The C.C.R. bike scene

This Weekend was the CT State Championships in New Britain. A large field of racers today, about 60-65? The pace was high as it always is on this course. A relatively safe race with a couple sketchy riders in the mix. With two to go Dillon noticed that Maison looked good but was stuck behind a tight bunch of riders. So as the bell was ringing Dillon pulled Maison Chen up to the very front of the pack! Maison managed to stay there for the rest of the last lap and bagged 2nd place! Thanks to the rest of the team as well! Chris B, Peter Kenny, Joe P and Tom Krol.

2nd place in CT state Champs!!!

Thanks to our sponsors!

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And of course:
Cheshire Cycle and Repair

A huge Tire order just came in along with Fizik seats! Any road tire you need is now in stock! Mention this post and get 10% off sticker price!

Joe P, Gregg F and Dillon P raced at the Bethel crit this Sunday. The pace was fast but manageable. The race was well organized and well attended with about 50 guys in the cat 4 race. There was basically no action until the final sprint where there was more flesh and bikes in your way than the NYC tour! Joe P managed to fight his way through for a stellar 3rd place! Gregg and Dillon were caught behind the bunch and had no clear line. all-in-all a good race!

Sorry about the long absence of posts. The "on" season here is killer busy! The team is still racing it's overworked heart out. Good results across the board. Joe K just pulled in a 5th place at the Stafford Springs Crit. We signed on a new member, Tom Krol. Now if we can only find him a XL team jersey... He's tall.

The shop is on top form, selling Jamis and Scott bikes like there's no tomorrow! Tri stuff has been doing well this year as well.

Some guys from the shop have been doing the Monday night Middletown ride. A good mix to the weekly routine. More hills than the Sleeping Giant Ride and a bit slower.

Stop by the shop to check out some of the new goodies we have. The 09 plasma frame. The 09 Jamis Zenith frame with BB30 bottom bracket. This awesome tiny dog basket so you can bring your toy pup with you! All kinds of cool stuff is arriving daily!

The team is up by one point in the Plainville Spring Series! It's a nail bitter!

Congrats to BMX Tim! He was down in the city at a bmx freestyle comp with 25 pro's and ended up baggin a 7th place! Rock Rock On!

The "New" New Haven crit was pretty nice! Maison Chen got 13th! It was a tough race with nasty gusts of wind and bumpy, fast corners! Well promoted and attended! Officials and scoring where top notch as well!

This Saturday the team will hopefully upright and safe! The Plainville race is proving to be a dangerous one this year!

Cannondale announced that they are ceasing all U.S. operations! Like we didn't see that one coming? What's next? Walmart specials?

well the wrap up goes like this

The 4/5 race was dominated by Guido and his three man break away that happened three laps in and eventually lapped the field!

Other than that, there was a touch of wheels on the back straight with three to go and a six person pile-up resulted! Dillon P separated his right AC joint! He'll be out for a while! Everyone else got off easy with cuts and bruises.

Ride safe!

Today was supposed to be warm. It ended warm but was 25* for the 9am race!

The cold wasn't going to stop CCR though! Gregg, Dillon & Joe P set out to do the 4/5 race at Plainville, and did it they did!

Pretty normal race except for the last lap when Gregg Ferraris proved that brains gets you wins. He single-handedly pulled Dillon & Joe around the last lap in a killer lead out. A lead out so effective that even Dillon (although leading out Joe P) got 4th and Joe P won the field Sprint! But alas, one lone rider was, unbeknown to us, up the road and took up the 1st spot.

Joe P *2nd*
Dillon P. *4th*
Gregg F. *Most killer lead out!*

The 3/4 race had our boys Maison, Ken and Joe P.
This race was pretty much owned by the cyclo-nuts... and rightly so cuz there was, like, 10 of em in that race. That's how it goes some times.

Next week. more 4/5 points and some 3/4 revenge!