Blvd. Cup

Blvd. cup, as always, was an awesome race. Great food, great coffee, great beer, great course. I had my new blue ex built up 15.5lbs with pedals for the ss race while Kent raced my pake. I told him to just go super hard the first lap, get a feel for the course at race speed, then cruise to be ready for the 3 race right after. There were more than 20 of us at the start it seemed. The 4's and masters 4's went off first, so we new we had lots of traffic to negotiate. At the whistle a couple of ss mtn. bikes were flying with very fast gears, meaning they were pedaling fast, but not going fast. I was a little scared to ride close to them for they were all over. The first turn onto the grass wasn't so bad but the next turn was super scary. It was all grass with tons of gravel and loose rocks, though you didn't know any of the loose stuff was there.

Anyway, Kent went really hard, Steve from 360 didn't follow him and I road his wheel for a while, I tried to pass him at the end, but couldn't hold a gap, then Steve passed me back and easily won the sprint.


As soon as the race was over I stretched my back got some water and grabbed my bike, then remembered I need my other number so ran all the way back, got my number and lined up. At the start I realized I had way too low of pressure in my back tire. I need to remember to get both bikes ready before the first race. The open field was big, I was in top 8 after 2 laps when I was digging into an off camber section and my tire popped off the rim. I was still able to walk to the pit and finish on my ss for last place.



Benon started day care this week, so I no longer need to ride the 35lb baby bike. Here's my track bike. A friend and I built the frame over 2 years ago. It was our first frame and we did it without a jig. I broke it a few months ago and my friend Marko repaired the ht/dt section with carbon. Its super sweat and stiff now.



High flange hubs and colored deep v's are out, d/a low flange and nmsw aerheads are in. If the bcd of your crankset isn't 144 then you can go play kickball someplace else.