Fifth Street Cross

“Hey, since you’re up here for the Mercer Cup you might as well come up a day early and do Fifth Street Cross.” And with that spontaneous thought from my BFF Cush, I decided to load two duffel bags with enough cycling clothes to be prepared for any type of adverse weather...

Correction-Johnson W...

A historic Sunday wrapped up the fifth straight weekend with a win for the Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com’s team, this time at the second stop of the United States Gran Prix of Cyclocross series, the Derby City Cup in Louisville, Kentucky. To get complete coverage of the team, head to...

I’m a winner!

Pinning it to the finish line. And yes, that is a white skinsuit… Photo courtesy: Fitness Chick “Don’t embarrass us!” These are the kind words that fellow ROAD Magazine editor Tim “The Scrambler” Schamber told me in the van as he drove me to the Cross...

You can do almost an...

I’m pinning it to win it in Vegas So I’m chilling watching my Tivo’ed episodes of Frisky Dingo when my cell phone snaps to life. My ring tone of the week? Cat party. Anyways I digress. It’s one of the promoters of the Vegas Cross race giving me a call. We exchange pleasantries and...

And the douche bag o...

Being at the Tour of Missouri delayed me slightly in crowning my douche-bag of the month award. While at the Tour I encountered several more douche-like moments that I thought would change my mind. For example, the local reporter who demanded that the press room should be quiet and then...

Training is over rat...

It is getting nearer to Cross Vegas which should mean one thing, I should be training. Unfortunately that hasn’t been the case. Damn work and travel has screwed up my plans to dominate the Media category at the race. Neighbor Tony Cruz has been talking smack about how he is doing to kill it...

This is what I’...

The Vegas ‘cross in full effect. I’m trying to get Schamber to race I’ve finally feel like I’ve gotten ahead of the game so I thought I’d write a couple of jumbled thoughts. I’ve been doing a crap load of traveling lately and was starting to feel the burn. Even as I write...

Ryan Trebon’s ...

It was a brutal hit. As you might know that crash took him out of the...

My ‘cross to b...

Yes I am really wearing my Team Waffle House hat everywhere I go. That’s the owner of Banning’s bikes, Banning Fiber-Ostrow. How cool is that name! In an effort to decompress from my traveling and to get back into a better frame of mind I have thrown myself into cross training. ...

I’m in Seattle...

When I come to Starcrossed I always eat at Dick’s So with minimal preparation I am winging my way to Seattle to participate and report on the Starcrossed cyclocross event. Basically Starcrossed is an outdoor party which just happened to have a ‘cross race break out. I did a quick...