Chad Beyer had another good weekend at the 2015 Valley of the Sun stage race. Here's the report: The Valley of the Sun Stage Race starts out with a long, flat, out-and-back TT. Time trials are my weakest area so I didn't know what to expect. I ended up losing about 2 minutes to the winner Daniel Eaton. I was disappointed in my ride, but I guess that just means I need to spend more time on the TT bike! Luckily, my Superissimo teammate Paul Thomas … [Read more...]
Team Superissimo Update #243
I stammered to Marten; a Team is not the most efficient way to make two million one million. In gest, he pointed to the bullets that sanctify his measure of passion:Damn you Di2! Mangenta is for The People Hand out woodchopper awardsI asked for five bullet points, but after three, Parten was gone. Nonetheless, based on the minutes of the meeting, the job application is no longer valid.The season will be long. We will … [Read more...]
Beyer Batting 1000 at Oracle Road Race
Oracle Road Race, 2015Round three of the Arizona cycling season hit the way-out town of Oracle. Our man on the front Chad Beyer and winner of the event, drops play by play breakdown of the weekend's race. It didn't come by work of his own. Team Superissimo threw down game play to make it so. Thank you to the team for making it happen, and from that, the reward was reaped. Excellent work Chad, Jondall, Clayton and EVERYONE on the team. Thanks … [Read more...]
Examen: HandUp Gloves
Examen: HandUp Gloves "Best for grabbing bars and beers." The tagline emblazoned on the palms of HandUp Gloves resonates the ideals many cyclists approve of. Yet even more important is the fact that in a day and age where gloves are reaching towards the $40 retail mark, the list price of $25 for these should make it a no brainer on value. But doesn't cheap equate to cheap? Non. The advantage of HandUp Gloves is that they are designed to be … [Read more...]
A Sunday in Hell
As I arrived to my login for the day, I was greeted with the following poignant insight from a fellow journeyman mechanic: "When I was having a shitty time at the bench, kind of being overrun by minor gripes &/ gangrenous management, I would watch the bit at the beginning of Sunday in Hell where the Sanson mechanic is cleaning the Benotto, or Bottecchia. It would remind me of how the basics serve to reinforce and inform and make way for … [Read more...]
Arizona Early Season, 2015
Two days of racing are in the books. Yes, that is right. Late January, and the season starts to swing in AZ. We are seeing formative goods in this early season. Special thanks to Chad Beyer for having a good time on our dime. Here's how it went down in Yuma, sans wattage reporttage. Well, I didn't know what to expect from myself at the crits this weekend. I've been training without power, so I didn't really know where my fitness was. I didn't … [Read more...]
Credit Card Tours with The Gnome
An hour into the drive, less was making sense. The idea was good on paper, yet as the drive went on, precious time was slipping away. It was going to be a long day in the caravan for only a few (albeit significant) miles. I became uneasy and my thoughts went wild with ideas of escape. I had just met the people I was traveling with an hour before. At this point, the awkwardness of asking they stop the car so that I could get on my bike was only a … [Read more...]
Setting limits on Big Dumb Rides
Big dumb rides represent an antithesis to the norm and they are addictive as hell. We had a mild shitfest© on our hands through competent planning... a voluntary embrace of discomfort and exploration beyond any tether. We welcomed it. We were headed for the Verde River again. The tally shown two days of (pre winter) 90 degree temps followed by an exceptional and seemingly elusive pre-dawn rain shower in the highlands of Northern Sonora. The … [Read more...]
Son of Cycling
Pulled out from the the underwebs, a repost of a 2009 essay on existence and bikes. Thanks to Bacardi Marty for regenerating le stoke on this one... I put on my first pair of cycling shoes in 1992, after years of pounding toe-clips around the hills of my hometown. They were the top of the line Sidi's. The same fruity colored units that Tinker sported back in the days of the Etto and Klein.Although I could't understand why cyclists had to … [Read more...]
Underbike 2014: Never again, until we do it again.
We came into Underbike by way of the forever 29th bicycle birthday party that is Interbike. We do this of our own accord every single time. But all we really care about is the rock and roll. Blinded by an expo floor of too many phenomenal things and an uncertainty for eye contact, gives way to real good times at the end of Thursday.Backstory: Superissimo had been a micro-juggernaut until the late spring of 2014 at which point breaking … [Read more...]