While it is a little confusing with the different fields on the course it is still a great race and one that had oversubscribed fields in just about all the fields. What a race and what a day. Congrats to all involved with putting on this great race. At least one cannot get lost or anything. Even if you do loose contact with your lead group, you’ll get there in the end.

Congrats, Stoffel. You rocked. Must be those SA beef sausage things you like to eat! Get me some.

guys in red in cat3 rode a super race. i remember they stayed near the front once their guy was away, and hounded anyone that went. frustrated the snot out of me for sure. then i remember on the last climb when it started to go pretty darn hard near the top, the one red teammate made a big effort to slam it up to the front , later, i think, nowhere to be found.
congrats to them for giving it up for the teammate.
i really have no recollection as to who was where.
one time they should order bib#s of different color backgrounds, different font colors, so fields can figure it out.

fyi, what was with the pony tailed, long haired frenchman (oh how we love the french) pink-jersey’s, pink croc-looking Louis garneua riding battling with the 3s? dude, we get it. 100 miles. pro 12, nice job but you got dropped. even the other pro12s who got dropped were barking at him. french, figures.

I came up the last set of hills, and was passed half way by 303, and he was alone. He had .25 or .3 miles on me at the finnish, and the rest of the 3s didn’t catch me at the line. 303 seemed just a little too close to that mini van… but was looking fit!

I was very confused at the end of the 3 race. I have no idea who was in what field. I think it was two away, a two or three man break, and the field sprint.

Gavi was 5th and our buddy assbalm was 4th.

bear 3 was a good race. who got away from the team in red? their teammates put in a great effort sitting on chasing wheels and gave their teammate all he needed to win. for just about that entire last 3 laps they kept saying "2 away, 90 second gap", "2 minute gap"…the darn thing just wouldnt come down! granted there wasnt alot of steady heavy tempo going on, but those lead riders earned every dollar.

but i have a question or two for anyone who might have been with the leead bunch on the last lap…i could swear it was just "2, 3 guys up front"….then there was the final group towards the line, some stuff there. the westwood guy got a great jump and beat the sprinters to the line after his teammate attacked twice on the runup…but i guess 2 orr 3 additional riders were up the road as well.. does anyone remember when/if that happened? no disrespect intended to those up the road, but i dont remember anyone getting away from the field until the line, olther than the 2/3 up the road?
anyone?

somebody give me smth, pls

I think Lisbon won the 123 race at prospect. The race broke up into 3 groups. He won out of a group of 12.

found it on the uscf site:

https://www.usacycling.org/events/getflyer.php?permit=2007-509

how did this become a free ad site for bandit?

"head injury at the Harlem Crit"

Where was your helmet?

One of the Three Thieves is Joel Gott. This guy makes serious wine under his own label. Check out his Zinfandel for a great red under $25. He would not be associated with a project that involved selling bad wine just to make a buck.

The jokesters behind Three Thieves wines have helped once again in liberating wine for the masses. The 2002 Bandit California Cabernet Sauvignon ($7 for a 1-liter box) has a bright, appealing aroma of cherry, cherry candy and vanilla. On the palate, it

3s- Rufus
4s- some adler rider, maybe O’M

even the 5’s

It’s hard to write about Jonathan Adler and not succumb to the temptation to use words like doyenne or maven, or guru. That’s because Adler’s backward-glancing, tinged by kitsch but never too twee line of ceramics and pillows has proven so astonishingly popular. Not everyone can afford an interior decorator (if you can, though, Adler does that, too) but most can save up enough cash for an Adler bud vase or throw pillow and therefore achieve some sense of chic.

more interesting than another team sponsored by a bank or insurance company. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Lee4 in the 3s

You guys are really going out on a limb here with these picks, huh?

JP, Rashad or Olson in the 3s

"Why we care about 3’s and 4’s". AGREED!!! We are the heart of this great sport. I find myself getting less and less jacked up about pro cycling with each fallen idol and every " I almost doped but didn’t really" non-admission of guilt that hits the presses. The pros are losin’ us, it’s gettin’ old.

Race prediction:OM attacks hill 1 drops 1/4 of the field.
OM attacks hill 2 drops another 1/4 of the field
OM attacks hill 3 drops another 1/4 of the field
OM attacks hill 4 drops everyone else
OM solos to victory…………
<<SLAP!!>>
Wake up fool quit dreaming…

Observer, are you a dominant or a submissive?

Observer, are you a dominant or a submissive?

Bait taken! Thanks DBag.

Alas, there is still tomorrow.

Is that what it means to "get Zabeled"?

I think it’s their team duty or something. They specialize in French sausage.

Now that I know you’re reading this site, what are you serving in the feed zones? Is there a Vegan option?

Also, you should get the Bandits to do a BBQ.

Just my 2c.

womens 1 3 – dont rule out Lauren Shirock BMW/Bianci – she has won there before.

Wolfe, Rashad, That Rufus Dude.

Cat 4
Wisenbaker, Albergotti, O"malley

We care about 3s and 4s because its average joes killing themselves for the love of the sport and the feeling you get racing with 100 passionate cyclists who train hard in between family and work obligations. I would race with a Cat 4 on any course over sitting on my ass watching potentially doped up mullets racing for money and later getting disqualified. Cat 3s and 4s are the heart of cycling dude!

nobody noticed the front pic. pretty funny and completely juvenile.

Who cares about which 4 or 3 is going to win Bear….<<snore>>
Giro starts this weekend, I’d rather be sitting back with a brew watching the pros duke it out….Wonder who is going to be the 1st nerd to post their wattage data for each of the climbs…<<snore>>..more useless info.

Talk to Schmalz

Katie Lambden or Heather Labance for the 1/2/3 women and Valerie Hopkins or Ashley Prine for the 4s.

That would explain this site.

I am writing a general interest piece on head injuries and concussions in athletes…specifically cyclists. If anyone has a head injury story, could you please email it to me? Important features would include the mechanism, loss of consciousness (if any), time of onset of symptoms afterward, duration of symptoms, and subsequent course. Also whether or not you sought medical attention and what kind of medical workup you received.

Email me at jaymuellermd@gmail.com.

Thanks,

Jay Mueller

Doesn’t have the same ring to it as Bear, geography be damned. Harriman is a cool course because any type of rider can win there. How many races are actually climber’s races anyway? Even in the pro ranks the pure climbers, guys like Rasmussen or Iban Mayo, seem to only make noise at stage races. Most one day races are won by strong men or sprinters like Boonen and Cancellara. Why? Probably because most courses don’t feature 10 mile alpine climbs but have lots of shorter hills instead that strong guys can power over quickly. Kinda like Bear.

One of my friends went to a Bandit bbq last fall and he hasn’t been the same since.

GI bugs are so hot right now.

in the women’s 4 because that is such a hardcore oldschool New England-sounding name (don’t know anything else about her)

day before the great neck crit

http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=4575

but adler rides a smart race.

it’s not just the climbing…Battenkill had tough climbs but also a couple of long easy sections. Maybe bear climbing isn’t so steep but the course is relentless…the descent, the hairpin, the climb, a shallow "bowl" where people attack, a grinding false flat to the feed zone…rinse, repeat etc. until you’re cooked.
Not an easy race.

in lower cats (3, 4 and 5) we all race for ourselves and it is understandable. The guys who think they stand a chance might not openly attack while they have a teamate up the road but they all wish somebody would. It’s not like somebody gets paid to ride for someone else. Teamates might help each other to work at the front or in a break but that’s it and it’s fine.

Don’t you ever get tired of this? Will you go away, please? No one cares.

ride for the same team?
Adler rode a good in fight?

You guys realize that the "mountains" at Bear wouldn’t even register on a course profile in a real race right……..

should Zmolik finish anywhere near the front.

By sick do you mean, disgusted by how crappy they are compared to pros? Don’t make excuses, cat 4s make excuses.

here’s who i like in the 4’s. i think andy collins could counter o’malley and take this. also prinsloo or jack piller from placid planet is a good rider who just had a good result at jiminy.

hope for the locals

Anyone out this morning? Have they repaved yet?

Rode through it last evening – it was not paved.

the road crews paved over the rough road last night.

If the paving crews worked 4 days a week at the pace they did this week, they would re-pave the enitre park in about a month. AT the current pace they won’t finish this year.

Chris Jones in the P 1/2, top three fo shore.

Wisenbaker is strong but the Bear Mountain course does not suit him. He was repeatedly dropped on the short climbs at Battenkill-Roubaix.

Short rectangle downtown, slight uphill and downhill

"this week another section was dug up" another section of Harlem? which other section? At the bottom of the hill by the lake?
I don’t train in CP on a regular basis so while I’m asleep ( or not riding in CP ) I miss a lot of happenings.

Great Neck Crit – whats the deal there is no information on location and course. Is this race worth attending?

ride to watch the race. meet at Jersey side of GWB 8am sunday.

…he’s no 37 year old spring chicken like when he won the club champion ship on that course in 1993…..OK my numbers are a little off

55.5 mile solo break away. Interviews himself at the finish line.

But guys I want to see do well. Zmolik, Guzman and Boronow. The nice guys.

In the women there are several past winners riding.