Tuesday Night Snow & Belt Drive Secrets

Winter finally descended upon us but we headed up the hill anyway. A group of 6 set out as snow fell. Halfway through the ride the bikes & rocks developed a layer of ice & things got interesting. We rode for an hour & a half before heading down to OB for the dinner special & beer. It's good to have a reliable group to motivate you above & beyond your usual level. The Lyons Redstone crew gets me on the bike Tuesday nights year round regardless of the weather - Thanks!



I've been lucky enough to get my hands on a Spot Brand Belt Drive Single Speed Cyclocross Bike. We'll be flying the Oskar Blues colors on that baby at this weekends Front Range cross races. Keep an eye out for us at the race & have a beer while you drool!
Check back next week for the full monty of pictures of this beauty.

2008 Maverick Bikes

Our Colorado Front Range brothers in aluminum at Maverick Bikes invited us to grab a 12 pack & join them on a front range photo shoot & test ride of the new 2008 Durance & ML8's.

The entrance to any bike geek's dream

The van was loaded & we headed for dirt.

2007 Mountain States Cup "Best All Around Rider" Mike West was rippin' on his ML8

Doin' what we do best...RIDE

and then on to happy hour, maybe this is what we do best???

If there's a wheel Mike will ride it. Is that the Dutch Tuck?

The 2008 Durance comes in this Fast Blue, Hard Ano or Limited Edition Fast Red(above in entrance picture)
In '08 the ML8 comes in Hard Ano, Mike's Burnt Orange or Limited Edition White.

We didn't get to ride the Matic, but the Brown Ale sounds tasty.

The day wound down with a Dales Pale as the sun set at Maverick Headquarters

It was a fun few days chasing the last moments of Colorado High-Country riding.

Red Rocks Velo Cyclocross #3: Saturday, November 17th -CANCELLED

Although the Red Rocks Velo race has been cancelled OB continues with quality music throughout the weekend.
Thursday 11/15/2007 Sally Van Meter's bluegrass allstars
Friday 11/16/2007 The Lee Thomas Band
Saturday 11/17/2007 The Delta Sonics blues band
Sunday 11/18/2007 New Rockabilly quartet

On a warm & dry night in mid November we saddled up 11 riders last night for the Tuesday night Redstone Cyclery ride. It's pretty amazing to watch 10 sets of lights shredding the darkness on a Rocky Mountian descent, WHAT A RIDE! Of course the ride was followed by beer & food during the Buegrass pick. The OB bluegrass pick has evolved to one of the biggest & best picks around. If you haven't experienced it swing on in any Tuesday night see what I'm taking about.

Gunnison Mountaineercross UCI C2

We made our way to the Western State College of Colorado in Gunnison for a dose of high elevation cyclocross. The mens event saw Todd Wells set the pace with Parbo in tow. They finished 1-2 with Danny Summerhill nipping a strong Brandon Dwight for 3rd.

Wisconsin keeps it real at the Iceman Cometh

If your not from the Midwest you may not know about the Midwest Triple Crown or the Iceman Cometh. If you haven't, check out the history HERE from Brian Matter, he should know something about it since he's the only one to win all 3 in a single season. This year was not the year for the triple but he finished it up with big win at Iceman. Congrats to Brian & Tristan for representing Sheboygan strong among a group of heavy hitters. One last shout to Jesse & Marko Lalonde for finishing up a sick Wisconsin season on the Single Speeds, Jesse is the first overall WORS series champion on a single speed. Cheers to the midwest!

Iceman Cometh Results (11/10/07)
PRO/SEMI-PRO MEN
1. Brian Matter, Sheboygan, Wis.1:30:30

2. Michael Simonson, Oxford1:31:03

3. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski, Boulder, Colo.1:31:11

4. Tristan Schouten, Sheboygan, Wis.1:31:24

5. Jesse Lalonde, Madison, Wis.1:33:10

6. Ned Overend, Durango, Colo.1:34:21

7. Marko Lalonde, Madison, Wis.1:35:53

a few Pic's from the Boulder Cup

photo-cycle.com sent us a few Boulder Cup shots to share while we work out our details. Check out the crowd as Tim Johnson & Barry Wicks battle. Below Todd Wells hops a tough & hilly barrier section under views of Boulder's Flatirons.

Redline & Boulder Cup - Technical Difficulties

Katie Compton stomped everyone in her International UCI #1 Ranked blue kit.
We had a dramatic weekend of cyclocross racing in Boulder County this weekend when the Redline Cup & Boulder Cup brought the stars of the sport to us. Maybe it was all the fans, the excitement or the cans of Ten Fidy but we are currently battling some technical difficulties on covering the spectacular event. Props to the 2000+ cow bell ringing spectators that surrounded the Boulder Cup course on sunday. Ryan Trebon & Katie Compton flexed some serious muscle by taking both day's pro fields with relative ease. Congrat's to Boulder's Brandon Dwight for cracking the top ten in a stacked pro field. Oskar Blues kept it real with good times & a podium spot in the Men's Cat 3 race. We hope to get things straightened out over here & provide a bit more on the weekend...so stay tuned. Next weekend we are splitting the group & heading to Austin, Texas for Nicole DeBoom’s SkirtChaser Race Series while the rest of us will be heading to Gunnison & Durango for more UCI cyclocross racing. Here are a few images we scraped up from the weekend. - cheers.Media Coverage was thick for both races.The 35+ race creates yet another 45 minute battle.Colorado's Mark Legg chases the leader while finshing 2nd.Have beer, will race - Dale's first CX race.
I stole a few pic's from Redstone Cyclery of the Boulder Cup Cat 3 race.