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Balderdash for March 19, 2010
What a week it’s been. Rather busy for me, and I hope for you, too. Before week three smacks us in the face, let’s reflect on week two. [Cue sounds of thunder and loud winds and whiny bike racers and carbon rims gettin’ all squeaky.] Grant’s Tombage It started with Saturday’s Grant’s Tomb. I had [...]
(Continue reading)VeloNews.com covers Grant’s Tomb
VeloNews.com contributor Evan Cooper offers a report of the wet, windy, and wild racing that took place on the Upper West Side yesterday at the Grant’s Tomb Criterium. Read the article, “Gen. Grant’s wrath comes down upon Eastern collegiates,” here.
(Continue reading)Balderdash for March 12, 2010
Here we go into week two of the season. The main feature has to be Grant’s Tomb Criterium, raced on a fun and challenging course on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a couple of blocks west of Columbia University, my controversially ever-sprawling alma mater, to which I am still financially leashed via students loans. [...]
(Continue reading)Bethel Spring Series No. 1: women’s race
Written on 12 Mar, 2010 at 0:41 in Featured, News, Race Reports | viewed 622 views times | 0 Comments
AFTER THE INCESSANT SNOWSTORMS and inclement weather of February, racers welcomed the sunny skies, dry roads and mild temperatures for the opening race of the 2010 Bethel Spring Training Series on Sunday, March 7. The favorable conditions brought out a good field of about 30 riders, with many strong regional teams represented, including Stacy Jensen [...]
(Continue reading)Grant’s Tomb Criterium preview
Written on 9 Mar, 2010 at 1:47 in Featured, News, Photos, Race Reports | viewed 1,232 views times | 2 Comments
THE MOST ANTICIPATED of the early-season races in New York, Grant’s Tomb Criterium offers a fast and challenging course that over the years has seen its share of both successful breakaways and field sprints, all fought out on the streets a few blocks west of Columbia University on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. A well-attended day [...]
(Continue reading)Branchbrook Park race, 3-6-10
Apparently, I can’t let go of 2009. The date in the video, of course, should read March 6, 2010. Because video is HD, it’s best viewed over a high-speed Internet connection using an Ethernet cable. WiFI is not recommended at this time.
(Continue reading)Wonder Wheel at Tour Bahamas
The 2010 season began early for some New York City roadies with Brooklyn-based team Deno’s Wonder Wheel’s participation in the Tour of the Bahamas.
(Continue reading)Race report: StatenCX 2.0
Written on 15 Dec, 2009 at 14:10 in Race Reports | viewed 234 views times | 0 Comments
Ian Landau (Kissena) made the trip out to Staten Island again this year in hopes of improving on his top 20 at SICX 1.0. He found the weather, fans, and food to his liking. And, yeah, there was blood.
(Continue reading)Race report: Southampton Super Cross 2009
Written on 27 Nov, 2009 at 18:08 in Race Reports | viewed 319 views times | 0 Comments
My penultimate weekend of CX racing for 2009 took place in gorgeous conditions on Long Island last weekend. I scored my best result in a CX race and enjoyed watching the other riders battle it out. Race directors on the East Coast should take a lesson in course design from the folks in Southampton.
(Continue reading)Race report: Cat and Kitten Cross
Written on 4 Nov, 2009 at 17:04 in Race Reports | viewed 386 views times | 2 Comments
This past Sunday I headed down to Jamesburg, N.J., for Cat and Kitten Cross Presented by HPCX. What a great course they got there! I savored my hole-shot skills, then imploded, then battled my nemesis, then drank a beer or two. Then washed my bike for an hour.
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