CRCA/FGX Racing

by cjammet

A new 3/4 team joins the CRCA

FGX Racing Press Release

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

January 19, 2009- We are pleased to announce the formation of a new sub-team within the CRCA. FGX Racing will be making its presence known in the Cat 3 and 4 fields next year (as if the club needed another cat 4 squad! Sorry!) The initial 17 man roster, made up of 5 cat 3’s and 12 cat 4’s, will compete in a variety of disciplines on the 2009 season.

 

The team’s main sponsor, First Global Xpress, is an international courier company challenging the hub and spoke model of its competitors. Their business model for shipping puts less carbon dioxide into the environment, creates less waste, and uses fewer resources than shipping with FedEx, DHL, and UPS. Ship Greener, Ship Direct with First Global Xpress!

 

The team’s shop sponsor is NYC Velo, one of the city’s coolest and most environmentally friendly bike shops. Located on the Lower east side of Manhattan, NYC Velo caters to all types of cyclists, including roadies, mountain bikers, fixed gear freestylers, and cyclocrossers. They also have a sweet messenger bag selection. True Story.

 

The Team’s official chamois cream and embrocation sponsor is none other than Sportique Active Body and Skincare products. When asked to comment about the generous chamois cream sponsorship, Cat 4 team member Christophe Jammet openly wept, saying “I’ve never been so happy in my life! Our whole team will never again have to deal with the nightmare of a saddle sores!”

 

Team kits are being supplied by Hincapie Sportswear, and they look just plain fabulous.

 

FGX Racing is also pleased to announce the addition of Team Coach, Roger Aspholm from Finkraft Coaching. Roger is one of the best Elite level Masters racers in the country, has won many of the big races in the Northeast, and just recently became a National Cyclocross champion. The team is extremely excited to be working with him, both on an individual level and as a team.

 

Both the cat 3 and cat 4 squads plans on racing aggressively and will actively race in park races, larger out of town races, Time Trials, and Cyclocross races. Each Teammate brings something unique to the table and the entire team aims to exemplify the balance between racing hard, training hard, working selflessly as a team, being environmentally responsible, and having fun!

We’ll see you at the start line in March!

 

 

Team Roster:


“Super-Duper” Cat 3 Squad:

Justin Brown

Steve Brownlie

Adam Duncan

Andreas Gipp

Chris Shaw


“Wham-Bam-Thankya-M’am” Cat 4 Squad

Zak Abdullah

Mike Beckerman

Chad Casselman

Tim Rogers

Christophe Jammet

Alvin Poblacion

Rob Haber

Patrick Littlefield

David Trumpf

Reggie Rasch

Andrew Lawrence

Clay Thurmond

 

 

Team Website coming soon!

 

 

Please visit our sponsors below:


http://www.fgxusa.com


http://www.nycvelo.com


http://www.sportique.net


http://www.finkraftcoaching.com


http://www.hincapiesports.com


Team Contact: Christophe Jammet – cjammet@gmail.com

50 Comments

Anonymous

Saying that FGX contributes to less pollution compared to fedex, dhl, ups is a false marketing message. They don’t own any hardwares so it’s not an true comparison. It is easy for them to cut CO2 when you are at the mercy of others’ cargo space.

Nice looking roster and great looking kits. I want one!

Anonymous

FGX makes use of planes that are already flying there- so they are in fact saving CO2 that they would be creating had they owned planes. its a smart way to use existing infrastructures. FGX is also quite environmentally conscious in other ways- feel free to check out their site to see what i mean

Anonymous

way to go Justin, it’s good to see guys giving back to the sport, teams make our racing interesting so having a cat.4 team helps the guys starting out learn early.

Anonymous

Is empire still around this year. There website has not been updated and many of the guys on the roster have moved on.

Also – no Wilson on Mengoni. Did he go back into retirement?

Anonymous

1) Rider A rides directly to Bear Mtn with a 50lb backpack.

2) Rider B rides to Prospect Park, delivers his 50lb backpack to a 500 acre sorting facility, hands it off to Rider C, and Rider C rides to Bear Mountain by way of Hackensack.

Which scenario burns more calories?

Of course FGX pollutes a lot less than Fex Ex, because it is one ten thousandth of the size. But their claim is directly linked to the amount of carbon burned to get a package from point A to point B, and would be true regardless of who owns the plane or truck. So in an equal comparison, your package to London will require less carbon if shipped via FGX.

The Fed Ex hub and spoke model is operationally efficient, but they’re not exactly paying the full environmental cost inherent in their model. That extra fuel also results in higher costs for customers. FGX typically undercuts Fed Ex / UPS by 20%.

Anonymous

Hi, this is Justin; did you just state that “FGX doesn’t own any HARDWARES” so my marketing message must be false? Take a look at the carbon bear entry as it does a good job of explaining the value proposition of FGX from a carbon perspective. Unless you are seeing something that UC Berkeley climate scientists didn’t I think we’re in pretty good shape. FGX ships direct all over the world via partnerships with commercial airlines and by doing so reduces the amount of miles our shipments travel. This delivery network has allowed us to step away from the common hub-and-spoke model of our competitors. Enough of that… I must say that we’re excited to form a new team and look forward to giving back to the cycling community.

Best,

Justin

Anonymous

Rider #1 Leaves Central Park at 5:45AM with a 50lb pack taking 9W to Bear Mtn. He averages 18.7mph
Rider #2 Leaves Central Park at 5:45AM with 50lb pack but heads to Prospect Park after seeing that the pack is filled with high quality weed. In PP he will sell it in half ounce bags.
Will rider #1 reach Bear before rider #2 earns enough for a new Cervelo P4?

Anonymous

That 10:53 post is a new low on this site. I think it should be removed. Whoever wrote that should be ashamed. I am embarrassed for them. Very sad that people behave like that. I am always surprised by how cruel people can be.

I hope Liz gets well soon. Crashing on a bike is no fun

Anonymous

..but clearly some below average bike racers take themselves to seriously, and I get you are trying to be funny just by making this announcement

Anonymous

The 24th comment (not counting the deleted Liz Hatch comment) is when the first real troll comes out. That might be a record for restraint for this place.

Good luck, FGX….

It’s going to be a fun season….

Anonymous

Yeah. That’s amazing. 24. It must be an off weekend or something. But he is really with it. He really “gets it”. FGX, I suggest you dumb down your kit to be more skill appropriate. Please, those flowing greens just OOZE of self importance and narcissism.

You have obviously sent a strong signal to the NYC cycling tact police and they’re on your ass. Watch out! The kit is “nice” in a vacuum, but your sub par skills are undeserving. Only a top notch guy truly deserves to take this sport seriously and make dumb ass comments on NY Velocity.

Good luck FGX! May you bathe in the tepid fountains of 3/4 mediocrity, and cause many an above average rider to spew urine tinged steam in disgust and dismay. Because, like Dr. Obvious, once you upgrade you’ll wallow on your rollers in complete obscurity forever. Enjoy this moment forever, and critics be damned.

Anonymous

I know many of the FGX guys and I can tell you they will train hard and HAVE FUN! Many of them will actually race outside Central Park, do TTs, and ‘cross. So what if some will be “4s for life”? They will surely look good while they enjoy cycling. What are you going to do?

Anonymous

if you are a pro team or if you are a cat 5 team…, if you are gonna spend time and money on a kit, you better make it good. this kit is good. with their Finkraft coaching some better get ready to get their ass beaten by FGX.

Anonymous

Shaw, Gipp and Duncan on the same squad? – that’s some horsepower. Love the kit (like the grey band with the symbology graphics with the red stitch). I agree, with $ that kit equipment costs these days, its worth it to put a little design time into it.
Its also refreshing to read that this team sends a message to the community that 3 & 4 teams are still being formed in this crap economy with a lot of the riders on that squad ushering in new faces to meet and hang with for the weekday training loops in CPK. Maybe the thread will meander into the occasional “sandbagger” rant!
Goodluck

-lee3

Anonymous

Rediculously funny picture of him trying to look bad ass in this month’s Bicycle Mag. Dude, you will never live that lame ass pose down.

Good luck to the team.

Anonymous

CJIA. Say it. Learn it. Live it. Believe it.

He is in the magazine, full page photo and you are ALL jealous. There is not one of you that does not wish it were you with a FULL PAGE PHOTO in a national cycling publication. If you say you are not jealous, you are full of crap. This above all, to thine own self be true….

He has just finished racing Granogue, one of the top cyclocross races of the year, he looks tired, dirty but still tough and ready to race. It is an amazing photograph, and he looks mas macho.

I wish it were me, and I’m man enough to admit it.

Those of you who hate on CJ, of these things I am certain:
1. CJ would wax you in a cyclocross race, he’s fast, and you’re not.
2. You’re such a coward that you could never, ever sign your name.

(How do you get out of bed everyday knowing that deep inside you’re nothing but a coward and a loser. Must be tough.)

Congrats CJ. Great moment for you. Enjoy it.

P. Littlefield

brian g

is when is Schmalz interviewing CJ for the main page?

and someone get Littlefield his meds….

Bring the warm weather!

Brian G.

PS – Midnight Run is on right now. Great film….

Anonymous

Problem was, I was…self-medicated… when I wrote that. By the time I get to the bottom of a bottle of wine, I feel nothing but love for my boys (even you), so I get a little over-protective.

Anonymous

Did CJ really think he was not going to get a little locker room ribbing when he agreed to have that photo posted in Bicycling Mag? To say everyone on this site would love to have their photo in Bicycle mag is way off base. I think the original post was just giving him some shit but nothing over the top. Also, CJ is a solid cross racer but he has never won a Cat 4 cross. He was finishing at the back of the Bs and often lapped.

Best of luck to the new team. In that regard, Duncan is a fast cross racer.

Anonymous

CJ is a sonufabitch! Best damn salesman in the office!

He drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls!

Anonymous

I like the commitment to going green that your team embraces through its sponsor selection (like some other teams I know of in CRCA, ahem). Good luck to you as support that message and healthy competition.
-jhs
Team OrganicAthlete

Anonymous

holy sh*t! someone thinks i good enough to upgrade. wow! if i could i would, but i don’t really have the results. here’s to hoping to being called a sandbagger this year. thanks!

shaw

EMG

I hope to see you guys in the 3/4 race at the Giro Di Jersey this year. Last year the field had a Prize list in excess of $3000.00
Please spread the word.

EMG

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