Here’s a quick update before I head back into the OBRA cave.
News
Caffeine and exercise- does it work?
Omer will be off to Gila in the next couple of days. Wish him luck!
Huh?
Brian Engelen sent in this photo of the “Bike to Beach Bicycle Speaker for iPod“. Yeeaaahhh.
Racing
Photo Courtesy Vero Images via David Aldersebaes
See… Rock does good things!
TGA
If you haven’t been following, see Doug’s race reports.
Stage 6
34 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
35 Chris Horner (USA) Astana
38 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing
42 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
46 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
72 Andrew Pinfold (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
80 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
87 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
91 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
Stage 7
6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle p/b H30
13 Chris Horner (USA) Astana
43 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
47 Aaron Tuckerman (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
61 Doug Ollerenshaw (USA) Rock Racing
74 Evan Elken (USA) Jittery Joe’s Pro Cycling Team
77 Aaron Olson (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
79 Cameron Evans (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
MTB World Cup XC- Offenburg
Elite Women
16 Mary McConneloug
22 Wendy Simms- check her report and pics.
74 Sue Butler- check out her pics of the course (and of the carnage from her spill on Friday).
Elite Men
8 Adam Craig- race report.
83 Barry Wicks
Local
Spencer just about to win the Cat 3 men’s Roubaix race.
Photo courtesy of Darcy Miller
In Oregon, this weekend we had the Eugene Roubaix, the DVRTT and the final Estacada TT. It was a beautiful weekend for racing- the Roubaix proved itself, again, to be one of the best courses in the NW. For the Cat 3 men results (I’ll find out the number of starters for each field later), they don’t show that there were more than 30 starters. That means about half didn’t finish. The gravel section was not easy- the group always drilled it single file along two tracks then hit the nasty cramp inducing hills. 4 guys got off early from the teams that had more than 1 or 2 riders. The gap ballooned to 4 minutes but we pulled all but 2 back (we were within 100 meters) in about 1.5 laps. Congrats to Spencer Bushnell, TAI and Wes Stephens, PBWOL.
Blog
Heidi’s reviews winter weather gear.
Martha reports on the DRVTT and mentions that she heard the words “yee haw” from Mick. If you know Mick, that’s pretty damn funny.
Larssyn reports on her first crit.
Dave posts an update on Ironclad- includes pics of what happens to your elbow when it gets broken.
Marcroft reports that he was “cookied” on the Cookie Monster ride yesterday.
BicycleDesign has an interesting post on the gearing for the Brasstown TGA stage. (Also has other neat TGA articles too)
Ian Boswell reports that his condition has finally been diagnosed.
Erik is getting dizzy from riding too much. He thinks it’s dehydration- I think it’s CCX disease.
