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Team Wrong Way and Velo Bellas Combine to Rule the World!!! Muhahahahaha!!! Uh, well at least take a bunch o' medals at the Lake Sonoma 8 hour race Team Wrong Way, Velo Bellas and Sycip. Maybe one of the best groups going out there. A few of us had the idea of racing Co-Ed teams at Lake Sonoma, Isaias and Meredith set it up and I did my best to throw a wrench in it,,, as usual. Besides Team HamThorn, our teams were geared around just having fun and enjoying the day. Hence the team names, Stoners, Slackers and Beer Guzzlers. Saturday morning rolled around and everyone started showing up and we chose teams. Our team was The Slackers, Myself, Karyn J.(Bellas), Lauren C. (Sycip) and Franck M. (TWW).. What an awesome team! I previously told everyone that I was gonna drink beer all during the race so I popped open my first beer about 5 minutes before the start. Once Ken called everyone to the start line, Lauren was there so I handed her my empty, she was like, "Ohmygawd, you drank your beer???" More to come... (someday)

Team Wrong Way at a REAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT?!!! Oh the Humanity!!! David Ambrose is da bomb! Race Report - 24 Hour World Solo Championship at Whistler. After qualifying for the 24 Hour WSC by placing 2nd at the 24 Hours of Laguna Seca, Erin and I had tossed around the idea of heading on up to Whistler and checking it out. At first it didn't look like we could afford it. After all, a trip up to BC for a 24 Hour race is no cheap trip. What with the cost of registration, hotel reservations, transportation, food/race nutrition, preparation, being in need of many replacement parts on my bike, moving into a new home, and more. It was a pretty pricey adventure for us. But in the end everything worked out perfectly, and we had a ton of help, support, and encouragement from friends and family. Erin's folks lent us their Pilot so we didn't need to rent a larger vehicle. Erin and Tam Milandin in Seattle provided us with a sleep stop on the drive up to Whistler and again on the drive down as well as accompanying us to the race to help pit and show their support. Erin (wife) once again was awesome nutritional support. Eden Bicycles had my bike ready to go with it's new carbon frame, just in time for the race - and everything was dialed in perfectly. More to come... (someday) And here is the brief article on David from 24 Hours of Adrenaline website: INTO THE FIRE David Ambrose is the classic weekend warrior. He’s a computer programmer from Castro Valley, California and an active member of Team Wrong Way, a fun oriented bicycle club. Ambrose has just only recently moved up out of the sport category and his focusing on endurance racing. It’s paid off too, he was 4th at last year’s 12 Hours of Humboldt, and this past June won the expert class at the 12 Hours of Weaverville. This weekend was his first race as an elite. He pulled down a very respectable 38th place, having completed 10 laps.

Isaias, dope, Humboldt, 12 hour race, hmm... 12Hrs of Humboldt Aug 28, 2004 Solo effort 9mile loop about 1600 ft of climbing/loop 16,318 feet of climbing according to my Polar 720i watch 9 laps completed and still felt pretty good at the end. The Intro: Physically and mentally, my approach to this endurance race was much more laid back than my usual stressed out race demeanor. I suppose having done the Cascade Cream Puff 100 gave me some level of confidence that I could actually ride for 12 hrs solo. However, my travel schedule, due to work, left me in a position where I wasn't doing many rides period, let alone any of significant duration. In any case, after hearing Jason, Ambrose, and Paul O's description of last year's race, I was dead set on doing it even if I had to take a nap to recover in between laps. (FAST FORWARD) Lap 5-9: Same story different lap. Still having a blast though and legs still feel good, although, some of the steep climbs hurt a bit more. Unfortunately, by the time I got in from my 9th lap, there was only 55 minutes left until the clock hit the 12hr mark. Dang it, if I hadn't taken so many breaks I could have easily gotten in another 2 laps. Turns out the winners in my category did: 11, 10, 10 laps. More to come... (someday)

He was already there - Jerry Cherra has Mo' Fun in Durango The race started and I spun out on the bed of rocks and promptly took my spot in last place. I don't remember how the race went by lap. All I know is that there was a technical little climb that kind of traversed the hill and then hooked sharp left. It was very loose and hard to get traction. For some reason it worked out that I attacked this climb every lap and passed somebody on the climb almost every lap. I would attack the climb hard and then try to recover throughout the rest of the lap. For the first part of the race I didn't know where I was at in the field until I moved into 4th. I moved into 3rd and when I came around it was 3 laps to go. I went hard after the 2nd place guy and passed him with 1 lap to go. The 1st place guy was too far ahead for me to catch him in one lap so I finished 2nd which I felt pretty good about. It was a sort of redemption from Friday's disaster. Had I not spun out at the start and started at the front maybe I could have won it...you never know. More to come... (someday)

Jerry Cherra Mixes it up with the High Altitude Boys in Durango Last week I flew out to Colorado for the last NORBA NCS race of the season...last chance to qualify for Mammoth in XC. I flew into Denver on Tuesday as one of my best friends lives there. We rode some cool singletrack in the Denver area on Tuesday and made the drive to Durango on Wednesday. Wednesday we got to Durango fairly late in the day and only rode one lap on the course. The course was probably one of the most punishing courses of the year. It starts at 8,800 ft. and goes up to 10,500 or so. It started with a lower section loop of about a mile or two and then the opening climb began. The only thing I can compare this climb to is the long climb out at the Napa Valley Dirt Classic. The big difference is that this climb is very loose and at elevation. The course was 12.5 miles long and the first 8+ miles is almost all climbing with a few flat fast sections. The last 4 miles had some cool singletrack sections, fast loose fireroad descents with little whoops in them, and a bunch of very tight switchbacks. Even at Sea Level this would have been a very challenging course. (FAST FORWARD) About half way through the 2nd lap I realized that I was bonking...not good. I pounded 2 gels and nearly a bottle of water on this flat section and I felt like I was crawling. I was bonking hard. People were passing me and I figured I was 30th. By the time I came across the finish line I had a very bad attitude because I was sure I blew my last chance to qualify for Mammoth. Randy was there cheering for me because he knew I finished 10th. I couldn't believe it. It was without a doubt the worst race of the year for me. The elevation steadily sucked the power out of me by not letting me have enough oxygen to recover during the race. It was definitely bittersweet. More to come... (someday)

Dave McCrimmon Crosses Over to the Dark Side So it was a tuesday night and I wanted to get the HR up. What better way to do this than race? Well since the local MTB race scene is weak at best, I did a blasphemous thing and did a road race. Okay everyone knows that I have done road races before so its not like I am stepping out of the closest for the first time. Where was I? The SJBC Tuesday night crit in South San Jose, dont bother this was the last one of the season. More to come... (someday)

BHam is Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!! And of all places - Leadville This was my first race and third time on the mountain bike this year. I had been logging lots of road miles but I knew my technical skills (which weren't too great to begin with) had slipped considerably. Crewing for me this year was our friend Tom from Denver and my fiancé Tanya. K-Mac and I lined up with the other 600 riders on a balmy 45 deg Leadville morning awaiting the shot-gun start at 6:30am. Cramping has always plagued me during this race so this time I took it a little easier at the start and was popping the electrolytes on the hour. I felt strong up Sugarloaf and my trusty FOX F80X got me down the very rutted Powerline decent without incident. I reached the Twin Lakes (mile 40) aid station in 3 hrs and was feeling good. The climb up Columbine didn't seem to take as long as last year. Finally reached the top (12,600 feet) a little shy of 5 hrs. (FAST FORWARD) Finished 118 out of about 600 riders in 9:52:39 (45 of 256 in my age category). Although my time was 9 minutes slower than last year, I jumped about 40 places in the overall standings. Go figure. Maybe it was the headwind. More to come... (someday)

Dave McCrimmon Does the Ultra 100 (kinda) Hey All, I will cut to the chase, DNF! What is the Ultra 100? Well you actually have a choice: 100K, 100 Mile, or Relay's in either distance. It is 99% offroad with over 12K of climbing all above around 7K feet. Oh yeah and basically no singletrack, okay they have something they called singletrack but I would rule it a narrow fireroad. I went out with my family a week early to acculimate. We had fun hanging out and I did a few lite rides during the week. It rained everyday so conditions were going to be sloppy. A friend of mine went out on Friday on the course, he came back within a few miles scrapping mud off his bike. Imagine Santa Teresa went it rains, very sticky mud that just clogs up and doesn't shed. This doesn't sound good. Friday night and the rain continues. I wake up Saturday and its in the 40's, great a nice winter ride in CA. Which reminds me, I don't ride in conditions like these except for around January. I put on my arm & leg warmers and headed to the start. The race: At the start there were about 350 of us in the various catagories. I was laughing as people were bitching about the tight starting conditions, obviously they haven't gotten to race the C-Cluster Uck. Oh I mean the wonderful Sea Otter... More to come... (someday)

John Hillstrom DFalmostL in Reno (at least he raced Expert) I trekked up to Mt. Rose, outside of Reno, last weekend for the University of Nevada, Reno, Sky Tavern MTB race. I checked out the specs for sport and expert before deciding what class to race: sport was only 2 (!) laps of a 6 mile course but expert was 4.... hmmm, well, since everyone gives me crap about racing sport AND I don't like short races, I signed up for pro/expert. I didn't get to preride much but did warmup on the first climb, where I realized I was going to have my ass handed to me on a platter as EVERYONE was breezing by me. For some reason, I'm just not fast this year (too much riding at a leisurely pace by myself I think, and too many beer-based recovery drinks). But hey, at least I would go on a LONG ride that I would lose badly. It probably didn't help that this race STARTS at 7000 feet and climbs to 8500... there's just not as much air up there! And most of the racers were local... More to come... (someday)

The Return of the Palm... err, the George... Oh Hell, Linda Beats a Bunch o' Kids It wasn't a TWW race, but I happened to be near Northstar Thursday eve so went for it. Dusty but fun! Brought back memories of times when there weren't many women out on the course - easy to place in the top 3 when there are only 3 finishers. One of the best parts was a bit of revenge on the 8-year-olds... A few years ago at Mammoth I stopped to let someone pass (mistake?!!) and about 50 people came by - including, finally, a herd of 8-year-olds who'd started about 10 minutes after me. Happened to pass one during the race last Thursday - hah! Sad to say, I was so happy about it I almost endo'd. Gotta concentrate better... More to come... (someday)

Jerry Cherra Takes 2nd Place in Mendocino I'm not positive, but I think this might have been the first race I've done this year where I was the only TWW representative. What's up? Actually, you guys/gals didn't miss much. It was a very small field and a 90% fire road course. However, with a little effort it could easily become the coolest race around. It sounds like they are planning on having the series again next year so we'll see what happens. I do wish I would have done the other 2 races because the 1st place guy and the 1st place gal overall each won $250.00...very tasty. The course started out with 2.5 miles of flat fire road. Then there was a quick climb, flat section, then a solid section of climbing. All of that was fire road. Then it turned into a fast (20-25+ mph) long section of dual track through the tall weeds and bushes. I've got cuts all over my arms from the overhanging vegetation. After that guess what...more fire road climbing. This section was a fairly long climb with a lot of drainage ditches running across the road. By the top of that climb about 6 miles of the 7.5 miles was done. Then came the really cool singletrack descent...back onto the fire road. Then a really cool single track climb followed by a really cool singletrack descent. And that was the end of one lap. More to come... (someday)

More Domination of the Podium at Billy Cross TWW showed-up with Allan, Loren, Franck, Jerry Cherra, and I. Overall, the turnout was a little less than usual. Ken grouped all the male sport racers into one group of 12, male experts into one group of 5, I think (Jerry, correct me if I'm wrong). Results: Loren 2nd Allan 3rd Franck 5th Rich 6th Jerry 2nd Race report

TWW Has Largest Turnout of Any Team at the Cascade Cream Puff Well I have been looking forward and dreading this race all year. Since I didn't race much last year and basically just got fat, I decided I needed a year of basic torture. How else should I do this except by planning a year of extended base training. If one is going to do this, one should have a goal. Well I decided to focus my training on the Cascade Cream Puff 100. I started my recovery from Fatdom in September. One can quickly jump from the archives of inactivity to full on insanity but that typically has a short shelf life... Cascade Cream Puff 100 Race reports

David Ambrose of TWW is a sick man... a very sick man. Ah yes. The 12 Hours of Weaverville. It took me a while to decide whether or not to race it, but in the end I just couldn't miss a Team Bigfoot 12 hour race. And what a race! Erin and I left for Weaverville Friday around 6:20pm. Later than planned but no worries. Our original intent was to camp out in Weaverville but by the time we hit Redding I was shaking sleep from my head so we stopped and grabbed a hotel room, deciding to finish the drive in the early morning. Worked out well enough and Saturday we arrived at Trinity Highschool with plenty of time to hit registration and set up our pit area. Allan and his wife were both there as well and the morning was beautiful and sunny. At 8am we all took off in the mass start. Solo's and 1st lap teamers taking off up what was just a horrendous climb. Actually, it really wasn't all that bad but seeing it right at the start of the first lap made it seem worse then it really was. It was one of those deceiving climbs where it would level out, dip and bend then when you get around that next bend expecting to see the top of the climb, it only keeps going on, up and up and up. The day started heating up early and only made things worse. Click here for David Ambrose's 1st PLACE RACE REPORT!!!

TWW Dominates the 8-Hour Race at Lake Sonoma... Again. Many podiums, schmack talk, name calling, hair pulling, great BBQ, fantastic course, good times with the Billy Cross folks. Did Team ChinCrackin' meet the challenge? Race reports photo courtesy of Rocky Arroyo

Another Podium for TWW's Julie Brown! Think Billy Cross on steroids...that's Skyline Park. Pulled into the race and it was already getting hot, and the parking lot was pretty full. Unfortunately not with Team Wrongway jerseys! Where was everyone? Ended up only being me, Loren and Bob Lofland representing! Isaias' friend, Jason, was there too but I'm not sure if he wears our jersey. The rest of you missed a great race. Well, it depends on what your definition of "great" is. If you're looking for some steep climbing, devilish singletrack, gnarly rock gardens, tons o' fun stair climbing, tons o' fun rail riding and a slew of creek crossings, switchbacks, and water bars, then this is your course. There were more than a few folks who came off the trail bloodied. Click here for Julie Brown's Race Report

TWW Showin' Up Everywhere in Print and Web! First BIKE Magazine... now MBA!!! What's next? Actually, we apparently are in the latest edition of BIKE Magazine featured in an IMBA article. You can go here to check us out on the IMBA website: http://www.imba.com/tcc/2004/henry_coe.html Look for the TWW/CalTrans work crew leaning on the Mattocks (or are those Pulaski's?). They are being edumacated by a Stanford grad - didn't realize they actually got their hands dirty... :)

Racin' at Infineon Raceway (Sears Point to you old schoolers) - not cars though, MTBs! Well, sounds like the course might have been better suited for race cars. Nonetheless, TWW showed up to check out the new venue. Probably won't be back next year, but there was still some good racing. Can you say "fire road"? Sheesh. Click here for Loren's Race Report

Jiminy Christmas!!! Two solo podiums at the 24 Hours of Adrenalin I guess we're not just a "fun" bike club anymore. TWW picked up two podiums (and a third if you count Frankie's team - he wasn't racing in the TWW garb) at the 24 Hours of Adrenalin. Pretty dang impressive. Look at those numbers - they are just stoopid. We had several other racers/teams there representing as well. Give it up for those 24 hour nutcases!!! Amazing they can compose an e-mail after that race. Race Reports Here

TWW Takes Mo' Podiums at the CCCX Series Let's see, Frank and Jenny enter a race, Frank and Jenny podium. And so on, and so on. Ho hum. We're not complaining, it's just getting a bit routine. This time the venue was the CCCX Series. They both placed on the podium in the overall series results. Not too shabby. Just One Race Report

TWW T-Shirts - FINALLY!!! People kept asking, "When are you going to do another TWW T-shirt?" Guess we were due since it has been a good 4 or 5 years (or more). But none of the designs considered recently ever captured the TWW vibe. Until now. Thank you to the infamous Keith "Big Head" White for the tag line under "Team Wrong Way" on the front of the t-shirt. If you can't read it, it says, "We put the "I" back in "Team"" Hey, if you can't laugh at yourself... Sorry, no more orders being accepted.

TWWKICKSBOOTY@NVDC.COM Ho hum, TWW again dominates the scene at the Napa Valley Dirt Classic. You've gotta hand it to the folks at Pacific Union College - they still put on a great race. It's probably been over 15 years now. And the course is still one of the best around. Our folks are starting to heat up (yes, it was hot at the race too) as there were many podiums and many times below the 2 hour mark. Several in the 1:40 range!!! Good stuff Ed. Click here for the fish wrap

TWW Invades Laguna Seca!!! Hard to believe the weather finally cooperated for the Sea Otter folks. Couldn't ask for better conditions - blue sky, no rain, moderate temps, and lots o' fit people. A great time was had by all (even with the appalling $10 per person entry fee for spectators). Team Wrong Way represented as usual - once again one of the largest teams out there. We had folks racing all over the place - road race, downhill, and cross country. It was a weekend of bikes, bikes, and more bikes! Seems like the race season has officially begun now. Copius Race Reports (Watch out - Mr. T is baaaaack!)

The Biggest and Baddest GGG Yet!!! (Turn on annoying Dick Vitale voice) GGG4 on 04/04/04 ROCKED BABEEEEEEE!!! It was AWESOME BABEEEEEEE!!! It's not just hype BABEEEEEEE!!! (Turn off annoying Dick Vitale voice). Our biggest turnout ever, FM broadcast, another huge schwag raffle, and the smoothest running event we've done. A good time was had by all. If they all went like this maybe this won't be our last one... :) GGG4 Main Page Other links: Facchino Photography Gallery Pete Fagerlin Photos Pete Fagerlin Video Glenn James Photos Lloyd Ranola Photos MSDHW.com Photos More MSDHW.com Photos

TWW Chillin' at the CCCX Numero Trois If this is any indication, 2004 is going to be a banner freakin' year for TWW. It's incredible how many races we've competed in already and we're not even to the Otter yet. We've already had: Finishes: 60 Podiums : 17 DNFs : 2 DFLs : 3 Team Wrong Way showed up again in force at the CCCX #3. 15 racers, 2 podiums, 3 Expert racers, and a singlespeeder! Click here for the race reports

TWW Opens Up the Season at the Iron Angels MTB Race in Dominating Fashion The Sea Otter is our traditional season opener, however TWW showed up in major force at the Iron Angels MTB Race - 15+ racers, several podiums, lots o' flats, and a great time had by all (even our Mr. Sprained Wrist had a good time despite DNF'ing - two DNF's already? :) ). We were flyin' our new duds and had the sweet TWW banners at our hospitality tent (complete with trainer, massage table, and plenty of schmack talk). And if you thought the race was a good time, read on about the exploits at the cabin the day before the race... Click here for the race reports and hijinks galore   Photo Compliments of Steve Wolf

TWW Shows Up AGAIN in a Major Publication Well, somehow we managed to do it again - check out the photo to the right. It is a full 2-page spread from the April 2004 edition of Mountain Bike Action. Pretty cool. Our friends from MBOSC are there too - excellent. Might have helped that we're sponsored by Fox Racing Shox (thanks by the way if you helped with this), but then again, maybe they just thought our sticker was cool dude brah. Too bad we were on the seam as part of one sticker got cut off (the one that says, "blah, blah, blah... shut up and ride!"). Oh well, beggers can't be choosers. Click on the image to see a magnified version (265K). Okay, now the other sponsors should be knocking down our door any minute...

TWW's Downtown Julie Brown in Strong Early Season Form - TBF Racing, Folsom Lake Forget the Fort Ord series...the only thing it has going for it is it's a shorter drive. TBF Racing at Lake Folsom is just FUN! The course is a great course, nothing too technical, nothing too harsh, but fast and furious enough to keep it really fun and interesting. I think it's a much funner course than the Fort Ord series hands down, to keep your chops up before the Sea Otter. Thank God for cross racing -- really came in handy yesterday. Of course since the weatherman said it wouldn't rain until the evening, it started raining about 7:30 that morning. So, I was in my element...rain, wet, cold, muddy and sandy... Click here for the full report Photo used with permission by PhotoCrazy.com 10 Year Anniversary Jersey!!! Okay folks, here it be. The final jersey in the notso illustrious career of famous jersey designer e-biker. This is a stone cold lock to be his last. Don't forget the matching shorts (complete with international wrong way sign to confuse racers behind you - they'll slow down thinking they're going the wrong way). Sorry, no further orders are being taken. But you can still get in on some cool TWW socks! See below. What ensem would be complete without socks? These will match your 2004 and 2003 duds. Cool beans. Made right here in Kahlifoania by our friends at the Sock Guy. Click on their logo below to order more cool stuff (my favorite is the "B_tch" sock). We should have a few extras available so contact the e-biker for ordering. Thanks!

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