Let the season begin

Nor-Cal race season officially begins this weekend with the Cal-Aggie crit. The kits came in just in time and the bike is almost done. I need to swap the set back post for a straight one but other than that it will have to do for this weekend and Paskenta on Sunday. Nothing like a 100 miles ride/race to test a new bike.

Hell Yeah

Christmas in January

Kits will be here by the end of the week and frames are in route. Here is a pic Dylan just sent out of the frames.


Just in time to be decked out and looking fly for the first race of the season.

3 weeks to go

With just 3 weeks till the first real race of the season(points/placing race) I decided to take a quick review of my training this year vs. last from October to new years day. I knew it was less but it is a solid 40% less than last year. Why? Well a bunch of things but that's not important. I have been focusing on being ready for what will be most of my racing, crits. Racing will definitely be my training this year or at least the first part of it. Kay serah, serah. On the bright side, all the team stuff is rolling in and we will be decked out by the end of the month. The Clif Bar salsa frames are en route and I hear the Capo gear is very nice. I picked up a set of 09 Mavic Carbone sl's and am itchin to start racing again. Pics to be added soon of the frames and kits.

9 fricken degrees

That's right, when I got in my car this morning and looked at the temp it was 9 degrees. I surveyed the Reno landscape blanketed in a frosty white coat of suck and thought "boy those bay area guys really have it rough with there 55 degrees and rain". Oh, you have to strap fenders on to get your 5 hour ride in, boo hoo. I'm limited to however long I can ride the rollers before wanting to ram my head into the wall from the boredom. I know the early season is going to suck and racing will be my training. Ehh, should be good by mid-season though.

On the brighter side the team is looking good for next year. A couple of guys that rip in crits, a skinny climber type, me being pack fodder :) and a youngin from Davis. Can't wait.

Another year older, another year closer to masters

Some people my age look at 30 as a negative turning point in there life, something to be avoided not embraced. While I am not there yet I just turned 28 and this just means I am a little closer to 30 and that's a good thing. I want to be thirty(or at least a racing age of 30) it means I can go race Masters Nationals. I am really looking forward to chasing a jersey in the TT(RR and crit also). With that said the TT bike is done as well as the budget will allow:

It's been a bit.

Ok, so with the race season over I have slid the posting to the back burner but I'll add a couple new things. The new-ish TT bike is almost complete(pics coming soon) and a new flag to fly in the nor-cal race scene for me. It's not set in stone just yet but it is a small group of chill guys that just want to go out and race hard and race alot. No club that also have a team, no guys that like the idea of racing but do 1 race at the start of the season and disappear. Focused committed guys that rip. We wont be the biggest or stacked but I think it will be a lot of fun.


Next season should be fun, a full season without worring about upgrade points or class changes just racing, trying not to get dropped and working on my TT for nationals and next year('10 masters nationals).