Wednesday morning update

Ever wonder where they get those cyclists to do ads and photos...wel I guess some of them are racers after all.

http://www.louisgarneau.com/lang_select.php

You can check out the specs on our new cross bikes on the LG website as well. Our b bikes are pretty much specked out like the retail high end version available to consumers.

http://www.louisgarneau.com/ca-en/product/381525/1303062/Cyclocross/STEEPLE-X_ELITE_BIKE

Which reminds me, Natasha will be selling her "A" bike from last year, the blue steeple x elite, size medium, with full dura ace, EASTON ecx 90 FORK.

Now that I think of it, she is also selling her LG MNT bike, size medium, XT and XTR, with rock shock SID, XT wheels, Kenda tubeless. It's in great condition as she rode the bike a grand total of 4 times! Send me a mail, derrickstjohn@hotmail.com.

So if you know anyone that needs a cross or mountain bikes, gives us a shout well be glad to give you a smoking deal on either.

Alright, now that all the buisness is out the way...

We did the Rochester UCI Cross race this past weekend. It was a a great day.

We basically decided that after Seattle and Vegas, we didn't want to do the trip to Wisconsin and totally blow our budget for the year in the first 10 days, not to mention that is alot of racing, travelling, logistics...so we penciled the Rochester race in, one day, four hour drive...it was

Tasha took her first win of the year. She got the hole shot and never looked back. True it was a smaller field than usual, but we used it as a bit of a training race, to work out some kinks and pick up some points and cash. Gotta make a living right?

I think I may have pushed it a little too hard Friday, as I was feeling bagged on Sunday before the race. I hate to say that I was counting the money before I even put my shoes on and sure enough it was a bit early for that. Another "fast guy" showed up and I had to put myself in a world of hurt that I wasn't really expecting just follow his wheel. He (Justin L) won the race the day before in New Hampshire, so I knew he is in top shape. We put on a great battle, jockeying back and forth, I attacked so hard a few times that I thought I face was going to explode and I began to really hate just how hard I could push myself for what seemed like an unusual amount of time. In some ways it was harder than going up Megantic...more like going up Megantic and getting off every now and then to run, and then somehow not eat shit in a crazy down hill corner...I messed it up a bit by pushing myself so hard that I came into a technical section in the wrong gear and had to dismount to not loose too much speed, he took advantage of this and I could not make that 5 seconds back and I had to settle for 2nd. Just goes to show you how hard it is to actually "win" races, show up 5% down and it makes it so hard to win. But I think it was a success in many ways, as to put in an effort like this for a "training" race, was awesome and the cash at this race was great, so with the exception of not getting the cool trophy it was a 9/10.

Admittedly I was nervous as hell cause I knew it was a great chance to win, but it will have to be another day. Great to see Tasha hit her stride again and just make it look so effortless, although I know she is giving it, she just has a way of making it look so nice. Plus after what we went through this winter, you have no idea what it means to both of us to have her not only on her bike, but on her game making her way back up.

DSJ