Team Red Wheel

It ain't over yet.

How 'bout a cross race to start off the year - Cross-Ocalypse.

http://www.stlbiking.com/flyers/Flyer_ValleyParkCross.pdf

Granny panties.  'nuf said.

New Years Day EPIC!

A few folks have committed to going to Berryman for an epic mountain bike ride on New Years Day.  The Plan is to meet at Berryman campground at 9 am and ride 1+ laps depending on weather and how we feel, etc.  If you don't want to get up that early (I hear the kids these day like to go out on New Years Eve) you could meet us around noon-ish for a second lap. 

This will be my first official ride as a senior citizen.  I turn 40 on December 31.  So you young punks show up and try to kick my old ass!  I dare ya'!

CXMAS Non-Race Report

Holy shit this was a cold ride! I can honestly say that this was the first time my coat has ever frozen solid from the sweat trapped in the fabric. We had brutal weather conditions and excellent company as we embarked on this adventure into the frozen Missouri wilderness. Rides like this are the kind that keep the fair-weather-douches at home.

(BTW, I hope you fags had a nice day  wearing your turtleneck sweaters and sipping cappucinnos at Barnes & Noble.)

A brief synopsis of this ride; Ridiculously-hard gravel hill climbs, delicious egg-nog, transporting colorfully wrapped Christmas presents, Mad-Dog 20/20, Chris Bopp in a Full-face motocross helmet, Nick Smith with foot warmers duct-taped to his shoes while wearing ski-goggles, A pint of Old Charter, Pete on a geared bike kicking all our asses (while never being out of breath), and -8 degree temperatures with the wind ALWAYS in our faces.

We even had some pretty killer downhills, with speeds getting fast enough that if you didn't use your brakes, your face would freeze.  (I know I like to tell a good story, but that is not an exaggeration.)

There was free PBR literally everywhere after the race, a nice fire, free T-shirts, hats, spoke cards, etc. I think I speak for all present when I say that if I see anyone who wasn't at this race with one of those spoke-cards......there will be serious repurcussions. We learned some hardcore kung-fu shit from those Seagal guys, and we're not afraid to use it.

Team Seagal put on a kick ass "non-race" today.  Let's hope this becomes an annaul event.  That way you fair-weather boys can drink cappucinnos with the fag-club again next year while Bopp, Nick and Peat put some serious foot-to-ass on behalf of Team Red Wheel!!

You may now return to your regularly scheduled episode of Dawson's Creek.

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We can go for hours and hours even when it hurts.

We know how to take it easy.

We know not to go real hard right from the beggining.

Smoother legs than you.

Skin tight lycra is real easy to take off.

Can you say perfectly sculpted legs?

Better power-to-weight ratio than a small car.

We don't need booths to get our amazing tan...lines.

Perfect ass.

Diamond cut calves.

Incredible thigh definition.

Who else can perform for over 5 hours a day for 20 consecutive days?

When it gets hard, we find a rhythym and pound away.

We go hard and push until it gets even harder.

Some days we feel the need to attack, explore, and adventure.

We know that everything needs to be properly lubricated before it can be used to its full potential.

Even when we're about to explode, we can always hang on a little bit longer.

We always have water bottles and snacks laying around for those those times when it gets real long

Bobs new bike

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a road bike and a mountain bike got drunk on cheep wine, went out into the woods behind the trailer park and made sweet love? I think the love child would look something like this...... 

Just in time for CXmas. 

Bonk Hard Chill Training Log

As I'm sure you've already seen, Luke and I have decided to compete in this year's Bonk Hard Chill in early February.  This is where we'll post our training progress and questions, etc. If you don't see anything posted for a few days feel free to chime in and bust our balls. Accountability and motivation is what this thread is all about.

Last night I ran 3.5 miles around Holts Summit at a decent long distance pace. Then I put in a quick 5 mile ride on the Single speed to get my legs spun out.

If anyone is interested in running at night I usually get off around 7. I also plan on hitting Binder on the MTB 1-2 times a week at night if anyone is interested in that. Hit me up.

Looking back at 08

We're national champs.....

......at something, but it sure as hell is'nt cyclocross racing.

Chris B, Bob J, Justin, and myself made our way up to KC Sunday for the last day of CX nationals.Picture this.... 8am, the start of the single speed class, 55 and windy, the course is soft, all 4 of us are lined up, Bob J has only one of his four numbers pined on and mud smeared on his face, Chris is busy talking to everyone, and Justin and I are trying to look as PRO as possible. 

75 yards into the race Chris decides to do a belly flop in front of half of the group (including me) taking nine or ten riders down in one big pile. This is the 2nd time this year I've had to run back and find  my bike under a pile of pissed off riders during a race. By the time I found my bike and got going again, almost the entire group (88 riders) had passed me. Not a good start. I settled down and tried to move up, but these guys were fast, the course was soft, and it was all up hill. I never felt like I could recover. Even the down hills were tough, all rutted out and slick. It was a true cross course.

Bob, and I were able to get 3 laps in before being pulled (I was more than ready to quit). We road over to the car and found Justin already drinking cold beer, he crashed out on the 1st lap. Chris however was having a better race than us, and finished 33rd. Hey, we may not be the fastest cross racers, but we know how to have a good time.

After the race we changed clothes, filled our backpacks with cold beer,grabbed out trusty black horns, and made our way to the course to cheer on the next group of racers. We hooked up with Ferman from Rolla and the boys from Team Seagal along the way, and by noon, we were all having a VERY good time (drunk). Thank God Jessica drove me home.

The last race of the day was the pro's and they made it look PRO! By the time they started the crowed was wild. Horns were blowing, cowbells everywhere, Brad Huff running around shirtless in cutoffs. I can't say I remember much about the pro race other than it was.......PRO. I think I even remember seeing our buddy Jeff Yealding out there giving 'em hell (or did I dream that?).

One of the last things I remember is me stumbling out of a porta-potty, Jessica standing there giving me that look like "I hope you had fun dumb-ass", climbing in the back of the car, and sleeping all the way home. Good thing nationals only comes once a year.

  Justin trying to look PRO.     

We're off to Nationals

After a long, hard season of racing, it's down to this. Nationals! This is our chance to show the country, NO, the world, how hardcore Team Redwheel is. And by hardcore I'm referring to the fact that we'll be pulled from the singlespeed race Sunday morning by the 2nd lap. THAT'S HARDCORE! What they don't know is that the sooner they pull us, the sooner we start drinking. I predict that we'll be pulled by the 2nd lap and pissing in trash cans by noon. HARDCORE!

CXmas

I found this on the net... http://teamseagal.blogspot.com/2008/11/cxmas-2008.html