Remember that bad luck that I mentioned a few posts back….
Saturday at Copperopolis was a great chance to really take on a true Northern California classic. Having never raced there before, I read quite a few race reports and spoke to more experienced racers on the squad and I heard over and over again, “The roads are ROUGH!”.

A new member of Mike’s Bikes joined me in the trip out the, Daniel Velasco. Daniel is an extremely focused and determined guy, and is certainly a racer on his way through the categories. It was great to talk to him as we drove out to the race. Unfortunately, I learned that he had a twinge of pain in his knee which he was keeping a very close eye on and, as such, he was not sure about how is race would go. As it turned out, Daniel decided to do the smart thing and pull out of the race soon after the start.
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Day two of my double race weekend was the Easter Sunday Classic, and my legs felt SIGNIFICANTLY better than at the Mike’s Bikes Menlo Park Grand Prix the day before.

Menlo Park Grand Prix:


photos taken by Gabe Morford

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After a close 5th place yesterday at Menlo Park and my first race back in months, Keven and I were both anxious to get back out there. With the Mike’s Bikes Element car, we drove down to Fremont this afternoon for the Cat 3 race.

Keven - Easter Sunday Classic via Martin Price

The race was on Dumbarton Circle which some of you may know from the Early Bird Training Criteriums. When we arrived we were a little disappointed to see a small number cars and find only seven riders already registered. However as we unloaded the car and changed more cars showed up. While Keven warmed up on the training, I took mine to the streets and did a little course recon. The course was literally the Early Bird Crit cut in half with two 180s. As we lined up the field size had at least doubled but was still pretty small, although there were some legs at the start.
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Watch Ryan almost kiss the Pavement in the Cat 3 race yesterday at Menlo Park @ 6:05.

Looks to me like the rider in front of Ryan went to accelerate out of the saddle and moved a little too far left too quickly overlapping wheels with Ryan. Protect that front wheel. What do you think?

Awesome bike handling skills Ryan!

-Hank