Pity this gal needs to learn how to use a fuckin tire pump

 

 

 

 

 

 

                  1.the Grayling Giant starts Zwift racing..

   

 

 good gawd that fork needs service..................

The Way We Were...

 Well Mr Peabody, were you taking us tonight?

Well Sherman, I am very glad you asked..tonight we step into the way back machine to 1995.

Why 1995 Mr Peabody?

Well young Sherman, sit down for a few moments and I’ll show you..

Picture the year, 1995. Russia was hit with a 7.6 earthquake, Michael Jordon makes his return to the NBA..Toy story debuts and sends middle class parents into credit card debt....the glove doesn’t fit OJ...and dead heads got a little more dead because Jerry Garcia cashed all his chips in...

Oh, mr Peabody, I know those things but what about here in Michigan ?

Well Sherman, the Michiganscene was getting ready to blow up mountain bike racing was a weekend thing, and slowly the old skinny rode tire set was about to jump on the coattails..yes, emerging from a steel grey slumber the Festina series was slowly cooking.a true to form just like there hairy leg counterparts..the roadies were coming. And with that teams began to sprout up, creating a cast of characters to go with the stage, and one the best dressed ever were the boys they called..The little green men...team Alpine cycles. Not a large group by any stretch but a solid mix. 

the Formidable on and off road Highlander, Brian Adams, Former bmx world champion, and sprinter Jamison Hendler, Ex college runner Alan Zoltoski, Charles Allarie, The Vanwesseps, the late Former state cyclocross champion Brett Robinson. And making his road debut The ex Bianchi Martini pro mountain biker  Scotty Quiring ..Scotty let everyone know at the annual MMBA meeting that winter he was going to the road scene as he walked around all pushing his tricked out Mario Cippolini Caad3 through out the day..... 

Later we see guys like Jimmy Mcmurray still Cannondale mounted don the infamous argyle Lycra yes indeed this was a power full group. They even had at unheard time a mountain bike squad dubbed Alpine Red led by Calvin Rickard..

Sherman..the wins didn’t come easy...Although they did there share ....but what did was the style. The Fonz would of gave them all thumbs up from the early Bianchi's, to the brilliant Red Cannondale..the Specialized king cobra lids..and those super cool Briko stingers..yes young lad...They were the first to bring the look of a team to the scene.....a style that has yet to be matched by this day...

Pappa T holding off the green men..

Alan winning in Midland

yes Sherm..I’d call this the birth of cool. Although like most good things. The team was short lived 3 years at best before the band broke up and moved on.. some went and formed the Saturn of Okemos and then later Mclain Roller squad..some went to other countries to seek the truth a few went on to live normal lives and some moved to various places to compliment other pioneers of the golden age, but none will be known as cool as the Alpine boys

Pros and amateurs to race for $33,000 at the Dec. 9 UCI cycling esports world championships on Zwift

 Victor Campenaerts, Rigoberto Uran, Lauren Stephens, Anna van der Breggen, Annemiek van Vleuten and others to take the start in Zwift.

The race is only 50km, but the men’s and women’s winners will each land €8,000 (~$9,500), a digital rainbow jersey, and an actual rainbow jersey for winning the inaugural UCI cycling esports world championships on Zwift. The prize purse is the same as what is currently offered for the road world championships.

The 2020 UCI cycling esports world championships has attracted some of the most accomplished pros in the world, as well as Zwift-racing experts.

The course is the Watopia Figure 8 Reverse route on Zwift, which covers 50km and 483m of simulated elevation. Zwift modified the standard route so riders will finish atop the Watopia Hilly KOM (QOM), bringing them over 5.5 percent grade for nearly 1km.

Current women’s road and time trial world champion Anna van der Breggen (Team Boels–Dolmans) will be joined by her Dutch compatriot Annemiek van Vleuten (Mitchelton–Scott). The two together account for dozens of WorldTour wins on the road over the past decade, as well as world championship and Olympic podiums. Climbing specialist on the road Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (CCC Team) has proven she knows how to win Zwift, too.

The United States is fielding a competitive squad that includes accomplished road racers who are also experienced in Zwift: Lauren Stephens (Tibco-SVB), Krista Doebel-Hickok (Rally Cycling), and Jacqueline Godbe will be starting the women’s race.

Stephens, who won the Virtual Tour de France this past summer, recently told VeloNews that Zwift has been significant in helping her to punch through to the top level on the road, and is a valuable part of her training.

“Zwift was definitely a huge part because it gave me a chance to not be afraid to fail. You’re in your own living room, and if you fail, you’re just going to go to the couch and watch some television after. I decided that I can be a sprinter, I could be a time trialist, I could do it all,” she said in a recent interview.

the United States men’s squad will include current Zwift national champion Holden Comeau (Saris-The Pros Closet), who was also the number one world-ranked rider in Zwift earlier in 2020. He will be joined by Saris-TPC teammate Ryan Larson, Cory Williams and Tyler Williams (L39ion of LA), as well as Lawson Craddock (EF Pro Cycling). Brian Hodges and  Jadon Jaeger round out the current Team USA start list.

Comeau, like the Dutch women, was extended an invitation to compete at the first-ever “Zwift worlds” based on his performances in-game. But unlike the Dutch world and Olympic champions, he does not have a palmares from racing on the road.

However, what Comeau lacks in on-the-road racing experience, he more than makes up for with an 18w/kg sprinter’s kick timed at exactly the rights moments — which he’s honed through winning dozens of races in Zwift. Comeau knows the ins and outs of the game so well, he was brought in as a guest director sportif for Rally Cycling when the team competed in the Virtual Tour de France.

Male riders of note on the start list include world hour record holder Victor Campenaerts (NTT Pro Cycling), Tom Pidcock (Ineos-Grenadiers), Rigoberto Uran (EF Pro Cycling), Domenico Pozzovivo (NTT Pro Cycling), Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott), and Canadian pro triathlete Lionel Sanders.

On the women’s side, keep an eye on the watts-per-kilo of Lisa Brennauer (Team Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling), Sarah Gigante (Tibco-SVB), Jessica Pratt (Canyon-SRAM), and another Canadian pro triathlete, Angela Naeth.

The majority of athletes representing their nations were chosen based on the respective federations’ selection process, however, Zwift and the UCI retained the right to offer select riders (indicated with a *) wildcard invites, citing previous performances in Zwift and/or on the road.

Men’s UCI world esports championships start list

Nation    Rider

AUS William Clarke

AUS Jack Haig

AUS Benjamin Hill

AUS Freddy Ovett

AUS Cooper Sayers

AUS Jay Vine

AUS Nicholas White

AUT Felix Ritzinger

AUT Moran Vermeulen

BEL Victor Campenaerts

BEL Eli Iserbyt

BEL Maximilien Picoux

BEL Jens Schuermans

BEL Lennert Teugels

BEL Julien Van den Brande

BEL Harm Vanhoucke

BEL Lionel Vujasin

CAN Jordan Cheyne

CAN Charles-Etienne Chrétien

CAN Pier-André Coté

CAN Matteo Dal-Cin

CAN Lionel Sanders

COL Esteban Chaves

COL Rigoberto Urán

DEN Anders Foldager

DEN Frederik Muff

DEN Nicklas Pedersen

DEN Michael Valgren Hundahl

ESP Carlos Barbero Cuesta

ESP Victor De La Parte Gonzalez

ESP Ivan Garcia Cortina

ESP Juan Pedro Lopez Perez

ESP Luis Angel Mate Mardones

FRA Valentin Madouas*

FRA Jordan Sarrou

FRA Benjamin Thomas*

GBR Edward Clancy

GBR Tom Pidcock

GBR Robert Scott

GBR Maximilian Stedman

GBR Andrew Tennant

GER Lucas Carstensen

GER Miguel Heidemann

GER Jonas Koch

GER Jason Osborne

GER Jonas Rapp

IRL Christopher McGlinchey

ITA Alberto Bettiol

ITA Francesco Lamon

ITA Domenico Pozzovivo

ITA Michele Scartezzini

JPN Fumiyuki Beppu

JPN Nariyuki Masuda

NOR Edvald Boasson Hagen

NOR Jonas Iversby Hvideberg

NOR Vidar Mehl

NZL Ollie Jones

POL Paweł Bernas

POL Marceli Boguslawski

POL Michał Kamiński

POL Wojciech Pszczolarski

POL Adam Stachowiak

POL Patryk Stosz

POR Jorge Magalhães

POR Miguel Leite Salgueiro

RSA Ryan Gibbons

RSA Daryl Impey

SUI Lars Forster*

SWE Olof Åström

SWE Samuel Brännlund

SWE Johan Norén

USA Holden Comeau

USA Lawson Craddock

USA Brian Hodges

USA Jadon Jaeger

USA Ryan Larson

USA Tanner Ward

USA Tyler Williams

USA Cory Williams

 

 

 

Fonzie and his golden things of coolness..and a few that ain’t...

Small bikes....equal small head tubes..and thats rad...

The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant to the power of the force...

AYYYYYY..did you get a chance to check the Evolution of Dio two nights ago?

the Little man with a big voice has been singing longer than the Fonz has been drag racin..I hope the good folks above are enjoying his company..

Freddie was more than Bohemian Rhapsody..A night at the Opera..Sheer heart Attack on the playlist on a regular basis

A good night to watch the Rock opera Tommy..

Just like sticker placement on your ride..

tattoo placement wins cool points..

Double the cool points for the color of that BMC!!!and those nails...WOA 

Quite possible the raddest scene next that hand made planet exploding..

Id play the shit outta this on a day like we had today....

that color + 4 cool points

those tan sidewalls + 6 cool points

the logo on the down tube..-3 cool points..

Hey Richey..

yea Fonz..

Ya know whats lame..

whats that..

when you start something and dont finish..

even the Fonz went back and got his diploma...

if you got something you started that aint done..finish it or kill it..

What is this guy carrying...?

Power ranking..yea it was fun..maybe next year...

Having a sense of humor is the spice of life..stop being such an up tight asshole and let people laugh..people that laugh are happy..and happy people are much more fun to be around than A up-tight belly-aching nerd...

Quarters and levels..instead likes  and followers....

Hey..Richey..

Yea Fonz..

Go your own way..but be a rad human all the same..