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1999 IRON HILL
XC
Delaware Trail Spinners |
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| DAVE RADZIEWICZ - JAMIS wraps up the 1999 season with a crushing victory at Iron Hill XC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NEWS ARCHIVES |
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Keith Brothers Donate Leaf Blower to Wooden Wheels Team for Trail Maintenance! |
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Mid Atlantic Cup Cyclo-cross Series #4 Race Report
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| Race Weekend
November 6, 7 1999 Saturday Overview: The Wooden Wheels team traveled to Hughsville, Maryland to compete in the 4th of 9 Mid Atlantic Cup races. The race was the smallest of any cross race I have attended this year, which was surprising considering the number of tough cross riders coming out of DC and Baltimore ( only :45 minutes away). However, I was not one to complain after a week of battling illness, I was excited at the opportunity to try and steal some Mid Atlantic Points. The course was wide open and lent itself to drafting, 4 sets of barriers, a really high triple set, a single on a run up, another single, and a double right before the start finish that lent it self to being bunny hopped. The crowd went nuts anytime anybody hopped them. A Race This race was a three-man race at the front with Phil Riggio (Pax Velo), Chris Newell (RPM), and Brent Biddle (First State Velo). For 45 minutes of the hour race I felt Brent really controlled the tempo of this leading group. He battled and looked in control of the race. However, with two laps to go Riggio (2X MD cross state champion) and Newell turned up the heat, as Biddle cracked. Brent had done enough work that he easily cruised in for 3rd. At the front Riggio and Newell battled it out one on one, on the final lap both riders bunny hopped the last double barrier as Riggio made through just a little smoother. Phil sprinted to the win. It should be noted that Dave Mandart (First State Velo) ran a strong race finishing up in 5th place. Women’s A field of four battled a closely contested battle that would not be completely decided unit the final minutes of the race. A highly determined Jeanie Rengers (Wooden Wheels) set a blistering pace opening up an early :30 second gap over Zina Newell, Tracy Lea (FUJI), and Nancy Devore. At the end of the second lap Newell was able to catch the leader and passed her on the triple barrier. Zina opened a large gap on the other riders. Lea and Devore worked hard to bridge up to Rengers. On the final lap Devore was able to put both Lea and Rengers away with a strong move at the beginning of the lap. Rengers may have over extended herself early, but fought valiantly through out the race. B Race The field was considerable smaller this week with only 10 B riders in the field. However, 3 top 10 ranked riders where there: Tom Synder (First Capital), and Mike Dovin, and Marc Vettori (WW). Early on, a break of five including Snyder, Dovin, and Vettori made a fast but manageable pace. Near the end of the second lap Chuck Dunbar (Bike Doctor) made a strong attack to gap the group. When the group responded, I realized ,as was being spit out the back, that today was not going to be my day. From that point on I was out of contention so I don’t know how it shook down at the front. The top 5 riders were : 1. Chuck Dunbar (Bike Dr.) 2. Mike Dovin (shirks) 3. Chuck Miller (CW) 4. Tom Snyder (ncvc) 5. Marc Vettori (ww). I was very pleased considering my health and that I ripped my cleat out of my shoe mid way through the race. It was ugly but fun. Tim McDaniel also of Wooden Wheels finished up in 8th place. C Race Sean Groom (Cappio) and Ted McDaniel Jr. (Wooden Wheels) ran away with this race early. The two kept pushing each other early. Then Sean Groom made a decisive move as Ted went into defensive mode and early hung on for an easy second. Sunday Snow Valley Psycocross XVI race #2 B Race Ted McDaniel Jr. runs past the leader on the final lap to win the race. Ted battled in a tight race with 4 other guys quietly moving up from 5th to take the win late in the race. |
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10, 1999 Kelly Keith and Tyler Keith went out and purchased a brand new leaf blower for trail maintenance. Kelly a local Expert is also very active in the Delaware Trail Spinners. Tyler a very fast Sport racer (who carries railroad ties with a broken collarbone in the off season) will be getting his collarbone fixed up December 3rd and will be back racing by the end of April. THANK YOU Kelly & Tyler! |
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Dave Radziewicz - JAMIS
1st Overall Pro/Expert |
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October 24, 1999 The Delaware
Trail Spinners with all the usual suspects - |
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| G. Joannou
Cycle-Jamis Bicycles' Jody Geisler and Greg Padley competed in the Mountain
Man Biathlon Sunday, October 31, 1999. Billed as the last Mountain Man Biathlon
of the millennium, the off road race took place at the Lewis Morris Park
in historic Morristown, New Jersey. George Washington and his troops traversed
the region over two centuries prior to this particular Halloween day. Watching
the limping, bandaged few shuffle across a field post race, many competitors
agreed they felt as if they'd survived a battle. The day dawned sunny and
unseasonably warm at 65 degrees. At 11 AM the 250 strong field was off and
running into the woods for 2.6 miles. Then, twelve miles of mountain biking
on a challenging, technical course. Before the finish, another trail run,
this one 1.3 miles. Loose rocks and roots, hidden by once colorful fall
foliage, caused several sprained ankles and several bicycle crashes. Geisler,
aboard her Jamis Durango AL, and Padley, riding like the devil on his Diablo,
survived the event unscathed. As described by the promoter, "the competition
was tough, the weather was perfect, the band Sluggo sounded great and the
post race festivities were scary." Great snacks and a tasty brew from the
local pub were self-served. Competitors ranged from nine year old Taylor
Kahl of West Milford to 58 year olds Vinnie Conners and Jan Beliveau, to
a six foot tall TelleTubbie (spelling?) and an infantry man in camouflage
fatigues. Tyler Wren won the race overall in 1:20:43 although Jamis' Padley
quietly claimed victory stating that he waited until the race began to turn
his watch back an hour to Daylight Savings Time. "Some people turn their
clocks back before they go to sleep and others turn their clocks back at
2 AM. I chose to turn mine back at the sound of the gun so, my race finish
time was 46 minutes." The first female finisher was Sinead Fitzgibbon. Nearly
complete results are available at: mountainmanbiathlon.com Thank you sponsors: Manitou, Hutchinson, Hayes, Velo, Clif, Fox, Time, Cane Creek, Azonic, Bell, ATI, Thomson, TruVativ, Atomic, SRAM |
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mark these dates on your calendar or etch them in cerebral matter. We'd
like to have you along. Work party at Fairhhill: Sat. Nov. 13th. Meet at the Appleton Road lot at 9:00. Contact Bill Spry via email or Ranger Bob Faul at 410-398-1246 with questions. - Work party at Middle Run: Sat. Nov. 13th. Meet at 9:00 at McGlynns parking lot. Contact Pete Brakhage via email if you have questions. Night ride at Fairhill: Sat. Nov. 20th. YEE HAA! Sorry, for the time and details you need to attend a work party (hey, don't look at me that way, it wasn't my idea). Sign-in and sign-out at these organized night rides is REQUIRED. Contact Alan Turns with questions. Here's a fairly odd website devoted entirely to bike crashes and wounds: CRASH & BURN |
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| Paul Gassler, Craig Shaffer, & Tyler Keith at Granogue Sat. 11/6/99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trail Maintenance at GRANOGUE SATURDAY 11/6 November 6, 1999 Craig Shaffer (chainsaw ace), Tyler Keith,
Paul Gassler and myself cleared a large tree from the singletrack near
the pond, raked leaves off the trail (and other debris), cut a second
tree higher up near the pond - then took 4 railroad ties (that Craig put
into the back of his truck by himself) into the woods to build bridges
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