A friend and I took a couple weeks off of racing and and flew to Milan, Italy where we commenced a 650 mile ride to Barcelona, Spain through four stages of the Tour de France. I loaded up my panniers on last year’s racing bike via an Old Man Mountain Sherpa front rack. This set up, in addition to a Garmin 800, could not have been more essential!

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P/1/2 Starting the Main Climb via Mark Nakamura, Team Oakland

There are a few races on the calendar that after racing I say to myself “well, I’m never doing that again.” Yet, one year later I find myself kitted up at the start finish, or in this case chasing the field after missing the start from derailleur adjustments. Patterson Pass Road Race is in my opinion one of the most difficult races on the NCNCA calendar. Two climbs featuring a 15-20% grade with headwind provide by wind turbines, followed by a screaming 50mph descent with crosswind gusts, and topped off with a series of rollers to a flat 500m sprint. Now do three laps of this for just under 70 miles.

Somewhere on the main climb in what I think was the second lap, around 8 or 9 riders attacked off the front. I figured the difficulty of the course and crosswinds would finish them off but we never caught them. On the third lap 2 more riders attacked the group and apparently bridged up to Read more

After a week of living it up in nyc and late nights around town, i felt like superman.

Since master’s track natz at TTown was only a short drive from manhattan, i decided to race guys my age.

Won the 30-39 pts race. Lapped the field and won it in style. Check out the kung fu pose.

-Steve Pelaez

A while back, Matt won the omnium at Get Ready For Summer:

By lapping the field, Steve is a National Champion in the Master’s Points Race: