One from Mallorca and two from Haute Route Stavanger, both last year!
The descent is a blast.
Is this at Waterford? I almost made it there but ultimately decided it was a little far from Ann Arbor to make the drive after work.
Yes! This was Waterford on the 15th. Everyone rode CCW for the longer hill and some high speed cornering after. Planned to go last week but was too late to drive once work finished. About a 20 minute drive for me, from Ann Arbor thatâs probably more like 45 to an hour with all the construction traffic.
Not sure how many more races they will do but I hope to make at least 1 more. If you can make the schedule work itâs worth the trip. 
I though I recognized that wooden wall! I would probably make my way out there if it was the normal crit schedule but I probably wonât do it for a TT.
Crits finally resumed here and hopped into a practice race.
Although I was excited to get out with others I was a bit nervous not having raced a crit in nearly 18 months. Not to mention 95% of my riding is by myself or indoors.
I felt somewhat at ease knowing most havenât raced or ridden with others but that didnât seem to be the case.
Three laps in weâre averaging 27mph and at one point I was completely boxed in on all sides. To the point of rubbing elbows. That made my nerves shoot through the roof so I eased up as soon as I could. As soon as I did I was basically pedaling backwards and rode the rest of the time chasing small groups.
Sketchy but fun times.
). Still it was my fastest time through it.
April 2010 2nd edition of Singlespeedapalooza in Newburgh, NY -my first race at 37. If youâd told me that 10 years later Iâd be training âseriouslyâ (
wait, is that what Iâm doing?!) Iâd have told you that youâre crazy, Iâll just ride my way to fast. Well, that doesnât work anymore. The bike is a rigid single speed -On One Scandal frame & their carbon tube fork, some Mary clone bars by Origin 8, crappy BB7 brakes, Surly SS hubs laced to Velocity Blunt rims with a White Industries freewheel. Think I was running Maxxis Ardent tires -horrible choice for a front. They grip till they donât as you lean over & sometimes hook back up but more often than not, they donât. Also had a polished XT crank on a square taper bottom bracket with a direct mount custom machined chainring waaaayyyy before dm cranks became a thing.
local CX, first one of the year/season
Which event?