Monthly Archives: April 2009

CB Crushes the Competition: Turtle Pond Race Report Cat 3 2009

CB had alot of riders chomping at the bit. Many of us are on good form, and we fielded several riders who could have won the race in a variety of ways. Kyle, Glowa and I have been sprinting well, sweeping up primes and field sprints in training races since early season; [...]

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Battenkill Race Report: 2009 Cat 3 Green

This is a hardman event. 63 miles of rolling hills punctuated with dirt roads, loose gravel, climbs and climbs on dirt roads and loose gravel. As a sprinter, my goal for the event was to hold on to the lead group for as long as possible. If I was still in the front group after [...]

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Battenkill Report

Please excuse my brevity, but if I write too long I’ll get fired and will only be able to afford a Commodore 64. Personally, I was scared of Battenkill going in. And with good reason, after Gary’s blog and Spaits’/others’ crashes.
Our first 10 miles were uneventful, Matt Wheatley took a flyer [...]

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1st Shots From Battenkill.N.Y.

This is our girl Perri, hammering it out at this year’s Battenkill race. It was well attended and the racing was fierce. More reports to come, but suffice it to say our Cambridge Bicycle racers were in the middle of it all. This picture of Perri was in Velonews…making us just so proud!!!

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Jesse’s Account: Marblehead Cat 4

Nick had a solid strategy going in. If a break went on the first lap, one of us would go. Other than that, it was so windy on the backside of the course that it was pretty clear breaks wouldn’t stick and no-one should go. At the end the theory was that [...]

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