VORS Update

Great job out at Poor Farm! We gained the second most points at the race and that put us into second place in the series.

Tree vs. Bike....

So I realized at the Poor Farm race Sunday that when you hit a tree head on.. The tree will ALWAYS win.... Go figure....
So I was trying to make up some time through the flats. Just past the gravel fire road there was a slight.. and I stress slight right hand bend, a tree on the right, and a really big tree on the left. I clipped the first tree then hit the second, bigger tree head on. Tacoing my front wheel, flipping end over end, hitting the ground hard and then flipping side over side. Finally stopping against the ground and another tree.
I was lucky enough that the rider behind me in my class stopped. Tried to help me up, and when realizing that I couldnt really stand went to get help. However it took him about another 3 miles before he found anyone. By that time I was able to get to my feet and walk me and my bike outa the woods.
Walking through the woods and back to the parking lot/start finish line, my bike and front tire seemed to be a big hit, people asking me to stop so they could take pics and just take a look. When I arrived back at the parking lot I ended up seeing Joe and Greg. They quickly, without hesitation offered me their bikes and front wheel just to get me back out on the trail to finish my race. Unfortunatly between the time it took me to get back to my feet, and get to the parking lot there wasnt enough time for me to finish the race before they had to start theirs...
So to Joe and Greg, thank you. That is just another reason why I enjoy being a part of the Design Physics Race Team.

Recruited - Awesome Start

Mason did her first road race this past weekend up in Chantilly at the Syn-Fit Criterium. She hung around the back of the pack and just took it all in... Mason style. She did manage to stay upright the entire race, rolled at 14 mph (her fastest average to date) and she clocked in at 21mph somewhere along the course. This was also somewhere around the 5th time she has been on clipless pedals and her confidence is growing each ride. All in all, it was a great day for her. She said it was not as hard as she thought and her legs did not hurt at any point in the race, she was just out of breath. Of course, it did not help that I was out of town all week and she was not on her bike once while I was gone. Here are a few pics from the race.



Ahhh... little does she know what she is getting into.





Just hang at the back of the pack... you can do it!



Really, I am smiling on the inside, this is easy, no pain!



The aftermath... Thanks to our good friends Bill Gros and Jen Rasmussen for all their help throughout the day and for getting Mason going while I stood in the registration line.

The quote of the day from Mason "each time I went to pass the girl in front of me, she would just speed up" NICE!

Then to top it all off, she got recruited after the race since she was not wearing a team kit during the race!

...Jason

Surprise, Surprise

I had a good week out in California and when I walked in my back door upon getting home, this is what met me...






This is what it turned out to be...





and, of course, Joni had a lot of fun playing in them...





Remember to thank Jim Wannamaker when you see him at the Kenda Cup race - the Hoo Ha. Just give me a shout when you want to pick up your tires. I have them downtown.

...Jason

VORS - Moving Up

After Camp Hilbert #1 last weekend, we have now moved up into 4th place as a team in the VORS series. Next to The Bike Facotry, we earned more points than any other team!

...Jason

Props

On another note, I have to give some props to a couple of riders at Hilbert that I do not even know.

The first is for the 8 year old grom from JRVS who was rockin it with the juniors. All of the sudden the junior racers come up the road and there is this micro racer blasting along right smack in the mix. I had to do a double take. As I watched him throughout the day, I think there was only 30 minutes of the entire day that he was off his bike. Awesome! You guys have a superb junior program.

Then there is another junior rider from The Bike Factory who has rocked a super solid start to his season. Mind you, this kid is 15 years old and he is putting it to the sport men. I have read the complaints about him being listed as an expert on his team site and then racing sport, but come on he is racing the men, not the juniors. So congratulations to him, too. Thanks to Sean T. for all his effort with The Bike Facotry Team, you guys are killing it!

...Jason

Team Thoughts

I have to say that while I enjoyed hanging out for the day at the Camp Hilbert Race #1, I could not help but think where I might have been had I actaully ridden my bike over the winter and into the spring. I felt great last year and expected to be even faster this year. Through a myriad of reasons, that has just not happened. I did get to hang out with Mason all day, which was rewarding in its own right. I am enjoying taking on the Team Manager role. I just put the deposit down on the new team kit order and it is the culmination of probably around 60 hours worth of work between Roger Sattler and myself. It is great to see anything you create come to fruition and this endeavor was no different. There were a lot of ideas bounced around to come up with our current design, a true collaboration of efforts. I will be smiling ear to ear as I have the pleasure of passing them out to everyone.

It is also great to see the team show up in numbers for the race and it will be even sweeter when we all match... I am looking forward to a great year, it should be a lot of fun.

...Jason

Camp Hilbert #1

Here are a few pictures I took while at Camp Hilbert #1 today.


First lap and Kevin is just starting to rock it!

Thumbs up for Steve on the first of 7 laps.

Sonya taking aim on the start/finish line.

Greg looking like Greg - just damn fast!

Brandon chasing down Joe & Greg.




Todd rockin a solid 6th place.

SHOUT OUT...

I just wanted to take a moment and let everyone on the team know that we are excited to have all the new members and that we are looking forward to having a great year with a lot of sweet rides together... and I don't just mean on the BUS!

...Jason