Cycling enthusiast, cancer survivor, and geeky dad. Writes about cycling, two wheeled culture, and the bicycle industry.
Living by intent, not by accident.
Brand ambassador for Titus Bicycles
Again with another revolutionary release, On-One breaks the mold and creates something we cyclists all need. These guys are geniuses, it must be something in the water over there.
Contact me to get your hands one of these pumps. Orders are flying now, you may want to get in on this before they sell out.
NOTE: THESE HAVE BEEN UCI “OFFICIALLY APPROVED” FOR THE TOUR THIS YEAR!
2011 BC Provincial Cyclocross Championships.
This little video comes from the big island of Vancouver’s Cross on the Rock series.
Thanks @mtnbikinggirl for letting me know about this.
Thanks @KatieFnCompton for such a great race at #cxworlds. Proud you were wearing stars and stripes.
I think one of the amazing stories and probably the best reason to watch the Cyclocross World Championships in Koksijde was the elite women’s race. While Marianne Vos completely dominated the race from lap 1, the true race was for second. The most impressive ride was by Katie Compton. She crashed in lap 1 (1st picture) and looked like she was out of it, but then by lap 3 she made it back in to 2nd place (2nd picture). She finished 5th, but dang what a impressive ride. Really inspiring.
unique course feature
If I ever get to design a cyclocross course this will be in it.
This is the best email I have received in a long time
And so now we know what kind of Person will step towards a fire (Yes about the RV)
To some the Hobbit is the end, but there is Lord of the Rings
To others Ketuvim is the end, but there is Mathew (Bible references, folks, look ‘em up)
To some there was the 1918 world series, but others know of 2004 (they got lucky-go Yanks!)
And so there is a man, he is mortal.
If you prick him,
he will bleed
If you tickle him,
he will laugh
If you poison him, he will die
And if you wrong him, shall he not revenge?
(apologies for the liberties with grammar Will)
That man in Jens Voigt.
He is even my age, but yet he is ageless.
He is two score with seven children.
A modern hardman in the tradition of many before him.
He has even influenced those who live 5,211.14 miles away from him (or 8,386.29 K for your euro-geeks)
A Team with vision, a team with verve and elan, and free Mohawks to all who wish them
Yea Verily, I speak of Jens Voigt’s Army, the JVA from beloved Portland. Viz: http://teamjva.com/
Today, 1/5/12 is the end and the beginning (though not quite the Alpha and Omega- I used up my bible reference above)
Today, 1/5/12 a dawning of a new era is upon us
Today 1/5/12 a rebirth, as the mighty Phoenix, born from the ashes of it’s own nest (Or leaky oil pan, dealer’s choice)
Today JVA took possession of the Cross Crusade RV. It is now theirs to use as they see fit, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent owner may of right do (Apologies for the liberties with the grammar Thom).
They say they will fix her,
They say they will make her run well again
They say they will cover her in Paisley (as a fan of the Dead Milkmen, I wish they’d cover her with a Big Lizard, but she’s theirs now, not mine, Eat Your Paisley was 1/2 the Album Big Lizard was)
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, I come to bury you all not to praise you, unless you are part of the JVA, in which case I salute you!
I can’t wait to see what happens next, I’ve already bookmarked, “JVA, RV Injury, I told him not to do that” on youtube!
Let’s see:
Euro Hotties, check.
Riding bikes, check.
Getting muddy, check.
All sorts of WIN in this video
This may make cyclocross more interesting.
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Man, I knew I should have done the Winter Cross last weekend. From this video and reports on Twitter/Tumblr the course was fast and fun. Next year I will have to add this to the list of “must do” cross races.
Remember when one or two guys would ride the barriers in a World Cup? This clip also answers who wins: log or carbon fork.
Continuing with our theme of barrier-related mayhem, here’s Radomir Simunek at the GP Hasselt.
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log or carbon fork. Guess?
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SUFFER FACE!!!!
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There are so many elements going on in this photo. Guys jibber-jabbin’, fathers showin the kids interesting things, Fall colors, people pushing their bikes, and me.
Thanks VELORAZZI
My ‘Official’ Deschutes Brewery sponsorship package came in the mail today! Woot Woot!
Some warm woolly socks, a beer opener, and a decal that will be going on the next bike I buy. This all came about when I fell in love with their beer after first moving to Oregon. I am pretty sure I have tried most if not all their products since then and have yet to have a ‘bad’ beer. That really says a lot about a beer company. Their consistent quality of production keeps me coming back.
Thank you Deschutes, for making my day.
Jeremy
My results and thoughts CrossCrusade 8 PIR
Ok. The official results are in… I took 149th place out of 185 finishers on Sunday’s 35+ Masters C race at PIR. That is the exact same place I took at Aplenrose a ~month ago. I find that to be pretty darn funny.
My official number was 618 and I would be in line-up with the other 8’s for the start of the race. We got all lined up and I was thinking to myself “hmmmm I am sitting about mid-pack of 200+ riders, could I break a top 100 finish!?”
Sadly.
No.
During the pre-ride of the course I had a colossal brain fart and crossed the finish line before lining up with the other 35+ers. Why is that bad? You may ask. The way CC is officiated and scored is via a photo finish techno wizardry that decodes how many times your number goes through the system. Going through it early monkeys up the system and causes the nice people at CC a major PIA and more work for them. So they have set up a rule that if you cross the system while not in your race they can beat you down with frozen Salmon patties if necessary to make sure you never do it again. Lucky for me they were gracious and only made me go back to the end of the pack and wait 1 minute while the rest of the herd went by wondering WTF I did to cause this situation. It was embarrassing and I will NEVER do that again!
Long story short, I broke a rule and luckily only got a 1 minute penalty. They could have done worse to me and I appreciate that they didn’t.
So I started a minute behind the actual start whistle, which actually worked in my favor I think. Near the beginning of the course there was a 80 degree turn that was a dirty slippery grassy run up. This caused a major bottleneck and by the time I got to it the majority of racers were through it. So it was clear to just push as hard as I could to start passing people in the next sections. The next sections were based in peanut butter concrete mud and the best course of action to take was to run since I race on a singlespeed and did not have the gearing to push through it. This came to bite me in the rear over the course of the race (more on that later).
The main section of the course and by golly the most fun was the techy off road sections. I LOVED them! The main reason is I am a mountain biker first and love techy rooty muddy sections. They are so much fun because they are the challenge. They were also where the crowd was hanging out heckling, yelling, and beer drinking. Nothing improves your abilities more then having some random guy heckling you. HA!
By the end of the race my sub 20 pound singlespeed had the weight of a mountain bike in mud and a left pedal that would not clip in due to mud build up on the cleat and pedal. Also by the end of the race I seemed to be riding against and with the same riders which was pretty fun sharing our agony together.
Some how I completed 5 laps and ended up in the bottom third of the group. Over all it was fun and I really appreciate the course layout and professionalism of the CC team putting this circus on each week. They really deserve the accolades they get from the industry. If you ever get a chance to be out here and ride a CC event you will see what I am saying.
Now that my cross season is over I will focus on 2012 and the magic that it may be bringing. Oh and maybe get around to cleaning my bike.
Jeremy
Some notes that didn’t fit in the story above:
- Larson Mimo tires are crap in mud and I really did not feel comfy with the rear wheel all day.
- The WTB tires on the front were AWESOME in the mud. I never had a moment where the front slipped on me which is saying a lot for that course.
- Shimano Clipless pedals suck in the mud. I want my Time ATACs back.
- Cross to me is about me against the course and learning to conquer it section by section. I don’t really care now what place I take.
- Kiddie Cross is a blast to watch.
- I wish there was another set of barriers on the course. One wasn’t enough.
- Bring wet wipes.
- Don’t stick your iPhone in the jersey pocket that has an open GU packet.
- Having a cowbell attached to your bike is awesome. Like having your own cheering section all through the course.
