Lovely day for a CX race!!!

Finally! Got some rain and mud for a CX race.. That's the reason I even wanted to do this shit in the first place.... Although, when we went (cat 4) it really was not all that bad yet.. Well, for everyone but Hoppe who apparently lost his bike handling skills...
Here is BoB B. Rooting us on! Pretty cool, I love it you little freak... Bob Fitz came out to cheer us on also. They were all a bit disappointed when they found out you can't buy booze in KS on Sundays!
Here is a pic of Hoppy.... He rolled up to the start right next to me. We started the Cat 4 on the cobbles which were very slick.. About the time I thought to myself "someone is going to bite it on these things".. I see Hoppe get a mouth and shoulder full of wet cobblestone. As he was sliding across the ground he about took me with him... Luckily I stayed rubber side down (Hoppy, its called skllz beeoch)....

Jim passed me twice on the first lap (yes he was counting), seen here climbing the hill the rest of us had to run. Not in a granny gear as he tells us, but I have my suspicions...

JP, went after us, right when the course started to get nasty.. A lap later we see him hobbling up the hill like an old man.. (No offense Jim) He tweaked his hamstring, hope you get to feeling better before Boss Cross buddy.. I know those can be nagging...

Spencer getting dirty!

Now Nate, we all love the fact you came out, but you got to try and ride that shit buddy!!

Jimbo again..

Nate, you have to do better than this attempt. I guess, do as I say, not as I do... Made it up it the last two laps however...

Spencer getting muddy, his second race was when the course started getting really nasty... I think Bob B got a good pic of him after the race, just covered..

There should be more pics posted later... All and all, two of us JP and Hoppe hurt themselves, I had a good race, best placing yet... Top 10 is coming up next...

Derek B came with us, but could not find a pic of him... Looks like everyone had fun...

Not sure when the next races are... What I have found there are some on 12/5, 1/3/10 & 1/10/10...

If anyone knows of any more, please post for us.. These damn things are a blast! Jim even said to me he likes these better than XC races: Thats a bold statement buddy!

CX, Levenworth, Nov 15th

Should be an interesting one..... My mangyna is already hurting....

CX, Levenworth...

JP, cruisin...
JP over the obstacles....

Randy pre race junk holdin...

Pre-Race, Hollywood on the left... Hoppe taken 4th in the Cat 4 race.. Great job! Even your are the only douche-bag with your hands up...

Hippy tearin it up...

Me and JSpell at the start... Still bunched up quite a bit..

Me getting ready to go up the 2nd hard climb on the lap...

This is me going down 1 second later... SOB!!! Best start I had yet... Went down and had to run up the entire hill... Which sucked so much ass!!

Randy, same corner except with rubber side down...

Me sucking wind...

Me, same corner I went down... Little slower this time around..Me climbing the first hill...

Jim and I going over the fist obstacle on the first lap... JSpell, this pic looks a lot more graceful than Smithville!!!!!

Jim tearing it up...

Jim, with the hippy in the background... Somewhere Randy passed him and held on to it until the last 1/4 mile when Jimbo passed him back...

Jim...

Jim, lookin a little tuckerd out...

Not many pics of you hoppe.. Must have been going too fast... Personally, I think its the transition lenses in your glasses... got fitted for a pair this morning...

Randy looking nimble as a cat!

Cameron Chambers kicken ass and taking numbers..

CC again...

They took an ass load of pics, kinda cool... did not see many of JP, but Cameron had a bunch on there...

It was a fun but hard course. Everyone seems to be improving... Randy and Jim were riding my ass the hole time like I had a cheeseburger tied to it... Bout caught me the last lap...

Shipman in da house

After finishing doing some laps with my two boys, we met John & Jeff Shipman. They are fairly new in town and going to school at MWSU. They are young and already accomplished cyclists. They expressed interest in mtb with others and also helping out with trail maint/building. Below is their contact info... so make them feel at home boys.

PS... hope you guys had fun at the CX race today.

Hopefully I don't feel like this on Sunday!

Who's all going to Levenworth on Sun?! I know Hoppe is and I think Randy also...

Platte City CX Pics

Here's some pics from Boss Cross 3 in Platte City
Course was fun but difficult by CX standards with a pretty fair amount of climbing, soft ground and few muddy spots to navigate.
The cat 4 35 plus race was early so I did that one while Randy, Nate, David and Brad did the regular cat 4 so I was able to get these pics. Nate had some early race chain problems and DNF'd so unfortunately I did'nt get any pics of him



Cameron Chambers showing the open class how to ride a single speed

Cameron and JP checking out the Joetown recruits during the Cat 4 race

Brad and David battling it out on the climb

Randy navigating the off camber stuff

Brad dismounting for the barriers

David doin his thing thru the barriers

Randy steppin it up

Brad transitioning back to the pavement

Ditto for David

....and Randy

Brad powering through the climb... same for David and Randy in the next ones

Brad approaching the off camber section

The dynamic dual just out for a typical Saturday ride!

Randy tracking down Brad, David in the background

Randy through the barriers

Brad through the same section

.....and David

Brad with Randy in the background

David leading the out the Joetown boys early

Randy shouldering his bike, actually passed the dude in front

of him on foot... Pretty impressive from my perspective

Start of the Cat 4 Race

Great racing guys, hopefully we can get a good group out for the races next weekend!

some pic's I found from Sundays CX

Hoppe kicken all our asses..

Spencer climbing out front the sand..

Brad and I doing the same, or getting ready to that is....Jim looking as nimble as a gazelle.. I think this is the one where he ran his front tire onto the obstacle.. Too old to lift your bike Jimbo?

Me, cruzin... Should wear pants next time, my chicken legs were not intimidating anyone, that's for sure..

Jspell gettin up the hill!

Me, dismount, its a good thing there wasn't any pictures of getting back on the bike.. I SUCK at that.. Turned my saddle into an anal intruder 2000... (That's what Randy tells me there called)

Brad taking an early lead...

That's all I can find... Be pretty cool if we can get more fellas out to these things... Your racing and home before 1/2:00....

CX, Smithville

Hoppe put the hurten on me Sunday... Great Job you SOB!!!!
Still can't quite crack the top half yet, but going to get there if it kills me..
Think everyone had a great time, these things are a blast.. Even JSpell had a smile on his face.

Smithville Cyclocross Festival=Final Results
Cat4 49 Starters
Place Bib Name, Cat, Age, Team, City, State
Jeffrey Lively,4,35,SKC Racing 1 101 Overland Park,KS
2 108 Andy Wiens,4,29,Unattached Manhattan,KS
3 105 Brett Coppage,4,28,SKC Racing Kansas City,MO
4 123 Kyle Skinner,4,31,Unattached Peculiar,MO
5 134 Jack Funk,4,15,Team Power Train Topeka,KS
6 147 J P Brocket,3,36,SKC Racing Raytown,MO
7 131 Cameron Rex,4,15,SKC Racing Shawnee,KS
8 116 Gabe Hoelscher,4,34,Unattached Roeland Park,ks
9 133 Carl Fischer,4,50,Sante Fe Trails Bicycle Racing Leavenworth
10 140 Adam Keck,4,29,Team Colavita/Parisi Coffee Leawood,KS
11 150 Ernest Rigdon,4,36, Columbia,MO
12 110 Nathan Cuka,4,35,Team Colavita/Parisi Coffee Kansas City,KS
13 100 Chris Hudson,4,39,Renaissance Cycling Kansas City,MO
14 132 Steve Vockrodt,4,27,Team Colavita/Parisi Coffee Kansas City,
15 109 Craig Hoppe,4,45,Shores Sports St. Joseph,MO
16 104 Jeremy Smith,4,39,Renaissance Cycling Bonner Springs,KS
17 107 Tyler Schumacher,4,31,KCOI Boulevard Kansas City,mo
18 103 Matt O'Neil,4,27,SKC Racing Overland Park,KS
19 142 Rick Lueckert,4,46, Smithville,MO
20 119 Mark Kern,4,39,KCOI Blvd Shawnee,KS
21 149 Prayuth Sirasudhi,4,41,SKC Racing Olathe,KS
22 113 Trent Raines,4,22,Unattached Columbia,MO
23 148 Jaime Galvan,4,39,SKC Racing Olathe,KS
24 102 Jeffrey Haug,4,42,Unattached Leawood,KS
25 106 Steve Kirsch,4,40, Leawood,KS
26 128 Jason Douglas,4,32,Shores Sports St Joseph,mo
27 122 Greg Booth,4,42,GP VeloTek Blue Springs,MO
28 126 Zeke Shepherd,4,35,Evil Kansas City,MO
29 111 Rodney Bade,4,29,Unattached Maryville,MO
30 125 Joshua Keithly,4,33,BKB Kansas City,MO
31 139 Casey Buta,4,23, Overland Park,ks
32 143 Andrew Schoen,4,35,Epic Cycling Team Platte City,MO
33 141 Eric Lamb,4,24,Unattached Olathe,KS
34 146 Damon Guinn,4,36,Unattached Kansas City,MO
35 135 Tim Claire,4,48,One Hour Racing Midland,tx
36 127 Jim Spellman,4,51, St Joseph,mo
37 115 Andrew Peak,4,22,Unattached Kansas City,MO
38 114 Spencer Klaassen,4,45,Unattached St Joseph,MO
39 118 Chad Vulgamott,4,30,KCOI Boulevard Gladstone,MO
40 136 Brian Chasm,4,26,Team Colavita/Parisi Coffee Kansas City,MO
41 112 Michael Pecina,4,32, Leavenworth,KS
42 145 Sean Anton,4,30,Midwest Cycling Kansas City,KS
43 415 Joe Fox,4,0,Unattached Shawnee,KS
44 117 John Lanning,4,44,Unattached Kansas City,MO
45 129 Brad Riley,4,36,Shores Sports St Joseph,MO
46 137 Steve Culver,4,35,Unattached Kansas City,MO
47 144 Scott Wrenick,4,33, Merriam,ks
48 138 Doug Bolton,4,33,Bicycle Shack Racing Grand View,Mo
49 124 Richard Bowman,4,63,Localcycling.com Kansas City,MO