Stu Cycling

Forgot about this thing

2009-10-01T08:01:00.000-07:00

Well it's cross season again, and I have only done one set of barriers but have been working on getting the threshold up as much as possible. I will try to hit all these races and decide to do more if I got the time or cash.

SICX CALENDAR

10/10- Velo Park (Race #1)
11/07- Eagle Island (Race #2)
11/14-Sandy Point (Race #3)
11/21- Sandy Point (Race #4)
11/22- Sandy Point (Series Final)

Next year is going to be a change for my old crew of teammates and myself. It also sounds like there is going to be a few strong teams racing in the treasure valley again. The teams will all be smaller but all of them will have some studs on them. It's going to be like some fight club shit. OUCH (not the team just the pain)!!!! Other than that back to school and getting my first exam back in about an hour. I think I rocked it but really I wont know it tell it's in my hands. I am off to Austin this weekend to hangout with Ami. We are going to be doing some riding. I am really excited to go see Ghostland Observatory on Sunday night.

Well hopefully I use this thing more, but might get overwhelmed again so don't expect much from me and this blog.

I am still pedaling

2009-06-01T21:24:00.000-07:00

HOOD 2 days away.

Half Bogus

2009-04-12T10:52:00.000-07:00

Half bogus tuesday nighters start this week. Leaving the school at 6:15.

It's almost time to race bikes

2009-02-20T17:28:00.000-08:00

In 8 days I will be starting off the 2009 season in the SIN city. You know what they what happens in vegas stays in vegas. Well that will be true if my legs get ripped of and force fed to me. Yet if I have any good legs the word will be spread world wide. I will be starting the season as a solo bob's rider at the Callville Bay Classic. I will we hitching a ride down with my hommies from the POC. I will be racing with Sam Krieg the owner of Krieg Cycling, if you don't have one of his saddle bags on your bike you waisted 20 bucks on the bag you got. Tomorrow at 11 I am going to do the EHB LOOP. Hope to see you out there.

Everything is Bigger in Texas

2009-02-19T08:38:00.000-08:00

Last weekend I flew in to College Station ,TX to hang with my girl on Valentines day. I almost didn't make it because I got to the airport a little late. Had to get another ticket to SLC and then had to deal with delays of flight which made the day even longer and more stressful. Ami picked me up at the Airport and we went straight to Fox and Hound where they had a great beer selection and it was happy hour 2 dollars any pint. SO GOOOOD

Friday Ami and myself went on our very first road ride together, and we did a 60 mile ride which was pretty awesome. Ami is a stud!!! The weather was great I was rocking just shorts and a jersey and loving the sun. I got my lines back which is good because with out them I felt pretty naked.

We went on the Texas A&M group ride that leaves from campus and goes o

ut to Caldwell. The first 11 miles the group rides out to a point called twister. At this point the ride starts to pick up pace. The Cross winds were strong enough that i was at the front fulling through in the echelon. With 3 miles tell Caldwell the group then can attack and go into race mode. I was just got done pulling through when a guy (Chad) launches off the front. Thinking to myself dam I can't go with that. The group started to pick up momentum bringing the rider back off the front. I was patiently waiting to do my attack. A rider took a huge pull right into a small roller when I launched. I went straight across to the lone rider and straight through him. Yet I had one sticky bugger that was stuck to me. I told him that he's got to pull through to make this thing stick because the group was not to far behind. He started to pull through. I gave him the Sprint because I had no idea where it was. Well not everything is bigger in texas, like their hills. They are more like rollers but people from texas would b

eg to differ. On the was back the sprint was right where the group first started to pick the pace. I knew that we where getting closer to the finish because the pace was getting faster and faster. Then Chad went to the gutter trying to drop the pack of riders and did a great job because I was the only rider still left. I then took a really hard pull trying to drop him but he was on stuck to my wheel. We started pulling through trying to open up a bigger gap. I pulled through fairly easy one time and Chad came right back to the front. I let him take another hard pull when I attacked him going right back to the gutter not allowing any draft. I then put my head down and went into the PAIN CAVE.

This was a good confidence booster knowing that I haven't had as much time on the bike this year.

We had a great Valentines day going out to dinner and renting a movie from Red Box. I slept through pretty much the whole movie.

My neck and face got a little to much sun maybe!

MADE YOU LOOK

2009-02-10T08:36:00.000-08:00

Well I have been super busy with School, Homework, Work , Internships, and RIDING BIKES. So the blog is getting a little lack of my attention. So I did my first EHB this past weekend. I felt really good during the ride and had a good climb too. I thought I was going to die afterwards, I ate a Texano Burrito from Los Betos. I hung out the rest of the day on my couch in the feudal-position. I am going to Texas this week to see my lady. I will also bring a bike and be able to ride why I'm down there. I will also be meeting up with an advisor for Sports Management Masters program why I'm down there.

I am have started to really think about bike racing. IT'S ON

I will write soon I promise I have a few big layovers on the way down and the way back.

I'm Back

2009-01-14T18:33:00.000-08:00

Okay I'm back, back to the blog, back on the bike and back with Ami Rothberg!

My Dad is also back home living a pretty normal live after his bike wreck. He can walk and pretty much do everything on his own. He was super dedicated at the rehab center which really made a difference for sure. I played Wii bowling with him on Christmas day.

So next week I will be back to school too. I'm looking forward to this semester. The classes aren't that cool but can see the light and the end of the tunnel for getting that degree. Yet it's still over a year away.

It took me a bit longer to get on the bike this year, than years in the past. This year I hopefully wont be burnt in June like most years. My forth ride on the bike was 4:20 ride and felt pretty dam good too. I thought for sure I was going to crack at some point.

My plan is to start hitting up those dump loops and getting my self back in shape. If you are feeling like a dump loop let me know and we can go tackle a few of them. The goal this year is to do 6 in one day, about 6:30 ride. This will get me back in the playing field and a little more. Well I hope!

DAD is hurting

2008-10-21T16:01:00.000-07:00

To see what's up with my dad http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/dougstuart

Pedaling Hard

2008-10-12T16:43:00.000-07:00

This weekend was my first double dosage of cyclocross ever. Saturday was looking to be an epic race with Friday night getting some snow on the ground. But the course was only just a little wet when it came time to race at 2 o'clock. I started from the back row again because I showed up late. This made things a little difficult at first but moved up to 4th pretty quick and was holding good position for a few laps but then was caught by one guy. We swapped laps being on the front and with about 4 laps to go my front tire started to get a slow leak but luckly I had slim in the tube which saved me. I couldn't hold the speeds that I was going with the other guy through the off camber switch backs because my tire wanted to roll of the rim. I was charging the straight aways and ended up hold off 6th place, not by much. It was awesome yet my sholders hurt from carrying my bike 3 times per lap.

Sunday's race was the course backwards but had a few diffrent things going for it. I had been talking to Sam Krieg, and we were talking about getting good starts and the whole shot. It's so important to get a good start. So I worked on my crank position this week and the right gear. I got it right because I was first into the corner and first into the first set of the barriers and a half lap. It was awesome. This was the first time I have seen the front of a cross race. I'm thinking it's not going to be the last time either. So I was running 4th place pretty much the whole race and holding my ground on 5th place. I don't know what exactly happened but going into one of the barriers, I got messed up and got my biker really tangeled up in the barrier. I got passed by 5th and was super frustrated and didn't know how to get my bike untangeled from the barrier because I was so flustered. Then i figured it out and chased down 4th place Brandon A. the Idaho State Road Race Champion. Yeah he schooled me that day and I was thinking he was going to do it again (Brandon is sick too). So I fallowed him for the next 5 laps or so just waiting to attack at any miss hap, but nothing he just to good. So i just waited for the last 100m pass into a sharp left hand turn. and a quick sprint then a 180 degree turn to the finish line. I got him! Yet I felt like a punk by sitting on his wheel and not pulling and knowing that he was sick. But I wanted to be the taller midget out of the two of us. My sholders are killing now, I should have been doing some lifts with my arms but this way I will only be as strong as I need to be no more.

Cross is super fun but it's still just for keeping me fit through the fall months and not losing any fitness. I'm still looking to do something special on the road bike again next year.

next week is a single race again at eagle

I'm going to start training with power again this week because I'm really thinking about making it to collegiate cross. in Kansas City, KS 13, 14 of December but depends on if the school will help send me there.

Choices

2008-09-28T10:17:00.000-07:00

Well yesterday was my first ever cyclocross race. I was so nervous for it. I awoke at 1:00 am ready to race. The race started off super fast and hard finding the right line. I was hanging in there and slowly kept on dropping places. My barrier skills are really small to almost nothing. I think I was taking 10 steps and others were taking 4 steps. So I will be working on taking those barriers at speed.

But the real decision is what races should I do. As you all know that I'm going to school working and racing. Cross is out of my own pocket so I can only chose to do some races not all because of my life style of Paycheck to Paycheck. I don't live on top roman noodles, but if I did I could do all the cross races. Which in return, making me better for next season on the road, which is the over all goal.

So choice A
Go off the paleo diet and take up the anorexia diet
Get to do all the cross races but finish poorly
And still be able to Pay the bills.

Choice B
Stay on Paleo Diet
race a few cyclocross races getting decent skills
and still paying the bills

Choice C
Stay on Paleo Diet
Race all cross races and get a lot of fitness
Sleep under the bridge in my car

Choice D
Your Input fire away, let me know what's on your mind

What Have I Been Up To???

2008-09-24T17:08:00.000-07:00

This past weekend I made a trip down to the land of Texas!! I got to hang out with Ami for 3 days, and it was amazing. She is a really special girl. I got to see the Texas A&M campus, it's Huge. She also knows a dam fine brew too.It sucked leaving her and sucked coming home knowing that I had to write three papers. Oh well got them done in good fashion. I have a math class that I'm going to drop because my math teacher sucks, at being a teacher and I have been putting bike ridding in front of the math lab. I will still have a full 12 credits yet it will free up a lot of time for focusing on my other classes.

I have been practicing barriers with Sarah Barber and Todd Meier at Cambles back park. It has made a huge difference with my confidence going into race season. Well the first cyclocross race, is this weekend at the Eagle Island Park. I'm feeling a little nervous about it still, being my first ever cross race. I started lifting weights again this week and all my leg muscles are a wreck. I have been stretching a lot on that has been hurting yet I think it also has been good for the recovery. I started a new diet as well this week for my nutrition class. It's the paleolithic diet, which is veggies fruits and lean meats. Yeah that's it no dairy no grains. I'm currently on day three and I am eating all day long because it's hard to pack in all the calories in those three types of food.

Next weekend is the Tamarak is having the Bike and Brews Cyclocross Festival. They say it's one wicked competition with a beer chaser. Yet I will not be drinking, which sucks but I really want to give this diet a real shot and see how my body reacts. I really want to be a lean mean cycling machine, more than I am now.

Giant Bikes For Sale TCR TCX

2008-09-10T19:19:00.000-07:00

1499.95 I rode this bike for one season. Retail 2999.95 Giant TCR c1 size ML

850.00 This bike will be for sale in Dec. This is a Giant TCX0. Retail 1295.95 size mThis is going to be my new ride for 09!!!

and Home work sucks but I get to see Ami in 8 days

Long time Coming

2008-08-11T08:51:00.000-07:00

So I have been a super slacker on the blog writing but guess what. Just in time to write some stuff for Tour of Utah and other stuff.

So I took 9 days off the road bike after the Idaho state champion Crit. I really didn't want to ride bikes. I got out on the single speed a few times to stretch the legs and watch Tad Crash(keeps your eyes on the trail Tad). I got back on the Road bike for the first time on a Bogus tuesday nighter. I was a little rusty for sure, the legs were not happy with me at all. I got dropped hard before corrals and really had nothing in the tank. I trained hard all through the week and went back the fallowing tuesday and a lot better ride. I pushed the pace to corrals and felt good. I got dropped from a group of 3 and held off the riders behind me but hadeto dig deep and settle into the pain cave.

I am now in SLC and have been riding at elevation trying to get ready for the TOFU. I was feeling a like a club rider on the saturdays ride. I was out with a few guys from american radd. We went out and did the last two climbs on the saturday stage(park city to snowbird). My legs had nothing on suncrest the decent was screaming fast and a little scary. I didn't have my speedo on but we must have been going 50 + mph through switch backs. The legs felt better on little cotton wood.

I went to the out door retailier show yesterday with Ami and saw Sam Krieg.

Legs are good and hopefully I can pull a good ride this week.

Well I will get back to everyone multiple times this week. Some pics are coming soon as well.

still alive but almost homeless

2008-07-23T10:30:00.000-07:00

I have to be moved out of my house in a week, and I don't have a place lined up yet. No worries right!! that's 8 days.

Newspaper write up in the Idaho Statesman http://www.idahostatesman.com/sports/story/445656.html

Photo's that my Uncle took at Twilight and the stare championship crit

http://photos.stuartpeak.net/images/Bike2008/crit/Twilight-Bobs/index.html

http://photos.stuartpeak.net/images/Bike2008/crit/Idaho-Bobs/index.html

Oh yeah I have just a few things left on the calendar WHITE KNOB CHALLENGE a MTB race, and TOUR OF UTAH

That should wrap up my season. I will play on the single speed a lot more and once again I should be on the course of Bogus hill climb, in something new this year.

Swat Kicked

2008-06-30T11:28:00.000-07:00

Gate city Grind. The home town support was great!! Legs felt great. Raced like Crap. The crit melted me down which I could not help my team for as long as I needed to help them. We got 3rd overall. GOOD but lame because this race we should of had in the bag. Thanks to Matt Shriver for a Swat Kicked that knocked me out.

Gate City Grind Time

2008-06-24T06:52:00.000-07:00

Well it is back again the home town stage race. I have not been home sense January. I am looking forward to some really hard racing and some dry heat getting me one step closer to Cascade. It's been a few months sense we have matched up with the UCA boys. I also have one of my old high school friends getting hitched this weekend.

For me I have been studying the rules of the Wedding Crashers. Rule # 76 no excuses play like a champion. My all time favorite rule.

Da Khorn

2008-06-22T20:25:00.000-07:00

That is the Elkhorn Classic I mean!

Stage one was total Degreaser for the team, yet I had a bad day on the bike. Kevin Rowe won the stage in a 3 man break. Calvin 4th Rose 6th Mayfield 7th and Matt same time. I came in 47th, 3 min down.

I rode the tt hard and got my ass kicked but the team showed how good they are on there tt bikes as well.

Crit got canceled because of the rain and the slippery roads. I was happy because the roads where nasty. It was like a ice skating rink compared to Montana.

RR # 2 I was not sure how I was feeling because I only rode to the start line and that was less than a 100 yards. I ended up getting into a move with 4 bobs rider, 1 more than last year. My roll was to work as much as possible and keep Mayfield out of the wind and get him as far as i could. Calvin was an animal pulling up hill 1/2 of the first all of 2 and all of 3. On the 3rd one he popped me but he then sank to the back and pulled me back in. I was a little tired for sure. A chase group caught us with 9 miles to go which had kevin Rowe and the BA from Canada Rat boy from symetrics who ended up winning the stage and winning the over all. Kevin got 2nd Mayfield 3rd and I crawled up the hill in my 39x21/23. It was a long hard day and it was great to see the team ride so well together the past few days.

Shocker

2008-06-17T19:38:00.000-07:00

Well last Friday night was the Tour of Eagle Crit. I was really excited to show off my critter skills after the win in Montana! The race started off really fast with Rose driving it from the gun and my legs saying that I didn't get a good enough warm up. Soon after rose got off the front with a small break, but brought back then Rose went again solo. I was then fallowing the attacks going up the road also with the rest of the team. I fallowed a jump from a BoDe rider and looked back to see that we had a pretty big gap and about in the middle between Rose and the group. The BoDe rider told be to pull through and there was no chance in hell I was going to help bring back my own teammate. The next time through the start finish they called a cash prime and I attacked him and bridged to Rose. We started swapping pulls every lap. I was thinking we just got this won this is awesome. Nope instead one of my own teammates was super greedy and bridged to Rose any myself. Super Lame while doing that he fired up the field enough to get close enough to have Remi M. an Elite National Champion from a few years back catch us. Calvin A tried to mark him but only had his 11 tooth in the rear because his rear derailleur cable broke a few min. into the race. So now it's 4 Bob's and a guy who has a national caliber sprint. The group was not going to work with him in it. So the attacks started again from our group. Rose again got off the front again. Rose was a beast. With 7 to go he was brought back again and Calvin went off the front. The Chase from the field started to really get hot when they announced 5 laps to go. 4 laps to go I was fallowing a Teammate and he took a bad line into corner one sliding out and I had no where to go but right into him. Brandon was behind me and he wrecked and totaled his front carbon wheel.

My teammate that first slid out was knocked out cold, I got lucky and landed in some dirt and got a mouth full. I slammed my left ring finger into a curb getting a minor factor. Dr Turner thanks again for the Free x-ray. With the knocked out teammate they called the race. They gave the win to Calvin. Pretty much that race was in the bag and it turned into a muscle flexing contest of Bob's riders and then sent 3 of them to the pavement. SUPER LAME

Bob's riders check the text of this book, under the bicycling for dummies sign!!!!

Sunday was the Idaho State RR Championships

It was a great work out and spent 94 miles off the front with Justin Mayfield and a Bode Rider Brandon Akers. So it was two on one. Perfect.... NOT. I have to say Brandon aka Can't drop me Akers, rode a great race and showed amazing talent on Sunday. It's sucks to lose but at the same time I don't feel that bad when I gave it all I had, and the stronger rider wins. Congrats to Brandon for being the Idaho State Champ.
This weekend was the double shocker

Next time you're not skipping pulls, at least I hope your not.

So all in all friday night and sunday felt like Team Bobs-Bicycles.com received the shocker

I give props to Calvin A. for the title of this blog.

Totally Degreaser

2008-06-10T08:09:00.000-07:00

So this past weekend I went to Whitefish MT, to do a little Omnium. We left friday afternoon and pulled in at 1AM. The weather was horrible but the riding was awesome. I had great legs in the crit winning 5 of 7 primes. Tad was super Domestic and pulled from 5 laps to go to 1 trying to keep a gap of 6 sec of a solo rider. At 1 lap to go someone went up the right hard taking down the 6 sec gap almost immediately. I t took me 3/4 of a lap to close it down sat on him for a few seconds and went again in a 4 block sprint. Getting the First W of the Season YEAH

RR i got 6th getting popped on the wall and never closing down the gap. I got 2nd overall

I'm Back Bit(#

2008-06-05T20:58:00.001-07:00

Well a lot of things have happened sense I have last post a Blog. So I have taken a break as everyone has seen and people have asked what's wrong. I'm ok everyone

So HOOD. prologue- I started behind Fred Rodriguez who is degreaser and rides for Rock Racing and had an amazing call up compared to mine. I mean I was last years nationals champ. Freddy was a three time US pro national champ I don't even see a difference. I need a bigger call up next time. Well it was over really quick like 2 min and change.

I'm getting pinned up for the Prologue under the bridge of rainy Portland

Then next day was a circuit race on mt. taber and I was feeling like I was going to get dropped in the first 30mins, Then something happened I started feeling good and started moving up! It was a sweet course in Mt. Taber park in Portland and tones of spectators cheering us on.

The next stage took place in Hood river and was the one that sent me home last year. I was a little scared. I felt sandwich bag and was climbing right up there until the last time up the climb when the shit hit the fan. But I was still in it for another day.

The TT was probably the coolest course that you could have a TT. I got 99th and really didn't spend a tone of energy yet the winner did kill me by like 7 min in a 36min tt. He's GOOD and Super Fast.

Road Race # 2. Well fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me. SO SHAME ON ME. I let someone take care of my feeds, bad idea I was out of water before the first feed zone, and they didn't have neutral feed either. SUPER LAME later STU That's what we call
Garbage Bag not awesome
END OF HOOD

I got back and was riding my Single Speed MTB bike everyday and loving it. The trails in the Boise foothills are so smooth and a lot of fun to ride. I did it so much and was peddling that thing up some super steep hills and my Achilles tendon was not liking it to much. Taking me off the bike for a solid week

Well I did ride my Cruiser bike down town Friday and Saturday because drinking and driving is not cool. I flipped the 180 with a grab(booze) no riding and drinking lots of alcohol. Well two day of that I let go of that Grab and did another 180. I have been riding all week and the legs feel a lil sluggish but no better way to get the legs ready for some racing, other than racing my bike.

I leave in the tomorrow for Montana, Whitefish for a Crit and a Road Race. Not a goal more of a last min. decision to get the legs ready for the hard weeks of racing a head.

10 feet

2008-05-05T22:00:00.000-07:00

Well tonight was just another trip to the grocery store with Justin, to get some food in the house. While pushing the cart past the cereal with J-rose tagging along behind, I notice two guys ahead that are TOGETHER shopping. Tonight there has been a 10 foot radius put on us, while shopping together. It's not easy picking up ladies at the G store when your BFFL is looking more like My BF!!! So 10 foot radius has been thrown into play form now on.

Don't take this message wrong. I got nothing wrong with that but that's not what I'm trying to advertise at the G store.

Home Made Ice Cream

2008-05-02T09:03:00.001-07:00

Yes sir this is the first time I have made Home made Ice cream all by myself. It's a big step in the right direction but it had to be done. A Girl said she could make a better dessert, I think NOT!!
Oh I'm the only one around to clean off the mixer that's to bad

Oh it still hurts when you eat it to fast!!!
Brunch MMM GOOD

OH YEAH AND I WON BY .25% THAT'S RIGHT

WINNER

but her cheese cake was really good, but not as good as the ice cream

Looking for future Roommates

2008-04-29T21:23:00.000-07:00

Well with both of my Roommates moving out and going to Med school, I'm in a desperate need for two new roommates! No pressure but the past roomies have been great!!! You could be one of these lucky guys

Emmett Idaho

2008-04-28T11:34:00.000-07:00

Well this was my 3rd Emmett Roubaix and I was pretty excited for the gravel section. The race started off pretty mellow not a lot happening went up the little freeze out climb and the whole field was all together. With the field very timid the field seemed to be going no where fast. Then Tad attacked and got a solo flyer then 2 BOMA a Cal Raspberry and Calvin Allen(bob's rider). With Calvin up the road the BOMA team went to the front and started bring it back knowing that Calvin is way to strong to be in the front group. We caught them right before the gravel section. Team Bob's drove it hard through the dirt and had a good gap with 4 Bob's rider and no other teams. Yet Rose was one of them but had a flat tire. So Calvin Matt and myself started driving it back towards the Climb. We increased our gap on the field really quickly. With the largest time gap I heard was 3min 30sec. We went two more laps keeping that gap. The last time through the gravel i was blown I thought it was because the dirt was so torn up but my legs could not push the power need to fly over it. Good thing I was with two teammates because they waited for me and I didn't get dropped tell the final climb(big freeze out). My legs felt super flat didn't feel tired just felt like I was out of fuel. I got 3rd and still finished in front of the main group by 5min. Matt W won the stage and Calvin getting 2nd me 3rd J-Mayfield 4th, J-Rose 5th, and Slack 7th. I had 3 Brownies and a chocolate milk at the finish and then rode home getting over a hundred miles yesterday. Full Results

I forgot sun screen OUCH I'm part lobster part albino. now I got my Laser lines for the rest of the season to go off of.

If you have not Heard The Mens Team has got the Invatation for Tour of Utah!!!

I'm also glad to see Levi L. get 3rd at Tour of Georgia because he thinks he can ride everyone off his wheel without attacking. Learn to attack Levi

only, particular, separate, single, singular, sole, solitary, unique, one

2008-04-23T19:50:00.000-07:00

Well walla walla was ok I had great results said nope you suck minus the TT. I got 25 out of 120 not a bad ride.

On a High Note I am now a Cat 1. I am finally Elite and not a 2 anymore. I hope that my riding now steps it up!!!
This is my Stump collection that broke my back!!!

Rumps is the MAN

2008-04-16T22:24:00.000-07:00

BadAss aka Eric Rumps

If you have not noticed I'm going to be rocking some dope, actually SUPER DOPE wheel sets this weekend at the Tour of Walla Walla. Eric Rumps is not going this weekend so he is letting me care for his wheels and put some miles on them. I guess this means, Stumps pulling is going to free now. Also he is going to be redoing his driveway with a paver layout. That could be cool yet also a lot of bending over and down on all 4's not a huge fan of that. Well anyways I'm fired up and on my way to bed so it's only one day away instead of two. Wish me luck.

Chicken Dinner RR

2008-04-14T06:48:00.000-07:00

The name of the race should of been middle of no where Windy RR. I didn't see any chickens out there. So the race starts out 1/3 of the way up this climb. The race starts off flying because Cody Peterson (pro MTB rider) showed up to see what the roadies of Idaho have been up to over the winter. He said all of his intensity was done in a spin class at the gym over the winter. That's crazy because he is in the best shape of his life, or that's what the results are saying!!! Well he drilled it up the first climb pretty much wrecking shop 2miles into the race. With the cross winds and tail wind a large portion of the group came back together. The second time up the climb, and the first full time, is what did the field in. 5 riders made the lead group Cody(pro MTB), Richard (WC), Slack-bob's rider, Allen-bob's rider, and myself. I was feeling good, really good. Cody started verbally abusing us, trying to figure out why we are so good. I told him we're not. The next time up the Climb Cody got his Water bottle early on the climb and kept the tempo super high. Passing through the start/finish you take a right and decend just for a few seconds and start then climbing the rest of the way to the top. Well Cody accelerated hard up the climb this time making my legs not feel as good as they did the time before yet still hanging on to the lead group. The acceleration did windle it down one rider. Slack was caught out on the climb. Then there was four. coming around to start lap four Cody says I'm done for the day I'm going MTB later. He's going to Sea Otter Classic, this week which is a HUGE race. So then there was three. The next time up the climb I was still feeling pretty good, and a lap went by and we start up the full climb for the time and my legs where fatigued. With about 20 meter to go at the top of the climb my legs could not hold the Richard power anymore. I was gapped!!! I chased for 3/4 of a lap and could not get back on before the crazy strong head wind and had realize that I was going to get 3rd again. I kept it going but I lost 5min to richard who ending up winning the day Calvin getting 2nd, I got 3rd, Slack got 4th from the chase group and Tad BLOWING(chunks after the race) himself up for slack in the last few miles. Not to many other finishers out there on the road other than that. It was a Race that felt like a 120 miles when really it was only 60 something.

Well Tour of Walla Walla is this week and I'm really fired up for this race.

I took this Photo above the Arrowrock Dam, rocking the Road bike on the Dirt roads. AH I really want to get a Cyclo-Cross bike this fall and do some EPIC dirt rides

race pics from the past two boise races

2008-04-10T09:37:00.001-07:00

Prime Rib?!?!

2008-04-07T06:40:00.000-07:00

Well on the way to race in SLC at the Hell of the North, the car stopped at Snowville, UT. We gassed up and went to subway to grab a bit for dinner. Subway is having a deal any foot long for 5 dollars. So Matt W. decided he wanted the prime rib subway sandwich because it's $4.71 for the six inch. So Matt asked the Latino sandwich artist for the Prime rib on the foot long. She looked at him like he was stupid. Matt says the one below Spicy Italian, she replies subway melt. Which is 2 below the Spicy Italian, Matt says no right above that. It was like she had a blinder on for the prime rib. Then the old laddie working at the gas station says, I think it's roast-beef. At this point the team is thinking is this for real. After Matt finally just takes a steak sandwich but when he goes to pay they tell him that is $7.41. What a bunch of jokers in that facility. Then I looked it up on Subway's website, they don't have the prime rib anymore so it was an old sign.

Bike racing well the team had a great day down at the hell of the north taking 1,2,and 3rd which is pretty sweet because that's the only places that paid for. The team Road great. I had a real off day I got something in my lungs and really couldn't breath. I was off the back of the group the first time through the dirt and tried to catch back on but i had nothing. Rose spent a lot of time off the front and won the race. Matt and Calvin got 2nd and 3rd looked up in the final sprint.Look at Matt and Rose's helmet hair then Calvin on the far right. He's got Euro Looking Helmet hair!!

Boise Racing
I had a better day today but yet I still didn't feel good at all. The race had a lot of different weather in it. We started off with the sun out shinning on us. Yet the direction the race was going the storm was heading right for us. Slack started the fun for the day. The group came back together. Slack went again with 2 other riders the head wind was picking up and the storm almost to the race. We caught the lead group and turned right and holly crap the wind was full on cross. with about 10 mins of Bob's and Richard Feldman on the the front killing it, that was the only thing left. 5 Bob's Riders and Richard F. we were keeping the tempo up when suddenly I had a flat front time! DAM IT. I was then caught by the chase group which had Eric rumps in it. He waited for me and took a super dig to get be back in the group. Thanks Eric!!! I then notice the lead group decided to go back to the field and help me get back into a lead position. Then Calvin went off the front, game over 2 other tried to get up there but only could stay in no mans land!! With finishing the last lap Calvin had a4 min lead. With about 7 miles to go Matt rolled up next to me and said lets have a go. We went off the front flying into a head wind. Yet I could not do that type of work load with my lungs. Richard F. brought us back only had 5 guys on his wheel,+ matt and myself tagging on. Richard is so strong that he was blowing people up in his draft. After all of the people blowing up it was 4 Bob's rider and Richard. With about 1K to go Matt Flats his read wheel. Rose went to the front and started killing. With Richard sitting on his wheel, then myself and slack on my wheel. Then Richard went with about 3oo meter to go I sat tell about 200 meters. I went Richard started to move his line into the on coming traffic lane. Yet slack went flying up on the right taking 2nd I got 3rd. Thanks Rose, and the team I'm so glad that I have a group like you guys on my side. Tad nice work in the cross wind

Training at Altitude

2008-04-03T20:29:00.001-07:00

Well I made it up to 41,000 ft this week. Yeah thats right way Up there. I also got to ride with the Gingers and hang out at Mesa State. I got to travel like a rock star. Sarah Brown a rider for the Bob's women team, is a Lear Jet Pilot. The company she works for has a plane and needed to get it serviced in Grand Junction and I got to go along!!! The hour flight was awesome, arrived in the GJ at 930am on Tuesday. I did a little hanging out on campus then went for a Ride with the Gingers the Mesa Coach and Brent. Ginger C about broke my legs with the tempo he set going up the monument. Yet he played all of his cards on the first 3 switch back, which is not anywhere close to the top. I ended up rolling to the top off front but Ginger K was closing in fast. Descending off the top was awesome. We all regrouped and blew through the gate so we wouldn't have to stop. About 5 mins down the road a park ranger was coming at us with his lights on. Right before he got to us he crossed right in front of us pulling into a neighborhood and the ranger jumped out of his SUV and Yelled at us to come back. Yet MOzingo slowed enough to talk to him before passing him. Ranger said did you come from the monument? Mo replied Nope there is another group is riding into town. The Ranger apologized and said sorry and took off in his SUV. Ha ha later park ranger. We rode down to the green way to stay out of sight for a little while.

Then the gingers Mo and myself did the first Tuesday nighter of the year. There is a little road construction going on so the regular course was not happening. They said the route and I had now clue what the route was so I decided to site tell I knew there was only 1 turn left. With sitting in the draft for the majority of the ride we finally reached K road which lead right into 24 road which was the right turn that I knew to take. I went to the front and rode at 400 plus watts for about a minute and a half to soften up the legs of the guys in the group. Then Conor launched off the front of the Group, perfect. I went back to mid pack while the locals tried to bring conor back. With a guy moving up on the outside of the group I jumped in behind to get a free ride to the front. I then attacked right when we got to the front of the group. I could see the group of riders trying to get on my wheel by the shadow in the road, then there was none and conor was getting closer and closer. I yelled up to conor and gave him a warning that I was coming. After rotating through our gap grew. We looked back and could see a lone rider but could not tell who it was with the sun in our eyes. We turned on to 24 road and could tell that it was Kevin coming up. We sat up and let him get on. With the three of us together the group had no fire power left. We had over 30 sec at the counter and rotated though tell we got back to the park. No sprint finish good thing because the Mav would of beat up on the Bronco.

I never thought I would say it but being back at the dorm, I Miss Living at the Dorms. Always something going on. I miss all my boys back there. Conor got his Cat 2 upgrade. Hopefully he will get some more results and send in his resume to Bob's this fall. Now back in the B-town, I got to get ready to race in SLC on Saturday and back in Boise on Sunday. Should be good!!!

Training at altitude

2008-04-03T20:29:00.000-07:00

Team Bob's Update

2008-03-30T17:01:00.000-07:00

slammer 1 through 4

1ROSE
These two in a break from the gun
2MATT

3ME
Attacking Richard
4Calvin

Full result

So with less than 10 miles to go, Tad(aka George) attacked and the field stuck to him like a sticky green buger. I had some mucinex in my pocket which broke up the mucus. I was on the solo rampage. I was hurting big time getting rid of the fresh legs! But Richard Feldman (aka WORLD CHAMPION) went to the front to bring me back! I was then met by another one of my teammates Calvin. We started swapping pulls but WC still chasing us and only 2 people left on his wheel. The WC caught Calvin and me, but Slack was one of the two on the WC wheel. 3 bob's/wc/ and a Cal Giant rider. Slack attacked then brought back then Clavin attacked and was brought back. I was just sitting in saving my legs for the sprint. Slack then took a hard pull at the front so we would not get caught from behind. Then the WC stood up and accelerated but not hard enough. With 200 Meters to go it was my time. I attacked and stuck it in the gutter not allowing any draft in the cross wind. I got 3rd and Calvin got 4th. Slack got 7th. Thanks to Slack good work today, you road well and took a GREAT PULL in that last mile.

Slammer 08

2008-03-28T07:09:00.000-07:00

Well slammer is two days away and it's been a few weeks sense the team has done a road race. I can't wait to go out spin circles out in the waist lands of Boise. The slammer course is pretty flat two little rollers, on a rectangle course. It has been 3 years sense I last did the slammer Race. Wow how time flies! I was a cat 3 when i last did it but they had the 3's racing with the 1/2's then!! The weather really has been crap for my spring break. I have not been able to show the legs for a full ride in about 3 weeks now! I will have an awesome knee warmer tan line and a tan face but everything else is WHITE. This is the only time that white is not tight, it's like white can be used as a light. I can only hope that it is windy out on the slammer course for the race. If it is I'm sure I will be spending a lot time with my nose in the wind trying to shatter the field.

Idaho CIty Trip

2008-03-26T19:17:00.000-07:00

Today I rode up to Idaho City and back. I got super lucky with the weather. I only got snowed on the way up Lucky peak the rest of the time the weather was good. This was the 1st time I have ever made the trip. The road was good and the there wasn't much traffic, which made it pretty enjoyable ride all together. The river along side the road was pretty awesome too. 4hrs 3min/ avg power 234watts. Legs are feeling that one!!!

A weekend of trouble

2008-03-23T13:13:00.001-07:00

That's right we had two rides and both of them we were in places we were not suppose to be. You better watch out for the Stuart boys, nothing but trouble.

GET OFF YOUR BIKE

2008-03-23T06:44:00.000-07:00

So yesterday my dad came into town and we did a little epic ride!! We road out hill road to the Veteran's cemetery. We then cruised out passed the Idaho Velodrome and Cycling Park (IVCP). It is really taking shape out there and looking great. Then we went through Eagle because we decided to ride the green way back to Boise. Well with all the Water Problems that Eagle has got going on, they have not yet connected the Greenway to Garden City. Yet I wound understand why they haven't, because the wealthy in Garden City SUCK. They have a great Cyclo Cross course along the River they don't have barriers because of walkers. Yet they have all of these signs reminding you to dismount and then get back on, and if the signs are not enough

You will also get some people holding out there arms on the trail like a barrier. It's great training for cyclo-cross, well it at least mimics dismounting and getting back on the bike. What a stupid controversy, I thought the path was made for Walking, Roller-blading, Running, Skipping, Oh Yeah Cycling TOO!! What a Joke!! I gave my Dad my Skin Suit from last year which was huge on me yet fit's him perfectly!! He gains 4 miles an hour when he wears it, so be careful when he is wearing the skin suit. You are at a disadvantage when he is wearing it! I glad that my dad can go out and ride with me, no better way to spend time!! I love my Dad, he is the man.

TT action

2008-03-15T08:12:00.000-07:00

I was no champion on the TT bike yesterday. It was a very windy day, with a major cross winds. I rode a deep dish front 90mm wheel and a disc in the rear(thanks Brandon for lettingme use those wheels). whichh blew me all over the road. It was a challenge within the race to keep the bike up right. The winner was Richard Feldman aka masters World champion TTer. He put a bit of a clinic on yesterday being the first rider off. Bob's took notes and got 6 guys in the top 10. Calvin Allan took the best notes getting the 2nd place spot. We also got 3rd Matt, 4th Mayfield, 6th Rose, 7th ME, and 8th Rumps. Full results This team has a little leverage in the Jason Broome spring series now. Their are 4 road races left in the series that we can open our lead on the competition. For me I'm look really looking forward to Tour of Walla Walla and the Gila. These two stage race I would like to be well rested and flying, aka get some good results.

Well tomorrow is the Jason Broome TT! I have been selected at the last minute to be apart of the Boise Spring series. I guess my form has came around in the past 3 days to get me on the roster!! Well with me not being the Man, on the TT bike and looking for bigger things during this season. I'm going to be putting in some time on the D loop today with Ireland Native, Poky rock star Rob Mcgovern and the Beast Eric Rumps. I'm might even get out later and grab a beer with Rob for a little pre Irish bash!!! Other than my riding plans I have started working at Bob's doing a little Bike selling, building, and of course talking about bike racing! It's a million times better for my back vs the stump removal. I hadn't seen my arms that ripped in a very long time, scary power that's hidden in those little things! Looking forward to Spring Break too, I wont have to make that 3 mile ride to school on the del sol(aka my cruiser). Oh yeah I am making the old MOTObecane into a single speed, not a fixxy because that's not how I peddle. It's going to be a 53x15 only rear break. It's going to have the old Spinergy deep dish wheels on it too, it's going to look super fly!!

Race Weekend 1

2008-03-11T05:54:00.000-07:00

Well it started off with a 9hr drive, which wasn't that bad. Then we stayed at Brad's house who wasn't there. In the morning there was a Red Flicker in the house! WTF bird crap everywhere!! well we got it out but almost lost my life. Race one went well Rob Campbell Won!!!I thought J-rose was going to win it but we caught him with 1k to go. Good work ROSE!!! My legs felt like flat, really didn't have a whole lot of spunk to them!! Last week I was really nursing a strained hammy which didn't allow my to do much training

Banana Belt my legs felt a little better still lacking some power!! But the team race like studs making it into almost every move! Rob got 2nd in this sprint which is pretty dam close as you can see! Well there is a TT this weekend which means I have to recable my bike again uhg oh well. OFF to school!!!

Game Day!!!

2008-03-08T06:37:00.000-08:00

Bob's got a win with Sprinter Rob C. today. That's it for now need sleep!!!

All right here we go, it's the debut Team Bobs-Bicycles.com. Well the debut in force with lots of cards to play!!! I'm so fired up right now. It's a good thing when you are dreaming about the Tour de France all night long usually I don't remember my dreams but it was bike racing central in my head last night. We got into Olympia last night around 1030, what a long car ride. Long road trips like that are good for saving energy the day before have a race because there is nothing to do other than tease Slack(all in good fun). I hear the weather is Suppose to Rain hard today. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping the weather is going to be good. We don't talk about the good things because that can tail wind into head wind and good weather into bad weather. As of now I have turned off the tour vision and have started the thoughts of how I'm going to get my first cup coffee!! Well I will update tonight after the we drive back to Portland!

The Idahoans are coming MaMa

2008-03-06T17:52:00.000-08:00

Alright the season is about to begin, less than 48 hours and the first one will actually be over with. I can't wait to go out there and see what I have gained over the winter months of training. The Boise crew is leaving tomorrow towards Olympia and racing at Mason Lake #2 72 mile race. The Mason Lake #1 was last Saturday. I have been riding well, so this will be the true test for the legs. I'm looking forward to also having 7guys all wearing Bob's jersey's at this race. This squad has some real horse power this year, OH IT'S ON LIKE DONKEY KONG!!!! After the race in Olympia we are heading to Portland. This will be the first time I have ever been to either one of these places so it's going to be a Rad trip just because of that + I get to race my bike= Great times. The Portland race is the Banana Belt#2 77 miles. It's nice that we are going to the 2^nd of both races because some teams will want to only contest for the series so the Bob's will be super aggressive and get something to go up the road. OH BOY IT'S HERE BIKE RACING SEASON!!! Wish me luck and the team, hopefully we can get 2 wins and come home satisfied, because we only race to Win.

Oh the weather is going to suck for both days Rain Ra in Rain!!! I'm not bring my plate for Pie this week, only my can of whoop ass to hand out to some folks.

Pie Please

2008-03-02T20:01:00.000-08:00

Today the Boise Bob's gents a couple Bob's ladies and a couple of randoms did an Emmit Horseshoe Bend loop. I was looking forward to doing a little battleing with j-rose on the big climb out of Horseshoe Bend back to the treasure valley. What I was not expecting was eating a big piece of
I did not take a pull and ridden off of Sam J's wheel. He's riding really well right now, he got 3rd and Valley of The Sun two weeks ago in the Pro cat 1 field. Pie sounds good, but I would rather be the server at this humble pie joint, but today I was eating the pie. Some time you serve the pie and sometimes you eat it. Other than getting housed by Sam the ride went really well, and got some quality time out on the road.

This is the power file when I got dropped OUCH!!!

Fun things

2008-03-01T08:06:00.000-08:00

Well yesterday was not a fun day. It was a reminder why I am in school.

Racing bikes -fun
Snowboarding -fun
amusement parks -fun
beer pong -fun

I had a day off the bike but it was not a rest day! I was a stump removal system not the big horsepower kindIf you haven't seen my arms they are small and don't have a lot of power. Yet when I got the first one out it was a great feeling of achievement. It was quick removed by looking around and seeing the other 30 stumps looking me in the face. My arms and back were pretty much jell-o at the end of the day!!!

Things that are not fun

Stump removal

laundry
homework
Listening to Rose sing(not good rather I would remove stumps than listen to him)

Back To Work

2008-02-27T06:50:00.000-08:00

Well with training camp over with, it's back to work! I have been riding my TT bike a little trying to get my neck in shape!! I'm actually getting a fit on the TT bike tomorrow(2/27) by the gents at Physio Therapy Performance Lab! They are going to get me to maximize my power in the aero position with the lowest frontal drag possible. They also did my lactate test last week, to record my improvement over the past few months. The lactate test is great for setting up your zones to train in. The test consists of starting out at 100 watts then they increase the wattage every three minutes tell you can't peddle anymore, its short and sweet. The Physio Therapy Performance lab has been taking care of us like we are Pro's. It has been great being around in Boise this year versus the Colorado collegiate racing. If you want to ride like Team Bob's, have the PTPL help you out. My motivation is at all time high right now on the bike. Keep it going for the new team website, thanks Mayfield!!!

SAUCY legs & Camp

2008-02-24T20:44:00.000-08:00

Wow the legs are feeling Saucy!!!
Camp was awesome!!!
Got over 6700 calories burned!!!
200MILES DOWN!!!

Update
After the 1hr photo shoot, in the fog of Boise. We started off on our bikes south of town and got some great riding in with the team. We did have one little mess up, Brandon went down and broke his collar bone. Brandon is fired up for more trainer time thou. It sucks because Brandon is riding really strong right now too!! After the big crew got back to Boise J-rose, C-Alvin and myself went out for a punishing dump loop!!! All the hills had head winds on them which made it a little tougher.

Today after Rose got all of his eggs in one basket we got out the door and did a EHB (Emmit Horseshoe Bend) with the team. This is a ride that I have heard a lot about for the past year and it was awesome!!! The Legs felt super Saucy today!!! On the way back into Boise there is a 10k clim.b The guys who did the extra Dump Loop were taking good hard pulls all the way up the climb. After completing the loop J-Rose, Captain Sprinter Rob and myself did a hard pulling session up to the dam and back. Got a total of 108 miles today and I feel good!! I have been pretty much eating none stop sense I have been home!! Got to reload the body with some energy!!! Pics soon

Camp 08

2008-02-23T07:08:00.000-08:00

Well we are having our double secret hidden Mini Camp in Boise this weekend!!! All other teams are soft, they are go to the warm weather for camp!! We are going to have below 50 degree weather and maybe rain both days!! This will make us all feel like we are Belgians. I hear those Belgians don't suck at riding bikes either. Today we are starting off will a little photo shoot then getting out for a 4hr bike ride. Tonight we are going to have a team dinner with the shop and the man Vern'o the inferno(aka the owner of bob's) He is pretty much Santa(but slimmer) to me all year long, bikes, clothes, helmets, glasses and always great coffee at the shop. I want to thank Bob's again for giving me this chance to ride for them again, because without them I don't think I would be able to go to school. I would have to get a full time job to pay for racing, which would also make me slower because I would have less time to train. So if you got some extra cash burning a hole in your pocket I would click on the link to the right Bob's-Bicycles.com to help out them who in the end really help out me!!

Missing Saddle Review

2008-02-18T16:24:00.000-08:00

Trackback Thursday’s

Check out this site that I came across the other day. This Blogspot
member hails from Idaho and loves training. At first, the nick names
might intimidate the new reader, but hell, I caught on, and feel
like I know Boise better. http://biker1stu.blogspot.com

http://www.missingsaddle.com/page/2/

39x15

2008-02-16T07:39:00.000-08:00

Well today is going to be the spin fest and maybe a little mashing!!! I can't wait!! I was not sure if I was going to race because Yesterday my stomach was flipping me off all day long!! This morning the Stomach and Legs feel good!!! So I hope to see a huge group out there today!!!

Results later?!?!

OH and tour of California starts tomorrow, Does anyone have a cycling.tv account???

Way to start the 08 Season with a 1 2 punch from Bob's!!! I felt really good on the bike today!!
It was a lot harder race than I thought it would be. Rose's cadence was for the entire race was 109 avg. I got off the front for almost a full lap, but the numbers were against me! Rose was the man and didn't do any work and had the Team Georges bring me and there own teammate back!! Rose attacked up the final climb and made it into a group of 4 of us. Rose on the front and me sitting on the back! Nobody wanted to start the Sprint, and Rose took his .2 K(17sec)jump, which started the sprint, I got out of the saddle and started passing peeps, then my legs were spinning so fast that I had to sit down and finish my high cadence sprint in the saddle. I got a win and Justin held on for 2nd. AKA the 1 2 punch. It was good time all around, we got to race and ride from our house.

End of First Lap (me off the front)

Rose in Middle of whats left of the pack!!!

ANOTHER BLUE BIRD RIDE

2008-02-12T20:02:00.001-08:00

Dump Loops

2008-02-10T18:24:00.001-08:00

Well this weekend the weather was dreamy in Boise!!! I got over 10hrs of riding the past two days. I did three dump loops yesterday then went out towards the dam on a solo rampage. The first lap I saw mostly runners and 1 cyclist. Then the next two laps the cyclist came out in full force they were everywhere! Today I got out and started doing dump loops counter clockwise and then Rose met up with on my 3rd one and we road a full lap. We met up with George and James aka Tad and Calvin. The big group rode a lap together and J-rose and Calvin went home. Tad and myself did one more lap together #5 for me on the day. It was great finally getting out on the bike 3 days in a row. Tomorrow a day off

OUTSIDE RIDING

2008-02-08T18:13:00.000-08:00

Well today was the first time in a few weeks that the road bike has actually made it out on the road!!! It was great, we got 2:30 and it was great!!! I got out with J-rose and Brandon. It was the 2nd shortest ride of the week, but light dictated that one, I wanted more!!! I have been logging some big rides on the trainer and I'm feeling good now on the bike!!! I plan on doing a limited gear( 39x15) bike race next weekend. I will be getting my spin on 30 miles but plan on riding to race and riding a few more hours after the race too. School, well its school. The Team Bobs-Bicycles.com Camp is coming up in two weeks I can't wait!! We will be doing some testing and some team building and some bike riding too. The real race season is exactly one month away from today, which is good and bad. Bad is it's a full month away but the good is I can work on a few things that I'm lacking right now, so that makes it OK. I have got the TT bike up and running now too I will start riding that at least twice a week now, and try to get my body use to that position!! Hey if you see Spring tell it Boise is looking for it!!!

NEW FOR 08

2008-01-31T18:30:00.000-08:00

In with the new look to bad that the only one who will get to see it is Rose and he's got the same thing going for him!!! I can't wait for winter to be over with and get to go out on the road!! Oh check out those stripes on the sleeves. That is Rose's clothes on the floor, not mine(no starts and stripes for proof!!

1 foot in front of the other

2008-01-17T06:51:00.000-08:00

The past week I have been in Minnesota with my aunt Pat, uncle Tom(aka Freddy) and Hana the new Golden retriever puppy. I also went to see a friend from high school, but turned out that they were no friend of mine. I did watch the Golden Gophers get defeated in hockey against St. Cloud. Which was absolutely awesome, hard hits!

I did get some training in on the Minnesota family supplied bikes, a indoor and a outdoor. The bikes got the job done and that's all I need. I did go running one with my Pat and I could hardly walk the next day.

Full specification

Frame: Peugeot
Rear shock: Not invented yet
Fork: matches frame

Bottom bracket: 1989 one
Cranks: FSA Z-Force Light, 175mm, 22/32/4T
Chain: SRAM PC-unlubed 1989
Front derailleur: SRAM X-1989
Rear derailleur: SRAM 1989 BlackBox
Front brake: Avid Juicy Ultimate
Rear brake: Avid Juicy Ultimate
Brake levers: Avid Juicy Ultimate
Shift levers: SRAM STI Thumb

Rear sprockets: SRAM PG-1989, 11-34T

Rims: DT Swiss XR 4.1
Hubs: DT Swiss 190 Ceramic Center Lock
Spokes: DT Swiss Aerolite
Tyres: Maxxis Hard Drive Proto type

Bars: Special addition white FSA K-Force XC, 520mm
Stem: FSA coil 45degree

Headset: threaded
Tape/grip: Rubber

Pedals: Shimano Dure Ace
Seat post: Saddle: Vetta gel
Bottle cages: Elite

Total bike weight: 15.3kg (targeted 9.0kg weight with complete race equipment)

Frame: Trek 1000, Harsh Aluminum with 1' steer tube
Available sizes: L (tested)
Fork: Mizuno monocoque Harshest Aluminum
Headset: Ritchey WCS Carbon Drop-In
Stem: ITM 101 coil
Handlebars: ITM 101 Classica
Tape/grips: ORIGIANL cork
Front brake: Shimano 105
Rear brake: Shimano 105
Brake levers: Shimano 105
Front derailleur: Shimano 105
Rear derailleur: Shimano 105

Shift levers: Shimano 105 DOWN TUBE( for the best climbing
Cassette: Shimano 105 13-26T
Chain:Shimano 105 super wide
Crankset: Shimano 105
Bottom bracket: who knows
Pedals: Shimano Dure ace
Wheelset: Mavic Open pro's
Front tire: Specialized Armadillo
Rear tire: specialized Armiadillo
Saddle: Selle Italia
Seat post: Harshest Aluminum

Thanks for everything Pat and Tom!!!

McGovern's Dance Moves

2008-01-07T10:43:00.000-08:00

How time flies

2007-12-31T07:38:00.000-08:00

Well we are at the end of another year again. I would have to say 2007 was a great year for me! I started the year off in Boise hanging with J-rose and a new years bike ride. I went off to Cali to hang with Jessie Stuart for a week and go out with her good looking friends; ) Then I started training back at Mesa State College( with the Gingers and the locals in Grand Junction) for the Collegiate season which was amazing for me. I got the National Championship in the D2 Omnium(the best feeling in the world was getting called up to the podium knowing if you put your mind to something, you can truly do anything you want to.) I then went back to Poky for a few days and hung out with an old friend the xc runner for a week. Then on the road again I moved to Boise for the summer I ended up liking it so much it here that I decided that I wasn't going to be going back to Mesa State, and starting up at Boise State. Now that I have got 1 semester out of the way at Boise State, I have realized that I will be staying here for a while. Well long enough to get my degree which is going to be, like another 3 years or so. I really don't see the hurry to have to work for the rest of my life. Oh I have to tell you about this amazing feat that I did. I got an (98.2%) on my applied anatomy final with a 111 questions. Thats how it's done, at least in my book. I just got back to Boise last night from the week in Poky hanging with the family!!!

In 08 I will start off with that freezing bike ride at noon. Then I will be going to school and doing a lot of racing!

Goals for 08
Get my cat 1 upgrade
Get some great results
Win a Stage at the Gila
Top 10 at Twilight
Attack at the start of a race and win
Help the Team achieve great results
Get top 5 at Elites Crit nationals
HAVE FUN DOING IT ALONG THE WAY

TGFCB

2007-12-23T08:26:00.000-08:00

The roomies and I getting well hydrated at BSU vs U of I game

I don't know how some people do it, study everyday all day long for 16 weeks. I put in a solid 2 weeks of studying and my brain was not use to the amount of info it took in(it hurt). My body also took a huge beating too, the study position is really not the comfortable there needs to be better ergonomic seating at coffee shops. I think I averaged about 5 coffee's a day which had me so wired that some nights I would lay in bed and go over my studies tell 2 and 3 in the morn. I was getting back up a 7 most mornings, to resume my studies. I passed all my class some with A's and B's and one that I had to get a 75% on the final to pass the class. Sounds easy right well my other two test grades in this class would say it was impossible. It shows if you put your mind to something you can do it, 75% is what I got and I'm so happy that I don't have to take that class over.

Riding has been good on the trainer as long as I'm doing a work out. It's the easy rides that kill me it's unforgiving like studying. Jrose and myself did a little rearranging to consolidate the beer pong room to setup the trainers, TV, DVD player and 3 fans.

It also snowed last night in the valley which puts a real NO NO on riding outside today. I might go for a hike tonight just to keep me sane in the outdoors.

Congrats to the 3 gingers (Ginger Twins and Sambo) for supporting the red hair like champs at cyclocross nationals!!!
sambo's Pic taken by the ginger below Ginger love

Photo ©: Kurt Jambretz/www.actionimages.cc

Lactate Threshold Test

2007-12-08T10:19:00.001-08:00

Well I got to say it's been the first time I have been on a trainer this year, and it really wasn't that bad. I have been dreading it for sure, it's over with now. It's really perfect timing because last night it snowed for the first time. So yeah back to the test, I got it. So start you off at 100 watts and ramp you up 30 watts every 3 minutes. So really the test is easy then you are suffering and then it's over for the most part. This picture is not my test, but this is pretty much how it is broken down. The zones are set and now it's all up to me to get fast with a little help from the guys a Physio Therapy. I also want to put a little side note in, those guys are super nice and have really nice setup going on in Eagle, Idaho. I hope to see some massive improvement this year, like 10% or more power and stay a little leaner to this year. I wasn't busy enough this past year and not eating healthy enough so I wasn't shedding the pounds. Wish me luck now and make sure I'm on the bike and not eating any bad foods. I just ask one thing let me have one good beer every once in awhile.

Keeping up

2007-12-05T08:17:00.000-08:00

So I had a great weekend on the bike and off. My older sister and dad came into town for a few days and we got to see Dane Cook's live stand up. That dude is so funny.
I got out on Saturday with Rumps and his wife and Sunday with Buster-B.Last night I got to have dinner with Sam and Hunter Allen the man behind cycling peaks coaching group. We did a little talking about cycling but a little more about snowboarding. Hunter also got a Ferrari and took it up to 160mph last week on his way to work. Wow that's rad The weather is also being pretty sweat here in Boise, nice and warm.

On the Run

2007-11-28T08:15:00.001-08:00

I wish I could say training has been going full on but it's really a hit and miss game right now with school my school schedule sucks. I have been running to get some type of exercise to keep me sane. I can't wait to be done with this semester of school, music still sucks and it's not getting any better. If I had a better teacher it could really be a cool class but he sucks. I will be only taking 7 credits in the spring and really focusing on training and school with still sewing bags for SAM Krieg.

check that mullet out

2007-11-07T11:57:00.001-08:00

Halloween

2007-10-31T09:01:00.000-07:00

So it's the day we celebrate girls wearing victory secrets underwear out in public!! YEAH now that a good holiday. I will not be going out thou, I get out of class at 10 PM and have to get some stuff done for Krieg Climbing. I did get my fare share of fun this past weekend. I have been training a tone and feeling like I'm getting stronger(if that means being soar all the time). I have been busy with school too, I wish I didn't have do all these boring core classes that I'm not interested in at all. I will be a more rounded person because of it thou. This is the Girl Friend Linsey and me out partying it up this past weekend! How ugly is that skin-suit I felt like a super hero, or a super dork either way I look funny for sure!!!

What have you done to help prevent global warming today?!?

2007-10-12T11:09:00.000-07:00

I just watched the documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
To watch the trailer of this documentary click here

The Ale Gore documentary on how we can help keep the world a livable place for us our children and grandchildren ect... This documentary has opened up my eyes for sure. I cant really say that I have done anything to really help other than I ride my bike to school everyday. We are also recycling at the house now too. We have a few beer cans at the house every weekend!! The question to ask yourself is, what part am I taking in to help save the earth from global warming? I have two old teammates from Mesa that are on a team promoting Start Global Cooling!!! Also check out their teams website!!!

SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING???

What's NEW?

2007-10-10T09:13:00.000-07:00

Well there is a few things, training , being slammed at school, got a girl friend. Beer-Pong table got a paint job Ninja Turtle's(dope)! Oh this is new too. This the 08 ride for Bob's!!! It is sweet i have been out on the road a few times with it, now trying to get my position dialed in!! The bike is a lot stiffer than last years ride. Oh Yoga is Kicking butt in my abs and shoulders !!! Well thats all I got time for now. Later

Getting close to being that time again!

2007-09-21T07:25:00.000-07:00

Well being back in school I have been like a 18 year once again, bring on the beers. Only on the weekends, school work all week long. We have built a beer bong table which is a main attraction. A great investment, people bring beer over every weekend to play!! The only bad thing about it is you can get super duper drunk real quick(me last Friday). The Bob's crew (riders/the worker bee's at bob's/owner Verno the inferno) are all going out for the end of the year blow out. Then to our house for the BEER PONG!!

On a more serious note
With taking a good break away from my bike. It's about that time that I get back on the bike and start thinking about the goals for next year. I really want to rip legs off next season I think I had a great season but could of been a little better if I would not have raced my Dad's mountain bike last year in the collegiate season. I really want to become an explosive racer, for the crits next year. I also want become good friends with my TT bikes and not have a love/hate relationship with it!! I also want to get my Category 1 license nest year, but I will need some help form my team for sure. One of the things I have to do is come out strong but not to strong saving the real firepower for later in the season!!

Hey if your ever in boise and want to check out the new pad/play a game of BEER Pong, Just buy a case of Keystone Light, and it's game on

Bogus basin Super Fan

2007-09-08T20:54:00.000-07:00

I think this is what made Matt W. ride so fast to become the 2007 Bogas basin hill climb.

Beijing shoo-in for Summer Olympics

2007-09-02T09:00:00.000-07:00

Well I thought it was a great season on the bike, racing for Mesa State College and Team Bobs-bicycles.com. I had got the National Championship in the Omnium, got a win in the 7th day crit in Eagle, ID. Which has put me in a great position for the Olympics in China. I'm ready to start a new build and get myself prepped for a podium finish. With China having so many different national sports, which are being put into the Olympics. This opened up a new door for me being an Olympian. The first challenge was getting to the Olympic qualifiers.

Olympic trials, I showed up with my stuff ready to throw it down. I brought the best equipment I had, my flatbed united. USADA was there to test me for any performance enhancing drugs, I passed. I thank the Olympic comity for having the trials in such a big place I wasn't sure what to do with so much room. I was the only person to show up from the states. This made me think, am I the only one still able to manufacture anything with the tag on it saying made in the USA. Yet they started the heaters to get it up to the 122 F. I did my thing and put out new USA record for bag making. So I got my USA team oil can, and a bandanna to wear and have for my machine at the games. With other Olympic trials also happening so early, I am ranked 8th in the world as of right now. Slave driver SAM has got me on a great training plan from here to the Olympics I get a 30 to do what ever I want a day. He is so Great to me I love him, what a great guy.

My biggest competitor right now is not a male, no this is the only sport where man vs women. Lung Lee chin is ranked 1 in the world and is the person who has sewn all wrangler jeans in the past 7 years. She started with wrangler at the age of 6 now 13 is looking for real chance to become one of the China's Olympic Medalist.

The India National Team has been training for the past few years setting themselfs in the most ideal training facility

I think this might be the last clean sport in the the Olympic games. I have already had some of Bonds people come to me and ask if I want to take any supplements. I told them that being clean is the only way to go, plus my fingers would look like big hot dogs because those are really the only muscles you use minus the peddle foot. I really don't think this will be one of the prime time event that they show but one can only hope they show the medal ceremony.

I can also bring a team with me to help snip and flip bags for me to do the 4x1(four people doing 1 bag) I think we might be last in this discipline. My team has not been doing it as long as the others.

Wish me and my team luck in the next months in training

1st, are you going to Boise anytime soon

2007-08-11T17:23:00.000-07:00

Well if you are and have a Pickup truck, you would save me a lot of scratches to Celica. I have a log bed frame (head and foot board and runners) night stands and my mattress/box spring .

Time for some more change

2007-07-30T10:09:00.000-07:00

Well I have decided not to go back to Mesa State College, I will be attending Boise State University!! I like the B-town so much that I figure it would be a good place for me to stay for a while longer! With that now I'm kind of under pressure with time, finding a house to live in and getting ready for school! Job, well that seemed way to easy. I went into the Olive Garden to get an application at 3:30 and the host told me that I could talk to a manger before 4:00. I went out to the car and filled it out and went back in to meet with a manager. 80 min later and a tour of the restaurant and a 185 question, personality test, I got a second interview. Went back and got the job. Now in Pocatello for a few weeks before starting the job. I will be working for the man! I also have to make a trip to GJ to pick up all the stuff that I left behind!! So it's going to be pretty busy right up tell school starts 7/27. I will be ready to settle back into my own space and have my own room. Oh I will be attending my first wedding of my High school friends this week. I'm glad it's not me but happy for him!

Dam critters

2007-07-25T20:43:00.000-07:00

Critters keep on cracking nuts on my deck. This is what they get and you better tell your critter friends!!!

Twilight

2007-07-25T08:40:00.000-07:00

Wow this race can get a man moving really fast for 90min! With all of my peeps showing up and cheering me on, which extra motivation to go fast. Its' going off the front and chasing things down that you think might go off the front!!! Well the race was flying fast this year, a 30 mph average. This year the race went by so quick compared to last years,108degrees race. The race had a 103 starters the biggest twilight ever! I felt awesome during the race and could move in the pack pretty easily. Corner one was awesome that was the Bob's corner, we had our great cheering squad there. Also on corner one was a hot dog stand on this corner. Man did it smell good, for the few laps that I could smell over the burning brake pads on peoples carbon wheels. Corner two was good too. Someone out side corner two was yelling Go Stu!!! The back straight away was a little dark for my likings, toward the end of the race. With my eyes being dilated and constricted back and forth the second half of the race. Corner three was a little crazed because of the position of the big grooves and wholes in the middle of the road. Corner four, wow it had a lot going on with fans again cheering me on, and the barriers that I hit once with my shoe and bars that was a little scary. The front straight away was loud, really loud. With two laps to go it was amazing it was like hitting a wall of sound. The Cuban missile won the race and sat on the back of the Crit for 75 laps. in last place. He can also be racing and reach over and pick something up off the road, very impressive. I saw this at cascade a few weeks ago and J-rose saw him do this at Twilight. So the two of us practiced this at a park with our water bottles. It's hard but we got it down. So I ended up placing 31st not bad but, I thought I did better. Well that's that. I ready to do some bike riding now. Hope to see you out on the Road!!

HA HA!!!

2007-07-19T12:41:00.000-07:00

I have cracked

2007-07-18T13:14:00.000-07:00

So the Indonesia trip is out, not just for me but the whole team. The race got moved back to November. Oh well with twilight pretty much being the end of the season for me!! These are the things I cant stop thinking about now!! I have not stopped drinking the Icee's but soon I can switch to the ICE COLD BEER and beer gardens and cocktail parties and BeerBQ's! It's been a long season 9 months of training for me and I'm pretty drained. I need to get off the training plan and just ride my bike for a little, and enjoy riding my bike. I will take a month totally off the bike this fall and do other things to stay fit(chase the ladies at Mesa). This way I can look at what needs to be done for next season!!! I need to look at a few things and pick some goals for 08. It's pretty early to be thinking about this stuff, but this is good mentally for me! Mt bike season is not going to happen this year. I will be doing nothing but the road from now on!

Switch

Cascade

2007-07-16T12:44:00.000-07:00

Well it was really hard and it was a good serving of humble pie. I DNFed on stage 5 when my legs had nothing left I mean it hurt just to peddle my bike.

Well to the stuff that more exciting to talk about than sucking on my bike.

SO I saw this truck the other day. What the hell do you think it gets for gas mileage? That's a whole new level of small man syndrome!! McGovern it's all you buddy!

Matt W. got 9th in the elite Nats TT 31sec off the win flying!!! Good job matt

I also went to the fruit stand with J-rose today and loaded up on the goodness. Fresh spinach, Romain, snow peas, raspberries, strawberries, watermelon, cantaloupe(the best I have ever had), peaches, cherries. SO GOOD.

Well Twilight is this week!!! The coolest one day race that I go to all year!!!

Do 5 and Get 1Free

2007-07-04T09:15:00.000-07:00

This is a good enough reason to stick around Pocatello for an extra few days. A raise will always get me to work more, harder, and longer. So today is the 4th of July and I will be missing all the fun but I will be getting money for 6 for the work of 5!!! Happy 4th to everyone hope you have a few beers for me because I'm holding strong!!! Still got to cut some wait it's not that easy!!!

Gate City Grind

2007-07-01T07:28:00.000-07:00

I had a little bit of Alexander Vinokourov

in me during the road race. It always seems like the first part of a Pro 1,2 road race is always attack after attack. Well lucky or unlucky Sam Krieg got in the break with two team mates from Porcupine/Specialized Racing. The biggest team then went to the front and and started to rotate through trying to bring it back. With a few miles of doing that, they pulled off the front looking blown. We got to the tail wind section and the move had put 2min 30sec into the group in a few miles. It was time for that move to start coming back! With help from a few teams we kept them with a 2min gap. Rose start helping out and keeping the pace high. On the 4th lap and killing myself on the front of the field the gap was only had 15 sec, but we did not want that move coming back yet. If it did the attacks would be fireing off again and we wanted that break to be blown when it came back With ending the 4th lap and going into the 5th lap I knew my legs didn't have much left but I knew it wasn't about me today. This was going to be for Matt. I killed myself keeping the pace at 36 to 40 mph no joke. With Rose taking a pull on the front going up the hill then me I waited a few sec for Rose to get tucked into the group then I threw it down. I wanted the pressure to be so hard that no one would want to attack!! I did this and then blew off the back of the main group, but with my move there was a lot of carnage out on the road. The group I was with, actually made it back to the main group and I went right back to the front to keep the pace high. This yo yo effect happened a few more times before someone surged and I got caught out from the main field and was the only one off the back. At this point I cruised in knowing that my job was done. Rose and Matt got 4th and 5th on the day. This race would have been so awesome if the whole squad would have came. The cross winds made it really difficult. Tad it was one of those days that you dreamed about, I know how much you love the cross wind.

Time trail I did some soft pedaling to not waist anything for tomorrows crit. Rose and Matt rode the TT as if there was no tomorrow. Rose got 3rd and Matt got 2nd. I have not seen the GC yet but Team Bobs-bicycles.com is sitting really well. The Cirt is going to be a real hard Bike race with so many people with in just a few seconds. I can't wait I plan on ripping peoples legs off helping my mates out. It almost easier going in knowing that my place at the finish doesn't even matter. I will ride for bobs and for the over all win.

The Crit was an all out fist fight on bikes!! With the race being so close the Logan team had to keep the pressure on the front of race. This tried to stop all the attacks. With the First prime being a 10 sec time bonus the field was in a constant fight for position. Logan's race leader picked up the time bonus moving him up 19 sec over Matt W. The next prime was for 50 dollars, I used my home court advantage because I know where I can attack from on that course. 50 dollars was added to the pool of money. I then chased everything that was a threat down and sat on their wheel. With about 8 laps to go Justin took a flyer and stayed out there for 5 laps. making Logan chase and blowing a lot of there team right out the back door. Matt got 5th in the crit and Justin got 6th in the crit.

Team Bob's got two people on the podium Matt in 2nd and Rose in 3rd great job guys!!

I also got to thank

for all the help they gave Bob's team this week. They gave us some paper because Matt forgot his number so we had to make one via Tri-med Paper(injury report paper)! They had an outside AC that we sat by to stay cool during the crit. They gave us food which was awesome!!! The ice cold rags before and after the race was huge for not overheating and cooling down. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!

Holly Excitement Batman

2007-06-26T21:28:00.000-07:00

Today I was informed that Team Bob's-Bicycles.com was invited to the Tour D'Indonesia. My First thought was I my gosh I'm going to Indonesia. Second thought was, were is Indonesia? It's between China and Australia if you didn't know. This all I know of right now, other than I will miss the first two weeks back at school. I hope my teachers will understand this once in a lifetime chance, if not I will tell them to get over it.

So with the Bob's Team only able to choose 4 riders, my chance of going is about this big

but they are saying there is a chance so my ass has got to lose some weight and become a climbing machine once again. The whole team wants to go, so it's going to be real hard choice for our director and team manager. I'm glad I don't have to make the decision. So for the next few months I will not be having any beer so don't offer it to me. Sweets are out for me to, no more three bowls of homemade ice-cream here. Lots of no fat foods and fresh foods. I'm bummed that I'm not a for sure but I'm not going to be the only one who's bummed. I'm also new to the squad and I realize that you got to put in your time for these types of things. There is no complaints from me on how this team is ran, and they have only treated me with best respect and gave me a tone of great opportunities already. I will be dedicated for the next two months to keeping motivation high and putting in the time for getting that spot.

The man of PRINCIPAL

2007-06-25T18:36:00.000-07:00

–adjective
1.
first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
2.
of, of the nature of, or constituting principal or capital: a principal investment.
3.
Geometry. (of an axis of a conic) passing through the foci. –noun
4.
a chief or head.
5.
the head or director of a school or, esp. in England, a college.
6.
a person who takes a leading part in any activity, as a play; chief actor or doer.
7.
the first player of a division of instruments in an orchestra (excepting the leader of the first violins).
8.
something of principal or chief importance.
9.
Law.
a.
a person who authorizes another, as an agent, to represent him or her.
b.
a person directly responsible for a crime, either as an actual perpetrator or as an abettor present at its commission. Compare accessory (def. 3).
10.
a person primarily liable for an obligation, in contrast with an endorser, or the like.
11.
the main body of an estate, or the like, as distinguished from income.
12.
Finance. a capital sum, as distinguished from interest or profit.
13.
Music.
a.
an organ stop.
b.
the subject of a fugue.
14.
(in a framed structure) a member, as a truss, upon which adjacent or similar members depend for support or reinforcement.
15.
each of the combatants in a duel, as distinguished from the seconds.

It's not over to tell the fat ladie sings, Buster!!!

Don't stop believin'Hold on to the feelin

2007-06-24T21:05:00.001-07:00

Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world She took the midnight train goin' anywhere...Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit He took the midnight train goin' anywhere...
A singer in a smoky room, The smell of wine and cheap perfume For a smile they can share the night It goes on and on and on and on...
Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard Their shadows searching in the night Streetlight people, living just to find emotion Hiding, somewhere in the night
Working hard to get my fill, Everybody wants a thrill Payin' anything to roll the dice, Just one more time
Some will win, some will lose Some were born to sing the blues Oh, the movie never ends It goes on and on and on and on
Don't stop believin' Hold on to the feelin 'Streetlight people
If you want to Listen

Elkhorn Stage Race.
With stage one being a new road race course, the field was pretty excited to get under way. With the mission being for the worker houses is get in a break and do not work, aka the insurance card. This way my team doesn't have to work in pulling back the break, haha. I made the break and got an ear full for about 70 miles. Sorry everybody my agenda is not the same as yours. With ten miles to go the field caught the break away. I went to the back of the pack and then went right to the and did one pull for the break to bring back a move. Then BOOM, I went right out the back of the field. I rode a slow TT saving myself for the crit. The crit didn't go as well as I wanted put I still got 13. I'm a little disappointed, oh well bike racing. Today's 102 mile was awesome!! My 75 place does not give it justice. The mission was to get one or two guys in the early break, we got three!!! That's how Bob's goes crazy on the field. It was not so easy thou. The first 10 miles of the race was 100 guys single file with attacks almost the hole time. I felt like I was in Belgium in a spring classic. I got lucky. I already had Rose and Brandon up the road so I fallowed a wheel then jumped him when he was blown. The break worked really well together and we had 6 min on the field at one point. After the 3rd big climb team Bob's sat on the back. Waiting for mark to come across we waited. With getting caught right at the bottom of the climb the three Bob's riders took there turns on the front of the select climbers group laying down the tempo. I took my turn on the front and pealed off and spun up the hill in my lowest gear. I also took a pee on the way up. When the job was done all I could think about is Don't stop believin'Hold on to the feelin the song the inspired the team for the whole weekend!!! It's the real reason 3 of us made it into the break!!

Red Bull Feed

2007-06-21T19:49:00.000-07:00

Getting ready for Elkhorn. I always do a pre race ride to get my legs all opened up before a suffer fest. Rose and myself where riding back from doing our intervals we say a Red bull vehical

going the other way. I put out my hand towards them begging in my head that would be awesome if I could get some Wings right now. I look back and think I see it coming back towards us nope a dominos car. Dam! Then Rose looks back and says they are coming. Sure enough I got my wings and took a feed right from the Red Bull car. That's what I call getting it on the FLY.

Elkhorn

2007-06-21T12:52:00.000-07:00

I have been back in Boise for past few days. I was in Poky hanging out with my Dad and doing a little bag sewing. That's right I can work but I don't like to. I also got to taste some homemade Ice-cream for the first time in a long time. I did the unthinkable I ate three HUGE bowls of it. First was Amazing second was just as good third was not so good to my stomach. I picked J-rose up from the airport last night(home boy had a funky smell when he got into the car) Well the team is heading to Baker city Oregon tomorrow. I'm pretty excited for this race it's my 2nd favorite bike race. Boise twilight #1!!! Anyways Mark S. is going to be the guy racing for the big gc win. The team is looking super solid and going to punish the competition.

Blake and myself went down to alive at 5 in down town Boise last night and there must been a few thousand people out drinking. Dam sometimes life would be much easier not being a bike racer, and start being a Professional hotty chaser. It would be nice to get all tipsy during the week, but in the back of my mind I'm thinking about all the hills and races I got coming up in the next 6 weeks. I will save all those beers for the MT. bike season, BLA. I'm not looking forward to wrecking a lot and not enjoying riding my bike. Tell then I will ride my bike and do nothing besides sit on the couch and wait for the tour to start.

Maybe the Kit for 07-08

2007-06-14T08:08:00.000-07:00

What do you think? It's a million times better than the purple.

If I could convert the time that I spent on the Wii today it would of been a rocking cycling work out. I put my body into some big hurt. My estimated norm power is more of a real sign of how it really went down. The Tss is dead on, maybe. I think I really worked on my bowling arm and my hitting arm for baseball. In the last hour is really when it started getting hot! I took off the shirt and grabbed the numb-chuck and did a little boxing. The Tss would of been a lot higher but you know I'm almost pro on the Wii boxing, which throws a real loop into my threshold setting, so the Tss is a little low!!!Maybe

Banana Pancakes

2007-06-02T08:54:00.000-07:00

When the pros go to the front it's over! Getting drooped on the first climb sucks but I gave it my all and couldn't get back. I chased on the decent and through the caravan(which is a little sketchy). I and about 60 other didn't have what it took to get there. Mark Santa road really well he got a 10th on stage 3. Matt and Mayfield also had great day on the bike. Rose and me, NOT SO MUCH!!!

Well lets bring on the Local racing that way I can boost myself confidence. Cycling is such a crazy roller coaster! With National Championships one week, and getting the time cut another weekend. All I can say is hopefully that's the bottom of that roller and now we can start climbing back up for another high.

Rose and myself are making some banana pancakes to get the day started, for what I don't know because our bikes are in Oregon. We could spend a day a playing the Wii, or cleaning the house a little, or even talk about that time we got smoked at Mt. Hood. Today we have our other roommate moving in, Blake! He is going to be the perfect wing man for the summer, he already has a girlfriend so he can wheel and deal for us.

Hood

2007-05-30T18:19:00.000-07:00

Wow it's day two and I'm already way tired. The first ITT was really rough for me. I haven't felt that crapy all season. Today J-rose got the KOM jersey pretty dam cool. I was the water boy today and got my first real pro tour hand up aka the push up the road. It was awesome!!! I got dropped the last time up the climb when the teams all started to attack and stu went out the back. I was a little blown. Mark was a star today and got 6th on the stage. I came coasting in a few min after the main pack. WOW it's been rougth and only going to get worse. Oh by the way the stage was a 110 miles.

Ryan Mcknab was in a wreck on sunday in a Road race. He is in stable condition and will be held in an induced coma for four days (until Thursday) to prevent brain swelling

TV spot light

2007-05-27T08:02:00.000-07:00

http://www.kpvi.com/Global/category.asp?C=87786&nav=menu546_4

Garden creek gap didn't goes as well for me. I didn't have the best legs and my new shoes put hot spot on my feet. I mean it felt like fire burning my feet. I still got in a 100 miles of riding in of quality racing, 3374 calories burned. Not bad. I leave Tuesday morning for hood river, Oregon. The boys from Rio Grande are coming and staying with us tonight in the Boise house. After Hood River Classic there will be a lot of booze consumed from the Rio boys, rose and myself!

Mt. Hood

2007-05-21T13:21:00.000-07:00

I get to go race Mt. hood now. I was going to just help the team and support them, but know I get to survive for 6 days.

Oh yeah the math class, I passed. C's get degree's! thank god

Life back in the POC

2007-05-20T09:10:00.000-07:00

Well I took my last final and got out of GJ as if I was about to get the plague. I started the drinking season Thursday night to celebrate a little. I went riding with Rob and Sam Friday morning up Scout. Drinking Season over!!! Wow I felt like death. I went out on the TT bike for a few hrs yesterday, and felt million time better than Friday. Today I'm going to get a late start on the bike, because one of my best friends is leaving today back to Minnesota. So I'm going to hang out with her until she has to go, then go for a good ride.

I also got to say thanks to Sam and John S. they gave me a new pair of riding shoes. PIMP!!

Oh Sam has got a new espresso maker that is absolutely amazing(14shots already) I will be getting one hopefully in the fall. Pocatello crit is on Tuesday I'm hoping to have a good ride because I know it's going to be hard to get away from the pack of riders. Oh I also will be doing some work again for Sam. I betting on 4 bags I totally screw up, just my guess.

Off to Boise next weekend.

Life as a National Champion

2007-05-14T20:06:00.000-07:00

Holly shit!!! That's about all I can say for now. I want to say thanks for my parents supporting me and dishing out the cash when I needed it. I want to thank my coach for taking me to the next step. I want to thank Sam Krieg for being such a supportive teammate/friend and DICK boss J/K. I also want to thank Rob McGovern and Craig Kidd, I wanted to be you guys so bad when I was little, because you guys dominated. One day Rob told me that I could be better than that. I would never of believed it then, but thanks for pushing me. Thanks for making me suffer like a PIG. I have to pay my respects to my Grandpa Stuart, I miss him a tone and don't really know if I would be here with out him. For everyone who has contacted me in the past two days, thanks so much for the calls. I still cant believe how awesome it is to get that jersey. WOW!!! I'm the first person to get a National Championship jersey on the road at Mesa and the 3rd person to get one. Just writing this makes me look over at the jersey that I got, it's hung on a hanger and I Think holly crap, I won a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!

That last Pic is me hugging Anne Spalding the Conference Director and Mesa's faculty adviser, she almost took me to every race. Thanks Anne

Nationals

2007-05-10T07:51:00.000-07:00

Well after the 15 hour trip we have made it to the big show! I'm so ready for this, I can't wait to race my bike. It has been 10 months in the making. When I decided to go back to school this is why, and to get a degree. I realize anything can happen because it's bike racing, but my plan is to rip some legs off. I'm here to Win the jersey and maybe even two of them. I feel really strong after taking some days off after the Gila. I also brought my best suit,the stash and mullet for the big show. Tomorrow is the TTT, then Saturday is the Road race and then Sunday is the crit. Tuesday Math Final:(

6th, not to bad. I hope the crit goes a little better. I would really like one of those jersey's! I was one place off the podium and 1.8 sec from from the win. Mesa is in 4th in the overall. I will also be going for the overall best rider hopefully I can get my sprint legs on tomorrow. Zero hours studied for math final.

Crit

With the over all best rider in the back of my mind, I was really thinking about winning that crit. My mesa team Road the best they have all year in a crit. I got in a move with a guy from Colorado College. We had 20 sec on the field and that's all we could get. During the Break I was picking up some Prime points which didn't mean much at the time. With a 6 to go a guy from Dartmouth bridged across. This was great for the legs. I started feeling really good. With 1 1/4 laps left we got caught. I did everything I had in my body to hold position for the next lap. 12th in the crit.

Overall O

Final Division II Men’s Omnium
1. Chris Stuart (Mesa State) 183
2. Eric Schlidge (Dartmouth College) 181
3. Peter Horn (Vassar College) 180
4. Todd Nordblom (Colorado College) 173
5. Toby Marzot (Dartmouth College) 166

I love Prime Points!!!!

Gila Done and Nationals here I come

2007-05-08T08:17:00.000-07:00

Well if you didn't hear I got 2nd in the crit. I love those things. I wanted a better GC spot but knew I would have to risk it. I took the chance and fell a little short like 15 miles short. My oil light went on, and I lost the drive and the suffer. I called it early. I am heading to Kansas tomorrow to rip some legs off. Right now I'm in between classes and this is my only day of class this week and for the rest of the year. I have finals next week. That sucks but oh well. I will have to do some studying while resting for once. The gila great race hopefully will be back next year. Team Bobs-bicycles.com did some real ass kicking down there. We made it in moves every day the only team to do that.

Day 3 GIla

2007-05-04T16:04:00.000-07:00

Well the first day at the Gila sucked for me TT like a little girl. I got 40th

Day 2 in a all day break and getting caught with about 1K to go. Wow did I blow up I mean I was barely turning the peddles. I was so dehydrated that I got an IV after the race, and drank 4 power aids. 10th on the day!!

Day 3 I sat in the field all day and Rose went up the road to later win the stage. The decent on the stage was crazy. There was a crash 4 guys in front of me and some how missed it. I also over shot one of the switch backs and had one foot out and braking as much as I could. I got 10th again on the day. I feel good and I'm looking forward to the Crit tomorrow. Don't know the GC as of now. Check the official tour of Gila web site!!!

MSC home race

2007-05-01T10:07:00.000-07:00

The home race went really well I got a third in the road race and a fourth in the crit. I felt really good both days. Now I'm at the GILA. The team picked me up in Moab yesterday. We are sitting around in a coffee shop now, waiting to ride the TT course this afternoon. I feel like my riding has really came together in the last few weeks. I'm really excited to be hear but the plan is to gain fitness for Nationals in Kansas next week. I would like to get a high GC or a stage win here. I will be updating daily, or as much as i can. The house that we are staying at does not have Internet so it might be hit and miss on the updates. Check the Gila website for updates.

Funny Video's on Youtube

2007-04-25T20:42:00.000-07:00

Monster

Monkey

Oh by the way, I still have to got my SRM in the mail! I will be waiting for it.

Durango Road Season

2007-04-24T23:44:00.000-07:00

Well the Team TT was a huge F up. It was my fault my hip-flexer burned up on me. I could put out no power. I could barely stay on the wheels of Mitch H. and NK.

With the weather looking pretty crappy I thought the crit was going to be a no go. The crit was on and one of the best course ever. The road were super smooth and fast and the alley climb was so cool. It really hurt as you can see on my face but we would hit that thing so hard. I ended up 8th with is pretty lucky considering that I almost went down in the last corner. A FLC guy hit my brake lever with his left shoulder applying my rear brake. My brake tore his jersey and my brake released letting my bike stop sliding. close one.

RR well lets just say I had another flat again. I did chase on for 12 miles and caught the chase group. Not bad considering I thought my day was over when I flatted. A CU rider gave me his front wheel. He wrecked on the first lap and wasn't in it. I also dropped the chase group on the last lap with three miles to go. I felt great but didn't have the right kind of luck. I ended up 17th.

Oh Yeah that's me opening up a gap off the front. Trying to hit the hill first.

Host Housing

2007-04-23T20:22:00.000-07:00

Well Ginger C. has decided to share his Forts(aka play areas) for any incoming racers for the Mad cow Classic.
Fort 1 right in the Ginger's room. that's right sharing space with flame of the Mesa cycling team. It's a deluxe area right under the Gingers bed(twin size). Ginger C. spends hrs. playing with balls and other toys, so it should fantastic sleeping arrangements.

Fort 2 located in my pod. It's a little smaller but we had to setup a play area for him so he wouldn't break anything. This is located under our stadium seating in our living room. It has easy access to an overflowing garbage can. Phone-books are readily available if you need to order in food. This is also great if you don't want anyone to know that your there. You just pull the chair back and you're in your own little retreat.

Please Call Ginger C. to get a fort for the weekend. 303 915 3813

Time to get back what I left in MT. bike season!!!

2007-04-20T08:31:00.000-07:00

So last time I raced in Durango I got slammed about 15 times. This weekend I plan on giving that damage back in attacks. I had a really good week on the bike and hopefully it will travel into the weekend! Dave Grow that super trooper stash for the Gila. I'm getting pretty excited for the Gila and 5days of racing with some big stages.

For all of you that know the Tour of Georgia is going on"watch it LIVE"

Oh I've declared a new Major-Exercise Science Three more years of School. 3 more times I will have a chance at a Collegiate National Championship Jersey.

That's me in the Leader's Jersey driving it at the front, Oh check out the hair in the BOB's kit. The crit was a little negative this week we had a disgruntle(aka Darth Vader,in black) citizen in the group and was mad because the Mesa Team was attacking the other riders and not working to bring back our own team mates back. UH OK lets think about this... it is a training race and there is NO money for us Collegiate racers. So why would we be that motivated to throw it down. I'm stocked to see my team mates getting in the mix and being able to win. I took third, top 4 riders are Mesa's A squad. I hope there is no hard feeling about the race, what happens on the bike should stay on the bike

I'm one step closer to being like my dad and grandpa, I found this knife out riding and had to pick it up. Those two are the Biggest collectors of free stuff.

Colorado Springs

2007-04-18T12:14:00.000-07:00

Well all I can say about Colorado springs got the best of me. I had decent finishes but really suffered felt like I had no legs and was only running on one lung. 8Th in the crit and 13Th in the RR. I got dropped on the 3rd lap with a group of 30 up the road and caught them on the final climb of the day, and road tempo and ended up riding past all the carnage. The Bob's profile pic and the mullet shot. It's looking pretty dam good if you ask me. The ladies say otherwise but the don't know. Durango is this weekend and the weather is looking really shitty.

Well I got the points pretty well locked up in the D II RMCCC. Next weekend is the Mesa State race/ Conference Championships. It's going to be pretty sweet to get the Champion jersey in the home town. The Fruita Fat Tire Festival will be going on around the awards on Sunday too.

Hell Of The North

2007-04-07T21:19:00.000-07:00

F#$% Power tap hubs, Mine locked up on me while I was in a break away today. If anyone can Help me, I need a SRM (a crank that gives me power) so I can still train with power and not have this stupid problem with with P.T. while racing. TTT got second, my legs felt great because I really didn't have to bike race for that long in the RR. Power Tap's SUCK

Please Send Checks Or SRM to My address in the GJ, and May 18 Off to Boise

Well the Hill climbing is not my cup of tea, that's for sure. I'm glad they don't have that event at Nationals because I would get housed!! I did get over 4 hrs today! I hooked up with Mark and Rose after the hill climb and went out and did some rollers. I'm sick of the Collegiate racing I want some Big stage races!!! Soon enough I guess 4 weeks til the Gila I think I really have a lot of work left to be ready for that beast.

MInes

2007-04-02T06:34:00.000-07:00

Hill climb i sucked 27 almost 2 min off the winning collegiate time, and three off the best pro 1,2 time. I did get in a solid ride in after the hill climb I really felt like the started coming around a little better. I was shattered afterwards thinking, good thing,.... NOT. I still had the crit the next day.

The crit was the hardest crit I have ever done. The course had a 7 block climb in it. The laps where taking about 4 mins, ouch! The field was crushed. I got 11 on the day and 3rd in d 2. I finished with the main group which was tiny. I was trashed but the legs are coming around after the rest week. It always seems like my legs forget how to push after a little time off.

Utah is this coming weekend and I'm going to be feeling like a rock star. Plus it will be good to see the family! It's going to be good to see all the guys that I raced with last year too. HEY EVERYONE CHECK THIS OUT CUSTOMIZE YOUR BIKE

Mesa Crit the Wednesday Night craz. Just got to watch for cars pot holes and gingers in the corners. It's a fast course with lots of left corners good practice.

Mesa Crit # 2

2007-03-21T08:29:00.000-07:00

Today is the second Mesa crit, and my fifth day on with intensity in my legs. I'm trying to get my legs ready for the Gila in May. The team is going out on the TT bikes before the crit and going to practice rocking the Team Time Trial. Then a half hour later going to get my crit on. I'm going to be rocking the new BOB's bibs that I got(Cadillac quality)!! I wrecked on Monday too, I was riding through an intersection and hit the gravel right in the middle while turning and BAM down on my hip. Luckily I did not get ran over!!! I would of laughed my ass off if I would of saw it, but it wasn't to funny to me. The Jelly Belly shorts have new ventilation holes on the left side now. Oh Pink Bar tape, WHY NOT!!!! The first race in New Mexico people made fun of it, now I have seen a couple bikes with it on from other teams. MESA trend setters. College Algebra sucks if anybody wanted to know

CU, Boulder

2007-03-18T19:47:00.000-07:00

Well Mesa had an awesome weekend!!! The weekend started with the TT then a Crit and on Sunday was the Circuit race. The TT course was very challenging with big rollers that was a little over 10 miles. I felt like the power was gone. I was slowly bring back my 30 sec man but not nearly as fast I wanted to. I got done and thought that I had the worst ride on my bike ever, just didn't feel good about my ride. Well I didn't ride so poorly after all, I got 2nd 4 sec behind Troy Wells a pro that road for TIAA-CREF last year. Not to bad!!!

The crit was and very technical course with pot holes and craziness. I got 2 point primes early in the race. The race was sending people left and right from CU and FLC. Those two schools really battled against each other putting there guys on the front to shut down breaks that where going up the road. In the last lap I got boxed in and really had a hard time moving up. I got sixth and second in the DII. One of CU riders, Brad Bingham is an animal, that kid knows how to suffer on the front to lead out his teammates. He's a real team player props to him.

Circuit race was hard from the start. My legs didn't feel to hot. Mesa got a rider in the break on the 3rd lap and the TOOL and myself sat on the front and slowed the field down. I was able to sit in and stay out of the wind which was nice. I tried to git up the road with a lap to go but nothing, I tried really but nothing affective. I ended up sprinting in the field and went to early and got housed at the end. NOT MY BEST PERFORMANCE!!!!

I found out that Mesa riders are 1,2 in DII I got 313 points and Mitch is 198 points. Mesa is also #1 in the conference for points too.

Major Props to Justin Rose for his first Win of the season!!!! Team Bobs-Bicycles.Com

Mesa Crit #1 Power

2007-03-15T07:41:00.000-07:00

Mesa State Cycling puts on a weekly Crit practically on campus. The legs are felt a little shot all week. I had a bad work out on Tuesday and then road my tt bike for two hours yesterday morning and legs didn't feel any better. Last night was a different story, I had great legs some how. I think I have been a little dehydrated the last few days. In the Crit I took the responsibility on making the first move. 2 riders came across the gap taking 1 lap pulls that took about 55sec. One dropped off our wheels. I couldn't wait to attack this other rider, he has been talking so big this year, that you would think he just got signed to Discovery. He's saying how he's going to be a cat 1 in one season and how his VO2max is huge(whatever), oh by the way he is a cat 5. Well when it said 30 min on my Power-tap computer, It was time to crush. I attacked into the headwind section of the course so I could get a gap into the tailwind and start to open up a real gap on our Discovery rider. I did about 10 laps Solo really laying it out there. It feels good to end the week of training on a high note and now it's time to rest and get the legs ready for CU this weekend!!!

I also got a little write up on USA cycling!!! Check that story out, pretty cool!!!