Sagebrush Safari breaks out mountain bike season
The 2010 mountain bike season kicked off last weekend with the Sagebrush Safari in San Diego, the first of both the Kenda Cup Qualifiers and the 8-race Team Big Bear So Cal Series.
The Sagebrush course is considered by many to be the best of the So Cal Series, and I have to say I agree. The long climbs [...]
Callville Bay Classic calls platinum riders
This weekend was the Callville Bay Classic stage race, and Team Platinum had three racers Derek Johnson, Steve Smith and Steve Weixel in the Cat 3 race, and Kim Bleth in the 55+. Thursday through Sunday we stayed on the “deluxe” houseboats conveniently located adjacent to the start of all the races.
Derek Johnson
Steve Smith
Kim Bleth
Steve Weixel
Time Trial
There had been a strong tailwind early in the afternoon but [...]
Solvang cut out of 2010 Tour of California
For the first time in four years, the Amgen Tour of California will not be using Solvang as the host site for its Individual Time Trial in the 2010 race.
Solvang Local Organizing Committee Co-chairs Carol Petersen and Max Hanberg made the announcement Tuesday through a press release.
The new host city for the time trial will [...]
Langin takes third at USA Cycling’s Mountain Bike National Championships
No one could complain that the course wasn’t perfect for a national championship event…unless they had something against racing without oxygen. High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) notwithstanding, the course had hard, intense climbs that included plenty of passing room; gnarly single track descents; rocky, technical climbs and (if one had time to look) a beautiful [...]
Big Bear hosts Cal State Series final
Dust, heat, elevation, the end of a era, the end of a series, I wanted to finish like Seinfeld, and Team Platinum, on top of the game. But just showing up in my catergory is generally more than half the battle, so I was confident enough to go for the 6 hour progressive neighborhood dinner party the night [...]
Downieville Classic attracts All-Mountain riders
What happened to Bob haunted me all Saturday night. The familiar pinch-flat that dooms so many at Downieville. I was up 3+ minutes after winning Stage 1, the XC point-to-point, of the 35+ Expert All-Mountain Class.
Saturday’s race had many highlights, some of which, riding the wheels of top DH pros Miles Rockwell [...]
Cal State Series catches up with SB Bike Festival
The 6th round of the California State Series took us to the Santa Barbara Bike Festival and our home track at Elings Park this past weekend.
This course is filled with short, punchy climbs and baking bump filled downhill switch-backs that some consider gruesome and painful, but which suit the talent of this Platinum rider quite well.
From [...]
Platinum downhillers take over Big Bear podium
Team Platinum Cycling’s pair of Steve Silva and Bobby Langin agreed to start at a moderate pace, working together to disintegrate the pack slowly up the initial climb. However, they didn’t like the look of one of their counterparts and lit the fuse early and hit it right out of the gate. At about a [...]
Masters riders compete at Paramount Crit Championships
The Paramount SCNCA Masters Crit Championships promised to be an exciting event that drew hundreds of Southern California’s top Masters Crit racers. Peter Boberg started off with the 55+ racers which was a disciplined bunch that kept a cool and even pace around the well appointed and wide crit course. Two riders broke away early on and [...]
Quick Ventura race keeps Platinum busy
There’s not much to say about the prologue at the Ventura State Race, held May 16-17, except that it had a bunch of turns, two climbs, a good descent onto the main street finish, and was only 1.7 miles. Everybody could have benefited from a race pace pre-ride but on this typically traffic-ridden course nobody [...]
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