ING Direct Capital Criterium: Photo Gallery
by JFS_PGH on Sep 21, 2008 11:04 PM EDT
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While you wait for higher res pix from the real photographers, here are some pix of the ING kids race, the crit, and some of the PC members who turned out (sign courtesy of Roadside!). I also have some video (including the crash on the "penultimate" lap) that I am trying to get to Rocketpress in hopes that he can do some combinatorial magic on it.
pix below, and more pix here. (Anything after the scenic greenery shot is from the Head of the Anacostia, the day before.)
P.S. Before Sui Juris says anything...yes, I sucked his wheel for a good couple of hours in the afternoon, and am not ashamed to say I had a great time doing it [grin].
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| From ING crit race, DC; also "head of the Anacostia" |
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Great shots
I wish I could have been there. Looked like a fun race. So who’s who in the group shot? DemonCats is the guy on the right. I recognize his mug from his Amsterdam travel posts, but who are the rest? And who is the guy dressed up like the Crocodile Hunter?
by Jimbo... on Sep 21, 2008 11:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The one on the left is RocketPress.
He gave us the heads up of his shirt in the first thread when they were planning their meeting.
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Sep 22, 2008 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Roadside in the middle
The “crocodile hunter” with the 3 Km [wink] lens and the fancy camera and all the photographer pockets? Think, Jimbo, think…
by JFS_PGH on Sep 22, 2008 12:03 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yep - thats me hiding in the middle
I painted the sign late the night before.
A podium Cafe sign or chalking is required at each race :)
(thats a challenge to the west coast crowd for TOC!!)
by roadside on Sep 22, 2008 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know
just trying to get a rise out of him, but nothing. I admire your restraint, Mark.. Excellent work all around you guys. This is making me very excited for ToC and whatever comes of that. It will be fun to put faces to names…
by Jimbo... on Sep 23, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you going to grow the stache again so we can all pick you out easily too?
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Sep 23, 2008 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jimbo kept getting mistaken for Earl Hickey
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
by Drew... on Sep 23, 2008 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
tee hee hee hee.....
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
by nikki on Sep 23, 2008 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Official Podium Cafe policy
if you hold up a Podium Cafe banner at a pro race, you are guaranteed a front page post. Nice one! Seriously, I haven’t even gotten to do this yet…
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris... on Sep 22, 2008 2:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Great ... well done
great photos. The “Turns at Speed” are exciting ….. I am too scared to lean that far over when I ride :)
Save the kids photo as I am sure a couple of them will be famous in 20 years (that little girl on the right has the smallest bike I have ever seen!)
"Tourists and locals are watching from sidewalk cafes. Non-racers. The emptiness of those lives shocks me." Tim Krabbe
by cyclingchallenge on Sep 22, 2008 3:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Love the photos
Especially the guy sliding backwards out of shot.
by Monty. on Sep 22, 2008 5:07 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
JFS-PGH
Good photos.
I did not realize you had caught the Kelly Benefits rider crashing into the Coca Cola? rider – photo 20.
This was a good well organized race and hopefully they will have it back again next year. . We were hanging out for a good while on the 180 degree turn at 9th and Pennsylvania Ave.
It was really nice to meet and hang out with everyone. PC has some cool people.
Some please get Dominique Rollin a contract! – that guy rocks!!
by roadside on Sep 22, 2008 9:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
he was a fan favorite at
the Tour of Missouri as well.
"...The mind has to rule the body and tell the body, shut up and do what I tell you to do..." Jens!
by Clydesdale on Sep 22, 2008 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, lucky shot of unlucky moment.
Slow camera…so by the time it was ready to click again, I usually caught the middle or back end of the pack, either coming or going. I have a lot more “follow them around” shots that are not posted. If you have any friends / personal faves in the race, other than the big names, I may have back-end pix of them in the group. Maybe even some side or front views. Call them out by number and I’ll send them to you or post them.
by JFS_PGH on Sep 22, 2008 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great pics
particularly the lovely PC one! Thanks for posting and glad everyone had funl.
by Katiek on Sep 22, 2008 9:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think it's great that
a) you got to see an excellent race and b) you got to meet up and hang out with your fellow cafe-ers. Excellent effort on all of your parts.
The revolution continues.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
by Drew... on Sep 22, 2008 11:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Great photos. Thanks.
Definitely beats the tiny video that we got live online (but, it was free so…).
6DemonCats looks just like I pictured. I’m a little disappointed to see that he has shifters & derailleurs on his bike, though. He must be just holding that for someone. That’s gotta be his fixie in the background.
by itswells on Sep 22, 2008 12:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sad but true.
The Pink Beast died a quiet death as I tried to covert her back to geared.
“Damnit, Jim, I’m just a country Doctor!”
However, in it’s wake, arose Daddy’s Red Pony. Which is a 2004 Fuji Roubaix Pro with and 853 steel frame.
The seatpost froze in the frame, and in the process of torching the seat tube to release it, ended up needing a paint job.
The frame sat in my closet for two years before a friend’s brother, who paints cars, offered to strip and paint it for me in his back yard over BBQ and beers!
Mazda Red!
Racing for Victory and Free Beer!
by DemonCats on Sep 22, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mazda red
And a beautiful red it was.
Demoncats -Hopefully you got one of those cool orange ING cowbells to go with the bike.
by roadside on Sep 22, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I got two!
Those are real cowbells!
Not those dinky marathoner ones I get at my wife’s running events!!!
Racing for Victory and Free Beer!
by DemonCats on Sep 22, 2008 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm feeling inadequate
I’ve got a dozen cowbells, and none of them are real.
by Sui Juris on Sep 22, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've got a fever...
and the only prescription is…
MORE COWBELL!
by itswells on Sep 23, 2008 6:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like you had a great time
Thanks for sharing!
by Veloki on Sep 23, 2008 1:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Amtrak did itself proud on the trip back;
only 10 minutes late. (The trip in? Better not to ask.)
Also, through my own inattention, I found myself 2.7 miles away from Union Station, at the start of rush hour, 14 minutes before the train was due to leave. I could never have made it in a car. Here’s to the lowly commuter folder, creative use of pedestrian crossings, streets and sidewalks, a downhill grade, and the Amtrak guard who said, “Yes, I see it’s a folder. Stow it as soon as you get on board. And calm down. If you can’t make it from here to there [pointing] before the train leaves, I’ll have to make you turn in that bike for a wheelchair.”
by JFS_PGH on Sep 23, 2008 7:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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