by AL Laframboise
Last weekend was the 2nd round of the US Cup series. Bonelli always offers something for everyone. It's a great venue with lots of grass and a big pit area for vendors, and the course is always awesome. This year the course included relatively short hill climbs, bridge crossings, all-out paved sections and some fast rocky single track decents. It was good fun, even on the single speed.
This year the race attracted some of the best riders in the nation. On Saturday, Max Plaxton (from B.C.) won the Men's Pro XC, and Kelly Emmitt won the Women's Pro XC. See results here...
As for the team, we all had a successful weekend as well. Here's the stats:
Lisa - 2nd XC
Jeff - 2nd SuperD, 14th XC
AL - 2nd XC
Gerry - 4th XC
Team photos here...
See you at Fontana Mar 27!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Sagebrush Safari - US Cup #1
(posted by Jeff Stanners)
This weekend was the opening race of the US Cup West Coast series. Sagebrush Safari, about 45 minutes east of San Diego is one of the best courses around. Only trouble is the course doesn't hold rain real well. And it rained almost non-stop on Saturday, the day before the race. Race day it was beautiful out though. The dirt wasn't actually too bad, just a little slushy, but with lots and lots of puddles to cross.
We had just 3 riders from Don's out for this one. Gerry, Lisa, and I all made the trip to race.
Full Results - http://teambigbear.com/results.php
Gerry - picture in cyclingnews.com
2nd place, cat 1 30-34
Gerry opened his season up in a strong fashion. Finished 2nd in a very strong field, just a minute and a half behind Ty Kady, who has numerous semipro wins on his resume. For more on Gerry's race check out his blog at http://bikeblood.com.
Jeff
12th place, cat 2 35-39
My race didn't go quite like I had planned. It started off well enough. I got out with the front of the pack on the flat road section, then hung in the top 8 through the climb while a few broke away. I was sitting in 7th when we hit the fast fireroad descent on the back and I flatted. It was my first race with a tubeless setup and the sidewalls on my tires must have been too thin and a sidewall ripped open. I put a tube in and kept the tire pressure real low to try to keep the tube from blowing through the hole in the sidewall. I made up a little ground that I lost but not much. Ended up finishing 12th in a field of 21.
Lisa
1st place, cat 1 30-39
Lisa's first race in her new age group. It's always disappointing when there's only 2 competitors in your class, but Lisa made the most of the situation and got the win.
The next US Cup race will be at Bonelli. It's part of the Pro Triple Crown series so there will be some top talent out for it. Pros race XC on Saturday. Everyone else races Sunday, with the pros also racing short track and super D on Sunday.
For more info: http://uscup.net/
This weekend was the opening race of the US Cup West Coast series. Sagebrush Safari, about 45 minutes east of San Diego is one of the best courses around. Only trouble is the course doesn't hold rain real well. And it rained almost non-stop on Saturday, the day before the race. Race day it was beautiful out though. The dirt wasn't actually too bad, just a little slushy, but with lots and lots of puddles to cross.
We had just 3 riders from Don's out for this one. Gerry, Lisa, and I all made the trip to race.
Full Results - http://teambigbear.com/results.php
Gerry - picture in cyclingnews.com
2nd place, cat 1 30-34
Gerry opened his season up in a strong fashion. Finished 2nd in a very strong field, just a minute and a half behind Ty Kady, who has numerous semipro wins on his resume. For more on Gerry's race check out his blog at http://bikeblood.com.
Jeff
12th place, cat 2 35-39
My race didn't go quite like I had planned. It started off well enough. I got out with the front of the pack on the flat road section, then hung in the top 8 through the climb while a few broke away. I was sitting in 7th when we hit the fast fireroad descent on the back and I flatted. It was my first race with a tubeless setup and the sidewalls on my tires must have been too thin and a sidewall ripped open. I put a tube in and kept the tire pressure real low to try to keep the tube from blowing through the hole in the sidewall. I made up a little ground that I lost but not much. Ended up finishing 12th in a field of 21.
Lisa
1st place, cat 1 30-39
Lisa's first race in her new age group. It's always disappointing when there's only 2 competitors in your class, but Lisa made the most of the situation and got the win.
The next US Cup race will be at Bonelli. It's part of the Pro Triple Crown series so there will be some top talent out for it. Pros race XC on Saturday. Everyone else races Sunday, with the pros also racing short track and super D on Sunday.
For more info: http://uscup.net/
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