It's been awhile

Well fans it has been a bit of time so I will get ya up to date. Way back when we had a little race at big bear, Wvmba #2. Had some pretty good conditions and the course was a bit different. The cooler weather was a welcome relief compared to Mountwood. Everything was going pretty well for myself till I decided to take a wrong turn for a bit, hehehe. Just perhaps I will stop doing this sooner then later. Was a big turn out so the brothers Row didn't do to bad. J got 4th and myself 6th. I was pretty pleased with this, but had plenty of room to get it together. Next up was Tour de lake, Wvmba #4.
Once again it was HOT HOT HOT. Had a much smaller turn out. The start went well for the brothers. Got up the hill 1, 2 and without hast took wrong turns, lol. I recall doing something very close to that in the last race. At any rate we finally got it together and worked our way to the front. I must say Nate I was looking for you. I got 1st and J took 2nd. All and all not to shabby.
Look for J at the up coming 2 x 12 at big bear and wish him luck with Cassie Smith. I'll try and have a timely update for that one.

Mount Wood

Yarrrrrr, the racing just kicked off this past weekend. I must say some warm dry weather was rather nice to see for this one. All be it, it did take a toll on many of us the farther and harder we went. The Rowand brothers had a pretty good showing. I found myself in 3rd after the start and was so happy. Then the Chappy monster got my tire. Lets hope he doesn't stick around. The sport field was rounded out pretty nice with Adam, scott, tim, and matt. Was a good time. Here are the teams results.

EXPERT
Steve 5th
Jeremy 8th
SPORT
Adam 5th
Scott 12th
Matt 18th
Tim 27th

Hope to see everyone at big bear this weekend for a bit of different weather. Hopefully no heat strokes.

Blue hole

Yarrrr. Well it has been a bit, but not to long. The Rowands and a few friends headed out for the lovely blue hole ride this past weekend on cross bikes. Our one and only Chappy even came out of retirement to ride with us a bit. The weather was perfect for a hard long ride. The group split at Masontown and left myself and J to hurt each other. When all was said and done we collected 64 tough man miles. A needed refueling was had at town, with burgers and beer.

Holy Cow, it has been a long time.

Yarrrrrrr, it has been a very long time. We are alive and doing well. Most of the team has been working hard to hit that magic 200 in time for spring. The weight goes on to easy during winter. The brothers Row got out today to soak up a bit of mud and sun with some friends. I'll try and keep a post coming once a week from here on out. Here are a few pictures from the championship race and today. Enjoy and keep the rubber side down.

Henry Clay 30K

Sorry for the late post but such is life. A week and 1/2 ago now was our home race at Coopers Rock State Park. Big turn out for the wicked tough course. Gunnar put together a challenging course that included most of the great trails at Coop's. Lots of vertical, 2 assents up the Rail Road grade with the finish coming at the top of the second time up. As a team we had a good showing with lots of team kits ride'n around in multiple classes. Some guys had a good day and others not so good. Our top finisher in the expert field was Stephen with a awsome 2nd place. It was pretty damn cool to see Steve out sprint Andy W. for 2nd. Wish I would have been ready with the camera but I was too out of it after my meltdown. Jeremy had a tough one with 2 flats but finished after hiking most of the way up the rail grade the second time. Sean and Zach battled for 7th and 8th places, respecively.

In the Sport class Matt was our top finisher with a 4th place but more importanly kept his bike in one piece. Scott got in the top 10 wth a 7th place. Adam R. was flying MTV colors as a honary member and got a 6th place after a specacular finish trying to pass 5th place. Anthony broke the top 5 in the beginner class with a 4th place.

Only 2 more WVMBA's to go. It's a close race in the overall point series and should make for a exciting end to the schedule.

And who was the ace at Ace

Well pistol slingers I believe it was our big man Jeremy. He brought home a hard earned 1st place finish. The rest of the crew didn't do to bad either. We had the usual Ace antics on our side as well. Just maybe one day there will be course marshalls that know what is going on. Results are as follow.

EXPERT
Jeremy 1st
Stephen 3rd
Josh 7th
Sean 8th

Sport
Scott 4th

Beginner
Anthony 6th

Hope to see you all at the home town throw down. Coppers baby.

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Catch Up before the next one.

So, it has been awhile and there are results that need posting and pictures that need looking. The first race to discuss is the wonderfull Black Bear on August 1st. Oh what a race. Think we all forgot how tough it was. Needless to say we got there about 10 minutes before the start, that didn't help. Here are the results for that one.

Expert Jeremy 2nd
Stephen 3rd
Sean 6th
Sport
Scott 8th

Moving on to the more recent race of the Dirt Derby. Was far and oh so hot. The sport and beginner riders lucked out and only had to do one lap. While myself and the other experts had to do two. Which at this point the sky opened up and left some standing water on the trails. Oh such great fun. Here are the results for that one.

Expert
Stephen 4th
Sport
Tim 8th
Scott 9th

Next up the is weekend is Ace. Hope to see you all there.

Big Bear Ultra/ Appalachia Visited

So this is an extra special because you get two races all wrapped up in one post. Scott and I hit up the Big Bear Ultra the week of 08/07. It was a very pleasant day for the beginning of August which made for some pretty sweet racing conditions. Scott raced the Ultra-Light distance and ending up going home with one of those Big Bear Steins for nabbing 5th place. This was my second year racing the Ultra and I was determined to put in a better showing from last year's cramp/sufferfest. Don't be fooled by the picture above, I felt pretty good through 45 miles and ended up taking 37 minutes off my time from last year, placing 11th in the Open/Expert class.

The following Saturday it was off to Rowelsburg where I was the solo-MotownVelo member to enter the Appalachia Visted Road Race. There was rain, two big climbs, a sreaming downhill, and a whole slew of scattered 1/2/3's on the course. I was able to keep with the lead group for the first few miles of the ending 6 mile climb. After that gravity and wimpy legs took over and I finished the race in 7th place.

Little Beaver + Lots O Fun

This past weekend was the WVMBA #9 race at Little Beaver. A bit of a drive, but well worth it. The weather was great and the course was fast. The team did well. Results are as follows.

Expert
Jeremy 2nd
Stephen 4th

Sport
Tim 3rd


Hope to see you all at Black Bear this coming weekend.

Blackwater and Candyland, ONE GOOD DAY

Black water was tough, but we made it. Temps were good and the trail was fast, with lots O ROCKS. Came home with two state champs. J in expert and Tim in sport. Ended it all with a good old trip to Candyland on the way back.

EXPERT
Jeremy 2nd
Stephen 9th
Sean 12th

SPORT
Tim 1st
Scott 9th

Hope to see ya at the little beaver this weekend.

Phillippi Revisited!!

So a few weeks back the gang headed down to Phillippi for the Race to Lil Moe's. The whole gang was their as the weather was warm and the trails were dry. Josh had Jeremy and Stephen with him while Sean, Matt and Anthony rode down together. I was the last to arrive as I napped in and a slumber I did sleep. I was anxious to actually finish a race! And finish without running my bike across the finish line. The last couple of races had been tough for myself as I DNF at Spencer and my chain broke at Logan.

Stephen finished 4th. Sean 7th. Jeremy ran into some trouble along the course and after a couple flats decided to go swimming since it was so hot. In the Sport class is was a fast race from the beginning and I edged out 2nd place by 15 seconds to get 1st while Matt came in 4th. I got some sweet handlebars which I promptly had Stephen through on for me down at the shop (Wamsleycycles). In the Beginner race Anthony came in 9th for a top ten finish. I think me and Anthony came away with some scratches, but I recovered with my paper towel and packing tape as a bandage.

1st Motown Velo Easy Rider

Awesome turn out. In total, 16 riders rolled out of the skating rink
parking lot for the inaugural Friday Easy Rider. MoTown Velo Team
members Jeremy, Scott, Matt, Anthony, and myself were present to help
guide. Some of the riders included the Pathfinder crew of (Dave, Kate,
Shane and Steve), Brice, Dawn, Marvin and his son, Steve from
Delaware, and Josh, Derek, and Zack? Bare with me, I will get better
with the names. We warmed up by crossing "the middle" section on the
crushed gravel trail and proceeded to the climb behind the school.
After a regroup at the bottom of that climb, we split into two groups
and slipped around on the wet single track all through out the park.
After about 45 minutes and not too many technicals, the two groups re-
joined and rode back to the parking lot together. From there Jeremy
led a couple of the more experienced riders on a "hot lap" of the
park. A fun ride with fun people, can't ask for more than that. See
you next week!

Animal sightings and Valley Falls results

Sorry for the delay in the postings. The race was plenty hot and fast, along with those it was painfull. All in all a good time. Mr. Martin put on a great race, with all sorts of food and prizes. Here are the team results.

Expert
Jeremy 2nd
Stephen 5th
Sean 9th

Sport
Tim 5th
Scott 10th

Hope to see you in Blackwater this weeend for the State Championship race. And give Josh some motivation to put pictures up.
Check out the slide show for some fine action photos. Josh