Mud, Sweat and Gears.

by Fred Marx on Oct 25, 2009 12:26 AM EDT Comment 28 comments

Wet cross! muddy cross! Good times had by all. There were some souvenirs. Day four of the Utah Cyclocross series saw overcast skies for all classes. Then the mens's A's lined up. A mild day turned into classic cross weather. Chilly, wet and slimy. The usually suspects turned up. One individual was heard to comment, "You really have to love racing your bike to show up today." In response, "You really have to love taking pictures..."

Bo Pitkin (Church Of The Big Ring)

More on the flip. Full gallery from the Utah Cyclocross Series

Our favorite junior....

Jennie Wade (Church Of The Big Ring) our favorite pair of Baby Blues.

Alex Grant (Mona Vie/Cannondale) with a little something with which to remember the day.

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So, crush on #350 Fred?

;-)

I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?

by Drew... on Oct 25, 2009 8:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

no argument here....

350 was a promo they did on the 350 ppm. the point where particulates are suggested to affect global warming. Her names may be Shannon… You need an intro? She had a big fan club already…

by Fred Marx on Oct 25, 2009 10:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

She's super cutey

And I love love that shot. Her saddle matches her eyes :-)

by gavia on Oct 25, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was thinking more for Fred

I’m quite happy with my wife :-)

I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?

by Drew... on Oct 25, 2009 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

I was just agreeing ;-)

by gavia on Oct 26, 2009 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sadly I f she's who I think she is she's way smarter than I am

and married.

by Fred Marx on Oct 26, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well.......

Maybe it won’t last and you can be ‘rebound guy.’

I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?

by Drew... on Oct 27, 2009 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

actually she is not who I thought she was..

so who knows…. She is still probably smarted than I am though.

by Fred Marx on Oct 27, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Smart is hot

by tedvdw on Oct 27, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

in that first picture...

…I think I see V brakes and shimano brifters, but it doesn’t look like there’s anything like a Travel Agent to correct the cable pull rate mismatch. What gives??

by gregm on Oct 25, 2009 9:12 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

Left lever is not a brifter. Rear brake is a canti from the little bit you can see?

by fancan on Oct 25, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

noticed that too.

Single chain ring up front, so no need for a brifter. Even with a brake-only lever, I’m still not sure you would get really firm front braking without the travel-agent.

by Mr Van P on Oct 25, 2009 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tektro make road levers for v-brakes under their own name and for Cane Creek.

Those look like Tektros.

by fancan on Oct 25, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

aha!!! thanks!!!

by gregm on Oct 25, 2009 6:01 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

He's running one front ring, so no shifter, front V brake and rear cantilever

by Fred Marx on Oct 25, 2009 10:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Beautiful pics as always.

Meanwhile, Nys wins the Koppenberg Cross over Albert. From Sporza:

It placed a searing breakaway Sven Nys. He drove the rest of the wheel and behind him splashed the group explained. Niels Albert did not have to return everything, but he stranded a few seconds.

Very cool. I hate having to return stuff.

"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert

by Chris... on Oct 25, 2009 11:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs