Category: Racing
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Waukesha Criterium – Tour of America’s Dairyland – Day 4
Finally, I made it into the top 20 to score a point towards the overall omnium. I am excited about the road race tomorrow with its double points and long distance (about 80 miles). I had a great warm-up ride with lots of climbing up some very steep hills in Waukesha. None of them gained…
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Grafton Criterium – Tour of America’s Dairyland – Day 3
Dropped a LOT of money at the bike shop today to buy replacement pedals. Today started out with a trip to Wheel and Sprocket – very nice bike shop based out of southeastern Wisconsin. I picked up the Speedplay pedals shown above for $352. With that fresh on my mind, I was really hoping to…
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Thiensville Criterium – Tour of America’s Dairyland – Day 2
My day started out with a wonderful breakfast at the original pancake house – pecan pancakes, great coffee, and fiesta omelette And my day ended with this – a broken speedplay pedal! Actually, the broken pedal happened about a quarter of the way through the race, and the awesome SRAM mechanics had me up and…
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Shorewood Criterium – Tour of America’s Dairyland – Day 1
Today was the first day of the Tour of America’s Dairyland, 11 consecutive days of racing all over southeastern Wisconsin. First, the thing that probably amazed me most about today … I had to wear arm warmers and the temperature dropped into the 50s by the end of the race. Keep in mind that summer…
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Tour of Atlanta – Burnt Mountain road race report
2011 Burnt Mountain road race pro/1/2 podium Finishing sprint video: Hats off to the Hincapie Devo guys who took 1-2 in the Tour of Atlanta Burnt Mountain road race today. I squeezed onto the podium for third. The race started down a steep hill, and a group of eight of us carried a lot of…
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Tour of Atlanta preride
Tour of Atlanta, Burnt Mountain road race tomorrow. We drove in from Birmingham today, and I headed out for a loop of the course while the kids went swimming with Kristine at the hotel pool. Even though the race starts early, it’s going to be a hot, humid race if it’s anything like my pre-ride…
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Sandy Springs crash, videos, and race report
Summary – racing well, but missed break which lapped the field. I was working hard to stay at the front with 2 laps to go when my front wheel started to slide out on the fast downhill turn #3. I straightened up to stop the slideout, but that meant that I wasn’t going to be…
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Videos from Dilworth and Spartanburg
I wrote up my race reports from Dilworth and from Spartanburg. Here are the missing videos taken by my lovely wife:
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Dilworth USA Crits power/heartrate data and quick report
Tough race today. Still not feeling 100% but happy to survive with no cramps and wrist not as sore as the night before. I started midpack and then stayed there for most of the race, drifting towards the back all too often and then fighting my way back towards the front. The key feature of…
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Spartanburg power/heartrate data and quick race report
Fun, fast course last night in downtown Spartanburg, SC. This was the fifth of seven races of the USA Crits Speedweek. Very smooth race on a short four corner course. The start/finish stretch had a short section of brick cobblestones and a few manhole covers. This was the only part of the course that was…