Over 10,000 watchers take in Hyde Park Blast criterium!

In just five short years, the late June criterium in Cincinnati’s Hyde Park Square has managed to become the largest one-day road event in the state of Ohio. 317 riders, including 92 pro men, descended on Cincinnati from 14 states and 4 foreign countries this year, up from 184 in 2008! Partnering up with Columbus’ Tour de Grandview event on Sunday, winners of a 2-day General Classification came away with $1000 in cash and the title of Crit King of Ohio.

The big story on the day though was not the riders, but the crowd watching. Capping a day’s worth of athletic activities was a mega-block party filling up the intersection of Edwards and Erie – perfect spectating quarters for the tight 180 degree turn in the bike course!
Some of the winners on the day were Columbus’s Jonathan Freter (Team Turner) in the Elite Junior 15-18, Richmond, VA’s Sarah Caravella in the Women’s race, and Trinidad and Tobago’s Emile Abraham (Aerocat) winning the $5000 men’s pro 1/2 race!
Principle sponsors responsible for the event were Turner Logistics, MSA Sport, First Financial, and BioWheels in Madeira.

09 ABRC/BioWheels Asheville Time Trial Series

With two races down and two to go, the ABRC/BioWheels Time Trial Series is gaining steam. Participation has grown to over 40 riders and there have been some outstanding performances thus far. Winners from the April race were as follows:

• Mens A-Jason Sprouse 25:08
• Mens B- Tony Falin 27:59
• Masters 40+- Scott Langford 27:17
• Womens -Nicole Crane 30:52
• Juniors-Jerimiah Dyer 28:24

Perhaps just as impressive as a win, Trevor Wallis at 69 years young broke 30 minutes for the 20k!

May’s race featured the return of David Grice winning the Masters with a time of 26:09. But the highlight of the night had to be Lauren Tamayo setting  a womens course record with a time of 26:42! Chris Larsen posted the days fastest time in 25:28.

There are two remaining races, June 18th and August 27th. Full results and pictures are forthcoming.

Complete info at http://www.abrc.net/

- Brian Schultz

Midwest Fat Tire Festival, Lost Valley Luau: Explosive fun.

Midwest Fat Tire Festival, Lost Valley Luau: Explosive fun.

Aloha. There were no maitais by the beach at this luau, just uranium
residue and a fast race course. The first point series race in the
Midwest Fat Tire Festival was speed inspiring.
The first mile Loreen Mattson (Mesa Cycles) set a fast pace and
I jumped on her wheel. She bombed down the first technical descent and I
struggled to hang with her. Fortunately for me there was an immediate
climb where I caught and passed her. I led the rest of the race and
finished fifteen minutes ahead of Mattson who took second.

The course was about half single-track, half insanely fast flat fire
roads. The course was great for tempo drills, especially with fast guys
out there to pace myself with. This was one of the first races where I
was happy to share the course with the men’s sport racers.
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BioWheels’ proud to Sponsor Team Zooma

Rick Hays, my Team Zooma partner, and I just returned from a whirlwind weekend of bike racing in Florida.  Bike Sebring’s 12/24 Hour Ultra Cycling/RAAM Qualifier was held in, you guessed it, Sebring, FL.  This event consists of a 12-hour race that runs from 6:30 am-6:30 pm on Saturday, and a 24-hour race that begins at the same time and continues until 6:30 am on Sunday.  Racers ride as many miles as they can during the 12 or 24 hour period.
 

Besides the age-group and various bicycle categories (traditional bike, recumbent, handcycles), there are 2 major divisions in the 24-hour race.  One group of riders consists of those attempting to qualify for Race Across America (RAAM); the requirements for this are to ride from 350-425 miles in 24 hours, depending on age and gender.  These racers are not allowed to draft, nor is anyone allowed to draft off of them.  The other major division of the 24-hour race is the drafting event; that’s what Rick and I raced.  I have no delusions of racing RAAM.
 

Rick and I will race several big events in the upcoming season together as a relay team, trading riding duties over distances 500 miles or so.  We are Team Zooma!  Sebring, however, is a solo event; we both were on our own.  It certainly was nice to have a traveling partner, though, especially since Rick likes to drive, and to drive fast!
 

Many thanks to BioWheels for taking an interest in Team Zooma, keeping our bikes in good working order, allowing us to wear their beautiful team kits, and making our supplies more affordable!
 

The racecourse begins with 3 laps (3.7 miles each) on the famous Sebring (car) road race course. Riders then transition to flat, sometimes rolling roads that comprise the long loop (91 miles). This is followed by an 11-mile short loop that riders repeat until late evening. As darkness sets in, racers continue on the raceway course throughout the night. Continue reading BioWheels’ proud to Sponsor Team Zooma…

2009 Icycle was a Blast!

Click the picture at left to go to a slideshow of 2009 Icycle.

Nearly 200 mountain bikers spent the weekend at Fontana Village the first weekend of February. Historically, its been wicked weather. This year, sunshine and just slightly slimy trails kept spirits high.

The cross-country had huge turnouts. About 130 racers competed on the 5-mile course. For BioWheels/Deltec Racing, David Bishop, Dave Simpson and Tal Ingram rocked out the Pro/X class and finished in a line.  Matt Johnson was back a bit on his 6×6 Maverick. Matt Barnao raced his new Ellsworth for the first time & Kassi Day scored a 2nd place in women’s single speed! 

By nightfall, DH riders had practiced all day long. BioWheels/Deltec racers Jon Sarver, Dave Bishop & Matt Johnson were in the Pro category. Johnson managed an 8th place, finishing on the same second as 5th place. Sarver was a couple seconds back, finishing 13th out of 35. Mike Mooney blew everybodies mind & was extremely comptetitive on his tall bike, (see pics at link above.)

Thanks to Wes & Chris from J&W Events for reviving Icycle & bringing it back full-on! Go to their website for complete results.

Big Thanks to French Broad Brewing Company for bringing the beer!

2009 BioWheels-Cincinnati Events – Save the Dates!

BioWheels Racing-Cinti is proud to continue its 15-year tradition of producing some of the region’s finest competitive events.

2009 is set to raise the bar yet again, bringing some of the country’s best professional bike racers to our area, and helping to raise the level of our own local road and off-road talent.

• June 27, 2009 Hyde Park Blast Criterium
• June 28, 2009 East Fork Ohio Mountain Biking Challenge #5 MTB Race
• August 23, 2009 Caesars Creek Ohio Mountain Biking Challenge #9 MTB Race
• October 11, 2009 BioWheels/United Dairy Farmers UCI Cyclocross Harbin Park

These events wouldn’t be possible without the tremendous support of the following Cincinnati-area businesses:

United Dairy Farmers
Reece-Campbell Construction
MSA Sport
Legacy Stoneworks

Full regional race calendar here!

The Gobbler Mountain Bike Event – Brevard, NC

follow-up-The Event was extremely muddy! Here are the Pics— 

Join BioWheels on Thanksgiving weekend for mountain bike racing & celebration.

The Gobbler is a 3-event mountain bike race near Brevard, NC. Burn off your turkey dinner with a dual slalom, night xc race (with lights) and downhill over two days of racing November 29 & 30. This is a race and a party sponsored by BioWheels with beer provided by our long-time sponsor & friends at French Broad Brewing Co. 

Click on this photo for the link to the event flier…

This is the event promoter’s website: www.jandwevents.com

Wednesday Night Cyclocross #4

Wednesday the 22nd wrapped up the Wednesday Night Cyclocross series.  29 riders took the A & B combined start on a course that featured off cambers, sand pits, barriers, and a steeeeep run up.  Unfortunately, the blog post is once again without photos, but the BioWheels crew was too busy either riding or scoring.  Speaking of the crew, a huge thanks goes out to those who helped make midweek cyclocross possible.

Wed #4 Results

367 Riders Light Up Harbin Park!

On day 3, the UCI C-1 race of the Cincinnati International Cyclocross Festival, Katie Compton (Spike Professional/Primus Mootry) and Jeremy Powers (Cyclocrossworld.com/Cannondale) completed their hat-tricks of the first ever 3-day UCI weekend. Thanks to a broken chain on Jeremiah Bishop’s Trek just 250 meters to the line, Powers took the win in the Men’s race over Bishop (Trek Factory) at the BioWheels/United Dairy Farmers Harbin Park International sponsored by Reece-Campbell. Katie Compton held off a determined Georgia Gould (Luna) for a third day in a row to collect maximum UCI points on the weekend.

In the Men’s race, Jeremy Powers had his hands fuller than a plate of Cincinnati’s famous chili piled high with 3-way toppings. From the gun, it was 30mph+ into the hole-shot with no-one giving up ground early. By lap 2, Powers and six others made the selection: Troy Wells and teammate Danny Summerhill (Clif Bar), Jonathan Baker (Vitamin Cottage), Bjorn Selander (Ridley Factory), Jeremiah Bishop (Trek Factory), and Barry Wicks (Kona). Joachim Parbo (CCV Leopard Cycles) dangled in 8th where he would finish the day.
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Industry Nine Final Race Report Greenville Classic

Chris E. came through with the big w. crushing it to win the field sprint. Adam, Chris E. and I were all pretty active throughout covering all of the important moves and it paid off. Adam finished 16th and I finished 18.

Today yielded another great result for the Team with Chris winning the field sprint again for third place and a bittersweet ending to the season for me. I got in an early break with a couple Carolina tri guys and Tiago Depaula (Latino cycling). We stayed away for most of the race as the gap hovered at 15-20 seconds with Tiago Depaula and Chris Gudling (racing for Carolina Tri) doing the bulk of the work and Patrick Weddell (Carolina Tri) sitting on. I did a decent amount of the work early on, but definately found myself a little in the hurt locker between the hills and the relatively high winds on the course and couldn’t match Chris and Tiago. With ten to go Pattrick pulled in front of me and hit the brakes, gapping us both off. I made the split second decision to sit on him and try to call it as a bluff, but the gap shot up and he effectively rode us both out of the break. It was definately a mistake on my part retrospectively, but was also some pretty negative and short-sighted tactics by Patrick as well, as he essentially gave up his teams best shot at the win. The field caught us and the other two guys stayed away with Tiago coming home with the win (another step in an impressive comeback from a major collision he had with a car while on a training ride this spring-the guy definately deserved the win). I was pretty cooked but had enough gas to give a hard effort on the backside towing Chris into position to take another commanding field sprint win for third place overall and dragged myself in for eleventh on the day. Thanks to Chris’s form we salvaged a great result on the day, and had a great weekend as a team, but I’ll be kicking myself all winter for letting my own shot (albeit a slim one) as well as the teams shot at a possible win slip through my fingers after being in the winning break for over half of the race.

This was a great ending to a great first season for the I-9 team and a great return to having an elite road team based in Asheville again. Time for the end of season awards (as my late-nite + a couple of brews brain would have it)

Andrew- The Bullet award- for making us all look silly at the track whenever he decided to go after a sprint – I just need to find that gun he was getting fired from and maybe I’d have a chance to stay on his wheel

Chris L. – the mad scientist award – willing to calculate every possible advantage he might be able to achieve throught equipment – his very limited training time – or his position on the bike – but when the gun goes off the madness takes over as he throws caution to the wind – attacking until he gets a result – or his legs fall off (just kidding) whichever comes first.

Adam – a three part award – 1.the off the front is the only place I want to be award(otherwise known as what field?) 2. I can go uphill faster than you (or any Jamaicans for that matter) award 3. the I think I can, I think can’t, I think I can- no really I can race a crit award (great ride on Saturday by the way)

Jason – the stars and bars award – need I say more

Chris Ernst – the Mr. Modesty award. Despite being consistently the strongest guy on the team (and one of the strongest in the southeast) when it comes to geared racing on skinny tires, if I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard Chris, when congratulated for his results this year, reply “Its because I have these great teamates to help me out” I’d have more cash in hand than Chris won this weekend.

Thanks goes out to all of our sponsors, Industry Nine Componentry, PML Pathology, Velosports Performance Center, Stephen A. Miller DDS, Affordable Home Inspections, Biowheels, Cannondale, Chamber Soil Consulting and Tiffosi.
Thanks, Jacob