51% MF’er, 49% S.O.B

Where does the time go? Is the road season really on its last legs? We guess so. 5 or 6 weeks of pavement type action before we start mainlining cheap beer and falling over in the mud.

But for now, it’s still silly pants and restricted diets, and that means road racing! The team recently sent a large cadre down to the High Desert Omnium and came away with a “stage” win in the men’s 3 crit – way to go Travis Bickle! We also got a 2nd place with Deann Krill in the crit as well. At the end of the whole thing, we had a lot of overall top tens and we had a lot of riders with points. And we had Dave, who after 21 days off the bike with a knee injury, absolutely kicked everyone’s ass in the Lanterne Rouge competition. DFL (along with flats, broken spokes, etc)

There was the birth of a superhero, Alderwood, the death of lots of bottles of wine and Deschutes beer, some tasty beef nuggets, and a few very nice rental houses. And we cannot forget Kira has a rad new haircut!

At the end of the day we had Travis Bickle best placed with a 4th overall in the 3’s. The boy’s on a bit of form, no doubt. We had a few top tens, and a couple of DFL’s as well, but as usual no DNF’s!. We certainly wouldn’t want to have an imbalance in our squad now, would we? Friend Of Ironclad Sallyanne took a wee tumble in the TT and thankfully is ok, and she got some really rad hot pink bandaging to boot. Heal up quick, kiddo.

So now we turn our attention to the MMA of cycling – criteriums, and we have a few cards to play in this discipline so we’ll be sharpening the blades in preparation for the month of August.

Mark’s personal message for cancer