Jan 9, 2009 0
Borrowing some inspiration (perhaps too much?) from Rock Racing. I’ve been playing around with a new logo for the Maxpowercycling team. The other idea is to use a flying chimp like in the Wizard of Oz….
Thanks to new teammate Matt Starr of Postallservice.com for some help in coming up with cool ideas.
Jun 26, 2007 0
The Rochester Twilight Criterium just keeps getting bigger each year. This year the race moved up to a UCI 1.2 grade event. The crowds seemed bigger and the action in the pro race was fun to watch. The Downtown Rochester course is one of my favorites with the various twists and turns. Its just plain fun to ride through.
My race this year was the Master’s Men 35+ whch included some very tough competition. The Maxpowercycling contingent featured Scott Grimshaw, Rob Walters and myself. At the start line I heard the pack was something around 80 riders. My other choice to race was the Cat 3/4 race which I found out was closed since they reached the 100 rider max.
May 17, 2007 0
(video preview of the Inner Harbor/One Mile TT, sorry for the shaky camera)
On Monday a bunch of guys from the MaxPowerCycling Team and I decided to test ride the new One Mile Time Trial course for the Syracuse Race Weekend. Since Sam and I decided to forgo the Street Sprints in favor of a short Time Trial there have been questions about the course.
May 8, 2007 0
(Andy Melnychenko finishing the Pro 1/2 race at Hollenbeck)
Sunday I headed down to Virgil, NY for my first crack at Hollenbeck. This is probably one of the oldest races in Central New York. It goes back well into the 80s and is known for its hills and tasty treats that you get at the end. The Finger Lakes Cycling Club put on a great event which had a huge turnout.
The Cat 4/5 field which I ended up racing in had 65 racers which was a nice large field especially on the first flat sections just before the first tough climb. Noel Bonk gave some good advice on the race. He said that the key to the race is to stay with the group on the first climb. Easier said than done especially when I am still weighing about 220lbs. The first 5 miles were super easy pace. The pace was filled with mostly experienced riders, just one or two squirrelly guys to watch for, but nothing major.
May 3, 2007 2
(Brian Blake and Matt Panzarella in the Cat 5 Race)
The Binghamton Circuit Race was my first race of the season. The Tioga Velo Club puts on a great low key race at Kirkwood Industrial Park in Binghamton. Easy to get to the race and the course is nice for a circuit race. Kudos to Jeff Poulin and the rest of the Organizers of the race.
I was down for two races, first the Cat 4 mens race and then the combo Cat 1/2/3 and Master men race. I switched out the from the Cat 3/4/5 race since it was not going off until 1:45 so I did not want to wait that long.
The Cat 4 race went first at 10am in cold drizzly conditions. It actually stopped raining, but the roads were still wet. I did not bring any warm gear other than a set of arm warmers, but they seemed to be enough. The goal for my race was to stay near the front. No accordion effect to ruin my race was the thinking, especially with the little hill just before the finish.
Apr 17, 2007 2
Here is the new kit for the MaxPowerCycling Team. I designed the kit and VO Max is the clothing supplier. The only disappointment is that there is no spot to put a logo on the shoulder, but I am happy with the final product.
The design process was long as I went through almost 10 variations before we finally settled on this design. Originally I wanted a black, red and white scheme to match the 400watts.com logo. But blue turned out to be most popular. I added a fade effect to give the jersey some depth and there are some subtle designs that are influenced by the Saeco team jersey of a couple of years ago.
Mar 16, 2007 1
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Update: The collegiate races were canceled but the other races will go on:
Hi everyone. For those of you that were planning on attending this race in NYC, just wanted to give everyone a heads up. Because of the impending snow this evening, the collegiate portion of the program has been cancelled. So therefore, the USCF races (Pro/1/2/3, 3/4, Women) will be moved to later in the day, with the women scheduled to start at 12pm. All registered riders will be receiving a notification from the promoter via BikeReg; but for those of you might be planning on coming down, please make note of the time changes. The order of the races will not change, Women will go at 12pm followed by the 3/4 race and then the 1/2/3.
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Winter weather does not want to shake its hold of the Northeast. Our MaxPowerCycling Series did not really get going last week since the weather was till in the 30s and no one was interested in much racing.
(winter weather from February, but still applies)
Now the Grant’s Tomb Criterium looks like it is a non-starter due to the Nor’Easter that is ravaging up and down the east coast. I was half thinking of racing there especially since some folks from the Syracuse University Cycling team are going to race there too. (more on SU Cycling later)
Jan 9, 2007 0
Check out exclusive pics from the MaxPowerCycling Team’s Sunday morning training ride on Velochimp.com. After a team meeting in the morning where kit designs for 2007 were finalized, the team headed out into the unusually warm Central New York roads. The plan was for a 45 to 50 mile ride of mostly flat roads. I had to bag it and did a total of 37 miles since Sunday dinner at the parents house was calling. Not bad for January.
Dec 23, 2006 3
Good news! Velochimp.com is now part of the 9Rules Network. The site now joins one of top blog communities on the web. For those not familiar with 9Rules here is some info:
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Great news overall. 2007 promises to feature some great content:
New Team
I will switch to new team called MaxPowerCycling.com (I am finishing up the team site as we speak so no direct link just yet). The team is made up of a great core of guys that won several races under the Colavita-Spokepost.com team. This year we are taking over as our own sponsors since most of the members have businesses they would like to promote anyway.
Syracuse Race Weekend Promoter
This year I am running the Syracuse Race Weekend bike race. This is a huge event thank Chuck Dominick has run for over ten years. I will have help with Sam Sampere and a few other folks. Sam and I are the main promotors and this is the first race that we have ever run. We will be learning the ropes of running a race in Upstate New York and hope to have an eye to make it a much larger event in the future.
New Training Site Coming
I am also hard at work on a very exciting new project called 400watts.com. More info will be available very soon, but this will hopefully be a very cool site for anyone training for racing or fitness. Watch this space.
2007 will be a fun year for velochimp.com to say the least.
