(Lance Armstrong crash) 2009 seems to be the year of the crash. Not only in the pro ranks but in the Weekend Warriors ranks of lowly Cat 3, 4 and 5. Look at top pro racers such as Lance Armstrong, Scott Nydam, Cameron Evans and David Impey crashing and sustaining injuries from severe to usually [...]
The Empire State Games are being chopped as a result of the budget crunch in New York State. Sad as the ESGs usually encourage tourism and add to a local community’s economy. Here is the info from our listserv. I just received this press release from ESG. I can’t figure out why the Office of [...]
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.
Tour of the Battenkill info from Deiter Drake. The 2009 Tour of the Battenkill returns on April 18-19, 2009 in the Battenkill Valley of Upstate NY. Some changes for next year: Course & venue change to Cambridge, NY (12 mi. south of Salem, NY - site of 2005-2008) 100k / 62 mile Pro/Am on Saturday, April 18 [...]
Here are some photos of a recent ride with my new bike a Bianchi L’Una (2006) with SRAM Force gruppo. Look for a review of the bike soon.
I’m the promotor/co-promoter for the Syracuse Race Weekend again this year. Since last year we changed up quite a bit of the event including moving the date up one week to May 17th and 18th. I added a longer Time Trial and kept it at Song Mountain. A new Crit course is also a major [...]
Photo by Andrew Kozak of Champion Systems Why is the racer above running in the middle of the pack with his arms up in the air? The series of photos that leads up to that moment on Velocity Nation is impressive. In the Pro 1/2/3 race at Prospect Park(?) in NYC on July 29th. As [...]
Chris Thater Memorial Criterium happened Saturday and Sunday down in Binghamton, NY. This is one of the oldest races on the Calendar and one of the most prestigious. Top pro men and women come out and this year the event was even on TV. My event was the Category 4/5 race which goes under the [...]
Photo by Dan Darkins Mixing things up in a Criterium is probably the diciest form of bike racing there is. Except of course if you are Lucas Brunelle, but that is a whole ‘nother category of craziness. For the Weekend Warrior such as myself a Crit is as close as you will get to total [...]
Bummer Sunday morning. One of myfavorite low key races from last year was the Rome Circuit Race and Concrete Crit. The low key two event race was fun. The Colavita team got a win in the Crit with Rob Walters, and I got to finally mix it up in a race instead of trying to [...]