Holy cats!! It's been nearly two years since the last post on here. A lot has happened since then. I'm now category 3 in each racing discipline for the Joe's Cycles/Cardinal Bicycle Co. squad. We've gained quite a few members since our first season, have had a handful of wins under our belt, and have seen some stellar riding all around. It will be a very exciting time this road season. I can hardly wait to start racing again !

Friday Night at Major Taylor Velodrome

storm a-brewin' !

gotta get that top up !


what a fun time ! it was hot and sunny for most of the day until a storm came out of nowhere and cut the race night short. still got a few snappy shots in before the unpleasant weather. more can be viewed on FLICKR

Heating up !!

Hillsboro-Roubaix is fast approaching, and it appears that - among the other race jitters - a side wager has been unleashed between rivaling Chicago teams Pegasus and Cuttin' Crew HERE
Cat 5's start at 10:50am Cat 4's start at 11:40am, giving me time to haul it, win it ( hopefully), and watch the insanity unfold. Go Andrew !!!!!!!!

Some new things

Seems I keep neglecting blog posting. I've been busy with training for the upcoming road and track season for the Joe's Cycles and Cardinal Bike Co. cycling team, which I am proud ( super proud !) to be apart of ! Thus far, I've logged 260 miles on the team bike ( since Friday, March 5th ) and have only good things to report. The bike handles great - it's fast, it's light, i fly up and down hills, control is smooth and feels super torqued when i sprint and lock in a fast pace, the steering is very responsive ( as many of the roads have been mangled by the winter months I've tested its handling quite extensively ). Joe really outdid himself with this design -- future iterations of the Envy will find difficulty topping the first.
Super excited about this season and for the team. Alan's first race went well ( he didn't crash and finished, gaining cat points ). My first race will actually be along side Alan ( I'm glad I'll have a teammate to tactic with ) at the Burnham Super Spring Criterium -- it will be a weekend of racing, as I race the SCW Autobahn Criterium the following day. Getting very excited to get the racing season underway and have been seeing my riding strengthen and improve over the past months. Looking forward to slipping into race mode in a week and a half !

Congrats !

To Aaron Dykstra in winning the Rookie of the Year Award at the 2010 NAHBS !!!! Seems like another swell time, too bad I missed it this year.

........BUT !

Next year's NAHBS is going to Austin, TX ! And I will be attending for sure !

HI-YOOOOO !!!

Way to go HOMETOWN !!! Louisville, KY is announced as the host of the 2013 world cyclocross championships as well as 2012 and 2013 masters cyclocross world championships !

SUCCESS !!

registered for my first two official races of the 2010 road season !
one is the burnham racing super spring criterium ( march 27th )
second is the hillsboro-roubaix ( april 10th ) -- this race filled up in a record 4 minutes !! luckily, i registered right at the opening time as this is a highly anticipated race.
i have been training for some time now and plan to make a good showing for the joe's cycles/cardinal bike co. team at these events. i will keep you posted !!!