Anyone need a 29er?

Im selling my 2009 sette razzo, currently a single speed but you can put gears on it. Size is a med or 18inch , origin 8 black ops carbon fork, chris king headset, aerus carbon bars , avid bb7 disc brakes, thomson stem, ritchey ocr hubs with wtb speeddisc rims(built by the trail hippe), scott saddle, truVativ hussefelt cranks, panaracer 29er tires with lots of tread left on them. Bike is 1 year old, 1300 invested , price is $600! I will consider reasonable offers, thanks guys.

Weekend...

Heading out to the cross course before it rains....

FYI, some of the boys are doing a CX race tomorrow... Ground should be wet, just how CX is supposed to be!!!!! I would hitch a ride if I were you!!

Fellas, be sure to post some pics/report... I have to live my racing addiction vicariously though you fools....

KC Cup, Swope Park, KCMO 2010

Last race of the UFD “west” series was last Sunday at Swope Park, KCMO… I arrived to find the place soaking wet, parked next to BradBob and saw the usual faces getting out their race gear. All the boys who I needed to beat were all in attendance. Now I have heard that swope has plenty of rock areas with I found very disheartening. The only think I hate more than rocks on the race route, is WET rocks on the route.. Brad and I decided to take a pre lap to check this bad boy out and I am so glad we decided to do that… The singletrack was nice and hardpacked but the rock section was slick as can be.. This was going to get very interesting.. You can get an idea here…

Before we even start we run into Mark from Smithville (Water Doc) with this lovely gash in his shinn

About start time we noticed that there was about 20 deep in the Cat 2 race so I knew right off, that I am going to need to hit the singletrack with the top guys to get out of traffic… They started the race up a long paved straightaway. I was fortunate that it was an uphill start so that leveled the playing field for me with my singlespeed. They started the Cat 1 superhumans then the Cat 2 kiddos (19-29) then us (Cat 2, 30-39).. Right off the gun I got my handelbars caught up with a guy and he ended up pulling an endo right off the start line (sorry dude).. Bout the top of the hill folks were redlining and I hit the singletrack 4 back. The four of us opened up a gap real quick, as soon as we hit some switchback, I could not see anyone behind us.. Bout the time we hit the second paved section, some of the fellas dropped it into their big ring and took off. I was struggling to keep up, spinning like a mad man til we hit the dirt again. At this time I ran into Denny with 360 who apparently was feeling the Billy Porter from the night before and told me to pass him. This surprised me because I was worried about him the most for the UFD series point race..

Started to feel pretty good, caught back up with the leaders and started to run into traffic from the 19-29 kiddos (our group should have started after the Cat 1’s).. This is when we hit the Rock section. I forget what it was called, but it gave me fits… Bout ripped off my shorts completely getting through the section and completely lost track of who is in the lead and what place I am at this point. Not sure who I passed and not sure who passed me..

Lap one down, felling pretty good at this point..I hammer it to try and catch up with who I think is in the number 2 position… About the time I catch him, were back into some more traffic and we hit the rock section again… Then John W (Cowtown) came up and passed me (not very happy about that) and I thought I would just suck onto his wheel all the way to the finish line.. However he has a bit more tech. skillz than I do so I lost him after a couple other rock sections… That was the last time I saw anyone I knew… Climbed my way out of the woods to take 4th on the day… More importantly though, I beat all the guys I knew were close to me in the UFD point standings…
So I have won the UFD Cat 2 30-39 series… Pretty pumped about that!! Hopefully I win something out of it.. T-shirt? Anything?
Ethos boys Garet and Travis won their series also!!(on blogroll, G-Wiz, Pyrocrank)

KC Cup MTB Results

UFD Series Results

I will post additional info/pics as they come available…

Saturday there was a CX race in which Randy and Hoppe raced… Found a video on Vimeo, even see a cameo of Hoppe a couple times… Video..
They will have to give you the scoop on the race, think it went pretty well for them though…

Cross.... Thought......

Thinking about picking an evening each week and having some makeshift/ laid back cross races.... Nothing too organized, just having like an A and B race out on the cross course.... Would be great for training (A) and having fun/ seeing if cross is for you (B)....

Soooooo... Whatcha thinks ladies and gents? I'm not going to put forth the effort if its going to be me and two other people...

We'll even get Bob out if you would like!!

Good Weekend for Racin...

Who is doing what????? I know Hoppe has a freshly built CX bike ready to go, so he is ready to do some CX racin on Saturday at Swope...

For me, I lucked out and none of the top running mtb guys (UFD Cat2) made it out to Arkansas City, KS for the Tour De Lizard. So I am still holding the top spot (by a thread) on the Cat 2 UFD series.. The last race is at Swope on Sunday... So barring my wife going into labor, I am going to try my A$$ off to win this bad boy by a good showing... Its defiantly going to be interesting, the course is exactly opposite of my strengths, rocky and technical... Can't all be out at Krug! Unfortunately.....

Owe well, you never know what can happen during a race... Just go 110% and see what happens....
Wish me luck & no mechanicals!!

UFD- Tour De In the Middle of Nowhere KS

After days of contemplation the Tour De Lizard in Arkansas City is way to far for me to go and race with a baby ready to pop out in a couple of weeks.. Looking at mapquest it shows 4 hours and 46 min drive with a Cat 2, 10:15 start time.

Kind of a bummer, being only 2 points in the lead of the UFD Cat 2 series. I am so close to winning the series I can literally taste it… If one of the top 4 guys race, I will most likely be too far behind to make up any points at the KC Cup…. Rather a bitter pill to swallow, being so close to a goal and not being able to compete…

However If my little one would be born without me I don’t know that I could live with myself, so all in all there will always be other races, other goals on a bike… Nothing is worth risking the missing of the birth of the 2030 National XC Champion!

Best of luck to all that are going to be racing…. JP, GMapes….

Anyone riding this weekend????

CX Course, thanks to Randy

Randy must have spent a long hot afternoon out with his mower today. I stumbled upon him as he was about 75% done push-mowing a CX course like last year. I was explaining to my mom what he was out there doing, and she replied, "He's been out there quite a while, I think he's mowing the whole field." I'm sure he'll tell you he can navigate using the earth's magnetic fields like many insects, and I'm now inclined to believe him. I went out & GPS'd a lap when he was finished, and would you believe it came out 1.02 miles? He's either damn good, or damn lucky! (I hope this pic attaches correctly)