So, since my last post, I have joined Blue Ridge Cyclery's elite MTB team. Very excited to be with this great group! Looking forward to this year of racing with some good guys, Gordon Wadsworth and Ryan Fawley to name two, and having support from this awesome Charlottesville bike shop. Looks like the rest of my sponsors are locked in as well, NoTubes, Magura, Uvex, and Schwalbe tires. Thank you all for your support!
I got a chance to check out the shop and meet Dave and Shawn Tevendale today, Quadsworth and I drove up to do the very prestigious Pantani Ride put on by BRC. It was sweet, 47 miles on mountain bikes, some hellacious climbs, lots of gravel roads and some pavement too. We climbed over the big steep Broke(n)back Mountain, then came back up and over it again. Although Gordon and I were by ourselves out front most of the day, we decided not to stop and re-enact scenes from the movie. A great decision since the ride started a bit above freezing and got progressively colder throughout the day.
Coming up next weekend... Southern Cross, down in Dahlonega GA! My first real race of the season, 50 miles of dirt roads on a mountain bike with lots of hellacious climbs. Today was a good warm up. This race should be fun, with cyclocross-style sections interspersed with miles and miles of gravel road. It's geared towards a cx bike, but I don't have one, so I'll just be on the ol' Niner Air 9. With Ernesto Marenchin, Gerry Phlug, and Garth Prosser all signed up, it should be a great race! We'll see if all my winter training has been paying off, I'll try to put the hurt on these guys :) Stay tuned for a recap...
Right now I'm anxiously awaiting my new wheelsets from Stan's! Some stupid light ZTR Race Gold's for racing and Crests for every day use. They should arrive in time for the race this weekend.
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