Chainring grind

Chainring grind, originally uploaded by loosenutswheels.

short video of Chris grinding in Atlanta

Race Reports: USGP and Cyclocross Nationals!

Hop over to Ryan's Transcontinental blog for updates and reports from the final stop of the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross in Portland, as well as coverage of the Cyclocross National Championships in Bend. Some hot racing is going down in the Oregon cold!

SSCXWC '09!

Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships were held this past Sunday in the pit of mud, blood and beer that was the Portland International Raceway. A full write-up is in the works, but here are some quick news flashes:

MUD! Lots of it. Everywhere. In every consistency and depth, at every angle and incline.

BEER! Lots of it. Mostly cheap, in red, white and blue cans. Pabst was also an event sponsor and served up only-slightly-overpriced pints.

THUNDERDOME! Craziest thing I ever rode through. S&M freakazoids and undead zombie people swinging from the rafters throwing beer and marshmallows.

BACON! Bacon handups should happen at every race!

JACKALOPE! In a nod to Jerry, the great and glorious Loose Nuts Jackalope, I felt it appropriate to don my best Jackalope attire for the festivities. Some spectators knew who I was, some were a little confused. "Go... Deer with ears guy!," "Go Bullwinkle!," and, "Holy shit it's the Easter Bunny!" were only some of the cheers I recieved.

Did I mention that it was muddy? I still don't know who won but I'm pretty sure it wasn't me. There was also some kind of race-within-the-race between Seattle and San Francisco to decide which city will host the SSCXWC next year. Either way, I'm going to do my damndest to make it next year too. Might have been the most fun I've ever had racing my bike. There was intermittent rain all afternoon, so we didn't get any photos of the actual race. A couple of post-race shots are up on the flickr page and I'll be scouring the buckets of photos sure to be dumped out on the interweb for pictures of me in the heat of battle, goring other racers with my noble antlers. BikePortland has a pretty good gallery up on their flickr page with some good pictures of the Thunderdome and scary MadMax racer people.

Stay Loose.

Interbike 2009

So its been way to long since this has been updated but I'm currently in the air flying to Vegas for Interbike. Hopefully I'll be able to snap some pictures and show you some new freshness in the bike world.

Ryan and India's Journey

Here's the link to the blog that Ryan and India are keeping on their journey to Portland. Follow along with their adventures!!

Transcontinental Odyssey

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