Baker-to-Death Valley Race Report and Pics
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BTW.... Some macho types may scoff at Lightning Velo's pink kit - but they are sure easy to spot on the road!!!! I lost sight of the others on occasion - never happened with the LV kits!
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Cleave in the background
Chris Walker won the race
WhiteCarbonDude (Jon)
Me
My chase group, somewhere in the middle of nowhere
WCD and his friend chasing us
I'm pulling the (small) train into the wind
My group caught another bigger group and we all worked together.
WCD and JP formed up with some others...
And we sprinted to the line
Chris Walker won the race
WhiteCarbonDude (Jon)
Me
My chase group, somewhere in the middle of nowhere
WCD and his friend chasing us
I'm pulling the (small) train into the wind
My group caught another bigger group and we all worked together.
WCD and JP formed up with some others...
And we sprinted to the line
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Part two:
After the feed zone was a long descent and I was alone but I saw a group of 3? ahead to try to catch. I am not a great super-fast descender so the progress was slow and here were a lot of big RVs and trailers on the road that I was nervous to squeeze by. While passing one particularly large truck with a trailer, another rider pops up to my left. I get on his wheel and we do 20-30 second rotations until we catch the other group. I was hoping for at least a little bit of rest but they were rotating continuosly so we integrated immediately. Eventually we settled into a pretty good rythmn, but after a while the pace and the wind took its toll on the guy (JAX) that helped me chase and be blew out the back. Some of us tried to slow and wait for him, but the PAA guy in our group would accelerate every time he came up and the JAX guy wasn't able to catch back on. Later the rider wearing "Tequila Solo" fell off, and I can see from the pictures that he eventually latched on to the group with Jon (WhiteCarbonDude) and John (JPConrad) chasing behind.
Just outside of Shoshone, we could see the riders and the vehciles of the next group about 2 minutes ahead, and it gave us something to chase and work for. We were closing the gap but it was very slow progress. When we were finally nearly caught up, we were joined by another rider just finishing his nature break. He had been in the group ahead and saw us coming and figured it was his chance to stop and still be able to join back up. He also told us that there was a group of 6 further up the road. That group wasn't working particularly hard--they weren't formed up in lines or rotating, they were just kinda plugging along. I spoke to a rider from PAA and he said they had a teammate up the road in the break so they weren't going to chase. We were about 15 miles from the finish, and I knew I wouldn't be able to chase the lead group down, but I didn't want to get caught by the riders already behind us so I spent a bit of time at the front trying to keep the pace up.
About 5 miles out nobody wanted to work so I went off the front with one of the guys (Bicycle John's) I was chasing with earlier, but when it was clear they were just going to let us dangle a little bit in front we backed off and reintegrated. That brought the pace back up anyway, so it served its purpose. About 2 miles out we could see the tent for the finish. It was slightly downhill and the pace started to pick up. Suddenly it was clear that the finish line was a lot closer than we had thought and we were headed full steam for it. One guy took off a little early, and I followed (also too early), and I got to 30 mph (remember this is into the wind and only very slightly downhill) but watched several others fly by me rocking their bikes all over the road. So the lead group had 6 riders, and looking at the pictures I probably came in 6th of the chase group, for 12th overall. I know that all the guys ahead of me in my group were cat 4, and at least 2 of the lead group were cat 4, so at worst I got 5th in cat 5, but it seems likely that I won.
I can see from the pictures two guys went over the centerline in the sprint; I wonder if they will catch that on the video? I don't think I care enough to "report" it. I've been replaying the sprint in my mind and although I did start early, I don't know how much difference it would have made, since I didn't lose any speed, and was actually still accelerating when I hit the line. I just don't have that explosive speed that you need in those situations; I need time to get up to speed.
After the race I had a drink (thanks John for the Mocha Frappuccino), changed, and cleaned up. Fortunately I knew from experience to bring a change of clothes. Jon and his friends didn't think to do that, so they had to sit in their bibs for the drive back to Baker.
After the feed zone was a long descent and I was alone but I saw a group of 3? ahead to try to catch. I am not a great super-fast descender so the progress was slow and here were a lot of big RVs and trailers on the road that I was nervous to squeeze by. While passing one particularly large truck with a trailer, another rider pops up to my left. I get on his wheel and we do 20-30 second rotations until we catch the other group. I was hoping for at least a little bit of rest but they were rotating continuosly so we integrated immediately. Eventually we settled into a pretty good rythmn, but after a while the pace and the wind took its toll on the guy (JAX) that helped me chase and be blew out the back. Some of us tried to slow and wait for him, but the PAA guy in our group would accelerate every time he came up and the JAX guy wasn't able to catch back on. Later the rider wearing "Tequila Solo" fell off, and I can see from the pictures that he eventually latched on to the group with Jon (WhiteCarbonDude) and John (JPConrad) chasing behind.
Just outside of Shoshone, we could see the riders and the vehciles of the next group about 2 minutes ahead, and it gave us something to chase and work for. We were closing the gap but it was very slow progress. When we were finally nearly caught up, we were joined by another rider just finishing his nature break. He had been in the group ahead and saw us coming and figured it was his chance to stop and still be able to join back up. He also told us that there was a group of 6 further up the road. That group wasn't working particularly hard--they weren't formed up in lines or rotating, they were just kinda plugging along. I spoke to a rider from PAA and he said they had a teammate up the road in the break so they weren't going to chase. We were about 15 miles from the finish, and I knew I wouldn't be able to chase the lead group down, but I didn't want to get caught by the riders already behind us so I spent a bit of time at the front trying to keep the pace up.
About 5 miles out nobody wanted to work so I went off the front with one of the guys (Bicycle John's) I was chasing with earlier, but when it was clear they were just going to let us dangle a little bit in front we backed off and reintegrated. That brought the pace back up anyway, so it served its purpose. About 2 miles out we could see the tent for the finish. It was slightly downhill and the pace started to pick up. Suddenly it was clear that the finish line was a lot closer than we had thought and we were headed full steam for it. One guy took off a little early, and I followed (also too early), and I got to 30 mph (remember this is into the wind and only very slightly downhill) but watched several others fly by me rocking their bikes all over the road. So the lead group had 6 riders, and looking at the pictures I probably came in 6th of the chase group, for 12th overall. I know that all the guys ahead of me in my group were cat 4, and at least 2 of the lead group were cat 4, so at worst I got 5th in cat 5, but it seems likely that I won.
I can see from the pictures two guys went over the centerline in the sprint; I wonder if they will catch that on the video? I don't think I care enough to "report" it. I've been replaying the sprint in my mind and although I did start early, I don't know how much difference it would have made, since I didn't lose any speed, and was actually still accelerating when I hit the line. I just don't have that explosive speed that you need in those situations; I need time to get up to speed.
After the race I had a drink (thanks John for the Mocha Frappuccino), changed, and cleaned up. Fortunately I knew from experience to bring a change of clothes. Jon and his friends didn't think to do that, so they had to sit in their bibs for the drive back to Baker.
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I cannot tell you how many rides I have been on where I didn't know what the riders looked like until the end....maybe I can, 1,267 rides. yes that is it, 1,267.
On a more serious note, great job guys and great job Joy (..) I enjoyed reading all the stories.
On a more serious note, great job guys and great job Joy (..) I enjoyed reading all the stories.
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I love the picture of the sprint. Thanks for sharing all of 'em.
I see some PAA guys in there, too.
Who is the dude with the white shoe covers? He gets an A in my style book.
I see some PAA guys in there, too.
Who is the dude with the white shoe covers? He gets an A in my style book.
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PAA had a lot of riders there, somewhere around 17?
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Someone said they had 19 riders. I have more pictures on my blog.
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are the results posted anywhere yet? how big was the 4/5 field?
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It was supposed to be about 65 registered, don't know how many showed up yet. The results aren't up as far as I know.
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RESULTS ARE UP!!!
Bike race results from Baker to Death Valley Road Race
Pro-Elite I.II.III/Masters 30+, 20 racers
1st Chris Walker, Time Factory Team
2nd Frank Schroeder, Schroeder Iron
3rd Chris Hansel, Vegas Velo
4th Gary Tingley, UC Cyclery/JW Floors
5th Nathan Weber, Karl Strauss/SDBC
6th Pat Caro, Schroeder Iron
7th Scott Miller, Vegas Velo
8th Jim Wiznura, CBR
9th Stephen Schnellner, College Point
10th Anthony Luna, Vegas Velo
11th Juan Cisneros, DeWalt Racing
12th Greg Page, Lightning Velo
13th Derek Lowe, Team Pro Cyclery
14th Jeff Padgett, Vegas Velo
15th Cleve Law, Lightning Velo
16th Larry Couture, Coates/Arce Bros.
17th Ryan Jarrell, Vegas Velo
Category IV/V, 53 racers
1st Alfonso Garcia, Martins Pro Bicycles
2nd Norberto Galvan, United Cycling
3rd Frederick Culverhouse, Coates/Arce Bros.
4th Brad Holland, PAA/Merrill Lynch
5th Cameron McPhie, Velo Allegro
6th David Gay, San Tan Racing
7th Jack Oh, SC Velo
8th Charles Luib, HDCC/Allegiant Air
9th Allen Lin, PAA/Merrill Lynch
10th Kyle Stallings, Unattached
11th Nick Romero, PAA/Merrill Lynch
12th Artehio, Martinez, Martins Pro Bicycles
13th Steve Weixel, Platinum Performance
14th Jordan Haggard, Unattached
15th Taylor Nichols, PAA/Merrill Lynch
16th Robert Grove, Block Racing
17th David Turner, PAA/Merrill Lynch
18th Jerry Sanders, PAA/Merrill Lynch
19th John Barbachano, Block Racing
20th John Conrad, SC Velo
21st Chris Uettwiller, PAA/Merrill Lynch
22nd Terry Crouse, PAA/Merrill Lynch
23rd David Bianco, Unattached
24th Jon Shellenbarger, Veloce Santiago
25th Brad Sisco, Veloce Santiago
26th Hugo Silva, Velo Allegro
27th Marshall Evans, Pops Racing
28th Omar Estrada, Unattached
29th Kevin Sweeney, Velo Allegro
30th John Hebert, JAX Racing
31st Tim Tucker, PAA/Merrill Lynch
32nd Stuart Michener, PAA/Merrill Lynch
33rd Rudy Melendez, PAA/Merrill Lynch
34th Robert Shaw, PAA/Merrill Lynch
35th James Downs, PAA/Merrill Lynch
36th Carlos Romero, Velo Allegro
37th Choosak Wonggaew, CBR
38th Greg Burns, Velo Allegro
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Bike race results from Baker to Death Valley Road Race
Pro-Elite I.II.III/Masters 30+, 20 racers
1st Chris Walker, Time Factory Team
2nd Frank Schroeder, Schroeder Iron
3rd Chris Hansel, Vegas Velo
4th Gary Tingley, UC Cyclery/JW Floors
5th Nathan Weber, Karl Strauss/SDBC
6th Pat Caro, Schroeder Iron
7th Scott Miller, Vegas Velo
8th Jim Wiznura, CBR
9th Stephen Schnellner, College Point
10th Anthony Luna, Vegas Velo
11th Juan Cisneros, DeWalt Racing
12th Greg Page, Lightning Velo
13th Derek Lowe, Team Pro Cyclery
14th Jeff Padgett, Vegas Velo
15th Cleve Law, Lightning Velo
16th Larry Couture, Coates/Arce Bros.
17th Ryan Jarrell, Vegas Velo
Category IV/V, 53 racers
1st Alfonso Garcia, Martins Pro Bicycles
2nd Norberto Galvan, United Cycling
3rd Frederick Culverhouse, Coates/Arce Bros.
4th Brad Holland, PAA/Merrill Lynch
5th Cameron McPhie, Velo Allegro
6th David Gay, San Tan Racing
7th Jack Oh, SC Velo
8th Charles Luib, HDCC/Allegiant Air
9th Allen Lin, PAA/Merrill Lynch
10th Kyle Stallings, Unattached
11th Nick Romero, PAA/Merrill Lynch
12th Artehio, Martinez, Martins Pro Bicycles
13th Steve Weixel, Platinum Performance
14th Jordan Haggard, Unattached
15th Taylor Nichols, PAA/Merrill Lynch
16th Robert Grove, Block Racing
17th David Turner, PAA/Merrill Lynch
18th Jerry Sanders, PAA/Merrill Lynch
19th John Barbachano, Block Racing
20th John Conrad, SC Velo
21st Chris Uettwiller, PAA/Merrill Lynch
22nd Terry Crouse, PAA/Merrill Lynch
23rd David Bianco, Unattached
24th Jon Shellenbarger, Veloce Santiago
25th Brad Sisco, Veloce Santiago
26th Hugo Silva, Velo Allegro
27th Marshall Evans, Pops Racing
28th Omar Estrada, Unattached
29th Kevin Sweeney, Velo Allegro
30th John Hebert, JAX Racing
31st Tim Tucker, PAA/Merrill Lynch
32nd Stuart Michener, PAA/Merrill Lynch
33rd Rudy Melendez, PAA/Merrill Lynch
34th Robert Shaw, PAA/Merrill Lynch
35th James Downs, PAA/Merrill Lynch
36th Carlos Romero, Velo Allegro
37th Choosak Wonggaew, CBR
38th Greg Burns, Velo Allegro
*
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Where did you get those results?
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if you have a cbr license you should have an email from them
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Did anyone lose a Polar Heart Rate Monitor? I found one in my minivan after I got home and I know it's not mine.
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I asked Greg if it was his and he said no. Definitely not mine.
Thanks again for the ride.
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It's a polar HR monitor and I have no idea why I have it if it isn't Cleave or Greg's.
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If it's a light greyish color and fits a small wrist, it may be mine. Or it may not as I haven't been in that van but once and I wasn't wearing it that day.