Have No Fear

Alderwood is here to save the day, bitches.

Travis Bickle Slays All, Krill Sitting Pretty

The team kicked off the High Desert Omnium today with a crit in the morning and a TT in the afternoon.

Much more later, but know that Deann Krill swiped 2nd in the W4 race, and Travis Bickle killed it in the 3’s race for an impressive win! The TT went well for all (god that was hard) and looks like Travis has his 1st place overall still intact.

RR tomorrow. Lots of pics to come.

Anna Clark 2nd at Tabor!

Anna Clark turned in a sterling performance nabbing all primes and ending 2nd on the night at the Mt. Tabor series last night. She basically owned the race from lap one and wriggled out of a possible 2-on-1 scenario to go head to head in the finishing sprint to take a fine 2nd place. MK47 and Beth Chase were in the field, duking it out.

Robbie “The” Carver kept the taking of the primes alive by winning the Ironclad prime of pork rinds and $5. Maybe no one wanted pork rinds? I find that hard to believe, myself. But Robbie took them in fine fashion, even though he’s a vegetarian. Joe was in the mix as well, turning in his finest, mechanical-free Tabor yet.

Travis Bickle rocked his first Tabor as a 3 and landed a fine 7th place finish. Most impressive! New Drew was in amongst it as well!

Also, the spreading of the “Fuck Cancer in The Face” chain stay stickers has begun. Thanks for all the support, people! You can see pics right here.

Back To The Track In Black

Another first Tuesday, another pile of Ironclad in the race last night. Voytilla, Dezellum, Crawfy, Smith, Gerowbot, Haywood, Pressey, Colonel, Leineweber, and Travis Bickle all took to the action and decided to throw a lot of punches. The whole thing took place under the watchful eye of Jose Sandoval of Team Cthulhu, and he’s responsible for all the pictures.

As for the race, everyone knows there’s nothing worse than sitting in doing nothing when you have a team on hand, and even worse, taking lame, slow pulls sucks. So we decide as usual to shake shit up as best we can.

we attack like Chicago voting: early and often

So on it went, taking the majority of the primes and keeping our final bullets ready for the ending sprint. A few short lived breaks with a few guys in them kept things interesting for a bit.

Voytilla on the grid

In the final gallop we slotted Dezellum in 3rd in the large group sprinting for the line. And overall we had 5 guys in the top 15 places after all the prime points were added up. Good stuff.

lots of smiles in the group.

MVP ride to Joe Leineweber for the last lap flyer that stretched everything out for half a lap. And to think he was worried about getting dropped!

While the racing went on below, a bunch of sick, injured, broke, and uninterested teammates sat in the stands to “checkle” – a hybrid of cheering and heckling. It’s a lot of fun.

Thanks again to Jose for all the pics.

Another Great Day To Be Alive

Ironclad took the dirt and the pavement at Ye Oulde Raceway once again and had some great results all around. The women’s trio of Lana, Deann, and Anna took 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Dave D rocked the masters and Brian Barker as well. Dave Monnig and Gerow-san hit the dirt to finish very well in their categories.

Gotta love these summer nights at PIR, the two tone of dirt and pavement, seeing really bad kits, enjoying frosty beverages, it all goes so well together.

And thanks to Dave Roth for procuring the “Save the Ta Tas” socks for our women’s team. More solidarity!

All Top 5 Hits!

Only 3 of us could actually stand after the 4th of July, so Deann Krill, Ryan Smith, and Crawfy made their way down south the Eugene to contest the Firecracker Criterium, and they scored, 3rd, 4th, and 3rd respectively to bring home some BAR points. The holiday weekend certainly affected the fields as they were fairly light, but the Greenhill Tech Park is a great place to have a crit.

Pics and more coming soon.

Travis Bickle.

“You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin’ to? You talkin’ to me? Well I’m the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you’re talking to?“

Fuck Cancer In The Face

(this post has lots of swearing in it, be warned)

Yep, you read that right. Fuck cancer. In the face. Why should we be nice to it, or show it any candor whatsoever? Nay, we say, nay. Fuck you, cancer. You wish to fuck with us, then the reaction will be ten fold. You started this crap, and Kira is going to finish it. You’ve clearly picked the wrong adversary this year, pal.

Turns out our dear women’s team Captain Kira Crawford will indeed be undergoing chemotherapy starting in mid-July. As her cancer is both aggressive and on the high end of probability of reoccurence, doctors and patient concur it’s time to carpet bomb the little fucker to make sure it’s gone for good.

So, sickness is on the way. Pain, lethargy, lots of reading, and all the attendant crap cancer brings is at the fore for our squad. A little time off the bike, and a long, arduous battle or trench warfare looms. Hand to hand type shit. But we’re all in it together and we’ll all be with her every step of the way and we encourage you to join us.

We have limited edition “Fuck Cancer In The Face” chainstay stickers for you if you like. We’re asking $1 a piece to help defray some of the considerable cost of treatment. See an Ironclad rider at any race and say “I want to fuck cancer in the face” and we’ll hook you up. And to defer any further questioning, the cancer and the fight ahead are the reason you see us with pink bar tape or arm bands or tape. Solidarity. I would assume some shaved heads are soon to follow…and boy howdy, we’re ugly enough as it is, we don’t need to accent that with our misshapen noggins.

read the top tube

So we’re cleaning our rifles and checking our equipment before we join in battle against this wicked foe. I assure you we’ll be victorious, but the road ahead is not an easy one. There will be some tough days ahead, and we’ll face them all together. As one.