CCCX #5 at Fort Ord By Mike Urbina
I went into this race fully expecting it to be a fight! Three of my friends from NorCal Bikesport, Curt Kimble, Dave Wolbeck, and Keith Flood came down from Santa Rosa and they are all competetive.TAnd another TWW'er actually showed up (Jeff Hane) with family in tow.
Off the line I took the lead and held it into the single track. We did a small loop about a mile long before going through the start/finish, then started the first of 4 laps. To make a long story short, I held the lead to the finish but it wasn't as easy as it sounds. I was pushing hard to get away but every time I would roll out of the start/finish chute to start the next lap I would look back and see Curt just entering it. That meant I only had about 15 seconds on him. Each lap I would pull another couple of seconds on him but he was hanging tough! It wasn't until I completed the third lap that I looked back and didn't see him. He would later tell that he started cramping on the third lap which allowed Glen Cockrell, another top 3 regular, to get around him for 2nd. Dave W. ended up on the podium as well with a 4th place finish right behind Curt.
It was good to get some new blood into the series and I was hoping that one or more of the NorCal boys would finish between Glen and I to help me in the points but Glen was having none of that. Keith D. put on another great race! It was a fast course which made for a fast paced race.
Oh yea, I have to say the new tires I got from WTB worked fantastic today and I'm not just saying that because they sponsor us. I'm running a Nanoraptor on the front and a Vulpine 1.9 semi-slick on the rear. I had some doubts about the Vulpines' climbing ability but it worked great, especially on this course.
Mike U. 1/14 Sport 45-54
Off the line I took the lead and held it into the single track. We did a small loop about a mile long before going through the start/finish, then started the first of 4 laps. To make a long story short, I held the lead to the finish but it wasn't as easy as it sounds. I was pushing hard to get away but every time I would roll out of the start/finish chute to start the next lap I would look back and see Curt just entering it. That meant I only had about 15 seconds on him. Each lap I would pull another couple of seconds on him but he was hanging tough! It wasn't until I completed the third lap that I looked back and didn't see him. He would later tell that he started cramping on the third lap which allowed Glen Cockrell, another top 3 regular, to get around him for 2nd. Dave W. ended up on the podium as well with a 4th place finish right behind Curt.
It was good to get some new blood into the series and I was hoping that one or more of the NorCal boys would finish between Glen and I to help me in the points but Glen was having none of that. Keith D. put on another great race! It was a fast course which made for a fast paced race.
Oh yea, I have to say the new tires I got from WTB worked fantastic today and I'm not just saying that because they sponsor us. I'm running a Nanoraptor on the front and a Vulpine 1.9 semi-slick on the rear. I had some doubts about the Vulpines' climbing ability but it worked great, especially on this course.
Mike U. 1/14 Sport 45-54
posted by McWalters @ 5/23/2010
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