There’s still a little bit of ‘cross and fat bike racing left in 2016, but Thanksgiving week seems like a pretty good time to look back and reflect on the highlights of the season.
The season is made up of hundreds of races and rides, countless miles and flat tires, and a lot of fun with your teammates. Our annual video pulls together some of those moments.
Enjoy!
A pair of very different courses made up the weekend’s racing: relatively flat at Sijan Cross in Milwaukee Saturday and relatively hilly in Madison Sunday.
A full run down of team results from the past week can be found here.
Here’s a belated race report by Robert Sorenson from the Chequamegon Fat Tire 40 from Sept. 17. If you’re not mentioned in this article, I’m pretty sure you’re the only one.
It was 12+ years since I completed my last Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival. Back in my day “fat bikes” were simply known as “mountain bikes.” A dozen years ago I rode a fully rigid Breezer Storm for Team Nordik in Green Bay (Josh and Lisa Hanson owned the shop at the time). I originally bought the bike from Dominic Petit and Michael Geraths in 1994 and I still own the bike and ride it as a commuter. Man, I love that Ritchey Logic tubing.
This year I rode a Santa Cruz — a carbon hard-tail with 27.5 tires – bought from JB Cycle & Sport in Howard. It’s a fun ride and I managed to take 29 minutes off my best time to make it a great day of racing in mud and a little rain (despite my rear derailleur failing at mile 33).
The best part was seeing and riding with old and new friends. The guys from Gryphon Velo always make the day fun as do old friends friends like Dale and Dave Mangin and their families.
You want to see a great collection of Breezer bikes? Ride with the Mangins. They have Storms, Lightnings, and Thunders in all colors. Add in my newer Breezer Lightning and it was a complete set.
I’ve raced Chequamegon with Bill Withbroe (ed: aka “My Friend Bill”) many times and it’s still great riding with him.
Morgan Fisher joined us this year for her first taste of the Fat tire weekend, riding in the Short and Fat with Bill. The smiles on their faces as they crossed the finished line were a testament to the fun they had.
It takes a lot of people and businesses to make these races a success. I have to pass on my thanks to Skratch Labs, JB Cycle & Sport, Specialized Bicycles, Downtown Auto, Classic Renovations, Robinson Metal Inc., Borah Teamwear, DeFeet and others supporting the team.
The Battle of Waterloo had a little of everything: sand, off-camber hills, a ride/run-up, and the requisite flag of Flanders.
A full run down of team results from the past week can be found here.
Summer-weight racing gear in November? In Wisconsin? In November?
True story.
A full run down of team results from the past week can be found here.
Cows? We like cows.
And so does Organic Valley.
Gryphon Velo Racing is proud to announce Organic Valley as one of the team partners for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
Organic Valley is a Wisconsin-based independent cooperative with over 1,800 member farms in 36 states. You can find organically certified products — including milk, butter, yogurt, produce and Organic Fuel recovery drink — in grocery stores across the United States and 25 other countries.
And Organic Valley knows cycling. The company backed 2016 Olympic time trial gold medalist Kristen Armstrong.
Organic Valley joins our other partners and suppliers for 2017-18 including:
How often do you get to tell one of your riders the leader has a “one barn gap” on them? Yeah, not very often. But when barns are part of the ‘cross course, that’s what you say.
A full run down of team results from the past week can be found here.
From flat and fast on Saturday to technical and fast on Sunday, GVR riders faced a pair of interesting courses this past weekend as part of the Wisconsin Cycling Association ‘cross calendar.
A full run down of team results from the past week can be found here.
A fun weekend of racing saw all the team’s podium spots occupied by a couple of our women’s riders. That’s something we like to see!
A full run down of team results from the past week can be found here.
From pumpkins on the podium to a few leaves on the ground, it’s beginning to look a lot like fall.
A full run down of team results from the past week can be found here.
Big thanks to xtrphoto.com and tetedecoursedigital.smugmug.com for many of this week’s photos from Grafton.
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