After a week with my head wrapping around an 8 page OBRA newsletter, I was finally able to emerge this weekend to visit Kruger’s Crossing at Sauvie Island. I was reviewing my photos and I came across this one… fortunately, all those involved are ok! (I’ll be back with a long needed update tomorrow)
There’s more photos after the jump (of the women’s race). I wasn’t around for the rest. I haven’t adjusted the photos for the barrel distortion.
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There’s still plenty of cross to be had! Take a quick trip down to Eugene, race and help the needy!
Working on a lot of stuff at the moment. Thought I’d give you a quick update.
First off- quick congrats to Christi Binstadt who just received her Cat 2 upgrade.
News from last week- Tour of Georgia cancelled.
Hillsboro Photos
I’ll be posting more photos later but here’s the podiums for the Women’s A’s, Men’s A’s and Mst. A’s.
Oh and here’s poor Fiona who took a faceplant in the poo mud- still smiling though.
Calling all Iron(clad) Maidens:
Whereas the women of Team Beer were honored to rise to the occasion in answering your ominous call to a Twister match duel, we feel somewhat sympathetic in the wake of our glorious victory, which was witnessed by hundreds of cheering fans at PIR last Sunday (okay, so maybe they were cheering for the Category A men, but we like to believe that they were entranced by the great feats of Twister strength demonstrated by the women of Ironclad and Team Beer). We would like to offer a second chance at fame and glory to you, our most amicable, uh, we mean, formidable - foes by hereby challenging you to a great
SLIP N SLIDE DUEL
The winning team will be determined by overall distance achieved on ye olde Slip-N-Slide mat. Creativity and artistic style will be a plus, but length matters most in this mighty challenge.
Please be warned: the women of Team Beer have initiated a powerful new training program entitled Operation Ladies All a Board for Improvement Activities. Therefore, you might observe new levels of skill and strength during upcoming challenge matches.
If you feel bold enough to emerge from the ashes of your PIR Twister defeat by answering our call to this Slip-N-Slide duel, be there this Sunday with a case of beer (we’ll bring one, too) and your best Slip-N-Slide form. This is an excellent opportunity for you to reclaim your status as Portland’s true Iron Maidens!
Always,
The Women of Team Beer
Yeah, so it’s nasty outside… so… make some coffee, grab a blanket and enjoy!
News
A big get well to Brooke Hoyer who suffered a stroke at Sunday’s race. I’m glad things turned out for the better.
Veloforma has announced their 2009 NRC Schedule.
Looks like Ironclad’s Stephane Chase is on staff with Cyclocross Magazine.
Cyclocross Seminar to be held in conjunction with PDX USGP.
SSCXWC
SSCXWC is still getting a lot of attention with more coverage. Dan Kaufman has finished up his video- sponsored by the awesome Bob’s Red Mill, purveyor of some tasty oatmeal.
Even Bicycling Magazine has gotten into the act.
Here’s the accompanying article.
SSCXWC - 2008, Portland’s Singlespeed World Championships from cyclocross magazine on Vimeo.
More Photos
pdxcross SSCXWC
Photo gallery from CXMagazine
Reports
The Yakima report.
Anonymous report on CXMagazine.
Heidi’s report.
Matt Karre’s report carried on Drunkcyclist.com.
Looks like Swobo from How to Avoid the Bummer Life was shown around by our own Big Dave- and was shown a righteously good time.
Its all been said before. Portland does everything better than everybody else, and after the last 72 hours Ive spent there, I cant really disagree. In fact, the city seems to have evolved into a sort of bicycle, punk rock, pretty girl, good coffee, comfort food, beer based Utopia.
Brian Barker’s report.
Racing
Baja Epic (Marathon)
Elite Men
1 Evan Plews (USA)- St 1
1 Evan Plews (USA)- St 2
1 Evan Plews (USA)- St 3
1 Evan Plews (USA)- St 4
Toronto Int’l #1
Elite Men
3 Nicholas Weighall (Radracing Northwest - Hagens-B)
7 Molly Cameron (Vanilla Bicycles Cyclocross Team)
Toronto Int’l #2
Elite Men
9 Molly Cameron (Vanilla Bicycles Cyclocross Team)
11 Nicholas Weighall (Radracing Northwest / Hagens-B)
Highland Park Cross
Elite Women
6 Patty Buerkle (Vanderkitten)
Beacon Cross
Elite Men
16 Patrick Wilder (Cyclo-Sportif)
Elite Women
7 Patty Buerkle (Vanderkitten)
Blogs
Derwyn Harris gets some great assistance from Team Vanilla!
Heidi gets her pedal wrench taken at the airport.
Sager tackles the gloves vs. no gloves “controversy”.
Matt D’Elia is hobbling along and enjoying beer.
So this was a wacky fun filled weekend. I’ll post the number of participants as soon as I get them.
I think the photo below epitomizes the weekend.
as does this…
Photo from Sue’s blog- check out the full tattoo story!
News
A big get well to Vern who broke his fibula when someone fell on him! Heal up quick!
Rubicon’s Land Rover sponsorship makes the International Business Times.
Photos Updated!
Heidi’s SSCXWC preview
pdxcross photos
Chris B
Dave Roth SSCXWC, Regular race
Jose Sandoval
Oregon Velo
Race reports
Sue Butler’s SSCXWC report and pictures. 1st SSCXWC, 1st Wmn A
Jason Sager’s report and photos. 1st A’s
Erik’s SSCXWC08 report.
The Ironclad report.
Mike Szwaya, 22nd Mst A
Stephen Fitzgerald, 13 B’s
Don Leet’s report, 5th Mst 50+
Blogs
Brian Barker posts his Battle Creek Cross report.
Matt D’Elia updates us on his gimpiness.
Martha posts pics from Dr. Farrar’s rally.
Kennett is down in Tuscon.
Land Rover ORBEA has officially applied for UCI Continental Team Status and should hear back later this month.
The 2009 team roster has been set:
Cool. 
Typing is a little slow with one hand but I’ll do my best.
My thoughts exactly. Must embarrass Sherry and Heidi.
News
Adnan Kadir is leaving us for the warmer climes of Marin on Sunday. We’ll miss ya buddy!
Check out 30 days of Rapha on Velodramatic.
Jonathan stuck me on Bikeportland!
Barton Park
Photos:
Pdxcross
Oregon Velo
Brujo Sandoval
Reports:
Quick Molly report, DNF A (flat)
Scott Bradway, 2nd Mst A
Mike Szwaya, 14th Mst A
Erik V., 22nd Mst A
Barton Mst A smack talk
Lindsay Kandra, 8th Wmn B
Heidi Swift, 33rd Wmn B’s (and a great post race photo)
Stephen Fitzgerald, 25th B’s
Matt D’Elia, 24th C’s (knee is torqued- get well)
The always fun Ironclad report.
Vista Ridge Velo reports.
Yakima Bike Vigilantes report.
Uma’s roundup.
Blogs
Austin Ramsland’s Cross Bike gets the pro photo treatment of cross-awesomeness. It’s a beauty Natalie!
Erik V offers his post race cleanup tips. Although, Don’t forget Jake Rathe’s convenient bike cleaning service!
Well wishes to those injured at Barton from Heideriffic.
Brian Barker hit the deck and got a nice raspberry on his butt.
Jason Sager is signed up for SSCXWC.
Martha unboxes her new Landshark frame!
Ivar crashed- get well soon buddy!
The Gentle Lovers post a really funny pic from an old Johnson Farms ccx race and a Danimal haiku.
Sue and Tim Butler go MTB riding in the aftermath of the Gnarl Ridge Fire.
So does having a broken collarbone suck as much as people say? To sum it up, yes.
I’ve eschewed taking narcotics as they have a bunch of nasty side effects.
1. dizziness
2. nausea
3. constipation
Yeah- that’s right. You get stoppered up- like real bad. You take happy pills? No poo for you! Well, the swelling that held the bones in place has gone down- and now the bones are sliding all over the place. Ewwww….
Here’s the x-ray that was taken.
Well, how did I get to this point? It all started out well with a great start- attacking on the first lap and then hanging out with Sal Bondi and Wes Swearingen. Third through the finish after the first lap- a group caught and we got back onto the gravel road section after the start area. During the drop to the right I followed a guy who went over a rock- front wheel slid out and I went over to the left. You know something is going wrong- then you feel yourself going down. There’s a moment of panic, then a moment of “oh crap” then a moment of resignation. Then you hit.
Impact.
You hear riders whooshing by.
Shoulder and left side numb. Bad. It’s a terrible feeling with your heart racing and your body screaming that something is wrong. You don’t want to move. I try to move out of the way of guys coming down the hill.
“You OK?!!!”
Can’t respond, curled up in shock and in pain. Finally Mark Blackwelder arrives along with another rider.
“Can you move?”
“Yeah.”
I move over. It seems like minutes later, but probably only seconds…
“Can you get up?”
“I think so.”
Mustering myself, I stand up. I try to shake it off. I look at my bike, both shifters are bent inwards at the wrong angles. My kit is shredded, there’s blood. It goes through my head, I’ll ride back to the start.
Terri comes over, followed by Brad and Bonnie in a truck. Bonnie checks me out and gives me the bad news.
“It’s broken.”
My season is over.
I get a ride back in Brad’s truck- the radio crackles to life and I hear of other riders down. I quickly forget about my season and worry about the other rider. Brad drives backwards along the course and stops to check on what looks to be an injured rider- Justin Serna is there with a junior. I hop out to check but Brad barks at me to get back in. I reluctantly comply.
We arrive at medical but Bonnie is helping out the other injured rider. Jan Moss stops prepping for her race and immediately starts helping me- cleaning out the deep gouge and the road rash. Jan gets a huge shout out for that. I watch while my race finishes- the guys are coming in exhausted. Racers come over and I ask how their races went. They offer their sympathy but I’m more interested in them.
Jan and T-Girl then pack me up and off to the hospital. Later I heard that news of my crash had spread like wildfire. Thanks to all those who sent me well wishes. It truly drove home how much of a community we have. We’re lucky here and I’m the luckiest guy alive to be doing what I do for such a wonderful group of people.
Get well to Sierra, Jeff, Carson, Dave and any others who were injured!
With 1 season down with Sal Collura’s VELO Televsion I sat down with him to see how things went.
K-man: So Sal, wow did season 1 go?
Sal: Season One was an experiment. We wanted to see if we could get a show all about cycling on the air in the NW. 11 episodes aired.
The experiment was a success, and Comcast wants 26 episodes for 2009.
K-man: Where can we find back episodes (You tube- URL would be great)
Sal: Watch episodes at: http://www.webcyclery.com/pages.php?pageid=15
Or check out our episode blog at www.velotv.net and click on WATCH FULL EPISODE.
K-man: What do you have planned for season 2?
Sal: Right now we are actively searching for sponsors for next season. I am also writing episodes and planning production. I am excited about the future of the show, because there are so many topics I want to cover. Here is a teaser: Zoo-Bombing, Hand-Built Bikes, NRC in Oregon, In the Wind Tunnel, Race Wheels, Bike Polo, Cross Explosion, AVC, MHCC . . . . .
K-man: What did you learn this past season?
Sal: I wrote, hosted, directed and edited every episode. I learned that was way too much for one person to handle. With the existing budget for the first season, I pretty much had to do it, but it won’t happen again. I also found out that covering events was a good idea. It turned out that our “Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge” and “Mount Hood Cycling Classic” specials were my favorite shows, and they got a great response from our viewers. We will do more of that kind of coverage next season.
I would like to thank our sponsors for season one, because without them, none of this would have been possible. WebCyclery was the first. Rolf Prima came through at the last minute, and IRONCLAD helped us finish 2008. Also, Alpenrose Dairy and Les Schwab helped out with our specials. Please let these sponsors know that cycling on television is important to you, because otherwise all we’ll have to choose from will be “Desperate Housewives” and “Dancing with the Stars”.
Oh yeah, one more thing K-Man, I know you want to get your mug on the show, but I am more interested in T-Girl, or maybe even Kiffy.
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