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"A" · "A"'s Garage

Cruising across from Manhattan:

IROC · IROC's Garage

Not an exciting picture, but I finally wore my Cannondale hardtail completely out, so went over to the dark side and went full suspension. Here's my Marin Rift Zone 2 as I was leaving the bike shop:

herr_oberst · 08-02-2024, 07:43 AM

NBD is always an exciting day! It's a good weekend to go shreddin'!

IROC · IROC's Garage

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Originally Posted by herr_oberst

NBD is always an exciting day! It's a good weekend to go shreddin'!

I've gotten several rides in on it and I love it (bought it about a month ago). I feel so much more comfortable and planted than on the hardtail.

Luckily, Knoxville, TN is turning into a mountain biking wonderland. I have really nice trails literally 5 minutes from my house.

LEAKYSEALS951 · 06:25 PM

When I was this age, 1989, I just wanted a new p-car.
Now I'm my age I just want to do this...(with advil). Or maybe not. As good as any other recent summer olympic event

https://youtu.be/NLp260pctl4?si=cPDxm8ApZLcNxh-z&t=146

Racerbvd · Racerbvd's Garage

CurtEgerer · CurtEgerer's Garage

Found these long lost pics of a race I was in circa 1987. USCF Criterium in Grand Haven, MI. I remember a large field of over 100 racers and a short downtown circuit. They were dropping the last 10 riders across the line every lap for the first few laps to thin the field.

Me on the left sprinting out of the corner with my trusty custom built Assenmacher crit bike

And that's me on the right here:

Chuck Miller · 08-18-2024, 08:49 PM

Very cool Curt ...

look 171 · 08-18-2024, 09:13 PM

See Curt, I always knew you were cool. I love that Bracale helmet. You do know all the cool road racers only wore them due to USCF race regulations. Hair net were starting to lose it appeal so the next cool thing was Bracale. I also rode the track by about 88-89 so a hard shell helmet was mandatory but for miles and miles of training on the road, we had no helmets. None of the older guy wore them. I know, dumb.

I haven't seen my old pics for years. I gotta to find them now.

CurtEgerer · CurtEgerer's Garage

Thanks Chuck

Yeah, that helmet was super cool. Probably less protection than a hairnet, but we were all indestructible at that age anyway

CurtEgerer · CurtEgerer's Garage

More pics from the same race ....

look 171 · 08-19-2024, 08:53 AM

You were a Cat 1 or 2 rider getting mixed up with the big boys in the national jersey. Who is that in the National Jersey? Around that time, I would guess its Roy Knickman?

look 171 · 08-19-2024, 09:05 AM

Also, I noticed the sponsor's logos and that isn't just some local club names on the clothing, so that must be a pretty big and important race.

CurtEgerer · CurtEgerer's Garage

No, I was Cat 3 so I must have been taking pics of the 1/2 group before or after our race.

Racerbvd · Racerbvd's Garage

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Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

More pics from the same race ....

Great pictures, I only raced road bikes a few times and never the level you achieved.
Thanks for sharing and keep them coming.

look 171 · 08-19-2024, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by CurtEgerer

No, I was Cat 3 so I must have been taking pics of the 1/2 group before or after our race.

I was a Cat 3 also. Went from riding JR for two years into cat 4. The 4s were easy to beat up and many were new to racing, plus, they had a day job. We were riding anywhere between 3-400 miles a week during those early days of college. The I,II races were a different animal, really fast and technical with a bit of team work to pull people back. We did lots of training rides with many Cat 2 and a couple of National riders. What a great time it was racing back in those days. I will try and see if I can find my old pictures and post them here. They should still be at my parent's house somewhere. Thanks for posting them. It sure brought back lots of memories.

greglepore · 08-20-2024, 04:00 AM

Those were the days. Its a shame what road racing in the US has become, no way are you shutting a downtown down for a crit these days, not for the 20 guys that would show up.

CurtEgerer · CurtEgerer's Garage

^^^ So true. I was thinking of getting back into some racing last year (after being gone for decades). Started searching around for some road races in FL and found basically nothing! A few Fondos and that's it. Back in the 70s/80s you had your pick of races pretty much every weekend.

CurtEgerer · CurtEgerer's Garage

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Originally Posted by look 171

I was a Cat 3 also. Went from riding JR for two years into cat 4. The 4s were easy to beat up and many were new to racing, plus, they had a day job. We were riding anywhere between 3-400 miles a week during those early days of college. The I,II races were a different animal, really fast and technical with a bit of team work to pull people back. We did lots of training rides with many Cat 2 and a couple of National riders. What a great time it was racing back in those days. I will try and see if I can find my old pictures and post them here. They should still be at my parent's house somewhere. Thanks for posting them. It sure brought back lots of memories.

Yeah, my one and only race in Cat 3. I thought I was fairly good, but quickly realized these guys were way more serious about bike racing than I was

That was my last race actually. Life got in the way!

jim72911t · 08-20-2024, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by greglepore

Those were the days. Its a shame what road racing in the US has become, no way are you shutting a downtown down for a crit these days, not for the 20 guys that would show up.

They still do in Chico, CA, and it’s a ton of fun, even if you aren’t racing. One of the many things I miss about California.

https://www.chicostagerace.org/