KCCX Nats 2008 Day 5

U 23 Race

Newt

Heckletron




Heckletron



The course today

This guy took some of the course home with him

Wes got third in 30 - 34
Sorry, I missed the podium, but here you go.

Fergie raced Masters 40 - 44, I pitted for him.

Shitters full!!!!

Bounce and Pounce (Jeff's inspiration)

KCCX Nats 2008 Day 4b

JeB-Bagger did it again!! 2x National Champion

Gavagan, the man behind the scene. Making sure Jeb's bikes were working flawlessly and waiting in the pits with a clean bike and spare wheels.

Juniors 15-16 Podium
Secret Henry's/Van dessel on the top of the box

Jeb was flanked by the cycling media as we got off the podium.
"What other disciplines are you pursuing?
Jeb- "Huh?"
Tom- "Jeff, she wants to know what other kinds of bikes do you ride"

Heidi Von multi-Tasker. Warming up on the trainer and knitting a hat

Just as I was about to publish this blog Bad Andy came into out hotel room with Smash Crash. The whole room came to a halt and we sat on the floor around Bad Andy as he read us, Smash Crash

KCCX Nats 2008 Day 4a

Jeff Bahnson 15-16 National Champion!!!

KCCX Nats 2008 Day 3

Jeb loves his fresh Reynolds wheels!

The B Mens 10-29 Race

The Start
No moms were injuried during the start of this race

So About 3 or 4 months ago when I was asked by the DCCofD to be mechanic @ KCCX Nats, La La told me that i had to race if I went to Nationals. So Here I am racing.

I got dropped after 1 1/4 laps.....So I had the entire course to myself...Until I got lapped on lap 3 and pulled myself out. Over all the race was fun and I had a blast!

Meatball rode to the Top Ten!!!

Lets set all the internet rumors straight!
Jeb DNFed b/c he was doing openers. I DNFed out of pure laziness and I had to go work on Jeb's bike. Tom DNSed b/c he clapped his dome @ a race earlier this season and makes even less sense

Kansas City style bike wash

We had enough time to clean all the race bikes and clean the Crafter plus Drafter on site.

Fergie made it from Jersey

Did you know Red Bull now comes in cola form!?

KCCX Nats 2008 Day 2

Today we headed over to the venue to ride the course....The course was closed so we walked it.

Sweet Barrier....Not. Its held upright by chewing gum and duct tape.

After walking the course we hit up Chipotle

Then we crashed out @ the hotel and facebooked, texted, and checked emails

Tom awaiting a special package checked the status of the package and saw it wasn't going to be delivered today, but was in Kansas City. Then we went to go pick it up.What is this special box you might ask?

Our Heater for our tent.Not only do I work on Bikes and Dog Sleds I also work on portable torpedo heaters

Race day 2maro for myself, Jeb, and Meatball.

KCCX Nats 2008 Day 1

Today we loaded into the Crafter+Drafter around 9:30am and headed off to Kansas City Cyclocross Nationals. In the van: Gavagandeathtrail, Jeb, La La, Tom, Wes, and

18 bikes and 30 plus wheels (most are Jeb's)

We were behind schedule so some of the bikes got thrown into the drafter.

Right now we are in route in traveling through Illinois and should get to Kansas City around 6am Weds...according to the French speaking GPS.

2nd annual Thanksgivings Eve Night Ride

This past week Rob and I helped organized the 2nd Annual Thanksgivings Eve Night Ride. It's an alternative for those that don't want to flock like sheep to bars the night before Thanksgiving and see all the douche bags from high school and make pointless small talk about the past.

We had a smaller than expected turn out. Rob, Eric from the North, Alex also from the North(Eric from the North's brother), and myself.

We rode off into the woods w/ packs full of cardboard, a lighter, sausages, peppers, buns, Rob's mystery meat, and cans of Modelo Especial, Heineken , Yuengling, The only hint Rob gave us about his mystery meat was that it crawled across his kitchen floor.

The mystery meat was shrimp in Itailian dressing. In my opinion shrimp is the best for tinfoil cooking on a camp fire

Hungry!

This was also my first ride on my 29ner. Hmmmmm....its ok. I can't get as extreme on it as I can on my 26. I have no issues turning it, but I just can't rail turns like I can on my 26. It does fit me very well and climbs like my road bike. Its just a different bike.