, and some undeniably fast racers.
I’ll be back.
Mountain bikes are better with mountains. by @deckerator

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4 months ago

New bike, who dis?

It’s been a week of posing and planning and prepping very racy @giantbicycles prototype Revolts here in Emporia, Kansas.

Tire strategy is once again a hot topic. If it rains, wide tires will jam with mud. If it’s dry, narrow tires will puncture. And with a course that spans 206 miles through the Tornado Belt, and weather prediction models evidently based on a remote game of pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, it’s a nail biting toss-up.

Fortunately for us, our lads, @trekky91 and @colepaton are still mountain bikers at heart; whatever tomorrow brings, they’ll be ready.

Unbound, Year Six.

📸 Garett Payer by @deckerator

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5 months ago

Back in the Sea Otter feedzone today for the @lifetimegrandprix opener.
With redemption on my mind. And running shoes on my feet.
📷@jeffclarkphotographs by @deckerator

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6 months ago

@jeffsteber inducted into the @mtbhof tonight. Such a great night with amazing friends. Proud of you Steber❤️ by @deckerator

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a year ago

Bentonville sundowner spin.
The light is soft and as I happen upon this little underpass I think: “I’ll stop and take a picture of my cool bike”. And then I think: “No. I just wanna ride my bike—screw that” and I resume pedaling. But then I see this stick leaned against the wall under there.

Now it’s not an exaggeration to say that racers and two-bit cycling influencers the world over have spent collective years looking for a stick of similar shape and quality to this one, just for this purpose. Myself included.
“Fine. I’ll take a damn picture.” I concede.
And there you have it.

Biking around here is often a bit too curated feeling—a little too Stepford Wives for my taste. And this stick, as sweet at is was (and it was a killer stick) makes me feel even more that way—conflicted.

This stick is Bentonville. taken in Bentonville, Arkansas by @deckerator

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a year ago

@mollycogswell_kelley presented me with a bounty of 3 beautiful garden tomatoes after my big win at the Wednesday night Thrilla cyclocross race.
…but I only had room for one in my jersey pocket, so we improvised. And I’ve never looked more voluptuous.
#crossishere #fruitsofmylabor by @deckerator

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a year ago

With all the excitement of another new wheel size to hit the bike industry, I thought I would dig up this bike I built for Carl Decker back in 2017. Carl had heard of the wheel size, but the rim and tire designs weren’t there yet, so he talked a friend at Stan’s into rolling him a 32” rim and he cut and stitched his own tire. Carl even figured out what inverted fork would work with a little fiddling. Fast forward to 2025; and I hear you can just buy the rims and tires.
All rights reserved Carl Decker by @deckerator

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a year ago

In 1989 there were two riders I remember seeing on drop bar mountain bikes at the races. John Tomac—the coolest name in the game, and, well, the kid in the mirror. Me. I wasn’t at all cool, but I felt a little less lame by association with The Tomes.

Fast Forward 36 years and drop-bar freak bikes are the talk of the town here in #Leadville. Everybody is on them or is talking trash about them. Some drop riders even ask for forgiveness for their sins from the MTB Gods and our sporting forebears.

But here’s the thing: exploring and experimenting is what mountain biking is all about. And the MTB World has been looking more homogenized than ever lately.

So fly that freak flag tomorrow, full suspension fat-tired road/mountain-bikers! Make Tomac proud.

Image: Middle school Carl at 1989 “Revenge of the Siskiyous”
Bike: Bridgestone MB2 with MB1 cockpit “upgrade” by @deckerator

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a year ago

Every year, a few days before the @oregontrail_gravelgrinder I go out on a motorcycle “recce” mission of the whole 350 mile racecourse. My dad usually comes, along with a friend or two. We do it ostensibly to help @breakawaypromo identify any GPS anomalies or newly fallen trees across the road.
But what we’re really there for is the riding. 350 curated miles of incredible roads. Roads near my home that I never knew existed. Freshly melted out or dug out high-country roads unridden since last November’s winter storms. Twisty logging roads so smooth and so deeply cambered that I can’t help but imagine myself back in a rally car on them.
Remote, empty, dreamy, scenic Oregon gravel roads.

It takes most of two days. And it’s honestly a bit exhausting. But it’s become a bit of a summertime rite of passage—a budding tradition I hope to keep going.
To those of you joining me in starting the #grandtourofgravel on Wednesday: you are in for a treat this year. Bad Chad and company have really outdone themselves—I can’t wait for another lap.

PC: @meglasson.architecture by @deckerator

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a year ago

40 years is so since my first @cascade_cycling_classic_crit and about 6 hours until my next one.

Objective: “Grandpa” as many young roadie lads as possible.
Pro/1/2 back-markers beware! by @deckerator

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