the first Sad movie you ever Watched.

“The Red Balloon” is a film of forlorn hope and past occurrences gone wrong.
Remember taking trips with friends or family? The ideal time, the perfect situation; they have an amazing ability to overshadow trials and efforts of the past where we wished to be somewhere else.
Taking an airlift to the east-indies where venture capitalists have established a full blown water park with ivy league school issue track surface grounds and walkways: paradise and disaster.
A cross race in august, paradise and disaster.
A sexy calendar of exotic visions in the booth of the air traffic controllers on a nuclear powered aircraft carrier.
Up for debate.
The point is, its happening. Ciclocross.
The reincarnation, the renaissance, the revival.
State militia in the form of a reemergence of motivated racers, enthusiasts, comrades in zeal.
What kicked off this years Cross campaign? Yesterday, around 1230pm, a B–2 Stealth bomber flew over boston. Those Assemblies cost this nation Billions, each. Why the spectacle? If it were passing through, it would be well above commercial flight altitude: out of view.
But what a site…Strange militaria alien borne.
If you didn’t see it, you heard the disturbance.

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/b2/

Cyclocross Is raging onward. Now. Already. Tell your lover that they will be sitting on the aft burners next to the Swedish meatball sausepac brewing in 2 fingers of rolling boil.

World Champ represents at SinkorSwim Race

The 2007 Messenger World Champion Peter Bradshaw came out for Shep's Sink or Swim Messenger Triathalon, placing top whatever depending on how many beers you had.

JDunn sets NEV Mile Record: 2:06:10

Jeremy Dunn prepares for the Mile Record Attempt with the help of Cambridge Bicycle teammates Roger Abrams and Erik Peterson.

(Londonderry, NH) Anticipation was high as Cambridge Bicycle rider Jeremy Dunn was the last competitor to make the attempt on the Mile Record at the New England Velodrome on Wednesday night. The previous night's record of 2:09:20 had already been shattered by several riders. The conditions were favorable as the heat was down and there was only a mild wind on the back straightaway. An opening lap of 28 seconds bode well for Dunn, but when lap two came in at 23.55 seconds we knew he had a chance. With teammates and crowd cheering him on, he finished the 5 lap effort of the 318m track in 2:06:10: The Mile Record was his!

BRC's Dan Butler (sporting his new Graeme Obree rear wheel) and Quad Cycles Christian Eager were both within a second of Dunn's time, with NorEast Cycling strongman Steven Gauthier just outside the top 3. Gauthier made up for it by winning both the 12 Lap Scratch Race and the Miss and Out later in the program.

Incidentally, Jeremy Dunn also held the mile record on a different kind of track: Collegiate Track and Field. Cambridge riders also did well in the B and C categories. Check back as we are waiting for all the times from both nights to be posted. (CROTH REPORT OUT)

who's gonna mess with this guy?

NNNNNNNNNNNIXIE

IMG_1367.JPG, originally uploaded by cbtrackteam.

I have to say, if one person has made some leaps and bounds in the last couple of weeks it has to be this man. Maybe it was the new position on the bike? Maybe it was the rigorus training? Maybe it was even the new bearings in the rear hub? Maybe it's just a hunger deep down inside.

No one can say for sure.

What I am also curious about is why this guy is telling him to turn right, when the track so obviously goes left?

In any case, keep an eye on this man Mr. Nix, he's one to watch.

Team CB needs your help...

Keeping a team like CB together and well-organized means we all need to pitch in a little in some regards. Kip and Thane have really gotten the ball rolling with our beautiful-yet-hard-to-keep-clean-kits. It's up to us to keep up the momentum by developing sponsorship opportunities, organizing practices, and the like.

I'm really proud to say I'm on the cambridge bicycle track team (which incidentally now gets you a discount at the other side) and I want to see you guys doing what you can for the team. Does anyone want to get together later this week to talk about ideas while enjoying a brew?

One resource we have is that USAC puts on some free classes each year to teach riders like us how to officiate all types of cycling races (track, road, mtb, and cross). This fall I'd like to get an officials license, so that whenever the team is ready to host a large-scale race (hopefully next season) we are prepared. USAC also hosts some classes for coaching certification, and mechanics. Let me know if you're interested, and I'll make sure you are involved.

cleaning tips?

anyone have much luck cleaning the new bibs?