Hump day links
» Congratulations to the Chicago Cuttin’ Crew’s Al Urbanski and Molly Godlewski, who won the messenger divisions at this weekend’s Velo City 2009 in New York. Their victories earned them passage to September’s Cycle Messenger World Championships in Tokyo. 略! 略!
» A lot of great photos came out of Sunday’s Chicago Criterium, but be sure to spend a few minutes enjoying the superior work of Ed White (Half Acre Cycling) and Chicago Personal Photographers.
» Steve Tilford (Tradewind Energy/Trek Stores) finished 14th Sunday — with a separated shoulder and cracked ribs. Spot on!
» Chris Horner (Astana) visits SRAM.
» M&M Cyclery in Mundelein is having a CycleOps power clinic this Sunday Monday.
» North Branch Cycling hosts the State Time Trial Championships on Saturday, Sept. 5. Our state road race, originally scheduled for Aug. 22, is now tentatively set for Sept. 12. I’ll have more information about that once the day and location are set in stone.
» The Chicago Cross Cup has a preliminary 2009 schedule up. The mud flies in anger starting Sunday, Sept. 20.
» Online registration is open for next weekend’s Grayslake Cycling Classic and Glencoe Grand Prix, the last two criteriums of the 2009 Illinois Cup.
» Many of you appear to be confused about the “points” that appear in USA Cycling’s online results. Those are not upgrade points. They are points that go toward USA Cycling’s “rankings” — rankings that, quite frankly, nobody takes seriously, except when by some freak of math they reflect well on their team.
» Last week Scott Pearson (Comcast/Higher Gear) and I used the CBR Ride Board to arrange a carpool to Milwaukee. On the drive home, Pearson asked me about the advertising on CBR. “Can I buy an ad,” he asked, “and just have it be a picture of my dog? Because I really love my dog.” “Sure,” I said, “but only if he’s cute enough.” And Buster is, don’t you think?
Comments
Jul 29
2009
1:32 pm
John Wilke
The Aussies at Superweek were ‘spot on’ I tell ‘ya. Oi Oi Oi !!