Support THE MAN

I want to give a shout out to Ben Popper. He will be racing out east in a number of UCI races. He needs all the support he can get so go over to his blog and give him a shout out. I think he is a great up and coming CX Racer, he's gone from his first CX race to Cat 2 in less than a year, now if he only trained...lol.

Me and the Big Baby

I have found my duo partner, its none other than the big baby



Me an Theo Peters have informally agreed to do the 12 hour Duo Series next year, its a good fit for him and for me. He will be contesting the 24 hour Junior Team Title @ 24-9 and he needs to train up for it and I'm looking for a partner and its best to keep it within the team when possible. I will still probably need a 3rd man on the roster as I know the peter's family doesn't do the entire schedule and I want to Points chase. I am sitting down with my mechanic tonight to figure out my '08 bike as described in earliar blogs and finalize build spec.

Guess the Rider

I submitted a photo to the Admin of the Wicycling.org page for the Guess the Rider section, they did decide to use it. Go guess who those riders are and do it quick, first person to guess correctly gets mentioned on the Wicycling.org Website and the Doing Something to the Max Blog Good luck to everyone.

Proposed Build for '08 Geared bike

My First double blog day.

I have been getting a mix of feedback, some that is conflicting, I think that I have come to a head and I think I have made a decision as far as frame and build up. I'm going to remind you once again, this is not a bike for WORS this is a WEMS Bike specifically for Duo/Team Racing. I believe I have found a partner BTW, detail to come in a blog another day. Proposed build is listed as follows.


$500 Frame: 16" Salsa Moto Rapido '08 w/ carbon seatstays

Headset: Cane Creek S-8
Fork: Reba Team (Dual Air) 80mm
Shifters: SRAM X-0 Trigger Shifters
Rear Der.: Sram X-0 Rear der.
Front Der. Shimano XT Front Der. (own used)
Cassette: CS-970 11-32 (own used, but barely 20 miles on)
Chain: SRAM PC-991 Hollow Pin
Wheels: Bontrager Race Disc (own used)
Tires: Maxxis Cross Mark (own used)
Brakeset: Avid Juicy Ultimate (140mm Rear & 160mm Front)
Crankset Crank Brothers Cobalt SL Cranks
Bottom Bracket: FSA Platinum ISIS
Pedals: C Egg Beaters (own Used)
Seatpost: Thompson Elite (own used)
Seat: WTB Speed V (own used)
Handlebars: FSA K-Force ATB (31.8) Flat
Stem: Ritchey WCS 4-Axis Alloy (100mm) (own used)
Grips: Ergon GX1 (team sponsorship)

Pictures from Haloween CX, Enjoy!

Give it up for Aaron Brandt Everybody.

Everyone Else

Halloween CX

This years Halloween CX Turned out to be not a great race on my part. I got there around 840 ish, Registered, Gus and Christie got there shortly after me and they set up the party on the hill. I prerode in my regular pants and jacket. Then I went to go put on my costume, turns out it wasn't such a good idea. IT DIDN'T FIT! oops. As Theo Peters said, "I was going as a Roadie". I got a good starting position was about 5th or 6th to the first turn, up the steep hill... I spun and spun and spun my tires, I literally lost like 20 to 25 positions. The move to put my Michelin Jet (30C) on my rear and take the Panaracer Cinder X (35C) off turned out to be a bad decision. Oops again. That did it for the Oops category, but about 1 lap in I started feeling like absolute junk. I felt nauseated and sick to my stomach, I wanted to stop and hurl, no clue why, but that's what I felt like, even as I write this I'm still a little nauseous. I looked down and my HR was in the mid 170s for the first 2 laps and slowly came down when I was letting it get the best of me. I finished it out getting lapped only about .3 of a mile from the finish. Laps were about 1.53 miles and were in the 5-6 minute neighborhood. The end result was something like 54 out of 58 or something, not last but pretty terrible. The Party on the hill was a Hit, Hot cider, prizes for costumes, candy, cookies, music, beer and just a grand ol time. I will post pictures from the party and the races tomorrow, probably in a Slideshow format. I got some good ones so stay posted. I have also had some good conversations with teammates and friends on other acquaintances today that have helped me be more informed as to some decisions next year. Blogs to come.

Personally I like Guatemalan Polak Costume, as described in the Rusty Tool Shed Blog, he has to be the only Guatemalan Polak in the world.

For All of you people that are flipping out

I do have a costume, it may disappoint, but at least its a costume. Its so bad I might go to jail for it.