Grafton Criterium ?

[John Wilke]

Anyone??

I will be there. I have made up my mind that I will do whatever it takes to make this one since I feel that this is one of the premier races of the season. Just don't tell anyone that I said that. :innocent:

Anyone else??

[fosmith]

I'm there.....already pre registered.... fun fun...

[recursive]

I'm registered as well.

dave342?

[Frunkin]

I'm in. Pre-reg'd too.

[recursive]

I'm in. Pre-reg'd too.

What race are you in? 3?

[Speedster22]

In. Cat 4/5

[Frunkin]

What race are you in? 3?

Nope. Heidi (sp?) said I needed a few more top 6's so... if I keep it rubber side down this weekend I should be golden. But that brings up the whole upgrade right before superweek thing. I don't really know what I'm gonna do.

[JPradun]

I just preregistered a couple hours ago. I'll be in the 3s.

[John Wilke]

Nope. Heidi (sp?) said I needed a few more top 6's so... if I keep it rubber side down this weekend I should be golden. But that brings up the whole upgrade right before superweek thing. I don't really know what I'm gonna do.

HTFU !

http://emoticons4u.com/fingers/fing10.gif

[Frunkin]

Might as well.

[dave342]

I'm registered as well.

dave342?

Out.

[John Wilke]

I missed the 4/5's (sorry, couldn't be helped) but caught the 3's.

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc54/biffbradford/cycling/June%2021%20Grafton/6386.jpg

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc54/biffbradford/cycling/June%2021%20Grafton/6541.jpg

'Prime Hunter' Recursive and Frunkin both placing solidly in the top 10. JPradun, you're going to have to point yourself out in a pic so I know what you look like. More pix soon. Pro 1/2 pics over in the racing section HERE (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=432371).

[Speedster22]

Here are a few from the 4/5's. Nice job frunkin'. I saw a couple attacks from you. Nice job. I got taken out in the crash on turn 6 on the last lap. Rider washed out in front of me. I grabbed fistful of brake, made it to the outside gutter clear, but the rider on my inside only saw the crash in front of him and did not look where he was putting his bike. Well, he put his bike into my front wheel, knocking it out of true, turning my handlebars 90 degrees and giving me a nice patch of road rash on my arse.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2598990777_d8207c0533.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/2598989589_383b5515f3.jpg?v=0

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2599817758_6cd9361efd.jpg?v=0

*Edit -- I'm in the blue / silver Team Extreme kit with Red helmet on the Felt.

[JPradun]

Any of Endeavor (blue/yellow) riders from the cat3 field? I got 6th in my 4th cat3 race. I'm pretty psyched -- the cat2 points officially started.

[Frunkin]

God I look bad in that picture.
Anyways, 8th in Grafton. I narrowly missed that crash in the last corner, and just gunned it down the final stretch.
12th today in Sheboygan. I threw a few more attacks in today, but nothing went anywhere. I had good gaps, and went with some of the stronger guys in the field, but everything got chased down. I was way to far back through the last turn, and didn't really sprint. Ah well, at least I tried...

Speedster - Where did you get the pics?

[Speedster22]

God I look bad in that picture.
Anyways, 8th in Grafton. I narrowly missed that crash in the last corner, and just gunned it down the final stretch.
12th today in Sheboygan. I threw a few more attacks in today, but nothing went anywhere. I had good gaps, and went with some of the stronger guys in the field, but everything got chased down. I was way to far back through the last turn, and didn't really sprint. Ah well, at least I tried...

Speedster - Where did you get the pics?

The girlfriend was watching the race and she was taking some pics of the 4/5s. I have some more, but need to do some touching up / crop / resize type stuff to them as she was lacking some photo skills yesterday.

[John Wilke]

Sheboygan

Frunkin lines them out early on:

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc54/biffbradford/8322.jpg

The women got the worst weather:

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc54/biffbradford/8845.jpg

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc54/biffbradford/8863.jpg

Recursive learns them a lesson, "Watch this one, boys!" :

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc54/biffbradford/8986.jpg

While his team mate goes for a prime (didn't get it):

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc54/biffbradford/8931.jpg

And the Pro's show us how it's done:

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc54/biffbradford/9190.jpg

With Josh Carter winning two days in a row!! (watch out for Superweek!!)

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc54/biffbradford/9486.jpg

Two days of great racing!! Let's do it again soon. :)

[recursive]

Recursive learns them a lesson, "Watch this one, boys!" :

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc54/biffbradford/8986.jpg



That's me winning the field sprint on the bell lap after losing count of laps again. The hardest part of racing is probably watching the lap cards. I was looking back to try to figure out why it was so easy to get to the front. :lol:

[JPradun]

John Wilke,

5th wheel, blue Endeavour kit on the black Pedal Force.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fattym/2600624213/sizes/l/

My 3 main racing kits are the Endeavour kit, Wisconsin, and UIC/University of Illinois-Chicago.

[John Wilke]

Okay, got it. Will keep that mug in mind when cropping.

Grafton Pro 1/2 going up now and will probably finish in about an hour and a half. Women next followed by 3's, Masters, then Cedarburg and Ripon before starting over next Saturday in Elm Grove then Fond du Lac. (Yeah, it will probably take all week).

It's funny ... I haven't seen ANY bike racing on VS TV because I've been so busy with the local scene. Who'da thunk?? :)

[fosmith]

That's me winning the field sprint on the bell lap after losing count of laps again. The hardest part of racing is probably watching the lap cards. I was looking back to try to figure out why it was so easy to get to the front. :lol:


HA! they didn't even ring the bell for the last lap in the Masters 3/4...I took a super hard pull into the wind on the back side and got owned coming out of the last turn. oh well.

i didn't hear anything in the 1/2/3 race...i could only hear my legs saying "Stop Stop!!!" Finished anyway. what fun

[John Wilke]

Final Grafton pix going up now: additions to Cat.3, Masters 1/2/3 (some good race faces), and general interest.

Sheboygan goes up tomorrow.

Peloton-Pix.Com

[recursive]

Thanks John.