In our never ending quest for ways to make you do our work for us, we present our latest weekly feature – Hopeful Fridays, the good twin of the Monday Hangover. Because hope springs eternal on Friday, before we’ve had our hats handed to us over the weekend.
Post your predictions for the weekend, talk some ill-advised smack, tell us where you’re racing, and most importantly, anonymously tell us who’s getting dropped.
Will you be the piñat-er or the piñat-ee?
Jiminy Peak
P12 Mengoni with 3, Axis with 4. We’re going with Sherry, top NY finisher.
Women Massive field, no categories. Advil-Chapstick and the Laughing Ladies out in force. We say the uphill finish might favor Katie ‘Silence of the’ Lambden. A Labance/Lambden finale?
3 All the usual suspects, but toss in an in form Ted Neu. Look out for Lubeley (we’re TOO CLASSY for lube puns).
4 Mr. Burns, Huppert, Loudon, mini Thor, ‘Hungry like the’ Wolfe, what’s new? Loudon will show he’s more than a sprinter.
35+ What a curse, to be the same age as Roger Aspholm.
45+ Rafferty and Settel together. Yikes.
Juniors CRCA juniors Caputi, Bibliowicz, and Almonte vs. Capala. Should be fun.
Tour of Colts Neck
3 The Motor and new lightning rod LaCorte heading to Jersey to dish out some pain.
Top tube stickers for best prediction.
Looks like that cat is kicking the crap out of that donkey. Is the dog getting ready to pounce?
Pouncing on the cat or the donkey. Could be either.
The Tour of Colts Neck has no 1/2 race? Is that true?
I’m not too classy for Lube(ley) puns. What you got?
It’s great racing with Roger Apsholm. He’s super-strong but also races in an interesting way tactically — not just driving on the front. Of course, if I was good enough that I was getting beaten into second and third by him (instead of into 15th to 50th by him and ten to 40 other guys) I might feel differently.
Where did the Jiminy profile graphic come from? Is there a website which can creat profiles like that?
Caputi and Almonte to go 1-2 in the juniors.
If he stays upright and doesn’t puncture Chris Loudon to be 1st local in the 4’s and top 3 overall
4 CRCA guys in the top 10 in the 3’s – Lubeley, Friedman, Neu and Armand – could be any order.
Aspholm in the 35+
Zoltan nips Mike Sherry for top local in the 1,2’s
There you go – all suitably vague and non-commital with the exception of the Juniors and 35+
Filip Capala to win the Juniors at Jiminy and Zoltan for top CRCA placing in the 1,2 field
Jiminy Peak is sort of super-hilly and sort of not-hilly-at-all. The hills aren’t that big. But almost half the course is climbing. So it depends on your point of view. I did really well there in the 4s a long time ago (finish was in a different place) and thought it was a flat race with one small climb. I’m older and fatter now and think differently.
Harris in the 3 at CN
Sonke Thiel top local in the 1-2
Jerry Kapko of WW in the 3
McKone in the 35+
Rafferty or Settel in the 45+
Katie in the Women’s
I predict:my wife will let me race at Colts Neck
I cannot predict what will happen after that.
the words "john loehner" should instantly elicit sensations of extreme pain and belittlement.
he will own the next 2 weekends by a wide margin for the p12 ny top finisher.
i want to quit bike racing after every training ride with the guy.
I’m getting dropped.
Thanks for the confidence NYVC but I’m going with Margarite as the best local 1/2.
Ken in the 3s
Wolfe in the 4s
Katie in the women’s race
Roger (you know which one) in the 35+
Settel in the 45+
Almonte in the juniors
I want that sticker!
Champion Systems will own the 3 race at Colts Neck.
champion system is the worse team in the city………….especially that guy with he side burns
Riffelmachers revenge ! Take that Ken Harris. 1-1 – rubber game at Harriman next week ?
hey anonymous, go fuck yourself. dont be mad cause you aint in el salvador….