"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - Collegiate Nationals

Anyone going? Anyone live close? It's in Madison this year, next weekend.

Come say hi. Warning: my teammate and I are about the same size, same helmet, same bike, similar wheels (de-badged 46m Reynolds and my Psimets). So if I give you a really funny look, its probably not me :)

I'm not as excited about the RR as last year, climb is a bit too big for me. Crit course looks lame but I'll be looking to do something anyway. Omnium is on my radar since I'm pretty sure I can top 5 in both if I have good days, win one if I have a great day.

Good luck Ze. Give 'em hell.

My apt. mate will be there representing Humboldt State (CA) in the D2 road race. He is really strong and I expect him to get a top10 in the absence of bad luck.

Good luck in D1!

Sorry Ze I can't wish you luck... two guys from UCSB will be racing against you.

Will be interested to hear how this goes.

Couple of strong UW guys are headed out that way I hear, look out for those purple n' gold huskies!

Sorry Ze I can't wish you luck... two guys from UCSB will be racing against you.

Wish him a safe ride instead then.

Race your best ze. And ride safe!

I won't be there but we'll have one Montana State rider out there at least. Just look for the curly hair and the red Specialized! We might have another one or two going but it's pending on a) transportation and b) one riders pre-requisite races.

Best of luck to you Ze, CSU is a Div I school right?

Any one know if they're going to stream the Nationals this year?

Yep, we're D1.

Oooooh the pressure! Apparently others think I can do something too :) http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4856 (crit section)

Actually I'm really not feeling any pressure this year. Just going to have fun. When I get stressed I don't recover day-to-day, bad news when you start the weekend with a super hard road race.

Sorry Ze I can't wish you luck... two guys from UCSB will be racing against you.

Do you know if grandpappy (nate) is going?

If so I will have to wish him luck.

I'll be there for my first time. I'll try to find you, Caley. I haven't been training alot due to finals (I know, I know) but I'm excited.

Great! Congrats on qualifying. See ya out there.

Great! Congrats on qualifying. See ya out there.

I'll be there with university of arizona, who are you with again?

Colorado State (green kit, not yellow that's CU). I'm the RMCCC's call up so just look for me there and introduce yourself afterwards

Do you know if grandpappy (nate) is going?

If so I will have to wish him luck.

I've never heard him called that, but yeah, he and Danny (the guy CDR loves to point out in his Red Trolley video) are both going.

Both bikes are dialed. Clothing (including some for the forecasted 45˚ and rain for the RR on Friday) packed. PSIMET wheels polished :). Leaving tomorrow, 6am.

Gonna kick some ass.

Both bikes are dialed. Clothing (including some for the forecasted 45˚ and rain for the RR on Friday) packed. PSIMET wheels polished :). Leaving tomorrow, 6am.

Gonna kick some ass.

:thumb:

Good luck there!!

Interesting results (http://www.velocityresults.net/file_download/95) in ECCC overall D1 & D2 combined, ahem ahem :innocent:

Go Hokies!

Interesting results (http://www.velocityresults.net/file_download/95) in ECCC overall D1 & D2 combined, ahem ahem :innocent:

What do you mean?

Good luck there!!

Interesting results (http://www.velocityresults.net/file_download/95) in ECCC overall D1 & D2 combined, ahem ahem :innocent:

The only guy on that list who would worry me is Driscoll, but I can see that he is not eligible to race Nats (only did 1 weekend).

Rain for the RR will make it an RMCCC/ECCC showdown I think. Southern conferences/CA aren't used to it.

The only guy on that list who would worry me is Driscoll, but I can see that he is not eligible to race Nats (only did 1 weekend).

Rain for the RR will make it an RMCCC/ECCC showdown I think. Southern conferences/CA aren't used to it.

For what it's worth, for the southern races, I've raced more IN the race, than not. Dunno if the collegiate racers race the USAC events, but 2/3 of our big stage races have been in the worst conditions imaginable.

good luck dude

dont leave us hangin. tweet a lot

no cal riders there this year.


Kick some ass!!

Ze...just saw this. JPradun - on here - is racing it and is local. Hit him up for a crash pad, or PM me and I can make the intro. You are always welcome to stay at my place but it's about 2 hours away. Regardless if you guys head to the city at all or have nothing to do then swing by and I'll take you out to dinner.

Blue Mounds is a b of a climb. Good luck. Should be nothing for a Colorado man....I mean after all there is no climbing here right??

:);)

Rooting for the UCD repeat, especially some serious ownage on the TTT :D

I've got a few friends going. Shawn Gravois, Kyle McElhanny (which I probably just misspelled) and Kyle Rohan.

What do you mean?

Um, I meant that I found the results interesting, particularly the school that won the ECCC.

Again, good luck Ze!

Ze...just saw this. JPradun - on here - is racing it and is local. Hit him up for a crash pad, or PM me and I can make the intro. You are always welcome to stay at my place but it's about 2 hours away. Regardless if you guys head to the city at all or have nothing to do then swing by and I'll take you out to dinner.

Blue Mounds is a b of a climb. Good luck. Should be nothing for a Colorado man....I mean after all there is no climbing here right??

:);)

It's all relative :) For us heavy weights it's a b of a climb, for him probably a bump in the road.

Both bikes are dialed. Clothing (including some for the forecasted 45˚ and rain for the RR on Friday) packed. PSIMET wheels polished :). Leaving tomorrow, 6am.

Gonna kick some ass.

Just do it.

Good luck Ze.

Um, I meant that I found the results interesting, particularly the school that won the ECCC.

Again, good luck Ze!

Oh. Well, MIT wins the ECCC overalls pretty consistently. I think their team is bigger and more balanced than most other teams. They beat out UVM last year too.

Oh. Well, MIT wins the ECCC overalls pretty consistently. I think their team is bigger and more balanced than most other teams. They beat out UVM last year too.

So, are you saying that they rule, are dominant, cannot be stopped, etc.? :)

they rule, are dominant, cannot be stopped, etc.?

not at all. But as a points scoring machine, they are set up pretty well to take advantage of the way the conference awards overall points. (for example, check the standings for "nationals" qualifying points and you'll find a very different story)

So, are you saying that they rule, are dominant, cannot be stopped, etc.? :)

Well, that depends on your definition of "dominant". UVM as a whole is the dominant force in Men's A. But the nice thing about cycling is that it's not all about Men's A, at least for a lowly C rider like myself.

Thanks for the luck guys :)

Psimet, I doubt we'll get south, pretty busy weekend, but if we end up heading that way I'll shoot you a message. I just emailed you about a teammate who is dying to get ahold of some PSIMET wheels too :)

I'm in Madison now, with an awesome host family. Pre-riding the road race course tomorrow, and maybe the TTT course. Excited to see this climb first hand. Still think it might be a bit big to really play to my strengths (to be honest, more than 90 seconds or so doesn't play to my strenghts, but over 8 minutes and I'll really be in trouble). But either way I'll give it a shot :). Pumped for the crit too.

Hey, Ze, I just realized we were out on the pre-ride today together. I was in a Penn kit, the only one with red bar tape. If I see you tomorrow I'll say hi.

(also, please tell me you were doing openers on the final climb. because geez...)

Is this being streamed online anywhere?

The only coverage I'm seeing is via twitter.
http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23colnats

any excitement yet? cant get to twitter from work

Got a tweet earlier from a person I'm following there with the Cumberland University cycling team that says the cell coverage is a little spotty where they are (I can believe it having been through those areas many times).

Just read this:

According to a UVM guy's tweet, looks like a Cal Polytech guy won it...

Results thus far:
1. Blake Anton - Cal Poly SLO
2. Adam Ross Wisseman - CSU

3rd is possibly Menso from CalPoly SLO as well. Good day for the WCCC and SLO.

edit: 3rd was Menso from SLO. SLO didn't qualify as a team to go to Nats, Blake and Menso were the only two guys to qualified individually for that team. Good thing that they both got in.

I feel like last year there was live video coverage somewhere online...

Results thus far:
1. Blake Anton - Cal Poly SLO
2. Adam Ross Wisseman - CSU

3rd is possibly Menso from CalPoly SLO as well. Good day for the WCCC and SLO.

edit: 3rd was Menso from SLO. SLO didn't qualify as a team to go to Nats, Blake and Menso were the only two guys to qualified individually for that team. Good thing that they both got in.

Menso is a beast. How did the UCSB boys do?

Jon Baskin from UCLA was 14th.

Anyone got a link to results?

Ah....ZeCannon just posted he got top 15 on FB.

ah you beat me to it

Domestique teammate snuck away and took 2nd! Literally just rode off the from while all the favorites just looked at each other. So happy for him! I was super marked, hit the last climb with the final group of 30 and just dug in. It was about 45* and raining, my skinny ass was freezing and legs were locked up pretty good. The top 2 were both big dudes. Top 15 is all I know.

Crit tomorrow, plan on winning it.

Philly roadie - yep, openers. And just seeing how long it took near full power. How did you do today?

The first time I ever raced against Menso (the guy who got 3rd) was at Boulevard in the B's. It was maybe 35 degrees out at the start and he won the race with no arm warmers or leg warmers. I'd say he can handle the cold pretty well.