The Equipment

This is my ride:

Trek 1500 SLR

• Shimano 105 double crankset (53/39)
• Shimano 105 9 speed STI shifter
• Shimano 105 front/rear ders
• Cane Creek Brakes
• Bontrager carbon fork w/ aluminum steerer
• Bontrager Select stem and oversized bars
• Bontrager carbon seatpost
• Bontrager Race Select wheels
• Vittoria Rubino 23c tires
• Wellgo SPD pedals
• Velo saddle
  

Ticket to Ride

Got my bike back today. Everything seems to be in working order. The weather is looking good for tomorrow. I am now in 9th place overall in points for this series. With two weeks left to go I have to give it everything I have.

Crash!!!

Well, the cheering section worked until...CRASH! The guy in front of me was bumped and downed so I did what anybody else would have done, I ran over him. Didn't have much choice. I have some cuts, scrapes and bruises but I am mostly ok. My helmet, of course, is not. And my bike is still a question mark. I'll take it today and see what the doc thinks.

Spring Fling #4 Results

I took 6th place in the Prologue TT and 10th in the crit. Not so happy with the results of the series so far. I have just two more dates in the series to earn some points. Getting ready for the Tuesday night crit later on. My girls will be present...maybe I just need a cheering section?

SF #3 results

The weather certainly has taken a toll on me lately. Had a pretty poor race day and dropped in the points standings from sixth overall to tenth. The prolouge time trial is this weekend...it'll be my chance to pick up some badly needed points (I hope). Got two great rides in today, one when I got home and this evening I hooked up with a local group ride. Gotta love it.

Oh Goody! More Snow!!!!

Spring Fling #3 tomorrow looks to be a cold and snowy one. I am hoping that the snow won't stick on the course. Wet is ok, but snow + ice = death.

Fantastic!

Despite the wind, which was gusting up to 20 mph, I just couldn't pass up a 65 degree day. I rode out to Leawood south and back (22 miles) and it felt great. I am feeling competitive again after a long and cold off-season. However, the weather looks yucky again for this weekend's race with rain and snow in the forecast. Oh well, that's Kansas!

SPIN! Ride

Attended the the first SPIN! group ride sponsored by Velotek and SPIN! Pizza and had a good turn out. Hopefully it will continue throughout the summer.

More Spring Fling Pics

Spring Fling #2

It was a cold and windy morning...

I entered both Cat 5 races today and had moderate success. I finished 10th with the 35 and under crowd and 5th with the 36+ category. I'm pretty happy with that! Here's a pic:

Blah!!

I've been battling his cold all week!!! I race again at Saturday and I feel so unprepared. After a poor showing last week I am nervous. Went out today for a thoroughly unenjoyable ride while floating lung cookies all over the city. Yummy!

Tuesday ride

Got home a little early yesterday and got in about 20 miles. Temp was 43 and light NNW winds. And...I climbed the steepest hill in Wyandotte County! I don't have a % grade function on my cyclometer but it's steep! My guess is a 200+ foot elevation gain in less than a 1/4 mile. I'll have to snap a picture sometime.

New pic

Here's the promised pic of Spring Fling #1. More to follow...

Spring Fling #1

It was almost 70 degrees when my race started....the wind was also gusting up to 30 mph! I didn't do as well as I expected with a 12th place finish. I didn't earn any points but there are 5 more crits and a time trial to go in the series. Next Saturday is forecast to be sunny and 40 but will probably be more like 30 when I start. That's to my advantage since I have acclimated myself to the cold weather this winter. We'll see what happens.
I came down with a cold Sunday night so I won't be riding much this week. And the pictures I promised to post? I'm still working on it...