Cloudy. Check. Chilly. Check. Windy. Check. Thunderstorm. Check.
Yep, spring racing is here.
A recap of team results can be found here.
Weekend Snapshots: Gregg Bendorski Memorial Crit #1
Author: gryphonveloracing
The Last 200 Meters: Bob Callaway
In an effort to give readers/followers a look inside the team and its partners, we’re launching the occasional question and answer feature called “The Last 200 Meters.”
The idea is to take a two minute interview, or emailed Q&A, and see what happens.
Bob Callaway had to do some serious fact checking on this one to make sure he got the date of his first mountain bike race correct.
Name: Bob Callaway
Home: Westby, WI
Occupation: Chaos Control.
Disciplines: Cross, Mountain, Fat, Gravel, BMX, and Commuting.
Years racing/riding: Raced BMX bikes on and off for 8 years or so before buying a mountain bike and entering my first race in 2006. Started racing cross in 2010.
2015 highlights: Best Event weekend was Ore to Shore. The race was fun, but the company and the city made for a great weekend. I had a pretty solid cross season, and exceeded all of my expectations.
Why do you ride/race: Mostly to hang out with like minided people.
Most dreaded bike repair: Shifty bits make me sad. I’ve been know to just remove them to make life easier.
Movie or song that best summarizes your life: Lots of great songs… I’ll go with Cloud Cult – Complicated Creation.
Return of the Tuesday Tango group ride (starting April 5)
It seems like just a few weeks ago we wrapped up Season Two of the Tuesday Tango from JB Cycle & Sport. Ok, not really. October seems like a long time ago, because it was.
But that was 2015, let’s talk 2016.
The 2016 Tango gets underway April 5 at 5:30 p.m., weather permitting (snow-free roads and no active precipitation) of course.
Additional details on the ride can be found here and on Facebook here.
If the weather looks iffy early enough in the day watch Facebook for some sort of decision (but more often than not, it’s a late call with the hopes of fitting the ride in. Sometime it just doesn’t happen, however)
The Last 200 Meters: Diane Callaway
In an effort to give readers/followers a look inside the team and its partners, we’re launching the occasional question and answer feature called “The Last 200 Meters.”
The idea is to take a two minute interview, or emailed Q&A, and see what happens.
Diane takes the team bio to a new level with her prose. It’s real good and stuff.
Name:
Diane Callaway
(To keep this interesting,
Can you find the theme?)
Home:
Westby, Wisconsin
Heart of the driftless region
We have Amish here
Occupation:
I say I am an
Information Specialist
Whatever that means
Disciplines:
Mountain, gravel, fat
No matter what you may say,
I think fat does count
Years racing/riding:
Riding since ‘06
Started racing in ‘08
Lots has happened since
2015 highlights:
Many fun races,
Ore to Shore, Borah Epic
To name a couple
Why do you ride / race:
Go to new places
And meet like-minded people
And because it’s fun
Most dreaded bike repair:
Racing in the mud
Leads to broken bicycles
Shifty bits are bad
Movie or song that best summarizes your life:
You forgot TV
It was about nothing but
Seinfeld changed my life
The Last 200 Meters: Quentin Gniot
In an effort to give readers/followers a look inside the team and its partners, we’re launching the occasional question and answer feature called “The Last 200 Meters.”
The idea is to take a two minute interview, or emailed Q&A, and see what happens.
Who knew the insurance industry would lead to racing bikes. Apparently Quentin Gniot…
Name: Quentin Gniot
Home: Where the antelope and buffalo roam
Occupation: Underwriter (it’s not as cool as it sounds)
Disciplines: Mountain, road, ‘cross, gravel, TT, and virtual — you know Zwift and stuff. (Anything except fat biking)
Years racing/riding: Five
2015 highlights: Wausau24 five-person team that took first; WORS overall (age group); getting lost at the Marji Gesik 100; and riding in the rain at Chequamegon 100.
Why do you ride/race: Do you have any idea how boring underwriting is? I enjoy pushing myself to see what is possible, where your limit is, and meeting new people and seeing new places.
Most dreaded bike repair: Loaning out a tool for one of Schindel’s mid-ride repairs.
Movie or song that best summarizes your life: Mr &Mrs Smith
Misc.: #doepicshit
The Last 200 Meters: Derek Moran
In an effort to give readers/followers a look inside the team and its partners, we’re launching the occasional question and answer feature called “The Last 200 Meters.”
The idea is to take a two minute interview, or emailed Q&A, and see what happens.
Well, here’s a one fun one. Read a little further and find out why Derek Moran only races on the road.
Name: Derek Moran
Home: Eden
Occupation: semi retired
Disciplines: Road. Everything else leads to bad crashes.
Years racing/riding: Four.
2015 highlights: Podiums at Downers, Muskego, Silver Lake,and wins at the LAPT Omnium (ed: all of these are crits and road races). Oh, and finishing the Fat Tire 40 with multiple head traumas (At least I think I finished).
Why do you ride/race: To avoid my family
Most dreaded bike repair: I’m not allowed to work on my bike
Movie or song that best summarizes your life: what are those things?
Misc: The only activity I spend more time doing than cycling is sleeping.
Weekend Snapshots: GVR Spring Ride #4 (Fond du Lac) — and other assorted photos
The Last 200 Meters: Aidan Lemorande
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The idea is to take a two minute interview, or emailed Q&A, and see what happens.
Our youngest member, Aidan Lemorande, tells us about his 2015 racing highlight and where he’d like to go for his dream ride.
Name: Aidan Lemorande
Home: Suamico
Occupation: Student
Disciplines: Mountain and Road
Years racing/riding: Four
2015 Highlight: First-place in the Middle School Division of the Wisconsin National Interscholastic Cycling Association League.
Why do you race/ride: It’s fun.
Most dreaded repair: My brakes
My “dream” ride destination is: Adelaide, Australia
Movie or song that best summarizes your life: All I Do is Win by DJ Khaled.
Weekend Snapshots: Fat Bike Birkie; and GVR Spring Ride #2
The fat bike season is speeding to an end (and road is picking up momentum), but not before GVR riders put up a few more race results. They ca be found here.
The Last 200 Meters: Morgan Fisher
In an effort to give readers/followers a look inside the team and its partners, we’re launching the occasional question and answer feature called “The Last 200 Meters.”
The idea is to take a two minute interview, or emailed Q&A, and see what happens.
In this edition one of our newest official members, Morgan Fisher, talks about why she rides and her first (upcoming) season of racing.
Name: Morgan Fisher
Home: Green Bay
Occupation: Registered Nurse, Yoga Therapist, YMCA Youth & Family Program Staff
Disciplines: All-around. Bring it on! If I’m going to start doing this thing, I might as well try them all, right?
Years racing/riding: This is my first year of racing! I was waiting for the right team to come along for me to join.
2015 highlights: Becoming an RN. Cheering on the Gryphons at a variety of races. Riding my first century.
Why do you ride/race: I enjoy the team support with training. I want to become faster, and racing will challenge me to do that. I am scared to race, so I feel I should do it because I like to challenge myself to do things that make me uncomfortable. My past experience has proven that doing all of those uncomfortable, new things have given me wonderful new relationships, skills, and memories.
Most dreaded bike repair: If I had to do anything that required a chain braking, I would need a lot of guidance. I’m not scared to work on my bike, but if possible I would like to have an expert next to me to tell me what to do.
My “dream” ride destination is: I would love to tour in the Scandinavian countries. Less “dreamy”, and more realistic: I’ve been saying for years that I want to ride around the northern shore of Lake Michigan from Green Bay and come home on a ferry. (I hear there is a great bakery in Traverse City, and I’d like to see the Michigan beaches.)
Movie or song that best summarizes your life: “Closer I am to Fine” by the Indigo Girls or “This is Why We Fight” by The Decemberists.
Misc.: When I’m not riding a bike, you might find me riding my horse Lloyd.
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