I took stock of the big teams at the start line. It was us, xXx, Mesa Cycles, Burnham, and some other big teams that I didn’t know. I tried to remember some of them to make sure that they were in the move should a breakaway go with me in it. We rolled out pretty [...]
Today marked the start of the spring racing season here in the Wisconsin/Illinois area. Kenosha Velosport and American Bike Racing put on these training crits every year and it’s a great way to get back in the swing of crit racing. Thanks to everyone who helped put on a great day of racing. CAT 4 [...]
Went home to Believeland this weekend to visit my grandma, thought I’d do a cross race near my home town while here. Saw a headline in our local newspaper, “record rainfall this month.” Prime conditions. Slightly different dynamic over here in the city that has an annual population growth rate of -100,000. 4s race had [...]
4/5s Races in the city or so close with 5′s always bring some interesting characters out. Enter gentleman with shifters pointed down. Enter dude with number pinned on upside down. Enter team with numbers pinned on the wrong side. Enter whatchamacallit with aerobars. Enter neutral lap. Didn’t hear that we were doing a neutral lap [...]
Featuring Nick Gajewski: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0uCHEUZQ4M
Here is how it went down in the 3s. 53 miles, 8 laps, 90F, 3000ft of climbing – 2hr 4min. Background: A couple large teams control the race, Team Wisconsin (6-7 riders) and Drone’s (6-7 riders). Drone’s always attacks and has a guy up the road all the time. A couple lone wolfs in the [...]
Same Race, Different Story Neutral Start: up the hill with 18% grade – wow this is gonna hurt…. Lap 1: ride smart, hang on and move up. drop chain at top of 18% hill, successfully put it back on, crisis averted. Lap 2: Move up further, stay smart hang on over the top of the [...]
Hot Day…18% climb, 6 times. Big break on the third climb…about 20 riders. Keep nose out of the wind. Cassette skipping on the climbs when I put 960 watts into it, not good. Final lap sitting 5th coming around the turn into the climb. Legs cramp while going up, keep spinning, chain skips, find a [...]
Strava Info The day has arrived! it’s the race i’ve been waiting on since i missed registration last year. Being an Oakland resident, the berkeley hills road race is basically in my back yard. The course includes a popular local series of climbs affectionately known as the “three bears”. along with some fast descents and [...]
The Spring race at Whitnall Park is one of my favorite races of the year, in 2010 I finished 4th behind and my teammate Bryan Witry who finished 2nd. We had hopes of a similar result today with Rhythm lining up four deep, myself (Andrew Zens), Bryan Witry, John Villena and Justin Merkey were ready [...]
The 1/2 and 3′s race were combined but to scored separately, thank god. Mike, evan, ben and I pulled up at the rear of the group. After some jokes and shitting my pants after realizing what sort of field this was we pushed off. The neutral roll out was barely neutral and as soon as [...]
Where does one begin? At the start of course. It was a fine day for a kermesse. Overcast still looming from the nights rain and windy. A small field but with big guns. Neutral rollout and off we go. Sitting in, riding into what I know to be a headwind, we are going slow. Slow [...]
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