Echappist, Came across this. Photographer is listed as efitzgerald on somd.com but looking for better attribution.

http://photos.somd.com/data/500/05-IMG_5035.JPG

aww, thanks!

i actually saw it earlier but didn't want to post it as i had just posted something a few pages back.

btw, are you racing any of the crits closer to the DC area (mainly the northern VA races)?

Hey chappi, I approve of your choice in bar tape color.

http://i.imgur.com/L0VWXz1.png

Also, form looks great.

thanks!

Not sure. If it wasn't clear, I'm just starting out so I'm a CAT 5.

I signed up for the Road Warrior race in Howard County on the 29th. I know there's Tyson's GP the following day.

^nice shot echappist.

I'm interested to see what the How County Race is all about, I ride out there quite a bit.

Tyson's is a fun race, glad it's back on the calender, it used to always be the first sunday in April. Good breakaway course for an Ind park criterium, but the real gem of the local calender is Reston Town Center GP on 6/23. My favorite crit.

Then there's the district champs on 7/6 up in Hagerstown, that's a good course too - through a neighborhood, good spectating in a park; age graded is the next day but i havent seen the course yet, I'm hoping it's the old Baker Park crit course, that was a super fun crit that disappeared from the calender.

Add the giro di coppi, Page Valley RR, and lost river, and then T of Millersburg. We've got a nice calender from now until mid August.:)

Thanks MDCatV

i'm thinking of doing perhaps all of the crits, especially Tyson, though too bad the 1/2/3 race is before the 3 race.

i think you forgot to mention that the Tyson Course is an 8-corner course of doom. Should be fun, though i think some team may just drill it for 20 minutes and see who is able to hang on.

Also, i looked at the ToWC kickoff crit. Damn, those are some narrow streets.

^reston is an 8 corner crit, it's what i'd call quasi-technical. you can really rail all the turns.

tysons is a 3 turn triangle unless they've changed the course<?>

i've never done the kickoff crit, it's relatively new and with friday traffic/early start of ToWC next day, i've never worked it in.

my bad. yes, Tyson is the 3 turn (though it looks like a figure-D), and Reston is the figure-8 course-of-death

which races would you be at again? not that i could a)stay on your wheel or b)get any draft off of you ;)

off the top of my head, my racing schedule is:

clarendon crit this saturday
church creek #1, TT; yuck but it's the team sponsored event
Reston
whatever the howard county road race is called
Tysons
Hagerstown (district champ crit)
Age graded crit (wherever it ends up - youre too little for this one ha, ha)
coppi
miller school (age graded RR, not sure if there's a race there for you youngin's or not, but you'd like, very hilly)
Lost river (masters, I hate this race, it's too hard for a fatty like me)
Page valley district RR championships
this is about when wife threatens to leave me
Tour of Millersburg
Church Creek TT #2
Dawg Days crit
wife threatens divorce
season over

where will i see you?

I'll be doing Reston (hopefully doubling up), Tyson (cat 3 only), Hagerstown (doubling up if possible), Lost River, and Page Valley.

If you were doing crystal city i'd come out and cheer for you as it's literally a mile (or less) away.

i'll get shelled in the free-for-all that is Miller School as some strong cat-1 will blow up the field.

Louisville Crit (taken by drewclark1)

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=321539

Wow, haven't posted to this thread since 2010! Nice to see it's still going.

I thought I was suffering at this point:
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=321897


WTF did I know? The real suffering started later:
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=321898


First pic is on the false flat just past the crest of a 10-minute climb, I'm *just* OTB and trying to get back on before the descent. Second pic is after we rode into a freak snowstorm and the whole thing turned from a race into more of a survival exercise. It was sunny at the start line! It took me 4 hours to stop shivering after getting back to the car, 5 racers ended up in the hospital with hypothermia. From a masters race last month in Palencia, Spain (about 2 hours north of Madrid)

great to see that you are racing and having fun~
Let me know next time you are in town? That ride this spring was fun.

That's a pretty badass picture in the snow. Not Hampsten badass, but still cool.

^
+1

I think you need to distinguish between "fun" and fun. Races like that are "fun"; spring ride with friends is fun.

I'm in Seattle from mid-July through Labor Day, planning to race Cascade and the LWV series, maybe a MTB race or two.

Hey Forrest, nice pics!

See ya at Cascade.

Tulsa Tough, Cat 1/2, Cry Baby Hill. For anyone who hasn't been, this is a must do event! The scene is unlike anything I've been a part of on my bike.

Obligatory sufferface picture:
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps60b005e7.jpg

Panorama of the craziness:
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps6c95e3ae.jpg

A few shots my wife got from her phone:
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps1b0c0589.jpg

Heard it is an incredible event (much like the Gateway Series in your hometown)...

Take the Giro dela Montagne (The Hill) and multiply its spectators times 5, easily. This is for all three days of Tulsa Tough, not just Cry Baby Hill.

Really? Cool.
Giro was a lot of fun. Sat in front of the Church shooting the breeze with some non-cyclists who were really interested in learning about the sport.

It's on my bucket list. My coach thinks I'm nuts. I would have to race P/1/2.

The smile of pain
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...0&d=1370883433
Photo by Rod Baine

Team Pursuit, Me in second slot, Vance Mac in the 4th slot, Gus Sarmiento photo:

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...80479862_n.jpg