Ragnarok 3 has came and went

Well... SPH presented by Wheelhouse Cycles had another great day last Saturday and with the help of a pile of racers who generally rode safe and stuff another 'Rok is in the books.

Even though we were busy all day and running around... this is essentially what it felt like at times:

The leaders really rocked the house down and averaged like 7,000,000 knots (which I think is the conversion for 17 or so mph). Of the SPHers who tried the event Elliott did awesome! Finishing on a ridiculously spinnerific gear. Eric did awesome in his own right. Making it to the checkpoint where he decided to live to plunder another day and call it off.

A few of us still have Almanzo coming up... we'll see how that goes. I'll have to squeeze in some long rides right after work as my weekends are getting more busy than these guys:

What a great ride!

Luckily Scraggs and I didn't need no doctor... that lightning was awful close.....

Good rides today for Scraggs and Blackbeard. We went the first 30some miles on the 'rok course and then had to get back for tennis practice. Which was then cancelled as we sort of rode through a lightning storm. Crash bam boom!

SPH rides again!

The warm spring weather has let the ships out of port earlier than normal for the scurvy dogs of SPH. Gravel, road, and mountain biking routes have all been plundered.

Tonight it was attack of the spinners as only one SPHer was at the first official RAMBO ride of the year (at least by the time we left... the Express showed up just a hair late... and maybe had a better ride). Here are a couple of examples of spinners....

Which would have been a bit more enjoyable while also being very toe-tapping.

And the spinners I'm talking about isn't this either:

The spinners I am talking about don't need any introduction. It was still fun riding, but push 20-24 up some of those hills gents. You can do it. Maybe I just shouldn't have 34-18 at the beginning of the year... but I guess it was doable.

On the road this week one of the old dogs and the young pup were at the ride. It was a tame ride for the most part. Young Riley and Blackbeard did test the groups' legs on the one climb on 3. Riley was up to the task, but Blackbeard has some climbing work to do.

Here is essentially what happened...

Blackbeard looked like this....

But... we all joined back up and it was Blackbeard leading out Riley for the sprint win...

Riley did great but couldn't quite shake Mr. Patterson. A better lead out from Blackbeard and maybe next week will be different.

Sponsorship Announcement!

Those at SPH headquarters are pleased to announce our new partnership, for the 2010 racing season, with Acme Can Crushers.

"We're looking forward to crushing the competition with the same efficiency and completeness as an Acme Can Crusher crushes partially crushed cans", said team spokesman Isaac Giesen. "Acme Can Crushers are some of the best crushers out there for the money and we'd like to think that we bring the same values to our races. We might not do the best, but by golly we'll try. And we won't expect much from others. So in that sense we're a perfect fit."

For the 2010 season Acme Can Crushers will be providing all of the crushed cans for SPH Cycling presented by Wheelhouse Cycles. Join in welcoming A.C.C. into the fold...

YARGH!

The Season is FAST Approaching!

SPH Cycling 2011 Jersey designs have leaked!

Anonymous sources have leaked out SPH's 2011 jersey designs. They are only preliminary according to our source, but appear to be returning to the ridiculously awesome design of 2008 after the awesomely PRO looking ones of 2009-2010. The team is apparently taking suggestions (and will be placing an order on the 2009/10 version of things this week) and the design is very preliminary. Perhaps shorts designs will leak shortly....

Think Spring!

While skiing, snowshoeing, and running on ice is fun... spring can't come soon enough. The Jawbones are all ready to go... the winter training has almost happened... bring on the gravel road races!

Where can you find SPHers?

Ragnarok, Almanzo, Dirty Kanza?, Chaindrive, MNSCS races, some road races, Chequamegon, some 5k and 10k running races....