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Autumn Ride on the DPR Trail

Turkey Day 2009 CX Ride

St. Charles Cross Race Video

From last Sunday's race...

CROSS from Paul Michna on Vimeo.

Team Car #2?

Carpenterville Cross Race

A couple of pics from the race on Sunday from "Hold Your Line"

Whose Team Car is This?

Happy Birthday BT

You're not getting older, you're getting better cycling equipment.

Caption Contest #3

Tooting My Horn

Sat DPRT Ride

Chilly start - 33 degrees but we warmed up as we got passed Old School - BT, Chip, Bill Hatch, AC, Big John and Barb W and myself had a nice ride up to Gurnee and back. A little spicey on the way back home after Independence Grove but a lovely morning. Tucci and Freddy joined us for coffee as they did solo rides - The Professional on the trail and Fa(s)t Freddy on the road. Don't you love Lake Forest Starbucks ..... not! (that is another story)

We took a long look at the bridge at 120 - still very slick so be careful! I did notice the sign above - a bit small when you are riding 20+ mph.

Hope to see you out this week ... weather permitting.

DeKalb Cyclocross

The cyclocross race in DeKalb yesterday was, as usual, a fun one. A tough course with off camber steep turns made even more challenging by the previous days rain. I raced Masters 40+ and am certain that I came in ahead of at least one other racer. I started with about 50 others, so it was a very big field. Here's a shot of me climbing a short steep stretch:



I stayed for the next two races and grabbed a few photos. Here's one of Bill in his first cyclocross race, looking fast:



And one showing his barrier crossing technique:



There were other creative ways to get over the barriers:



And here's my favorite team kit from the race:



More pictures of the race where these came from.

Team Car?

Seen this morning. Did someone order a Team Car?



Enlargement.

Movie Night!

Race Across the Sky



The only question is Lincolnshire or Evanston?

Outa my Way!

Running was clearly the best way up this hill!

Riding on the Front

Today we had a minor accident - but it could have been much worse. As we were heading south on St. Johns just turning onto Lambert Tree Road (road on North Side of Ravina) there was a plate covering a loosely filled trench. I was on the front with Vitaly, we were not going too fast as today was a recovery Friday. As we turned (I may have taken the turn a bit too tight/too sharp an angle) I saw the plate and yelled, making a short quick turn to get out of the way of the plate. Frank who was behind me, was not so lucky - as he turned to miss the plate, his wheel gave way in the loose dirt/gravel fill in the trench and went down. I believe his hip and shoulder took most of the impact but his helmet did hit the ground. He got up and had a few scrapes and probably will be pretty sore tomorrow.

Since I was on the front, I feel responsible for not guiding the 'ton around the obstacle. I was told that the plate was not there yesterday. So the morale of this post? Roadwork, darkness and ever changing road conditions make riding at the front a very important and a task and one that should not be taken lightly. It seems that the darker the mornings become, the harder and harder it is to see the pot holes and the rougher the rides have become ... let's just be careful out there .....

Frank - I hope you are feeling better!

Pablo

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