It was a larger than usual field. 18 to be exact. The weather was warmer than normal.
After a more stern than normal “no center line” warning from Aero, the race was underway.
The return to normalcy followed. In typical Cat 4 style, we melted the pavement at 14 mph. “Like your bike”, “Cool sunglasses”, “What’s your [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Froze Toes Cat 4 Race from the Perspective of a Perennial Cat 4
Grand Cru Unicycle Clinic
Grand Cru, a society of beer snobs founded by three Team Rev members, sponsored an impromptu unicycle clinic at Lo’s this past Friday. Lo, by the way is the president of Grand Cru. In the spirit of the Olympics, the evening started out with a torch lighting ceremony. Members of Grand Cru’s executive [...]
Team Rev Takes It on the Road to Ohio
Ray’s Angels Women’s Weekend at Ray’s Indoor Mountain Bike Park in Cleveland, Ohio…How fun, different and crazy does that sound? Well, it exceeded all expectations.
ENLIGHTENMENT IN THE VALLEY
A band of Revers gathered February 20th 2010 at Ghisallo bike shop in Chesterfield Valley to gleam a sliver of founder Carrie Cash’s vast knowledge of bike maintenance. As a side note, there was REALLY good stuff to eat and drink. Chocolate graham cracker fish, Twizzlers, sub sandwiches. Are you kidding me? Very nice touch.
Before [...]
Gray Matter
When I reflected back on my cycling in 2009, it seemed as though most of my weaknesses came from between my ears. Things like staying focused and holding a line in tight spaces were often the root of my failures. Huh. How am I gonna fix that in the off season?
Then along came the Frostbike [...]
Adipose—The Original Base Layer
It was about 8:15 a.m. Sunday 14th, 2010. I had Nirvana cranked up and I was heading to Frostbike. Snow was falling. I was stoked to be doing my first mountain bike ride in the snow.
Somewhere between the buzz of Kurt Cobain’s voice and the snowflakes hitting the windshield, a revelation stormed into my mind…..
Adipose [...]
Drop and Roll!
The discovery of the stop watch function opened the door for a study I had wanted to do for sometime. This study would be a test of aerodynamics that would determine just how much faster BR’s less than aerodynamic 5’10” 170lb body mounted on a zippy road bike would go down a hill tucked in the drops as opposed to sitting upright in the hoods.
Team Rev Successfully Launches the FrostBike MTB series
FrostBike MTB is too much fun to keep to ourselves. Come out and play in the dirt, ice, snow, and maybe a little mud with us!
It’s Coming…!
OMG!… it’s coming.
The day I’ve been waiting for since, basically, last year when I got my first road bike (and then started hanging out with cool Team Rev gals who told me super sweet stories about racing).
Yep, race day numero uno, it’s almost here.
Being the over-eager competitor that I am, I set my desktop countdown [...]