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‘09 Cross Season...

Another ‘cross season has come and gone. Damn, seems like it was just yesterday I was gluing tubbies and waiting for the heat to break. Our little team definitely made a mark on the cyclocross scene both here in the 801 and on the National stage as well. What started as an idea with me and Krafty in the spring grew to something I could have never dared imagine. Big Ring went...

Timmy J Gets 3...

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Some Video From The Weekend...

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Redemption...

Forgive Us! Happy Friday The 13th Brothers and Sisters.  If you recall the fine folks at Real Cyclist.com offered a sweet deal on a sweet bike if we could podium at the Boulder Cup.  Well the forces of the small ring won that weekend and we did not deliver.  Being the forgiving souls that they are, our pals at RealCyclist.com are giving you the faithful reader another shot at the...

We’re Back….....

Are we dead, in jail, deported?  All likely but none true.  What have we been up to you ask? (or not) Well, lots really.  The site itself is gonna be getting a facelift here very shortly, new look, new products and new content.  The biggest news though is the team! In addition to training like mad for the upcomimg ‘cross season we have also been working equally hard on...

Countdown to Cross...

It is in the mid 90’s to day but damn it if it doesn’t feel like the start of cross season for me.  The Grifos got the 1st layer of glue, registration for the Crank Bros USGP opens tonight, Blaze has switched to huffing tubular glue instead of his usual model glue, and I just got the new cross T-shirt samples (more to come on that next week).  I am gonna register for the...

One Day As A Lion/It’s Good To Be ...

is Better to live one single day as a lion than a hundred years as a sheep - motto of the Battle of the River Piave Katie Compton and Niels Albert both tried bold moves early with different results.  In the women’s race Katie took it to the other girls early with a wicked start that opened up a big gap Hanka Kupfernagel, Marianne Vos and France’s Christel Ferrier-Bruneau...

It’s Coming…...

With it 100 degrees in the 801 it is hard to detect, but to the commited there is a faint smell, a hint maybe of embrocation and tubular glue in the air.  That can mean only one thing.  Cross is coming!!! The silver lining for ramming my road bike into a low parking garage is the fat insurance check I am receiving will be going towards a sick, sick cross bike.  I am pouring over...