What was beautiful singletrack on Saturday became a mudfest on Sunday as heavy rains pounded Stewart State Forest and continued through the first lap. In the open class Mark Elsasser came in 14th and Chris Wurster taking up the rear opting for the fun aspect of the event as you can see from this shot.

Well the "Queen of America's Classics" is in the books as my first ever road race. Rode at a maximum of 85% effort to use this as a test run to see how my hip would hold up under a good amount of climbing and racing. Was smart enough to get in the front end of the pack and avoid the crash a 1/2 mile in, but learned the hard way that you pay a big price for slipping off the back of the 15 man group on the climb. Rest of the ride was either solo or in 2-3 man groups which hurt with a 15 mph headwind. Finished 14th, had a great time, but even better I came away almost pain free which bodes well for the Wilderness 101.

After the last Nor'easter that dumped a few feet on the house (yes I have a flat roof and had to shovel it off) it was time to get some productive outdoor riding. So a couple of friends and I loaded our backpacks and headed out to Sedona for a lot of riding, throwing in a few 45+ mile days of nothing but single track and one epic day of 70+ miles that was 95% single track. Rode so hard I split my shorts! Each day was topped off with numerous rounds of El Charros, the best margarita in town.

C-Dubs

Got out today despite the rain. I gotta go when the schedule allows. A nice four hour road ride around south central PA with a few stops to check on my mates. Only one spot where the pedals dipped below water, and they said the road was closed, HA! Miserable days make the post ride beers taste much better for sure.

Thanks to everyone who threw down for me and the team. It's such an important part of us surviving through our season.

And here you are...

Frame and Fork!: Susan Amick
Stan's Wheelset: Lamphier
Time Pedals: Brandon Laurman
WTB Tires: Ken Gilbert
WTB Saddle: David Lowe
Tifosi Glasses: Larry Camp
Ergon Grips: Ron Sacks


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We went, we drank, we rode, we raced. IT WAS GOOOOOOOD!

Once again a trio of IF riders stepped up to the starting line for the 11th edition of the SM100 with Mike Ramponi and Buck Keich in the Singlespeed and Chris Wurster in Masters. This year's race was a waiting list event with close to 600 riders taking the line on Sunday morning.
Race day dawned cool and cloudy with temps in the mid 50s and expected to top out in the upper 70s. With the lack of rain over the past week the course was dry, fast but real dusty, everything was in place for some fast times to go down. Due to the dusty conditions the pack was paced out of the Stokesville campground by the motocross bikes and finally cut loose right after the iron bridge. By the time it was all over and the beer was flowing IF had personal bests across the board and riders on the box in Singlespeed and Masters with these results -

Ramponi bringing it home in 8:30 for 4th in Singlespeed

Buck in at 9:22 taking 18th in Singlespeed

Wurster done at 9:54 taking 5th in Masters