It’s mid-September and it seems like there’s about as many races out there as a weekend in June!Â
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Both parks have races this weekend. The CRCA will have it’s Team Finale in Central Park, and Prospect Park will see the Cadence Catch Kissena Road Race. If you are really tired of the road scene and want to dirty yourself in a place where everybody knows your name, you can travel out to Fogelsville, PA for the UCI C2 Nittany Lion Cross race. Also on Saturday is the Three Village Road Race in Baltic, CT.Â
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If you want to make a weekend of it (and still have an entry fee after staying at the Mohegan Sun), Sunday has the sister race of the Baltic race, the YMCA Rose Pedal Crtiterium. Closer to home, there’s the Lifeline Challenge at Branchbrook Park And finally, if you really want to get away, and get your chance to put VDV into the curb, you can travel to Washington, DC to the ING Direct Capital Criterium.
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That’s seven races on a weekend – in September! Why in my day we ended the racing season in late July because we had to tend to the harvest. None of this fall racing, no sir! And then over the winter we began building our racing bikes for next season out of flax and barbed wire. You young folks have no idea how good you’ve got it.
FINALLY, I’m first.
http://gothamist.com/2008/09/18/state_senator_jeff_klein_curses_the.php
I hate these “first” “second” “podium” posts at the bottom of every thread. The joke is so old. I bet nobody who has ever actually wona race would post like that
I meant to post that on Bikesnobnyc
What a f*cking douche, though, no surprise given his history. “Mercedes” was mentioned 10 times…
That Colin Beavan is my hero. What a well written letter.
It seems like once people step into their automobiles they often become:
1) stupid fucking assholes
2) lose much if not all of their common sense
3) become very aggressive
Maybe we should have soldiers drive in traffic right before going into battle so they can kill more effectivley.
Is anyone up to the challenge of the lazy off tomorrow? Mihael has sworn off bikes forever.
This is why the internet was invented:
http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2008/09/small-man-big-m.html
When was the last time Kissena stayed away?
Do they have a chance of staying away tomorrow, now that Dave Trimble rides for them?
Brother Histericus? Anyone?
IF you think Trimble is their answer you are on crack… He is a climber and not a powerful park racer. Answer – no!
I guees they are doomed…
I don’t remember where I first saw this linked. Probably not here but if so, my apologies in advance. Anyway, something of a reverse in terms of actor persona twists from the big mouth video. Only a few instances of stunt double routines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZwZiU0kKs
are you gonna post ninja guy backflip next?
Rashad and Rufus will help Kissena.
please tell someone that sitting in and crashing/sprinting isn’t a real race. That’s called pack fodder. Only races where being at the front from the word go are REAL races.
The last real race was Catskills/Univest!!!
Rashad – isnt he on Champ sys now or was that just for Univest?
Kissena does have Partland, Rufus and Rashad if he is on the team. They are fast powerful park racers. A guy like Trimble does not have the engine to keep the pack away. He is a featherweight climber dude.
It’s talk like a pirate day today! How could we have missed that?
Ah the cyclocross season is here so time to be laid back and have fun racing your bike LOL
Fun? Who needs fun? I want to shout and curse all year round.
I can’t drive to Pennsylvania this weekend. or any weekend for that matter. So I was thinking maybe we could arrange a regular Sunday cx ride?
whoever has a cx bike can just show up
Sunday morning
if anyone is interested
rissdog@gmail.com
http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/once-he-dominated–now-lance-could-own-the-tour/2008/09/19/1221331205913.html
I have to say Kissena guys are strong again. It is good to see that they held everyone off today. Great JOB.
Cadence Catch Kissena Road Race
September 20, 2008
Brooklyn NY
Kissena/Category 1-2-3 Handicap
44 miles
76 starters
1. Eric Ragot (Kissena)
2. J.P. Partland (Kissena)
3. Rufus Pichler (Kissena)
4. Eric Robertson (Kissena)
5. Joseph Wiener (Kissena)
6. Joaquin de Baca (Kissena)
7. Gui Weinmann (Kissena)
8. Eloy Anzola (Kissena)
9. Lenny Katz (Kissena)
10. Ian Landau (Kissena)
Race Report: The Cadence Catch Kissena Road Race was started three years ago as a way to breathe life into the Kissena Club Championships. Run as a handicap race, the Kissena riders start first and are chased by the Pro/1-2-3 field. In the inaugural Catch Kissena Race, the Kissena riders were given a 3 minute head start and were caught. The following year, the Kissena riders were given a 4 minute head start and were also caught. This year the gap was kept at 4 minutes with the hope that several strong additions to the Kissena team would help the riders keep the chasing 1-2-3’s at bay. 23 very determined Kissena riders took to the line to hold off the chasing 53 rider 1-2-3 field. On the first lap, the 1-2-3 riders gained almost 30 seconds and it looked like the Kissena riders would once again be caught before the end. What nobody knew was that Kissena had a conservative plan to ride a steady tempo and they were not phased by the early losses. The field was led by Team WS United who were doing almost all the work. But with little help from other teams, they became frustrated. Meanwhile, the well-oiled Kissena machine pressed on lap after lap limiting their losses to a gap of 3:15 – only 45 seconds lost. Sensing the gap might never come down, the 1-2-3 field split, once again led by WS United but this time with help from CRCA/Axis and the lone CRCA/Merill Lynch rider Pascal Sauvayre. Inside the final 5 laps, the chasing group lost its’ cohesion as the impressive double paceline Kissena group (now down to about 14 riders) rolled along and actually started gaining time back as the lead hovered around 3:30. With the 2 laps to go, the officials pulled what was left of the 1-2-3 field who were about to get lapped by the Kissena group. As the Kissena riders entered the final lap, the lead was secure and attention now turned to who would take the win and title of Club Champion. As the Kissena riders approached the 200 meter mark, it occurred to the spectators there would be no sprint at all. The Kissena riders won this race as a team and decided to cross the line as a team as well. It was a great display of club loyalty as the riders congratulated themselves for beating the odds. Long time Kissena club member and former president, Eric Ragot, officially crossed the line first and was named Club Champion. The Kissena riders collected the entire $455 prize list and in another display of club loyalty voted for the prize list to go back into the club treasury. Kissena Cycling Club founder Al Toefield would have been proud.
Category 5
17 miles
31 starters
1. Victor Lopez (CRCA/El Puente)
2. Daniel Perez (Chelsea Bicycles)
3. Sebastion Bland (Unatt)
4. Max Jiminez (Brooklyn Arches)
5. Chris Leong Unatt)
Thanks to all the marshals, pacers, officials and Cadence Cycling for supporting our races.
Charlie Issendorf
Race Director
Kissena Cycling Club
They may not look like much but did a great job today
Great write-up Charlie, thank you
Enjoy them all copyright free at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/f45tbike/09202009ProspectPark#
Ciupy.
copy right free, what a novel idea
All photographers who contribute locally are very generous. There are no watermarks on any of the shots, I’m sure everyone (including me) has at one point or another taken shots of themselves and saved them. What isn’t cool is taking them and posting them elsewhere without giving credit. I’m sure Ciupy wouldn’t like it if I took his stuff and posted it to my flickr page without saying it wasn’t my work.
I’d suggest checking the Creative Commons “copyleft” licensing options rather than simply posting that something is copyright free. Consider if an image you’ve taken is used for a purpose you don’t like. Also, images can be manipulated. Say a rider is “shopped” into an insulting situation using one of your images. There was an objection recently with an image posted on Boingboing.net where a childhood picture of someone was made into something insulting. The actual subject had posted it under a CC license without allowing derivatives (manipulations of the image) so the modified image was in violation of copyright. It’s important to protect copyright even if you want to give the work away. I once took a picture of a pretty young woman for a student handbook. A few weeks later I saw the image pinned on a cork wall board with a hand drawn dick added. My work was used to degrade someone.
None of this means that much unless you’ve got politicians in your pocket and a multi-million dollar legal department. But at least maintain a foundation of protection.
How adout?
Thank you for the opportunity to shoot?
‘All photographers who contribute locally are very generous. There are no watermarks on any of the shots, I’m sure everyone (including me) has at one point or another taken shots of themselves and saved them. What isn’t cool is taking them and posting them elsewhere without giving credit. I’m sure Ciupy wouldn’t like it if I took his stuff and posted it to my flickr page without saying it wasn’t my work.”
I think that has to be the single most ridiculous statement ever on this site, and that’s saying something. That was stunning.
Ha!
Can you expand on your statement? Are you a male or a female model or a celebrity? I don’t get why your precious ass is so picture worthy….