Norm on the rocks

I'm a 40 something guy living in Milwaukee (nearly 50 something) and I like to ride my bike. I ride for long distances on dirt & gravel and for shorter distances on the pavement around town. This site is meant as a chronicle, an extension of my memory, but I’m not really interested in promoting myself so I only share it with friends and family.

I've always been a bike rider, mostly as an alternative to my car and the occasional Sunday ride. But in 2008 my good friend convinced me to race in the Chequamegon 40 in Hayward, WI - and I've been hooked on riding on dirt & gravel ever since.

I started this web site in 2014 when that same friend and I decided to compete in 1,000 miles of gravel and mountain bike races in a single calendar year, our Dirty Millennium. The original web site name was DirtyMillennium.com - which is sticky, but isn't broad enough to capture all the other stuff I like to do. So, inspired by Neil Diamond, NormOnTheRocks was born.

My real name is David Peterson, but my friends call me Norm.