Ironclad Performance Wear Cycling Team

Ironclad Product Kicks Ass. Period.

So, Ironclad Performance Wear makes kick ass stuff, mostly for the trades. Well, I consider cycling a trade. Maybe a passion, but all of us who ply this frontier, know that quality product matters. We at Ironclad take great pride in the R+D aspect of creating what we feel are the best gloves and base layers out there. But, don’t take it from biased lil’ ol’ me, here’s a testimonial from an established Portland racer:

Dave,

I thought that I would let you know about some recent product testing that I performed.

I was on my bike, crossing the Broadway bridge going west one evening when I caught my front wheel in a gap in the pavement. I was probably going about 20 mph (it’s downhill after all) and I ended up on the ground. Unlike what usually happens when I crash, my hands appeared to take the brunt of the impact (as opposed to my hips and elbows). I had cuts on the fingers of both hands yet my Ironclad Mach 5 Impact gloves were unscathed – even the stitching around the fingers - as were my palms. In fact I think the worst cuts were from my wedding ring digging into my skin.

So, despite the gentle ribbing I get from my race team, I will definitely continue to ride and race with Ironclad gloves. Hopefully I won’t have to test out the durability of your base layers.

-Sasha

Is that not enough for you? Ok, well, how about this then. There’s this other established bike racer from Portland, you might know his name, Doug Ollerenshaw. Yeah, you know, the pro one. Doug does big races and he needs top quality product. If you saw him at the Prologue of the Mt. Hood classic, you saw him in Ironclad Gripworx gloves. If you saw him during his absolutely kick ass ride up Brasstown Bald in the Tour of Georgia, you saw him wearing our 1st Layer. Don’t believe me? Look:

Yup.

Ironclad Performance Wear wants to be your glove and base layer of choice. And, we’re involved in the cycling scene in Portland. We obviously have our team. We sponsor PSU’s cycling team, as well as the upstart pro women’s team Veloforma. We are sponsoring the Courthouse Crit along with the fine folks of North River Racing. We’ll be sponsoring Short Track at PIR. We are sponsoring Sal and his fine effort VeloTv, soon to air on Comcast Fox Sports. So, you see, we’re in it to win it.

Now at this point, you’re all a quiver and want to know where you can get your own Ironclad product. Well, fret not, my little chickadees, because local all-things-bike distributor Bike Tires Direct is carrying the core line of cycling specific products from Ironclad. CLICK HERE CLICK HERE CLICK HERE CLICK HERE.

Support BikeTiresDirect, a company that is local. Support Ironclad, a company that is putting out time and money to be a part of the scene and make it better. And above all, support yourself and your cycling with top quality products from Ironclad Performance Wear.

If you’ve read this and own a bike shop and want to carry our stuff, click the little envelope at the top right of this page. Good product, great margins.

. 15 May 08 | Uncategorized | Read on | Comments (0)

Tuesday PIR

Flyin’ Voytilla snagged 3rd in the 4/5 as a warm up and then took to the 3/4 race to help out ol’ Yode (freaking out the over serious in street clothes) and Crawfy.

Bryan’s finish:

Crawfy managed 8th. Our team of three did well against big numbers again. Soon we’ll have a few more bodies throwing their 15 rocks on the pile.

Also soon, there should be the “PIR shift” where some of the larger pods should start pushing consistent finishers up to the 1/2/3, and a fresh batch of 4/5’s will move up to the 3/4. At least one can hope, but you know, PIR is notorious for the Tuesday Night World Championship mindsets. All it’ll take is a few Jedi mind tricks. People and their comfort zones, you know.

The rest of the crew partook in the Prologue! Pictures at the Flickr page.

. 14 May 08 | Uncategorized | Read on | Comments (0)

Pro Bike Racing In Portland!

Hot damn!

Kick ass!

Damn the laments!

There’s pro racing in Portland, which is cause to skip out an hour early and enjoy some action. And to pose like idiots.

Doug O. looked pretty f’ing fly in Ironclad Gripworx gloves tonight.

Said:

Gruppo de’ Idiot Metal Band

Rear cover, 1st Album

Pork rinds, Magic Gardens, and killing time in between women’s and men’s races. Um, yeah. Rinds. Hot N’ Spicy!

. 13 May 08 | Uncategorized | Read on | Comments (0)

PIR Excellence

Monday was a great night for the womenfolk, no doubt. VERY COOL to see so many ladies out for the clinic and the novice race, let’s keep this up!

For our team, it was like this:

1. New racer Kira Crawford took 4th out of the largest novice women’s field yet. Pretty cool, and good finish Kira! I smell a win in that race coming awful quick for the new Ironclady!

2. Ryan took on the M4/5 race, fighting alone in a clearly befuddled and somewhat dangerous group. Lackluster racing compared to how this field had done in the past. A few wrecks, too. Anyhow, Ryan was solo, and decided on safety rather than trying to instruct how to chase down an easily catchable two man break.

3. Jen and Steph rocked it in the women’s open race, and Steph fought for a fine 6th place, with Jen somewhere in the field scrum behind. Nice work, ladies!

Excellent racing for the Ironclad team, in uncharacteristically small numbers. The squad will be split tonight between those enjoying the Mt. Hood classic, those racing PIR, and those doing both. Who knows what to expect tonight…..

. 13 May 08 | Uncategorized | Read on | Comments (0)

Orgasmic Bike Moment Caught On Film!

Here, caught on film, is the feeling that Carrie felt when she fell in love with her birthday present: a single speed clunker bike, saved from the scrap heap.

In the image we see the precise moment when, due to bicycle joy, her head exploded into pure sunshine. I do not think anything like this has ever been seen before.

In other news, and not nearly as exciting as one’s cranium exploding into pure energy, we unveiled the new Ironclad kits.

New corporate color, some new sponsors added to the mix, and a hidden message!

. 13 May 08 | Uncategorized | Read on | Comments (0)

Chains, Whips, Chips, and Dip.

And TT’s. And Soupy Sales. Results have surfaced for Eugene, and our TT ace Josh Hunt has delivered a fine second place finish. Of course, these TT things are a bit weird in how they’re scored (not to mention the bikes, clothing, and helmets) as the winner of the 4/5 had a better time than anyone else, in any field, in any category. Like I said, TT’s are weird. But Josh adds some more points to his coffer and is sitting pretty for a podium in the overall.

The new Ironclad uniforms are in. Those of you in attendance at PIR tonight will behold sexyness. Or sexiosity. We haven’t deemed which term is proper. We’re too busy licking ourselves and each other.

And in big-time racing news, we’ve got the Mt. Hood Classic kicking off here in Portland this week, which is kinda cool. And over in Italy….

One of these two Illinoisans was in the Maglia Rosa. Hint: it wasn’t Dave.

. 12 May 08 | Uncategorized | Read on | Comments (0)

Not Like We Need A Reason…..Much Less 3……

………but since it was Steph birthday, Carrie’s birthday, and we got our new uniforms, we threw a party at the Ironclad HQ.

We’re hungover. There’s pictures on the Flickr page. We have to go ride, slowly…

Steph gives a concise description of what the duty of uniform assignment feels like. Thank your team’s uniform folks - it’s a rough job.

Lots of goodness for the 2008 roster! Goodie bags galore!

Look for the new kits starting tomorrow at PIR!

. 11 May 08 | Uncategorized | Read on | Comments (0)

Crawfy Brings Us A Fish

Short on time…..Mark Crawford scores 5th in the 3/4 last night. Ryan and Brody choose to sell hot dogs.

All is quiet on the western front.

And me? I’m going to f*cking Vegas. Rats. So long, fitness!

Ryan (l) and Mark (r)

. 07 May 08 | Uncategorized | Read on | Comments (0)

Ironclad Opens Rather Large Can of Cinco De Mayo Whoop-ass!

The Ironclad Performance Wear cycling team celebrated Cinco De Mayo in some serious style on Monday, going 1-2 in the women’s open race with Jen Foley and Stephanie Chase. Well, unofficially the hot spots put the 3rd or 4th place gal in 1st, but the race to the line was ours, and that’s our story and we’re sticking to it. 4th and 5th in the novice race went to Ginny Pederson and Kira Crawford, and the team snared 7th in the men’s 4/5 with Ryan Smith, who was flying solo in a big field.

For Jen Foley, this brings a long circle to a close. From horrific wreck early in late 06 that took a LONG time to recover from, to getting dropped non stop, to making it to pack fodder, to factoring near the front and now, to finally, her first bike race win - EVER! We congratulate you Jen, you deserve a ton of respect from everyone. Steph was on hand in the race to help out, and took 2nd place for herself, making it a rather, shall we say, impressive performance in the dash to the line. Results unofficial, but kudos to the gal in 1st on paper for snaring the points and finishing well to take tops. PIR is kinda thinky like that sometimes. Was anyone else out there lost on the lap count? Did the women’s open do something like 16 laps or so?

In the novice race, we had Ginny and Kira in their first ever races at PIR, and doing quite nicely for themselves grabbing 4th and 5th in a scramble to the finish. First races at the ol’ raceway. For Ginny, her 5th or so race ever, and for Kira, her flat out first. Virgins no more to the glory that is PIR! Congrats ladies, way to lead the way!

And Ryan “Sarge” Smith took to the ring in the men’s 4/5 and handled a nice 7th place finish, all by his lonesome. Other old men on the team were out with various ailments or simply chose to be festive over combative. Well, leave the combat to the former Army Ranger.

All the while, we had new additions to the Ironclad Kid Farm cheering us on! Thanks Macey and Addison!

There’s a set of PHOTOS from the event HERE. There’s also some shots of the recovering Eva, resplendent in her armpit-to-wrist cast, which is resulting in a Chub Hand. Kinda funky. And the Chub Hand eats brains, too. Be forewarned.

And here’s a taste for you of some other shots from the evening.

Team Building. Or something.

Jen celebrates being first to the line in true Cinco De Mayo style! Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi!

Good action.

I don’t know of that many teams that show up with a cheering section. Here we see Ironclad racers, brood, and FOI just chilling and supporting. We also see Greg just about to wipe a prize booger on the contemplative Mr. Lingwood.

And now, for your viewing pleasurer, whomever that might be:

. 05 May 08 | Uncategorized | Read on | Comments (0)

From On High Comes Help For Womens Cat 4 Racing!

Just CLICK THIS and read and rejoice! You poor 4’s that get lumped in with, thereby take lumps from, the 1/2/3 ladies, your days of needless, endless suffering are abated!

Again, click THIS.

. 05 May 08 | Uncategorized | Read on | Comments (0)