Lance has less than stellar finish in Less Vegas Though I do not like to be one to predict doom and gloom and wish no ill will to anyone competing; Lance as predicted did not crush his competition. This is certainly his first cyclocross race since his return to professional cycling. Lance allegedly rode in …
Tag Archive: Cyclocross
Sep
25
2nd Annual Ubeercross Epic Cyclocross Ride
2nd Annual Ubeercross Epic Cyclocross Ride Jason Roon sent me the flyer for the October 18th 2008 Ride. This year we are starting at Founders at 11:00 AM and riding to Bell’s. Whew that’s convenient for Kazoo crowd! Last year we took a long time, somewhere around 6 hours, but we were playing in the …
Sep
23
Lance Armstrong to take on Cyclocross?
Will Cycling’s Most Favored Son take on Cyclocross? I am not much of a celebrity hound. I never really followed the Tour de France. I occasionally read Velo News. But I typically spend more time reading about cycle commuting than I do about competitive professional cycling. Last month Lance Armstrong announced to the not so …
Oct
22
Ubeercross Epic Cyclocross Ride
Cyclocross began in Europe as an informal hammer-fest among riders looking to do some off season training. The lads/lasses would gather at the local pub, have a pint and then hop on their bicycles to ride to the next village. To make it interesting, they would trespass onto farmer’s fields by hopping gates and fences, …
Oct
09
Ubeercross Ride
ÃœbeerCross Ride This ride organized by Jason Roon and Gene (forgot his last name) should be an epic trail ride for beer. I’m thinking t-shirts should be made! Only inherent danger is missing the Bright Eyes and Andrew Bird Show at the State theater that night. Details in PDF or below. Saturday, October 20, 2007 …
Oct
22
Warriors of the Holy Cross
My first foray into bicycle racing left me on my knees begging for mercy. The Kiss Cross Cyclocross race, otherwise known as “racing for beer” is the sort of punishment dreamt up by fanatic bishops in Monty Python sketches minus the comfy chair. My family came out to watch me flounder like a fish on …
Oct
09
Stump Thumper
Mobley and I went out for a spin at Fort Custer again. We did some of the easier loops. I managed to stay in the saddle a lot more, but fell twice. One time hitting a stump at full speed with my front tire. I was pumping hard while climbing and didn’t pick my line …
Oct
02
Kiss Cross
I am officially nominating myself for tree kissing duty. I was out hitting the trails again on my cyclocross bike. Rob Chamberlain, Jason Roon and I are tentatively discussing the Oct 22, or the Nov 2nd cross race up in GR. With that in mind I pedalled out to Kleinstock to poach their minitrail system. …
May
15
New Dark Feeling of Dread
As some may have guessed I did buy a new cyclocross bike. I’ve been bike commuting to work since february. I got a wild hair in my butt to get an effecient, do it all bike. And ended up buying a Felt FX1. I headed out to Ft. Custer with Mobley for the first time …
