Reader photos from 2010 Battenkill
Budding cycling photog Dave Gilchrest spent the better part of his Saturday shooting the Tour of the Battenkill in and around the Shushan area near Cambridge, New York. He sent us these photos:
When he's not updating Bike Snob NYC or penning his new bike book, Eben Weiss (GS Gotham) is racing up and down the Empire State in a super-cool kit. Photo: Dave Gilchrest
William Doyle-Capitman (Kissena) at the front of the Cat. 3 race; he'd hold on for 15th. Photo: Dave Gilchrest
Mattio Montesano (Kissena) leads the 4s early in the race; he'd go on to finish 12th. Photo: Dave Gilchrest
Here I'm riding second wheel behind Allan Rego (National Sports Academy), who went on to win the bunch sprint for second; I was dropped from the lead group on the last climb and got 13th. Photo: Dave Gilchrest
Andrew Bernstein (Champion System Racing) leads the Cat. 2 peloton at the 2010 Tour of the Battenkill in upstate New York. Photo: Dave Gilchrest
Dan Chabanov of Adler, second from right, was the 12th Cat. 3 on the day. Photo: Dave Gilchrest
Australian James Stevens (BH/Garneau), at right, was fourth of the Cat. 3s at Battenkill. Photo: Dave Gilchrest
Sprinter Scott Savory (Adler), center, did not find the dirt roads and climbs to his liking. Photos: Dave Gilchrest
Heidi Goodson (Kissena), at right, climbing at Battenkill. Photo: Dave Gilchrest
View a bunch more Battenkill photos by Dave Gilchrest here.
[...] one by one. Trying to avoid a situation where people are well-rested enough to form a brisk chase, I hammer up the climbs and, on some of the fast, hardpacked dirt roads, push the pace. It looks like I’m trying to split the group on the hard terrain, but really I’m just [...]