Pure Bike Porn

She is a beauty. 20 lbs. of dualie goodness. I was looking forward to riding it but pounding rain & wind necessitated the cancelation of the demo day at England Idlewild Park. I guess I'll have to wait until spring to ride this beauty.

I'm looking forward to 2009 and hoping to do a few more endurance races. That is always my plan but it seems to get crushed by the reality that endurance racing can be really expensive and ultra time consuming. Right now I am helping a certain race director with the NUE sponsorship/marketing proposal so I suppose that is why I have been bitten by the bug. My goal this year is to kick off the season with the Cohutta 100K.

My final CX race will be this weekend. I am a fair weather CX racer and this last few cold weather races are killing me. I'm sorta glad this is the last one.

CX Racing

It has been a little while since I updated the old blog. I have been busy searching for a new job and trying to train hard until early December when we are taking a little vacation. With my future so uncertain it is hard to focus on racing. I thought a C2 upgrade would give me some confidence but instead it has left me a bit confused. Should I pursue the cycling thing with vigor? Some days I think I could ride forever, that I'd be content riding bikes and working part-time jobs to make ends meet. Should I pursue my design career for a while and put cycling on the back burner? Uggh, it is driving me nuts.
Racing cyclocross has been fun this year. I am more fit now than I have ever been. I having been racing around at like 80-90% but I can't seem to make the mental leap to dig deep. Thus, I haven't won a single race. I have finished top 3 in all of my races except for one. Now is the time to gun it & go for it. I have two more chances in the OVCX to score a win.

Cat 2!

Well, it is official, I'm a category 2 cyclocross racer. Yeah, that means I'm sorta good, sorta an elite racer. It means I won't have to worry about signing up next year when I do some bigger races. I'll be racing with a class made up of mostly pros.

Pretty crazy that my cyclocross season has been really great while my MTB season left a lot to be desired. Now, if I could only win a CX race...not many more chances.

My new Madone?

Trek has launched the new Project One site. It is an absolute blast to get on the site and to configure your dream ride.

Here is what I came up with.