Photos From Here Comes the Girls Alleycat

Kudos to all the folks who came out and raced the Here Comes the Girls Alleycat this past Easter! It was great to see our die-hard New Orleans Alleycat participants in addition to a bunch of fresh faces coming together to race and raise money for a great cause. As always, a huge thanks to Drew Stephen…

4D Spring Track Series

Tonight I will head to Baton Rouge to race in the last of the 4D Spring Track Series races. I bought my Fuji Track secondhand in the summer of 2009 and this spring has been the first time it’s ever made it to the velodrome. It’s been a painful good time trying to learn the ropes of…

Delta States Grand Prix Champion’s Jersey

I was totally honored and blown away upon receiving the DSGP’s Champions jersey. With an amazing laser-etched lid by Tom Futrell, hand built boxes by Chris Reed and Wes McWhorter and a slick kit from Endo, it was quite the package. I’m not sure I’ll ever reach the top step of the podium in this…

Here Come The Girls Alleycat – April 20 2014

  Spring is in the air and the rubber is on the road. As the asphalt heats up, so will the racing action. But before things get too hot and heavy this summer, we’re warming up with some alleycat goodness. Alleycat mastermind Drew Stephan is at it again, picking up our slack, and hosting the…

ma vie en rouge

Here’s a story about hubris and the 2014 Rouge Roubaix. Given that I was planning to scratch from the race on account of knee pain just 24 hours before it began, I’d say my 21st place finish was fair. Given that I suffered a major mechanical at the foot of Big Bertha when my chain…

YYR Turns One!

Rougly one solar orbit in the past, when the Earth was in this same general location and position, I was sitting down with Boedi at a coffee shop to discuss a possible pet project collaboration. Boedi and I had met and become friends the summer before, ripping around on tarck bikes, racing alleycats, and once…

NOLA to Nats: Part 3

With one day of racing in the books, we had to a chance to get out and explore a bit of Boulder by bike. Since my race season had officially ended, I was going to attempt to stick to base miles, but when you come from Swampy-Flatsville and there is a chance to go climb…

NOLA to Nationals: Part 2

Waking up to snow dusted foothills and fresh mountain air definitely put a spring in our step on Tuesday as we went about getting everything together for the following busy race day. I was in search of some new tires as conditions looked to be either snowy or muddy, but certainly not dry. After a full…

NOLA To Nationals: Part 1

Or, “From Bayou to Boulder”. Yeah, cyclocross is that addicting. After a year of firsts (century, road race, shorn legs, helmet smash, see-clio-cross), I decided to hitch a ride with Wes and Rob and head to the hills for the USA Cycling Cyclocross Nationals. Fresh off winning the #noob category of the Delta States Grand Prix…

DSGP Race No. 5 – Championship // Natchez, MS // Results + Recap

To say the Delta States Grand Prix of Cyclocross closed with a bang would be an understatement of the highest order. With the fury of a thousand suns exploding in unison, racers put in their final bids for glory in the region’s finest cyclocross series. The final race delivered action in droves, with no holds…