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Team Photo

May 15, 2012 Events, Team, Uncategorized

Team,

Per the team agreement, please make your self available for our annual team photograph.

Location is the Niles Plaza Park, Niles, at 08:30. We should be done by 09:15.

Niles Boulevard and”H” Street. (our usual meeting place for rides)

Those with Leopard Bikes, can you please bring them.

Format for the photo will be a formal group shot and then a less posed version.

Please wear YOUR 2012 UNIFORM. WHITE Socks. Sneakers or cycling shoes (no flip flops, sandals, etc please)

Zips up, gut in, chest out

Option for a ride after if your keen.

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Cats Hill Crit – From the Skipper

May 7, 2012 Criterium, Events

Its not the crash that hurts, it’s the sudden deceleration. Just ask Thomas, who involuntarily dismounted at Cat’s hill Criterium while descending the hill at about 32 mph. The tree he hit will never be the same. The good news is that apart from road rash in huge amounts and aching all over he is good to go. and his new Leopard DC1 survived, along with the Williams carbon wheel set. I have spoken to Tom and Bryan a few times and he is considering racing at States next Saturday. As they say on the other side of the pond, “well ‘ard”.
Team Results
E3 – Rory DNP. only 42 finished out of 72 starters
E4/5 35+ Phil Mai (Phil rides with us at TNT) 7 o/o 37
E5 – Geno 6th, Darryl Lueng 19th, Mike Lueng 20th o/o 28
J15/16 – Brandon 9th, Thomas DNP, Olly Barajas 6th o/o 17
J17/18 – Ram 15th, Arthur 18th o/o 22
P/1/2 – Ziggy DNP (pulled out with 8 laps with go in the 75 minute slug fest)

Wente Road Race

Apr 30, 2012 Events

That was a hard race.

The first time up Carrol was all out, I was off the back and the group split. I got back onto the 2nd group but was off the back again on Greenville. After that I rode with some other stragglers, most of them bailed on the 2nd lap. I caught up with some riders from the E5 but we weren’t compatible, I was faster on the climbs and they were faster on the flat, finished on my own.

This was a great experience and it was really good to have the support of team members at the tent and the feed zone.

Notso Early Bird Criterium

Feb 12, 2012 Criterium, Events, Race report

I arrived early and saw several team mates, conditions looked good – warm, sunny and dry. Ken and I headed out for a warm-up ride and a few practice sprints. By the time the race started the wind had picked up. The pace was slower than at the same race 2 weeks ago, for the first few laps I stayed in the middle of the pack to try and get some protection from the wind. On the last lap I got boxed in on corner 3 (not sure why Cat 5′s like to ride 12 riders wide), and right after the corner there was an all out frenzy to get to the front. The sprint started really early and by corner 4 I was too far back to get up to the front. I’m pretty sure I finished higher than the official placing (29th) as there were at least 5-6 riders behind me. Not complaining though, happy to finish with all my skin. Next stop: Warnerville.

FFBC Club meeting

Feb 10, 2012 Events, Uncategorized

At the Fremont Community Center, starting at 19:30.

Club business will be taken care of, a small presentation will be given, Details unknown.

all welcome.

Team ride – Tour of the Tri-City sponsors

Feb 10, 2012 Events, Team Rides

Team

Saturday will be a ride from Niles, departing at 08:30.

The plan is to cruise by 5 of our local sponsors, meet and greet where possible, take some photos and basically thank them for their support.

The route does have one planned hard section, a detour up Garin on the way north. There is also the option for climbing Mill Creek road or Morrison or both on the return.

Please wear your team uniform. Rain will cancel.

This is not a Team members only ride, but obviously only team members will be in the photos.

Gaz

Knight’s Ferry RR

Feb 8, 2012 Events, Race report, Road Race

Even though it was early, it was nice to be in a warm car at 7 am and not on my bike, freezing and looking at Bill and Chris’ [backsides] riding to the ride (the joke of the day was wondering what time Bill left to ride to the race) though I did have to eat Roy’s dust, literally, for about 4 miles on the, as it was advertised, “short” section of unpaved road on the way there.

Beautiful day in the valley, mid 60’s and it was nice to race without a ton of clothing exposing my Englishman-like pale skin (sorry, laddies). Any thought about the first race being a bit easy quickly disappeared as we hammered from the start (glad I did a 15 mile warm up). The two turn-arounds which were at the top of long rises were pretty wicked, from ½ mph to 35 mph just like that.  It was a typical Masters (55+) race, fast, but even paced with sensible riding, no yelling, no brakes, no crashes, no squirrely riding, and, aside from the turn-arounds, no slow and then fast.  I stayed up front most of the time hoping to get into a break but none materialized, the pace was too high.  One started to get away and I quickly road up to it, pulling 20 of my closest friends along as well.  I felt great the whole race, despite the frostbite those early mornings rides did pay off (thanks Chris and Bill). Unfortunately for me the only time we slowed was the last three kilometers when the pace let up and everyone got back on, so the pack hit the last hill together.  I had hoped it would have remained fast and strung out, but not to be, so it was a mass sprint up the hill, I was near the front but faded to 9^th.   All in all it was a great day and worth the trip. Lesson for the day, if you want a break, start one.  It will be nice to race in the future with my teammates in the 45+ 1,2,3′s.

Knights Ferry Road Race

Feb 4, 2012 Events, Road Race

I arrived early and was glad to see John L., Chris G., Geno and John B. arriving at the same time. We found a spot for a warm up ride and then headed for the start line. Chris M. and Ken arrived a little later.

The race started slow but quickly picked up speed after a couple of miles, I kept myself up at the front of the pack. The first turnaround point came up unexpectedly and was narrow, we pretty much came to a dead stop, after the turn the road was downhill and the speed quickly picked up again. At mile 16 we hit some rollers and I started to drift to the back, around mile 18 there was a short steep climb and I drifted off the back with a couple of other (older) riders. I rode with a couple of other people and we decided to keep the pace going even though we would probably not catch up with the main group. Around mile 25 the other people slowed up and I finished the rest of the race of my own. As I was about 4 miles out I saw John L., Geno and Chris G. who had already finished and were heading back to the parking area. I was glad to finish and came in 34th.

I thought this was a good location, easy to get to and the roads were pretty good.  The course seemed shorter, I logged 46 miles versus the 54 on the race flyer.

Good to see so many team mates out there.