NORTH CAROLINA WINTER CUP!

2010 WINTER CUP
Race 1 - Saturday, January 9, 2010 - Salisbury, NC
Race 2 - Sunday, January 10, 2010 - Mooresville, NC
Race 3 - Sunday, January 17, 2010 - Fayetteville, NC (C4 Racing)
Race 4 - Saturday, January 23, 2010 - Raleigh, NC
Race 5 - Sunday, January 24, 2010 - Greensboro, NC (GVC)
more info here (eventually).

get ready for more of this...

get in touch with danny or chris if you are interested in joining in the carpool down to some of these.

Also Bike Reg has West Virginia's Backyard Road Racing Series posted and open already.
4/3 morgantown wv
5/15 farm county
6/5 tucker county
8/21 appalachia visited

Yep, thats THE tucker country road race. voted one of the toughest road races in the country. get yourself some legs or buy a compact crankset.

can I wear tight pants?

Not a race report, not in fact, anything constructive. But damn its funny.

-mz

ps.......can anyone who is better at this figure out how to make it fit?

tacchinicals

I know it is really really silly, but for some reason it makes me feel really good to see me and mouse's names here, despite them being for 20th place in the 3/4 and 4 fields respectively.

1213 was out in actual full force at Tacchino. ES/EF had his best race ever and was totally killing it, staying upright, and looking good. Despite mechanicals for both EC and DK they were always moving forwards (when their bikes were working that is). I felt really great and with the exception of some not so stellar barrier work and following a teammate's wheel into the tape, I thought I rode a pretty flawless race.

By the end of the regular season, I will have ended up doing twice as many races as I did last year, which is kind of crazy. Urban CX, HoCo Double CX, Superior CX, Taneytown, and Reston are all that's left with a possible VA Beach CX race or maybe even Nationals. Six or seven races left, not bad. Oh yeah, there is also that whole winter series too...and of course, the Superbowl of Singlespeed.

I love cross, I love rolling up to a race with a full car, full trunk and roof rack, and cheering on my friends. A tiny bit of me is looking ahead to the cold winter months of long, slow riding, but even that serves as a precursor to the next fall (the season and the act)

Gotta love the new digi-camo C3 skinsuits, but it wouldn't touch mossy oak break up. Although I think my team next year may go for a Flex Your Head themed skinsuit.

DCCX

Fun race this weekend at DCCX. Got to sleep in, rolled 10 blocks over to the race. I started the C race and was doing pretty well for a minute or so. But then I went down a bumpy hill and shifted at the bottom. All of the sudden I couldn't pedal so I figured I threw my chain (a common occurrence in my cyclocross life). When I looked down I didn't have a chain and my derailleur was hanging by the cable. So I took DNF but was able to get a bike (thanks Larry) and race the B race. The B was a bit more competitive then usual so I had to push myself harder. Rode harder then I have all season and finished 59th out of around 90 riders. After the race I cashed in my beer ticket and my french fry ticket and proceeded to hang hard. Overall great course, great race, great company, great pictures (thanks Erika), great weather...can't wait til next year!

EC and CC at Winchester

We went up to the Winchester Apple Cross race this past Sunday. It was windy, cold and muddy. Great course. We both raced the B race. CC finished 7th, EC finished 12th.

Thats all I got today. DCCX this weekend.

- ec

'cause I'm sick of watching from the sidelines...

Any thoughts before I put money down on this little lady?

Specs are here.

when your shop has no business, you blog

The Hyattesville race was one of the best courses I've raced this year, especially given the lack of terrain changes they had to deal with. Super fast big ring course, technical sections you just barely had to tap a break to get through, somewhat rideable sand (not for me on a lap...thanks Evil Steve), and some nice off camber stuff. The only thing lacking was a brutal uphill which surely would have split things up, but groups stayed together pretty well.

First weekend of good racing, not feeling like total shit during the race. 9th in Richmond, "Dont want to talk about it" placing at Hyattesville although I felt great and thought I rode pretty flawlessly and strong aside from crashing in the sand, although getting crashed out ended that streak.

One of the best things about this cross season is seeing Evil Fred tear it up, Mouse take two steps for every one the other guys do, and knowing Danny will be racing at DCCX (it's on a blog, it's happening). MZ needs to get a bike or just do it up on a road bike with big tires and no clearance (we won't have any mud anytime soon!).

Racing in Winchester this week, no one is signed up for the 1/2/3 race. Does this mean I am guaranteed to make money?
-CC