Rogues Gather at OVCX #1 Kings CX

so what happens when you add 502 to the 513? its not 1015(thank you jcps), it was the first official gathering of the Louisville Rogue Racing Project with the Cincy group. carnage was sure to ensue. The Pope and I rolled up to the race early and were immediately greeted by Jason,who gave us the low down on the course, the tent and the refreshments. At this point we're both thinking that this is going to work out pretty well. I'd been struggling with a massive sinus infection, so I made sure to spread that excuse around pre-race. We found Dug and prerode the fast swoopy race course. This was going to be fun! I made sure to avoid the mental errors from AppleCx and was ready. the heckling began at the line up as Butch took pix and doled out parcels of shit talking. We do need to get the 513's up to speed. All pictures require someone to be behind Dug mocking him. Its what we do.

So, back to racing...we took off and Capt Kirk was off the front, Doug, Pope and I rolled out and had a decent pace. Jason was in the mix and I rode his wheel for most of the race. As you'll see from the video we stayed in that order for most of the race. The legs felt okay, but I needed to pass a few folks to matter in this race and I did not have that much in the tank.


You can hear Seiler mocking me in the foreground....sigh. Kirk nailed 3rd and the rest of us did a fine job as pack fill. doug and the crowd in the vid pulled away from me at the end as I died death #1001. the big news was that MrBain won the open 4's on his birthday!! thats how to celebrate. If only he was old enough to drink. or smoke...or vote..or..crap his mom'll read this so we'll stop by congratulating him politely.

The 3 race had to be held in our abscence...I think they were okay with it.
Seiler, Fatty, Butch and Stierwalt represented the black and white and did so well. Butch and Stierwalt have just upgraded and are getting a feel for the pace in the 3's. Fatty turned in his usual top ten without training, and Seiler?
This picture tells it best.


Nice shot of him taking the sprint for second....sandbagger. It looks like this expanded group of rogueish goodness is going to make for another fun season. Lets face it, we absorbed a preponderance of the peeps we were hanging with last year.

I love the feel of a cross race. Its like being part of a traveling circus.....that has a lot of beer. I was excited to see folks like Tom from shamrock, Trevor(rival!!)and the rest. It was like catching up with family.

We got to ooh and ahhh over cool gear like McShane's Leopard(dead sexy in naked carbon) and JC's tricked out Salsa singlespeed(and sidi tat!) We talked about bike geek type stuff, tires, brakes etc that drive a good spouse bad.

In general, Cross season is back. Now ....do we race Shawnee or hold out for OVCX#2 at Fishstix? Both? Good answer, very nice answer. Stay tuned for more pictures and lots of stressing(by me) over all the little details.
Its what we do.