Artic Cat Alley Cat

For all you fixed gear freaks and hipsters out there, this Saturday their is going to be an Alley Cat race here in Salt Lake. http://saltcycle.com
Of course I do not admit or deny that I have ever participated in an Alley Cat, broken any law or ever drank a cold PBR in public.

In other news, Fatty has a great article on the necessities of becoming a cyclist.
http://www.fatcyclist.com/
Be careful cause this article may cause you to shoot coffee out your nose and onto your computer screen.

No breaking news here but Page has been selected to the Worlds Team. No word yet if he is going to race or not. The U.S. ladies are really ramping things up and look to lay waste to the rest of the field.

This year seems to be the year of the comeback. Armstrong, Basso and Landis. Next months Tour of California should be a real go getter for sure. There will be plenty of old dopers, admitted dopers, accused but not admitting dopers and I am sure those who have thought about doping. No matter what it's going to be a big race with a lot of big names there. It has been announced that Versus will be having a nightly recap of the days race which is huge for the U.S. crowd.

In case you missed the news, the air here in the last couple of weeks has compeletely sucked. I quite riding to work because my throat hurt and I had a headache.



This picture is just the start and it got a lot worse.

Worlds Team Selection

One would assume at this point that Jonathan Page is still under "investigation" for missing a pee test. Velonews announced this morning what the final Men's roster will be for Worlds. It's a good that they are dragging this out as long as they can. Call me crazy but maybe they could have named the men's team in December like the other teams so that racers could properly prepare?

The U.S. team for the 2009 UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships
Hoogerheide, Netherlands
January 31-February 1

Elite men
Ryan Trebon
Jeremy Powers
Brian Matter
Matt Shriver

Elite women
Katie Compton
Georgia Gould
Rachel Lloyd
Laura Van Gilder
Sue Butler

U23 men
Nick Weighall
Nicholas Keough
Daniel Summerhill
Bjorn Selander
Will Dugan

Junior men
Luke Keough
Zach McDonald
Gavin Mannion
Eric Emsky
Chris Wallace

I will consult the magic 8 ball one more time to come up with predictions.

Season Ender or Starter?

After spending the holidays in Colorado we got back in town just in time for a nice rain storm. Of course that turned to snow, making Wheeler Farm prime for one last cross race. The air was crisp, the course snow packed with concrete like braking bumps and everyone ready to have some fun. Of course everyone was there to have fun but there was still some racing to do. Things went well, I felt fast and I left with only one softball size bruise on my thigh. Hardpack snow and ice are not too forgiving for some reason.

The Nascar themed party was great and we supplied free beer. If this party would have been in Colorado the beer would have been gone in a matter of minutes. But being in the conservative place we live in, the beer lasted all night.

It's a shame cross season is over but it was great while it lasted. I will have to whip up some sort of season ending wrap up.

I stole this picture from somebody online but it is at a Utah Cyclocross race. We sat and watched the Mens' B group go over this log and it almost made you cry to see all those beautiful wheels get beat down. You can tell who is a mountain biker and who isn't pretty quickly. Remember if you are going down, do it in style.