http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/-t1.htm Race reports etc Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:54:59 GMT 10 http://home.comcast.net/~locktwins/100_3633.GIF http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/-t1.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/10-07-07-the-grand-finale-prospect-park-t103.htm Locktwins This is a bad idea. This is a real bad idea. That's all I was thinkin' when the alarm went off at 2:45 am. After racin' yesterday I was feelin' pretty cooked. Did I mention I was out to 1:00 am at a wedding Friday night? I was already in "shut down" mode for the 2007 season, and today was the last gasp. So I got outta bed, got some coffee and headed to the shop to meet Jason, Ryan, Richie, and Dennis. Jason had two great ideas last night; he figured he could squeeze five of us, our ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:54:59 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/10-07-07-the-grand-finale-prospect-park-t103.htm#201 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/10-07-07-the-grand-finale-prospect-park-t103.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/10-06-07-tour-de-parc-long-island-t102.htm Locktwins This being pretty much the end of the season there were several of us that decided to go out with a bang and race Saturday and Sunday; and of course the weather further aided our decision. I was originally scheduled for Saturday and had planned to take the lovely Mrs. Crazy Bike Racer to Smithville for Oktoberfest on Sunday; but she can't tolerate the heat so she decided we should re-schedule for the Irish Festival next Saturday. Being the ever thoughtful husband I was more than happy to accomodate ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:48:24 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/10-06-07-tour-de-parc-long-island-t102.htm#200 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/10-06-07-tour-de-parc-long-island-t102.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-16-07-bobby-phillips-turkey-day-crit-t101.htm Locktwins First off nice job by Dennis gettin' a solid top ten (7th) at Yuasa. It is definitely one of the most hotly contested Pa crits, the course is demanding. I think I lasted five laps there last year before I got the hook(actually I finished 3/4 of a lap down in 25th). And also, nice job talkin' the lovely Kim out of bed at 5:00 am to make the trip, you'd have a better shot and seein' Big Foot than of seein' my wife at a bike race before dawn. And did I hear the "U" word mentioned again? Also, ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:45:49 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-16-07-bobby-phillips-turkey-day-crit-t101.htm#199 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-16-07-bobby-phillips-turkey-day-crit-t101.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-16-07-yuasa-t100.htm Locktwins Today i did the Yuasa Crit race in Laureldale, PA. Three things bothered me about this race. One, i could not get a weather forecast for the town. What kind of town does not show up on weather.com??? Second, this was a PA state championship points race and state crit championships for different fields. I knew it was going to be fast. Three, whenever you see haybales all over a crit course i always ask myself "What the hell am i getting myself into?'' This is probably the last cat ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:40:27 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-16-07-yuasa-t100.htm#198 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-16-07-yuasa-t100.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-09-07-blueberry-t99.htm Locktwins One of my all time favorite races, the Blueberry is a nice long road race; a 16 mile loop with minimal traffic, virtually flat, and today we had very nice weather particularly for the early races. The race did not come together until last week, so we had a light turn-out (about 150 total); but enough for some hot racing action. Jason kept it simple with four fields: 3/4, 40/50, 4/5, and 1/2/3. Two start times, two fields out on the loop at a time. First a big thank you to all of the volunteers, ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:37:16 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-09-07-blueberry-t99.htm#197 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-09-07-blueberry-t99.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-08-07-phillipsburg-t98.htm Locktwins Mark and I decided to make a run up to Phillipsburg for a 45+ ,15 mile crit; figured it wouldn't hurt us too much for tomorrow's race. The course is your typical downtown crit in an old-time North Jersey city out by the Delaware river; nice area. The course itself is pretty cool, a long slightly down hill run past the start/finish, a quick left into a slight chicane that goes hard left into a very short ( 12 pedal strokes) hard rise and then another long flat stretch. Two more quick lefts and ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:30:54 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-08-07-phillipsburg-t98.htm#196 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-08-07-phillipsburg-t98.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-01-07-somerville-crit-from-dennis-t97.htm Locktwins Today i did the Somerville Crit cat 5 race and was told by Captain Ed to report in. Since no one from Pro Pedals did the race i talked Kim into going. She must have thought this was like a tour de france stage because she brought 3 magazines and 1 book to read. I told her by the time she sat down it would be time to get up and her only purpose in coming was to identify my body if i crashed. Somerville is actually a tough course. It has 4 90 degree turns that are bumpy and tight. There ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:25:07 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-01-07-somerville-crit-from-dennis-t97.htm#195 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/09-01-07-somerville-crit-from-dennis-t97.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-26-07-state-crit-champ-t96.htm Locktwins First off, thanks God for holdin' off on the rain; much appreciated. And thanks to the folks who ran the races. They made a smart move choppin' each race by two laps; it saved them from having to lop off 5 laps from the later races. It's a long day for the people runnin' this thing, they did a great job. A coupla quickee's. First off, good to see Joe Yacono from Peddler's back on the bike and finishing the 35+. He's been (successfully) battling throat cancer and was racing with a feeding ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:20:04 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-26-07-state-crit-champ-t96.htm#194 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-26-07-state-crit-champ-t96.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-19-07-lehigh-valley-winery-crit-t95.htm Locktwins One last "way to go" to the Cat 4 team for yesterdays performance ( Dan you're part of that even though your license says Cat 5). As most of you know me and Mark have been struggling a bit lately. Actually that's not true; reality is we have REALLY SUCKED!!! I'm quite sure Mark's living out of a suitcase and flying (literally) around the country have sucked the life out of his legs. As for me, I think I'm feelin' the weight of (43) races and the weekly Greentrees starting to wear me ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:02:37 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-19-07-lehigh-valley-winery-crit-t95.htm#193 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-19-07-lehigh-valley-winery-crit-t95.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-18-07-bulington-crit-t94.htm Locktwins We actually got to sleep in today, the race didn't start until 1:00 pm. My wife was wondering who the strange man was sitting at the table drinking coffee at 8:00 am this morning, I'm usually winding up for my last lap at Prospect by this time. The Burlington course was pretty brutal, about a 1.5 mile loop with a lot of rough stuff on the back stretch. The front stretch was smooth with a scenic view of the Delaware river. Old, narrow city streets and a very sketchy road surface made for ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:53:53 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-18-07-bulington-crit-t94.htm#192 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-18-07-bulington-crit-t94.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-14-07-englishtown-t93.htm Locktwins What a great night for a bike race! Just the slightest hint of fall in the air with the cooling temperatures and the waning daylight. These Tuesday night races have been a blast, same teams (us and Norwood, now Rocket Racing), same independents. They're races, they're hard; but not as intense as the weekend stuff. Tonight we were at Englishtown ( Ted Laury and Bob Jaggard will remember racing motocross here 25 years ago) and the course was very cool. It looks like a Lemans-style go-cart course ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:44:15 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-14-07-englishtown-t93.htm#191 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-14-07-englishtown-t93.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-11-07-medford-t92.htm Locktwins Man, sometimes I really suck; and today was one of those days. Not exactly a stellar showing for "one of the strongest Cat 4 teams in the state". I'm sure I've uttered that line a few times and today we pretty much got bitch-slapped. Oh well, maybe a little humility will serve us well in the long run. With that said, we had some decent performances. Medford is a very unforgiving course. It rewards the strong and punishes the weak. All of my cornering skills, wheel-sucking ability, ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:38:03 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-11-07-medford-t92.htm#190 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-11-07-medford-t92.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-07-07-englishtown-t91.htm Locktwins I missed this evenings assault on Englishtown. No need to worry, the Cat 4 team took care of business on their own. It was Stevie Wu and Joey D against Norwood, 3 - D , and some others for a total of 25 starters. This was the same crew that all raced together at the Lakewood Tuesday night series which we dominated ( three races, Chris Fritz went 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, Caleb got a 1st, Lockburner got a 3rd, and we had several other top tens with me and Otto. Did I miss anyone?). I got this second ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:25:52 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-07-07-englishtown-t91.htm#189 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-07-07-englishtown-t91.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-04-07-prospect-park-t90.htm Locktwins There's an old saying, "If you do abnormal things often enough, you begin to think they're normal". That's kinda where me and Dennis are at with Prospect. Up at 3:00 am, on the road by 3:30, up to Brooklyn, race at 6:30; back home by 10:30 - 11:00. Perfectly normal. Todays trip had the added twist that New Jersey is apparently on fire and Rt 206 was closed down. So we had an unexpected detour up into Atco through Medford and on up. We arrived at 5:45 with plenty of time to get ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:19:10 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-04-07-prospect-park-t90.htm#188 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-04-07-prospect-park-t90.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/doylestown-8-5-07-from-eric-w-t89.htm Locktwins Thanks, Ed, nice report, I will give my report quick if I can and then I am going to sit and rest. I did double 30+ and then 1,2,3. I ended up with about 65 miles of racing and feeling every bit of it, and feeling old in the 1,2,3. The 30+ did 9 laps, and after the first Prime on the 3rd lap, I broke away with Rich Uliana from Gotham. We stayed away with about 25-30 sec. gap most of the time, almost 20 miles. We split the Primes, he took the 1st and I took the 2nd on the 7th or 8th lap. Was hard ... Captain Eds Corner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:09:30 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/doylestown-8-5-07-from-eric-w-t89.htm#187 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/doylestown-8-5-07-from-eric-w-t89.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-05-07-doylestown-t88.htm Locktwins Today was kind of a weird, ass- backwards day for me; but more on that later. It was me and Big Dan, I was slated for the 4/5 and the 3/4 double; Dan took a page from my book and doubled up in the Cat 5 and the 4/5. Eric showed up later to do the 35+ and the 1/2/3. The weather was perfect, much cooler and dryer than yesterday. Doylestown is a nice circuit race, about a 2.4 mile loop. It starts out with a short, moderate climb then turns into a housing project with two criterium type turns. ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:58:32 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-05-07-doylestown-t88.htm#186 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/08-05-07-doylestown-t88.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-27-07-lakewood-crit-t87.htm Locktwins This will be a quickee, my home computer is in worst shape than a pit bull under the care of Michael Vick, so I dropped it off with my computer guru, Drew Tindell (rides for Peddler Shop).I'm sure he'll have me up and runnin' in no time. I'll be doin' this one from my office computer. Congrat's to Joey Schaivo, great time (24 mph+!) in the TT. In the 35+ Eric Wally helped drive a three man break with Shawn Teske and Steve Cochrane (Mambo). Now there's some horsepower! They tettered right ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:29:23 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-27-07-lakewood-crit-t87.htm#185 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-27-07-lakewood-crit-t87.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-29-07-kingwood-tt-from-joe-schiavo-t86.htm Locktwins Hey Guys, I hope you had a great race at Lakewood. Waiting to hear the results from Captain Ed. Looking forward to his race report as usual. To fill you in on my solo as team president of TT's at Kingwood, meaning again I was the sole representative for Pro Pedals. One of these days we will have good representation at these TT. Anyway, the weather was muggy with an absolutely high due point, you could cut it with a knife. I started out slow because it was starting to rain and again ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:04:56 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-29-07-kingwood-tt-from-joe-schiavo-t86.htm#184 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-29-07-kingwood-tt-from-joe-schiavo-t86.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-24-07-lakewood-crit-t85.htm Locktwins Enough of the pro-dopers, we are what this sport is really all about. Remember, even when you're gettin' dropped, havin' a bad race, and you're disgusted with your performance; we are NOT spectators in the game,we're out there doin' it!!! The last place guy who gets dropped and lapped is far the better man (woman) than those that sit on the couch, beer in hand, watchin' Nascar, the NFL, or major league baseball. Listen to these guys on Monday morning and how they talk about the pitcher who got ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:57:11 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-24-07-lakewood-crit-t85.htm#183 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-24-07-lakewood-crit-t85.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-21-07-mt-holly-crit-t84.htm Locktwins Possibly the best weather of the season greeted the riders for today's downtown crit in historic Mt Holly. This has been the site of an annual invitational pro 1/2 road race for several years; today marks the first year race promotor at large (pun intended) Kenny Mills included amateur events. The course was excellent, a longish 1.3 mile 4 turn crit. You have a long, very slightly uphill run past the start/finish; a rising right hander then down a long straight to a slightly tricky 90 degree ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:51:25 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-21-07-mt-holly-crit-t84.htm#182 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-21-07-mt-holly-crit-t84.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-16-07-millport-race-details-from-caleb-t83.htm Locktwins Dave (and all who are interested), The course was pretty technical, lots of tight turns. The hills weren't too bad, but the mix of turns and hills made it a bit squirrelly. There were a couple of juniors in there that were pretty skiddish, and one of them caused a pile-up after the start-whistle blew, but before we even crossed the line. That same kid caused another crash about 3/4 mile into the race. That ended his day. For everyone elses' sake, I was kinda glad he was off the scene, ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:43:09 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-16-07-millport-race-details-from-caleb-t83.htm#181 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-16-07-millport-race-details-from-caleb-t83.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-14-07-prospect-park-t82.htm Locktwins Me and Dennis decided to do the run to Prospect today, I had originally planned on Millport out in Lancaster, but I really didn't have the time today. I'll be waiting to hear from the boys who went out there. Dennis' wife Kim was ecstatic over my decision to head up as Dennis had talked her into gettin' up at 3:00 am to drive up with him(if he was goin' alone). So if I'm not scoring any points in my household, next best thing is to help out a team mate. Dennis did the Cat 5 and I did the ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:41:38 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-14-07-prospect-park-t82.htm#180 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-14-07-prospect-park-t82.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-12-07-nat-ls-rr-report-45-49-from-mark-cowin-t81.htm Locktwins Well, I figured I'd at least take a moment/novel to report on the culmination of nat'ls week, the road race... And the way the crit went, i had no plans that i would do anything but ride the road race as a tourist stopping at all the rest areas and taking in the sites as the field left me for dead... Don't get me wrong, i think i can climb sometimes, and then i realize i am 185 and get real.... Well, I lined up in the 45-49, trying to pretend/ mantra i was Bob J for the day, seemed ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:29:58 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-12-07-nat-ls-rr-report-45-49-from-mark-cowin-t81.htm#179 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-12-07-nat-ls-rr-report-45-49-from-mark-cowin-t81.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-10-07-tuesday-blue-claw-crit-report-short-from-caleb-t80.htm Locktwins The Blue Claw Lakewood crit was 40 minutes +3 laps, and there wasn't really much going on. I rode near the front to make sure nothing really got away. One of the black jerseys (Chris Labrek's team?? can't remember) did most of the work. The field was down about half the riders, from 20 to 10 by the 3 lap announcement. The last lap, the black jersey guy kept working, but slowed down to allow himself recovery. There was a bit of attack on the left side of the course with about half a ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:27:21 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-10-07-tuesday-blue-claw-crit-report-short-from-caleb-t80.htm#178 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-10-07-tuesday-blue-claw-crit-report-short-from-caleb-t80.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-08-07-nationals-report-from-mark-cowin-t79.htm Locktwins Nat'ls crit report: 45-49bracket After announcing that our fied contained a 30 time national champion and 7 time world champion... Same guy... We lined up (full field - 125) for a 4 corner (1) hill crit. Race went off at 10am sharp pistol and all... We were at 34 by the first turn... Need I say this was just a stacked field.. 25 laps 26.2 miles, and all the 54X12 I could handle... I stayed mid pack the whole race never deeper than 60th and NEVER up front... Just too many 30mph tt guys that ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:25:48 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-08-07-nationals-report-from-mark-cowin-t79.htm#177 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-08-07-nationals-report-from-mark-cowin-t79.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-08-07-marltongreentree-from-eric-t78.htm Locktwins Ed, just wanted to drop you a note so you can compile the weekend race report. Today was Greentree. I did the 35+ and 1,2,3. I was in several breaks in 35+ and finally got away at about 10(??) laps to go, with John Nymon, Shawn Teske, Rich Ross and Glenn Krotick(Breakaway). We stayed away and I put in some hard pulls, in the middle, to make sure we stayed away, at one point I thought we would get caught. On the last lap, I knew I could not beat Shawn or Rich in a sprint, so I attacked off the ... Captain Eds Corner Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:46:18 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-08-07-marltongreentree-from-eric-t78.htm#176 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-08-07-marltongreentree-from-eric-t78.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-08-07-marlton-t77.htm Locktwins think I will open today's race report with a new side-line ,"value added" feature section that I'll trot out from time to time; just to keep things interesting. I'm gonna call it the "Bite Me!" list. It won't always be 100% race-related; just assorted things, people, institutions that are really startin' to get under my skin. For example, I've been gettin' applications in the mail for my AARP card. For all you young guys that stands for American Association of Retired ... Captain Eds Corner Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:40:33 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-08-07-marlton-t77.htm#175 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-08-07-marlton-t77.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-07-07-branchbrook-park-little-wallys-t76.htm Locktwins The Wally Boys did make some pretty quick work of a heavily unbalanced field. 1 Beacon, 1 Somerset, and 5 Colavita kids. Somerset made a move o the first half of the lap (flat section by the lake), but was chased down by Colavita for his team mate(Colavita Kid who won is the GS cup points leader - Orange jersey - Who knew the 12 yr. olds had a GS cup series) When they came through the finnish the first time, the field was still together. Up the hill Chris attacked, but was chased down by Colavita ... Captain Eds Corner Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:31:02 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-07-07-branchbrook-park-little-wallys-t76.htm#174 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-07-07-branchbrook-park-little-wallys-t76.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-07-07-branchbrook-park-t75.htm Locktwins THE DOMINICAN DOMINATOR IS BACK!!! (more on this later) So we had a light showing today at the races with me and Otto being the lone Pro Pedals riders doing the 4/5 race. Eric was set to do the 1/2; but it got canceled due to light turn-out. Wally did bring the little Wally's up to do the junior races; I'll expect an email later from him to give us a full update. I do believe I saw one of the mini-Wally's take second in one of the races. We'll have to wait for the proud Dad's report. We ... Captain Eds Corner Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:26:53 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-07-07-branchbrook-park-t75.htm#173 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-07-07-branchbrook-park-t75.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-04-07-hall-of-fame-crit-from-eric-w-t74.htm Locktwins Ed, Just wanted to give you the update for us from the Hall of Fame Crit, for your midweek - July 4 Ride - Race report. July 4 - wake up whole house at 5AM and jam 5 people into van with 3 bikes, numerous wheels and oodles of equipment. Arrive at race course, 1st ones there 7:15AM(better early than late - plus Port a Pots were sparkling newlike) Temperature was late fall like at 60 degrees and overcast with some small sprinkles, arm warmers in July?? The course was 1.5 miles with a couple of ... Captain Eds Corner Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:19:02 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-04-07-hall-of-fame-crit-from-eric-w-t74.htm#172 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-04-07-hall-of-fame-crit-from-eric-w-t74.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-01-07-points-race-from-the-wallys-t73.htm Locktwins The Team Challenge was not a pretty sight. Our plan of sitting in for the beginning laps kind of backfired. Most of the points are loaded toward the back end of the race, so waiting until the 1/2(15-20 laps in) way point and then starting to attack and end up most of the breakaways near the end of the race. Not so much today, I was sitting mid pack, nice and comfy, when 4-5 riders broke away. Rosenhaus(NE Hardware-46yrs), Gui Nelieson(Van Dessel), 1 Ideal Tile and J. Durso from Liberty Corner ... Captain Eds Corner Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:13:10 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-01-07-points-race-from-the-wallys-t73.htm#171 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-01-07-points-race-from-the-wallys-t73.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-01-07-from-joe-schiavo-capt-tt-t72.htm Locktwins Here I go out and buy a disc wheel for my TT thinking I am going to kick some ass. ha ha the joke was on me. what a bummer at the Ed Peterson TT on June 30th. I was set and ready. Did my stretchingand warm ups. Got to the starting line on time and off I went 10miles flat with some rolling hills. Pumping-- I was doing 24 to 25 out of the gate. Than about 2 miles into it I get passed. Killing myself I tried to stay but he just continued to pull away. Than passed again, again and again. I am saying ... Captain Eds Corner Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:09:28 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-01-07-from-joe-schiavo-capt-tt-t72.htm#170 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-01-07-from-joe-schiavo-capt-tt-t72.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-01-07-brownstown-rocky-hill-road-race-t71.htm Locktwins The Captain took a rare mid-season break from the local racing circuit this weekend; I had to work Saturday and the only race on Sunday was a 1/2/3/4 points race. I'd a been cooked on the first lap in that one, so I opted to"go long" racking up a pair of 60 milers over the weekend for some mid-season base mileage. I'm sure a ripple was felt through-out the local racing community; but the matrix will return to normal next weekend. I'll be doin' the 4/5 at Branchbrook on Saturday and ... Captain Eds Corner Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:06:28 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-01-07-brownstown-rocky-hill-road-race-t71.htm#169 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/07-01-07-brownstown-rocky-hill-road-race-t71.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-24-07-marlton-t70.htm Locktwins First of all, thank you to whoever dialed up this fantastic weather; it simply could not have been a better day. Is there any better way to spend a Sunday than racin' at Marlton all day? With most of the guys doin' multiple races, this is the most spectator-friendly course you could ever find. What a day. Reality check: We didn't do much in the way of results today; but everybody rode hard. How sweet was it seein' Pro Pedals at the front of the 1/2/3 race all day? Eric, Ryan, and Bob rode ... Captain Eds Corner Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:27:21 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-24-07-marlton-t70.htm#168 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-24-07-marlton-t70.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-23-07-corner-house-grand-prix-t69.htm Locktwins All the signs were there. First off, the race was in Princeton were Lockburner does all of his hill training. The course description included the word "rolling" (this is usually the kiss of death for me). And to top it off, part of the course included "Mt Lucas" road. I figured this would be another $30.00 donation. I almost chicken-shitted out until Dirty Dave signed on at the last minute. So it was me, Dirty, and Big Dan set for the 4/5. There were officially 69 starters, ... Captain Eds Corner Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:54:21 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-23-07-corner-house-grand-prix-t69.htm#167 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-23-07-corner-house-grand-prix-t69.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-17-07-lakewood-blue-t68.htm Locktwins "Be careful what ya ask for, ya just might get it!" I learned the meaning of that old saying tonight, but more on that later. Tonights' crit at Lakewood provided some very interesting lessons in team racing. It also proved that the Captain's influence is felt through-out the peloton. Lakewood is your basic longish (1.2 miles) crit course. It can be fast, or it can be slow when the wind is up (which it was tonight). There's a long, modest uphill finishing straight, a right ... Captain Eds Corner Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:42:19 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-17-07-lakewood-blue-t68.htm#166 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-17-07-lakewood-blue-t68.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-17-07-prospect-masters-ronde-t66.htm Locktwins I think my theme for this week's report will be: "Always the bridesmaid; never the bride" We had a coupla real nice second places this weekend. Kinda like kissin' your sister; nice, but somethin's not quite right (unless you're from West Virginia). Anyway, a great weekend of racin'. All told I counted over twenty Pro Pedals riders out there goin' to war; it's good to see the team so active. We'll start with a quick re-cap from Saturday. Up in the bowels of NY City Dennis ... Captain Eds Corner Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:33:00 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-17-07-prospect-masters-ronde-t66.htm#164 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-17-07-prospect-masters-ronde-t66.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/mercury-lincoln-tt-84-mi-by-joe-schiavo-t65.htm Locktwins Hey Guys, Just wanted to say congrats to all. nice job on the races. I need to blow my own horn. Did the mercury/lincoln TT 8.4 mi out and back. did a personal best, finally, 40 sec better than last year. I was the lone Pro Pedals at the TT. My main man Mark quick step Cowan got delayed at the airport and of course his Zs got the best of him with a no show. Totally wiped out which is understandable. Anyway, as Captain Ed would say the competition was strong with a headwind out and a tailwind ... Captain Eds Corner Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:20:30 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/mercury-lincoln-tt-84-mi-by-joe-schiavo-t65.htm#163 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/mercury-lincoln-tt-84-mi-by-joe-schiavo-t65.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-09-07-prospect-park-t64.htm Locktwins Havin' Eric go up to Prospect with us this morning was a real unexpected treat. It's funny how things change over the course of a coupla seasons. I remember my first Pro Pedals ride back in September of 2003. I'd been riding for about a month and was in some semblance of reasonable condition due to a running background. As I pulled up alongside the shop Eric was gettin' suited up and all I could think of was "this guy looks like he means business". Of course I got dropped quick (some ... Captain Eds Corner Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:14:21 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-09-07-prospect-park-t64.htm#162 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-09-07-prospect-park-t64.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/40-k-state-tt-report-by-mark-cowin-t63.htm Locktwins State TT 40 K TT report from the busted broke, repaired and still searching for a state title MEC... You won’t confuse this with an Ed P report… We had numerous team members attempt the double on Sunday, by attending both the State RR on Saturday and then show up for the "race of truth" State 40 k TT on Sunday. The weather was much more agreeable as compared to Saturday, with cloud cover providing some temp relief. However, winds were brisk with a ... Captain Eds Corner Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:05:11 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/40-k-state-tt-report-by-mark-cowin-t63.htm#161 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/40-k-state-tt-report-by-mark-cowin-t63.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-02-07-nj-state-rr-race-report-t62.htm Locktwins Ah...where to begin? I guess you would have to call it a less than stellar day, but we did have a few (very few) shining moments. I'll apologize ahead of time for anybody I fail to mention and for any inaccuracies, I'm doin' this from the "heat of battle" so to speak. We had solid representation in all categorys today which was good to see. This is always a pretty tough race due to some decent mileage in all categorys and the heat. It wasn't brutally hot, but it was pushin' 90 ... Captain Eds Corner Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:02:36 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-02-07-nj-state-rr-race-report-t62.htm#160 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/06-02-07-nj-state-rr-race-report-t62.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-27-07-boundbrook-t59.htm Locktwins Me and Ryan did this one, it was basically a quick hit; drive up, race, go home. Otto met us up there. This race was a 3/4 and it was gonna be fast! This is part of the big show tomorrow at Somerville, possibly the oldest, longest running race in America. It's a kick off to the Lancaster and Philly race series starting next week, so all of the pros are in town. There's a lot of money to be won, so all the hot Cat 3's are out there goin' for it. In other words, it had "screw me" ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 28 May 2007 03:11:59 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-27-07-boundbrook-t59.htm#148 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-27-07-boundbrook-t59.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-26-07-somerville-t58.htm Locktwins From Ed We Suck!!! Well, not totally; we managed to save the day as the afternoon wore on(and it did wear on). But it certainly was not a day of dominating performances.This race seems to drag out from a 9:00 am start 'till we left at some time after 3:00pm. Somerville is your typical, All American four corner crit. It's about .9 miles with two long straights connected by a short 400 meter downhill on one end and a 400 meter power -type uphill on the other end. The road surface is marginal ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 28 May 2007 03:06:21 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-26-07-somerville-t58.htm#147 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-26-07-somerville-t58.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-20-07-marlton-t57.htm Locktwins From The Captain Ah, where to begin. First, a coupla quickee's. How 'bout the weather? All week long the "forecasters" have been callin' for rain and we ended up with two damn near perfect days! Gotta love it. And how 'bout Caleb, winnin' the Cat 5 out in Union Grove? Well Done! Those Lancaster races are know joke, good job Caleb. And a nice milestone today, I did race number 99 and 100 today, with this being my fourth season. I'm not particularly fast, but I am active (and ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 28 May 2007 01:19:23 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-20-07-marlton-t57.htm#146 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-20-07-marlton-t57.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-19-07-union-grove-t56.htm Locktwins From Caleb The course was ~4.6 milesx 5 laps There was one big downhill right after the line, one big uphill about half way through, and a two tiered climb to the finish. The first three laps were not really exciting. A bit of contact, but no crashes. The fourth lap the Shirks Racing team had guys in the 3 and 5 spot, I was 8. The 5-spot guy at one point just sat up immediately so that the 1-4 guys could get away, with one of his guys in the mix. Fortunately, they got about 2 seconds ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 28 May 2007 01:12:43 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-19-07-union-grove-t56.htm#145 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-19-07-union-grove-t56.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-12-07-prospect-park-race-report-t55.htm Locktwins From Ed Man my shoulders are really achin' me today, probably from havin' to carry the Cat 4 team at Prospect today........but more on that later. First off a huge "atta guy" to Rueben who volunteered to drive half the team up to Prospect when he knew we were short on the carpool. Big effort for a guy to get up at 2:30 and drive up three of his team mates when he's not racin'. Reuben took some video, some pictures, and basically just helped out. I speak for everyone(I'm sure) ... Captain Eds Corner Mon, 28 May 2007 01:09:56 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-12-07-prospect-park-race-report-t55.htm#144 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-12-07-prospect-park-race-report-t55.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-06-07-colts-neck-race-report-t52.htm Locktwins From Ed First a quick congratulations to Caleb,he nailed a nice 6th place out in Lancaster yesterday.He was an unknown quantity coming into the season, so far a 6th at Branchbrook, 9th at the Cherry Blossom, and an insane ride at Branchbrook where he drove the pace the whole day, attacked off "the cone" and blew before the finish; he's a very solid rider/racer. Colts Neck is a pretty neat course. It's basically a 4 mile rectangle with a coupla small kickers and one very nasty, ... Captain Eds Corner Wed, 09 May 2007 03:32:00 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-06-07-colts-neck-race-report-t52.htm#132 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-06-07-colts-neck-race-report-t52.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-05-07-t51.htm Locktwins Report From Caleb Ed, Just returned from Lancaster. It was a good clean race, no crashes. It was pretty hilly, but I expected that. I sat in and didn't chase anything stupid. I pulled off a six, but Guy's Racing (green jerseys) pulled off a 1-2-5 finish. They had a really well done team effort at the end. Their two top horses broke off the front with 1km to go, and I didn't see it coming. After those two guys blew buy, I thought better than to chase them down. They had perfect ... Captain Eds Corner Wed, 09 May 2007 03:24:39 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-05-07-t51.htm#131 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/05-05-07-t51.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/04-29-07-prospect-park-t50.htm Locktwins From Ed Tomorrows New York Times headline: WARNING !!!! CRAZED CYCLIST POLICE HAVE DUBBED " THE MAD BOMBER " TERRORIZES JOGGERS IN NEW YORK'S PROSPECT PARK!!!! Authorities reported that a completely out-of-his mind pseudo-bicycle racer known only by the moniker"Crazy Rich" was spotted spending in-ordinate amounts of time in the joggers lane, particularly on the 40 mph downhill stretch before the start finish in Sundays Masters 35+ race at Prospect Park. Joggers ... Captain Eds Corner Wed, 09 May 2007 03:18:34 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/04-29-07-prospect-park-t50.htm#130 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/04-29-07-prospect-park-t50.htm http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/04-22-07-lower-providence-t49.htm Locktwins From Ed I'm usually pretty relaxed before races, I do enough of them to where I don't get too nervous. But today I had that queasy feeling in my gut. Kinda like back when you were a kid and you were sittin' there in the Principal's Office waitin' your turn to get your butt reamed. I knew I was in for a spankin' today and those Pa Cat 4's did not disappoint. We had Joey D., Bob Jaggard, and Dan Hauber scheduled for the cat 5,me, Dirty Dave, and Richie for the cat 4, and me, Richie, Steve ... Captain Eds Corner Wed, 09 May 2007 03:08:25 GMT http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/04-22-07-lower-providence-t49.htm#129 http://propedals.editboard.com/captain-eds-corner-f4/04-22-07-lower-providence-t49.htm