A long time ago a seasoned bike racer told Landall, “If you bring a fat guy to the line and he beats you, it’s your fault.” After Bike Jam, we should probably add a something like this to our memorable quotes, “If you let a group go up the road and you don’t bring it [...]
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A Couple Made Up Quotes and Some Math | BikeJam / Kelly Cup
Posted: May 21, 2012 in 2012 Road Season1
Poolesville Road Race – An Interesting, Though Less Effective Strategy
Posted: May 14, 2012 in 2012 Road SeasonSince people like to refer to Poolesville as the Paris-Roubaix of the mid-atlantic we were all pretty bummed when our Zipp 303s and custom FMB 27s didn’t quite show up on time. But, ever the resilient bunch we decided to race anyway, on a variety of tires and wheel combos that most of us also [...]
Podiums, Podiums and more Podiums (as long as they go 5 deep).
Posted: May 7, 2012 in 2012 Road SeasonThis past weekend saw the road team flying the proverbial flag all over the region on Saturday then coming back together on Sunday for the Bunny Hop Crit in Suitland, MD. Jay broke his road team contract and went raced on his mountain bike on Saturday in the 9 hours of Cranky Monkey. As a [...]
Charlottesville Omnium (Mineral Crit and Wintergreen Ascent)
Posted: April 30, 2012 in 2012 Road SeasonThis weekend was book ended by two great things, first, Belov has successfully completed his Cat 5 journey. The second, Landall went WAY under his personal goal of 40 minutes on Wintergreen. Neither of those races are necessarily interesting to write or read about. This year they combined the Wintergreen Ascent with a crit and [...]
As far as the Cat 4 racing this past weekend goes, it’s not worth talking about. Each of our mother’s all told us that if we didn’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. So, on behalf of Thom, Mike, Gordan and Jay who raced All American on Saturday, we’ll leave it [...]
At the beginning of the year when we decided to put this team together, we had a few goals, but the biggest, was to actually race as a team. This means that every race we go to is a race for one guy and our collective effort is to help that guy try and win. [...]
Ask anyone and they’ll tell you that the Bunny Bash is basically the most important stationary bike race of the year in Alexandria, VA. The winner of this illustrious event wins not only cash and prizes (there’s no cash), but the chance to walk a bit taller (maybe impossible for this year’s winner) for roughly [...]
The Jefferson Cup Road Race is MABRA classic if ever there was one. I’m not exactly sure what that is supposed to mean, but it seemed like a really nice opening sentence to a race weekend that didn’t exactly go as planned. Belov raced the 5 early in the morning. He did all the right [...]
It’s always good to get the first real race out of the way. It’s even better when the entire team goes top 15! Thom, Jay, Mike and Landall lined up for the 4/5 in less than ideal conditions for the season opener. Early season races are always a bit jittery but add in the wet [...]
At this point, we have subjective data that suggests Thom Bailey is definitively the 3rd winningest (maybe a new word) British cyclist in the world, thus far, in the 2012 road race season. Of course there’s Cavendish who has a couple meager wins here and there, and that Tiernan-Locke guy who has come from no [...]
