Hipcycler

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As it turns out, we've got a BF group forming to be a part of this in various races.
Here is a clip from a thread I posted in the racing forum:



EXCELLENT!
We've got the BF WI Racing Crew on board for this deal. This will be way cool. I'll certainly shoot photos for you guys.
(Mrs. Hip is coming too, so I think I'll turn her loose with the camcorder as well)

Now we need to hear from Cromulent and Mayo to add to the list.

Dave 342--Who rode in my century last Aug. and is, as Sherwin would say, "A beast of a man"
recursive--Who is quick like a fox, when he isn't dropping his chain on the bell lap
frunkin--Our next generation young rider with potential oozing out of his red Specialized
Hip--The PR man 'pretender racer' spokesperson for the group
Cromulent--Or his nickname, "GOOSE"...ask him, he'll explain the story of when we first met
Mayo--The FIB transfer, but we let him in because the dude is perhaps the best of our bunch and he likes Wisconsin
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Any others?

Kenal0

Well your southern brethren wish our friends to the north the best of luck.

Kenal0

Hipcycler

Thanks kenal0....no skeleton jersey and folding bike venturing north to join us?

Cromulent

I'll be there. That's the plan, anyway. It'll be my first race with the masters 4/5s. Because I am old.

Kenal0

Based on the lineup you have, I could not keep up for even the first block. Out of my league.
Looks like a good crew. Dave can open up a few bike lengths at will.
Kenal0

John Wilke

What cats are these 'cats' riding? I can't make make it to watch the Pro race, but may get up there for some of the others.

jw

Hipcycler

My lame Cat Celeb race is slated to go at 4:10 that afternoon.

The others will probably be in the 4/5 event.
Schedule posted at the web page they have.

CyLowe97

Good luck all of you!

Many of us will be to the west of you losing our minds on the Horribly Hilly that day.

Cromulent

Thanks. This will be shorter, and more corner-y.

Hipcycler

Yikes...
And good luck back at ya on that one CyLowe.

Didn't you do that last season as well?

And don't you have a century under your belt already this season?

John Wilke

No worries, one can burn just as many brain cells on a 1/2 mile, 4 corner crit course as you could on the big climbs.

Good luck to all (just another work day for me that day).

jw

CyLowe97

Yep, the 100k route. This year I am planning on tackling the 200k course. If I don't return, send out the search dogs and make sure they scatter my ashes on Blue Mound...

Sure. And a bunch of us are riding the Udder Century on Sunday. Big bike forums fun!

aham23

it's what we do Hip. the BFNIC rides centuries. you should join us more often! later.

Hipcycler

...and you boys do it quite well sir!

No thanks for me though....got one out of my system last year and found that it's not really my thing. I'm more into short bursts of pretend speed.

John Wilke

News flash:

According to JS Online, event promoter Billy Ochowicz crashed in Sunday's Trek 100.

I can't find the original article online, but this is what was emailed to me:

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The weekend double-header of charity rides tally:

3,307 riders and about $1.5 million raised for the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer in the TREK 100,

7,103 riders and $325,000 for the United Performing Arts Fund in the Miller Lite Ride for the Arts,

and more broken bones than organizers would care to count.

The numbers show that the scattered showers didn't curb participation, but the rain did make for some difficult conditions at times on the ride routes, particularly early in the TREK 100 ride for the MAAC Fund on Saturday.

Charles Newman, a 60-year-old from Lake Bluff, Ill., suffered severe chest injuries in a crash on St. Augustine Rd., near Monches, and was reported to be in satisfactory condition at Froedtert Hospital Monday afternoon.

Another rider caught up in that mishap was treated at Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls.

Ride organizer Colleen Moran said the number of accidents was about normal for the event, but that the need for the Flight for Life helicopter, which transported Newman, was a first.

In future years, the route will bypass St. Augustine Rd. and it's steep grade and sharp corners, Moran said.

Billy Ochowicz, a veteran on the local race scene, fractured his left hip in a crash a bit further into the ride, on a flat stretch near the northern-most point of the route.

It seems a rider blew a rear tire, went down and started a domino effect magnified by super-slick conditions on Rest Haven Rd. Roughly 25 to 30 riders hit the pavement, unable to maneuver around the crash.

Ochowicz, 45, had surgery on Saturday and is recuperating at Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital.


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Heal well Bill.

Sage23

That would be Saturday's Trek 100.

Here's the story:

https://www.jsonline.com/blog/?id=106


+1

Hipcycler

Thanks for posting....had no idea.

So LA was there for only 20-30 miles and then did the superstar duckout to his private jet.