OK…. so you were in a dusty early season cross race and you have dirt clods stuck in your head… or were in a very dusty environment and when you blow your nose, it comes out brown. What the heck do you do? How do you get your nasal passages nice and sparkly [...]

Today was Portland Velo and Sunset Cycle’s Pain on the Peak Cross Race- and boy oh boy was it a good one. The venue was gorgeous with a fantastic views.

K-Man was very impressed with the organization and is looking forward to its return next year. Here’s Scott Jones, the Chief Ref and Matt [...]

Sighted. 9/3 at Alpenrose.

Haircut? No facial hair? OMG!
He was one of the instructors for the clinic. (Lots of new folks)

So Karsten Hagen, Austin Arguello, Heidi and I were tooling around Skyline yesterday. Suddenly, Karsten thought it would be funny to hop on my bike- I then decided to reciprocate. We looked like a pair of circus clowns. The following is the photographic evidence.

Carl in full flight.

The tatt

The aftermath

Photos totally snarked from Nicola Cranmer’s FB page. More photos available there.
Even more pictures here.

Thanks to Russell Cree for the info and pics!
I have heard, although this is not confirmed, that Decker finally won the single speed world championships this weekend. After being the best singlespeed rider in the world for a decade but always shooting for 2nd to avoid to winning tattoo, I hear his time has come [...]

“Hey Brad, will you give me a call or send me a note? I don’t have your number.”
“Would you return this email? I have a question for you regarding the Twilight Crit.”
“Brad, I don’t need to talk you. See you at Crusade.”
“Hi, this is mark ginsberg, I am not brad ross’s personal assistant, [...]

What a busy week I tell ya. Fortunately, today is a little better- and I can get around to putting in updates.

Best Picture EVAR. From Colin Lyons via Sam
News
Congrats to Kendra Wenzel for being elected to the USCF Board of Trustees!! This is good news.
Calendar
The 2009 OBRA Calendar is coming together quite [...]

It’s so hot that it makes K-Man sweat like crazy, burn his mouth- and gives him a painful yet pleasurable experience. Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce rules- it’s the athlete’s hot sauce- Natalie Coughlin, Olympic swimmer, swears by it and uses it in all her stir fry’s.

Eating spicy foods has been shown to not only [...]