Archive for November, 2009

Another One Bites the Dust(I mean mud)

The 9th and final Bubba race took place in Bellefontaine Park under classic Cyclocross weather conditions…misty…gray…a little chilly. It was the weather conditions that we racers had managed to dodge all season long. The women’s field was large. I think over 20 racers.
The first third of the course was fairly straight-forward. It was the second [...]

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AuditoryAdrenalineAssociation

It has long been known that music has a profound influence on mood. Feel good tunes such as “Walking on Sunshine” are capable of taking their listeners from  suicidal thoughts to  cartwheels in a few verses.  We’ve all had the experience of having our favorite song come on the radio while we are driving down [...]

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**Winter Clothing Clinic**

Team Revolution has teamed up with The Alpine Shop to offer a FREE clinic on what to wear when riding (outdoors) in the winter months.
WHEN: Tuesday December 15
TIME: 7:00 pm
WHERE: The Alpine Shop, Kirkwood
440 North Kirkwood Road
Kirkwood, MO 63122
(314) 962-7715
Instructors: Carrie & Chris
:: RSVP REQUIRED :: ~ Please Post on the Forum if you plan [...]

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Mount Pleasant?

Upon arriving at the Mount Pleasant cx race, I was greeted by a very talented and rather feerless rider named Alex Grman. Alex proceeded to tell me that the course scared him. AN ENORMOUS RED FLAG  went off in my brain. Despite this flag’s enormity, I decided to race anyway. Maybe he was just exaggerating.  [...]

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Dirty Girls Berryman Weekend

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When it all comes down to it, words really cannot properly describe the 2009 Dirty Girls Berryman Weekend experience.  The old cliché “you had to be there” rings eerily apropos. A weekend when 19 women gather to eat, drink, bond and be merry, oh yeah, and to ride mountain bikes, just has it’s own caveats, [...]

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St. Vincent, Patron Saint of Mud

I bet $10 that none of us had heard of St. Vincent Park. I bet $100 that, after today, none of us will ever forget it. Hats off to Mike Weiss for spinning such a web of sadistic bliss.
The course started off  innocently enough. A few tight turns and some  moderate grades that led to [...]

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Walking Toward the (Natural) Light

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Bike handling is something that I will have to learn sans Natty Light if I am ever going to be a respectable cross-cyclist. Nonetheless, I had a lot of fun conducting this study and I hope that I was able to provide some entertainment for the Velodrama readers along the way.

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