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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 06:47 |
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The nations best cyclocross racers will be descending on Fort Collins on Nov. 13th and 14th. for the Greeenware USGP New Belgium Cup. Have a look at some of the names that have already signed up.
The ladies:
Katie Compton, Meredith Miller, Georgia Gould, Katerina Nash, Amy Dombroski, Sue Butler, Mo Bruno Roy, Shelly Olds, Coryn Rivera
The Men:
Ryan Trebon, Tim Johnson. Jeremy Powers, Jamey Driscoll, Jesse Anthony, Chris Jones, Todd Wells, Troy Wells, Adam Craig, Geoff Kabush, Zach McDonald, Danny Summerhill....
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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 06:14 |
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From Rafael of the One Speed Open:
Thanks to all participants, sponsors and volunteers, tomorrow, a little over $1000 will be delivered to the Animal house in the name of singlespeeders of the Fort and elsewhere (Berthoud, Portland,Boulder,etc ) to help them keep unwanted pets alive until they become wanted, by someone.
If you've been looking to adopt a pet, Animal House is the place you wanna check out ! Volunteer !
Read more and see results here
If you know a local non-profit that could use a little extra dough please e-mail me suggestions for next year:
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We'll see you next year over coffee, gravel and uni-gear bikes under the sun !
-Rafael
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Monday, 30 August 2010 12:25 |
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Registration for the USGP New Belgium Cup is now active.
Register online at http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=11412
If you aren't racing you can sign up to volunteer here.
http://www.yourgroupride.com/local-races/usgp-new-belgium-cup/volunteering
More event sponsors are always welcome. Contact Rob at
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 20:03 |
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After strong performances in the World Cup final in Windham NY, Fort Collins residents Georgia Gould (3rd place) and Skyler Trujillo (9th place) are on their way to Mount Sainte Ann Canada for the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. Both riders secured their US Team spots by winning National Cross Country Championships earlier this summer in Granby CO. Sklyer and Georgia also won silver medals in the National Short Track Championships. After a strong and consistent season Georgia finishes the World Cup ranked in forth place.
Does Georgia think she can win? I think she does.
"I’m going in to win. Why not? I’ve beaten everyone that’s there.
I know its something I am capable of. I also know it’s something that
requires everything to line up just right. It would be a fantastic
result, but it’s not just a fantasy. It’s not an unreasonable goal, not
at all."
Skyler will be racing Friday and Georgia will be racin on Sat.
Good luck guys!
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Sunday, 29 August 2010 01:57 |
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Saturday, 28 August 2010 22:22 |
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YGR is happy to announce the support of Coloraodo cyclocross barrier builder Cross Propz. The beautiful part about these barriers it that they are lightweight, portable and self assembling. Pull 'em out of their carrying bag, toss 'em in the air and POW. You got yourself a UCI sized cross barrier.
Check out the different models on http://crosspropz.com/
The story of Cross Propz
Hi, my name is Paul McCarthy, the creator of Cross Propz. 
I live in the mountains of the Front Range in Colorado with my wife Lori and three dogs and four horses we rescued. I am a cyclist and racer, I enjoy road, mountain and especially cyclocross riding.
Awhile back in Boulder Colorado, I was attending a cyclocross clinic put on by Boulder Cycle Sport at a local park. There was a good turnout and Brandon Dwight brought some help with him to teach this informal clinic. We started out riding across a field practicing dismounting and remounting our bikes. We started at a slow pace and gradually picked up speed. Now it was time to try dismounts with barriers. Some pvc barriers were set up and we rode in circles practicing dismounts and getting over the barriers.
At one point I managed to crash into one of the barriers. I put my bike down and walked back and started to re-assemble the barrier when a friendly voice said ” I’ll do that, … you just practice.” Although it was a nice gesture, by none other than Greg Keller of Mud and Cowbells, it made me think… why should anyone have to stop their session to re-assemble a barrier, after all its practice, they’re gonna get hit! So that’s how it started. 
All the Cross Propz barriers are made by me in an unheated shed in the Rocky Mountains. At first they were a trial and error adventure, I experimented with different sizes and settled on two, 1/2” and 3/4″ (Belgian version). The more I thought about their purpose, the better defined the idea became. I wanted something I could pick up after a busy day and with a busy schedule that would maximize the short time I had for this important aspect of ‘cross practice. I figured if I made a bag for them to be carried in, with enough room for a water bottle and a tube or two, I could be on my way to the local park in no time. They don’t take up much room so they’re easy to carry in the car with my bike as well.
Thanks for checking out Cross Propz, Paul
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Saturday, 28 August 2010 22:02 |
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Chekc out the cycling blog for out Greeley neighbors.
http://greeleyrevolution.blogspot.com/
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Friday, 27 August 2010 16:46 |
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Sitting at Amazing Grace Cafe in Breckenridge Colorado, a few beers in and more tired then I've been all week. This is bliss. Home made muffins + cookies at a local haven and the joy of knowing I got this thing done!
I wonder if I feel more tired now then I have all week because I know I'm done and I can afford to be tired, or if it all truly did catch up to me today. Even though the Gold Dust stage was announced as considerably easier than the rest of the stages, it started with a bang. My eyes were stuck on Jill, who has been creeping closer to my hold down on 4th overall every day. She was not messing around. Off the start line like a rocket, that girl kicked ass up hill and left me to my own devices. I was feeling the burn as we traversed beautiful singletrack high above Breckenridge. Killer views and all, I was reminded that we were still knee deep in competition and this thing wasn't going to be over til it was over.
Jill's yellow Ibex jersey crept in and out of my visible horizon for 32 miles. By the final slice of singletrack I had completely abandoned my relatively conservative agenda that kept me upright all week and went head over tea kettle about 2 miles from the finish. Pick myself up and rally home as quickly as possible was all I could do. It ended up being enough to maintain my 4th place overall in the women's solo open division.
I am surprised with how well I performed, considering my relatively lackadaisical approach to training for this thing. I enjoyed watching my formula play out: no numbers, no worries... ride when you can for as long as you can and as hard as you can. Thats it. Beyond that, I had other areas to attend to this summer - things like getting a good costume together for bike prom, working at a local organic farm, making sure there were enough sparkles on my bike, designing custom jerseys and rubbing my boyfriends feet at night. The true competitor inside of me is satisfied and fulfilled with this physical result... on top of that, the more spiritually wondering side of my personality is mystified with the journey this provided. More incredible then the moments of solitude in the Colorado backcountry and pushing my own personal limits was the warmth of the mountain bike community I got to bask in all week. Living in tent city at race central for 6 days was a mini-lifetime it seems. It will be sad to leave the simple life I shared with a few new friends in the gravel parking lot of the ice rink. To endure such epic feats amongst the company of others, with unique tales and talents of their own to chase down blends super well together.
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 20:08 |
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Today was big, really big. Wheeler pass tops out at 12,500ft and we reached that altitude within 10 or so miles from the gun going off. Ex-sprinters love shit like this...
The final 2 miles to the first summit are spent alongside your bike hiking most the way, then you crest and traverse high alpine singletrack for a little over a mile to reach a second hike-a-bike summit. The beautiful, vast landscape seeps into your psyche forever from a perch like this. It makes it all okay that your brain stopped working properly about a 1,000 feet below.
I felt like todays stage, even though it was shorter in distance, required a tremendous amount of mental concentration. The high alpine traverse was tricky- full of rocks and ruts and very little flowing mindless stuff- and the final 10 miles on the peaks trail was relentless with rocks and roots. Maybe I'm getting soft 5 days into this thing, but I had to really tap into more mental reserves than physical today. I actually am feeling physically stronger every day- which makes no sense whatsoever.
I had a sweet sprint finish with Katie from Giro. The girl was chasing me down like a tiger for the final 10 miles, sometimes biting at my ankles, other times lurking a few feet back in the trees. She kept me on my game down to the wire and we screamed into the downhill finish less than a wheel length apart! How did she know I was dying to flex my fast twitch, just once, in this 240 mile marathon?
I should start tomorrow with a 10ish minuet lead over 5th place in the overall women's solo open.
Before this thing is all done, I want to quickly thank a few folks:
Walt, thanks for designing me the most beautiful piece of art for such a stunt as this. A custom steal hardtail is all you ever need.
New Belgium, my glorious employer. You're the best title sponsor I could ever ask for! Not only did you give me 6 days off work to do this, but you helped me land so level headed post-bike racing addition 2.5 years ago. Don't worry, I'm not going to quit so I can go back to the crazy bohemian life of a bike racer. I really like doing what we do together... you know, make good beer, do our part to be kind to mother earth and our community, and promoting the pursuit of peoples passions. Oh, and encourage each other to be silly. I've been spreading the NBB liquid love as best I can all week.
My bike riding hommies. Eszter, Chris, JJ, Dave, Stephen, Andrew and my Mom... Thanks for encouraging me to do this silly thing and not pre-riding too many of the course with me, in the event that if I saw all that was to come you probably knew I wouldn't want to do it anymore.
Oh, and of course, Mike our promoter. He let 4 of us kids in for free in exchange for these bloggy blog posts. If I wasn't stealing wi-fi and drinking thai ice teas in the afternoons to blog, I doubt I'd leave Breckenridge with as fully loaded of an experience.
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