After a long absence from racing off road I am finally back in the swing of things with the road bike parked for good this year and my ‘cross and Superfly SS seeing regular duty. I have to say it feels really good to be on knobby tires. Here in Michigan the big race on everyone’s calendar seems to be Iceman. It’s fast, fun, and the after party is always great! With a slight dislocation of my shoulder to start September I haven’t been riding as hard as I need which prompted the creation of crit ‘cross. We combined a 1.5 mile fairly rough road dirt road course, cross and mountain bikes, and about 15 riders willing to humor my desire to ride fast. It was fairly equally split between the Founders Ales Race Team and the guys of Leadout Racing. It turned into a game of repeated attacks and counter attacks that whittled the race down to 5 guys. On the little hill with about a lap and a half to go I punched it out of the corner and drilled it past Jimmi who was starting to fade from a solid attack he had made a lap earlier. I held of the chase from the Farmer and Shawn D. to take a solid win at what was essentially a pickup game of bike racing, it still felt good though! Now if only we could get some good weather for a couple days I could maybe get some solid rides in before the Iceman arrives.
GBK
