team reckless

24-9 is coming

2007-07-23T21:14:00.000-05:00

The 24 hour Clyde team will be defending its last year win of the bunk 24- 9 of last year. Jason and Burak are goin solo for 12. Saturday the bulk of us Built the about damn time trail. We must have flagged that thing 10 times and for the past 4-5 years. Thanks for the great turnout there were 35 or so and Steve cooked up some tasty burgers and dawgs. Oh hell yeah.

Tim flying.

2007-06-02T21:54:00.000-05:00

MMBF 2007

2007-06-02T21:52:00.000-05:00

MMBF

2007-05-14T07:23:00.000-05:00

I think everyone made it out for the fest. Peoria knows how to throw a party ( church key). We rode couple times at farmdale and then went over to independence and rode. Good times

The Frozen Four

2007-01-28T17:14:00.000-06:00

R to L Tony, Steve, Rick and Beth. With a feels like of 0 degrees. 2 hour ride and the trail was perfect for studs. Light snow hid all the ice so it was extra fun. Its not Whistler-But still a great time.

Well I guess we were at a national

2007-01-26T15:55:00.000-06:00

Race.

http://www.mbaction.com/detail.asp?id=2016

Reckless Sally Ride at Farmdale Park Peoria

2006-11-14T07:09:00.000-06:00

It looked bad when Friday it rained like crazy. But the trails at Farmdale weren't wet. We had Steve out riding Independence and he said it was wet over there. But Beth and Rick were at Farmdale on Saturday and said it was a go.
Rick, Stan, Matt, Ed, Beth, Ryan, Russ, Tony and many many others made it out to Farmdale Park for some fun... We had 18(I think) total for the ride. Including most of the Sally Riders. Mike, Matt, Nick, Coop, John, Kevin and some names I'm sure I'm forgetting. It was a good group. Thanks to Dan or Paul or Mike for taking us around. I don't think any of us really figured out what his name was. For me he was the Kid in the Red Shirt.
Some of us came down for the day and others spent the night at the motel 6. I'm sure that the Team Sally website will have pictures from the downhill section of Farmdale. Anyway next years Midwest Mountain Bike Festival will be here. Ya Hoo. Peoria rocks.

Poker Ride

2006-10-29T17:02:00.000-06:00

Palos poker ride was early this year.. The weather was actually worse than in previous years.. We all collected swag for slaving out on the Palos trail system.. Ha Ha- Awesome job by Sram to hook up all of us. There were others but I would prefer to just mention the super hookup... Well okay Richards is cool too. They always take care of us too. Thanks to all the sponsors who help out CAMBr every year. All of us have spent hundreds of hours helping maintain trails in the Palos area and its great that CAMBr can figure a way to "repay" their workers with awesome bike parts... The ride was wet but we were able to ride and have some fun. Derby and bike toss and then Bike Fire! I love Bike Fire.

Blue Mounds

2006-10-09T16:46:00.000-05:00

Burak, Stan, Tim, Tony and Bruce headed to Blue Mounds and it was fantastic. We all met at Woodfield Mall and traveled together. Grabbed some grub at Subway in Madison and went for a ride.. Blue Mound is a technical riders dream. Rocks and roots everywhere. With a cool grown over downhill course. The new side of Blue Mound (overload) was not so much fun-lots of climbs with not much fun downhills. Its a work still in progress. I guess maybe going the other direction would have been a little more fun. The traffic getting back was awful but what are you going to do.

Chequamegon

2006-09-28T07:31:00.000-05:00

By far this years trip up to the Cable/Hayward area was the nicest. The cabin was so nice great view of the lake. Levis Mound had new super sweet singletrack. Rock lake did too. Both had new awesome bridges. Bridging ridiculous shit. Like if you fell off you would be in the deepest shit. I was the only racer in the 40 out of us and I was fine with that. Annie and Roger did the short and fat. Annie got 3rd singlespeed in her age. During my race I rode for most of it with the 2nd place singlespeed woman. She was on a 29'er and A ridgid carbon fork. She was badass. Ojibwe was cool too. Its getting smoother and smoother. It flows better than the last time I was there. Jannie, Beth, Rick, Burak, Ed, and Jason also made the trip. Jason had just returned from the army a few days before. Its good to see he made it back after two tours in Iraq. I'm sure he will be catching up on all the riding he's been missing. So there it is Levis, Ojibwa, Rock Lake and the race. We need to get to LaCrosse. I hear good things about the human powered trails.

2006-08-28T09:44:00.000-05:00

Top 5 Devils Drop Downhill.

Devils Head and Stuff

2006-08-28T09:10:00.000-05:00

Matt, Beth, Rick, Jannie and Tony went to Devils Head for the world famous Subaru Cup. Matt was 10th in the super "D" and came back the same day to score a 3rd in the Pro/Open Devils Drop Downhill race. I was 3rd in the Super "D" and 4th in the XC race which made it 3rd for the cup. Rick raced the xc race for 10th out of like 20. Which might I add he finshed 2 minutes faster than me. Jannie and Beth harrassed racers and took some pictures. Beth also served up some lunch and threw down on some awesome marinated chicken. Camo Matt (TEAM SALLY) hung out and ate after a long day of snapping pictures of the downhill race. Congratulations to everyone.
Rich and the Fattys went to Pando. Check out this. It apparently rained tons and he did finish 8th. Rich promised to do more than just this event next year.

Podium shot.

2006-08-03T07:33:00.000-05:00

Here it is top of the podium at 24/9. Hell Yeah.

24/9 and rain and thunder and podiums

2006-08-01T07:38:00.000-05:00

We went out and won the Clydesdale Championship at the 24 hours of Nine Mile National Race. Burak got 14th in the 12 hour solo out of 54 racers. This race started off with rain and ended with more rain. It was a good time except for the crappy weather. Good Job everyone. Thanks to Beth with had some good food and cover from the sun and rain. Thanks to Eddie B. for the fine camping spot he scored for us.
Camping in Michigan in two weeks. Ft. Custer. See you there.

24/9 and Stuff

2006-07-24T15:40:00.000-05:00

Okay its been a while a lot has happened but not many races for any of us. With this summer maturing into a busy ass piece of shit. The Tour da Palos went very well. Hell it was damn good. It wasn't super hot and we had a great turnout for alleycat meets mountain bikes.
This weekend its time once again for 24/9. Burak is going solo for 12 and Ed Tim Rick and I are going for the Clyde crown on the national stage. I have enough weight for two people right now. Beth is going to help out with things and it'll be a blast.
If we get on the podium I'm doing the robot. Oh yeah thats right Roger. Top that one.
Peace and I'll post up some pictures of our fun from 24/9. Later.

Nine Mile Big Ring

2006-06-06T07:54:00.000-05:00

Right outside the Pine Forest Singletrack. Going for another lap.

24/9

2006-06-01T07:55:00.000-05:00

Alright we have our teams nailed down and Burak is going solo for 12 and Rick, Ed, Tim and I are on a team. Its the nationals so it'll be crazy. Ed Bartunek will get us a spot. I think Annie, Roger and Beth will probably be some sort of support. Sympathy goes out to Roger. Hope everything works out with the passing of your Father.

Memorial Weekend

2006-05-30T07:40:00.000-05:00

Burak, Ed, Mike, and Stan went to Peoria for a ride and camp. Stan fell and hurt his hip. Came back late Saturday to miss the Nikl Slik show. Monday most of us some how or another found our way to Palos to ride before the Thunderstorms hit. I think we've figured out our team for 24/9. Ed says he'll send it in today. Thanks Ed.

Alpine Valley and Marco and other junk

2006-05-26T08:55:00.000-05:00

Alpine was great. First year in the three I've gone that the course was actually all rideable. Skinny's armored all the creek crossings. They were sweet. No knee deep mud anymore. Yahoo!
Marco came to town for a limited engagement. One day and or night. We visited with him on Friday. It was good to see him. Well and everyone else for that matter.
Saturday night Nikl Sikl is playing at Seamus's again. Good shit. Downtown Lemont You know the place.
Big Ring Classic is June 4th. Nine Mile Forest. My favorite place to ride in the Midwest. I can't wait. I'm going on Saturday to Preride and set up camp.
Later

Jaymies wedding and stuff

2006-05-09T07:46:00.000-05:00

Was a blast. Good times were had by all. Good Luck Jaymie. We all love you. Thanks for the killer shindig! Next weekend a batch of us are going to Kettle. Then on Sunday Alpine Valley. Hopefully it won't suck like last year. We'll see. Saturday Night the Trail Care Crew is coming in to town. We'll be going to Seamus's in Lemont to check out Nikl Silk-they are real good. Wednesday night the TCC will be meeting at Falco's on 83 just South of 55 for grub and beverages. We are all invited. BB is trying to make it so we can crash at his house on Saturday night. See ya.

Missouri

2006-04-11T13:23:00.000-05:00

Rocks.

Literally. Lots of glorious climbs and sweet downhills. Brakes are good. Chubb was fantastic. Greensfield was good. Klondike had three really nice trails. The weather was beautiful. The camping was good too. We camped overlooking the back waters of the Missouri River. Up on top of one of the bluffs above The Katy Trail.

Roger, Anne, Beth, John, Burak, Tim, Ed, Paul, Pam, Rick, Mike and I had a blast. Marv and Mary was in attendance but not with us. I even caught a Large Mouth out of the small lake in Klondike park. (Sorry you couldn't get off work Stan). But you missed it.

Midwest Mountain Bike Fest

2006-04-05T08:39:00.000-05:00

This weekend. It'll be a Dom-Free Zone.

Last years Peoria Fest....

Your Mom's Singletrack

2006-03-23T07:08:00.000-06:00

The canal is good to go- the MX track is dusty. Sureal is still drying out but not too bad. Definitely ridable. Some of it is soft. But not soft enough to leave permanent damage. Burak, Rick, Stan and Myself rode on the nicest night we've seen for a long time. We moved tons of downed shit. Broken trees were everywhere-thank lots of hard wind for that. Beth and Jason (yes- Oh Shit Jason) rode some pavement.
Jaymie's getting married. Whooo hoo Jaymie has taken care of most of us for years. She has always been there for us when we would road trip to Colorado-Condos in Silverthorne. Her place in Littleton. Damn shes been good to us. Congratulations!

Work Days and MMBF

2006-03-21T07:39:00.000-06:00

Sunday was a work day. We worked for a while. Then we ate. The Out and Back isn't as bad as I had heard. I repeat- this type of shit happens every year. Jeez....

More importantly the turnout was good. John, Roger, Anne, Tim, Rick, and well Beth showed up then got lost.... Well we talked about the Midwest Mountain Bike Fest... Heres some good news.. Uncle Ron is coming! Whooo Hooo! We have a total of 5 sites with Roger and Anne-Tony and Tim. We'll find places for everyone.. Roger took it upon himself to come up with some contest for crazy hats. We'll give out a prize for the most ridiculous hat. Or not. Ha!

Tim has offered up his crib for the urban bike ride to the show and stuff. Thanks Tim.
Later.

Muy Caliente!

2006-02-20T08:27:00.000-06:00

Okay so its not so hot temperature wise. But the Wednesday night ride left from Rick's house and went out Rock Run Creek and down the I&M and back through Joliet via the Junction. The wind blowing due west made the ride down the I&M tough. That paired with soggy gravel made for a good bit of training for later.
Sunday- Cascade Mountain was taken over by Reckless. Stan, Betsy, Burak, Ed, Victor, Tim, John and Tony made the trip up. Friday Night they got 9" of fresh stuff so conditions were damn good. There were the usual harrassing of children and hooting and hollering. Drinking and riding. Burak, Ed and Tim fresh off the Colorado trip were moving a little slow but fun was had by all.

MMBF and The reckless Sally super bowl Sunday ride

2006-02-08T07:33:00.000-06:00

Well the Midwest Mountain Bike Fest is the first weekend in April. Its in Missouri and between us and the Peoria Boys we have 7 sites reserved at Klondike. Its sponsored by Kona and we'll bike and destory all weekend. (as usual)
Super Bowl Sunday was to be The Sally's and reckless hooking up for a day of fun in the snow and singletrack. But Eric only showed from Team Sally. Rick, Stan, and Tony showed from reckless. Ed, Burak, and Tim are out west Skiing/and boarding. Beth is recovering from treatments for her siatica(sp). God only knows about the rest of us. Team Sally had really no good excuses. Oh wait except for Camo Matt. He has a broken arm. But it was a good ride Eric and I did the cemetary hill loop instead of waiting for Stan and Rick and freezing in the lot. We then all tookoff toward Gravity went down to Surreal East- to the end and then back via the South Canal. To dynamite up to Psycho Path down to Turf -Paved road to Stair Steps to Big Grassy. Things were getting a bit muddy by the time we finished Turf.
Rick, Stan and I went out last night from Kean. Down to Dynamite. To Three Ravines down across the road and hit the first section of Surreal. Then back. Sweet. The ravines are rutted pretty bad. Two reasons....First ATV's have invaded Palos. Second people riding when its too wet. My rear Tire got sucked in to one of these ruts going through the third ravine. which pretty much had me planing with my front tire and could not steer. So I hit a tree. Pretty cool. My arm has a purple lump on it. Even with Studs it was hard to stop. But I was kind of out of control and lauched the ravine anyway. I'll chill on the crap til the ground is a little less frozen it really hurts when you fall right now. Later.

What to bring on a Wednesday

2006-02-02T07:15:00.000-06:00

Salt Creek is a Creek. Filled with dookie colored water. Next to the creek is singletrack. Mostly dry suprisingly. To make things more fun there is a paved trail that runs from Oak Brook to Brookfield.
So there is talk of a tunnel that goes under 294. We tried to find it last night but it didn't happen. We rode aimlessly through the woods exploring new trails (well new to me). Typical of a ride where conversations start out as I think its over here. No No-I think I know where it is. Lets go this way. Blah Blah we've all been on those rides before. But last night was beautiful. You would never believe it was February 1st. Lower 40's and every time we saw a piece of off road trail we'd take it. It was almost completely ridable. Except when Burak sent Stan under one of the bridges and it was thick mud with pointy Rebarr sticking up from it. Hilarious. Rick, John and I climbed the guard rails and missed the muddy fun.
All in all good fun and mostly singletrack/dirt trail ride. Not to bad for February.
I told Burak I'd post a list of things to bring on Wednesday so here it is...

1. A Light. Preferrably something bright.

2. Water. Preferrably clean in a camel back or water bottle.

3. A bike. Well Duh.

4. A helmet. Double Duh.

5. Riding shoes.

Okay I'll stop there I think you get the picture. Water and Lights are important. So don't forget anymore.

Wednesday Nights

2006-01-12T09:33:00.000-06:00

Well the snow is gone and the road rides have begun. Singletrack is pretty much out so we've been finding different stuff to go ride. Last night started out harmless enough... Salt Creek is where we've been riding. But yesterday we went west to find something else. We found an overpass over 294 and rode over to Graue Mill. If anyone doesn't know-There are a bunch of well kept gravel trails all over the place just off Odgen and York. Rd. That and a nature center with a bunch of cool terrain to jump off and play around. Rick caught a pinch flat. We made it out west to Oak Brook and found a little bit of semi-okay singletrack to ride. Well that and a quick tour of a bunch of towns in DuPage county. Somehow we decided to head north up York Rd. and found ourselves on Cermak Rd. heading towards Westchester which was real sketchy riding back over 294. There are no sidewalks and at night with the construction and it down to one lane in each direction made for some serious heart rate changes in all of us. Then we snuck thru a bunch of subdivsions and past Scotts Pet Shop in Westchester and back to the Salt Creek trail. Then back to LaGrange. It was good. We rode until 9:30. F-U-N

Christmas Party and xc skiing

2005-12-21T14:28:00.000-06:00

Thanks to Marco for throwing a sweet Christmas party. He is leaving us and trying something else other than cooking. Virginia is where he is going and damn I envy him. Well if things work out for him there maybe we'll all go to visit.
With all this snow many of us have been doing lots of X-C skiing. Rick and I were out last night and Swallow Cliff is great for the skiing. The route back from the stairs is the best time and makes it all worth it. Nice gentle rollers and plenty of snow make for excellent conditions. Even at 14 degrees it was great.

Sweet Woods/Turkey Day

2005-11-28T08:46:00.000-06:00

Saturday Stan, Matt, Burak, Ed, Rick, Beth, Cyndi, Terry, John from Team Sally, and I rode Sweet Woods, Brunnell, North Creek, and the A frame trail. There is a bunch of fun new stuff that has been built out there. The trails were in damn fine shape a little sloppy in a couple of places but otherwise a beautiful day with the temps almost 50 it really couldn't get much better for late November.
Thursday John, Rick, Roger, Anne, Cyndi, Beth, Marco and I Rode in the 12 degree cold. What a huge difference from Saturday. Everything was frozen and we did a nice loop. Thanks to Marco for the wonderful Breakfast after the ride. I know you all know that it was fantastic. GO TEAM AMERICA! DERKA-DERKA!

24-9

2005-11-23T08:06:00.000-06:00

Looks like it will be a bit crowded this year. But as Burak pointed out there will be more women. Ha! check it out...

http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=1996

This is the 2nd best reason to stay up all night.... Some motto. Ol well its damn good fun. We'll have to get our applications in as soon as they are accepting them.

Poker Ride fun

2005-11-10T07:58:00.000-06:00

The Poker Ride went off without a hitch it was good fun. It rained like crazy the day before which along with the leaves made things sketchy at best. But we took the usual route down the grass hill thru the old staging area. Thru bad ass hill and over to the Stair Steps. Down Dynamite to the canal. Up the Road to Burrito. To the Out and Back. The Out and Back was in great shape. Down the pipeline to Four Corners and right back out to the Multi. Back to the Pavillion for some fresh grub. Thanks to Marco and Ray for bringing out the good chow. There were 3 groups and no one was hurt. It was a great turnout for what might have been a Craptastic Sunday. The sun came out in the afternoon it was actually damn nice.

Da Poker Ride

2005-11-04T08:05:00.000-06:00

Lucky number 13. Looks like 57 and cloudy is the forecast. Not too shabby. Hopefully it won't rain like some are predicting. Just like all the other ones-Lets take people on a ride to remember. This thing happens once a year. Lets do it right. Have fun and don't drop anyone. Bring them all back.

2005-10-19T06:18:00.000-05:00

Peoria

Peoria- Farmdale Fest & rope jumping

2005-10-03T07:17:00.000-05:00

PAMBA hosted a wonderfully entertaining event. Red Bull sponsered it and the very down to earth-Shaums March came out to show how cool of a guy he is. Friday night was the night ride. The downhill and mountain cross was on Saturday. Saturday night we found a new night time activity- Jumping Rope. Glow sticks attached to the middle of the rope made for an interesting sight I'm sure. We made it up to 13 and out before the game was called. The Cross Country Race was on Sunday. They ran the course in reverse of the August race. Which felt a bit odd for me on my first lap. Getting a tooth pulled the day before and part of my jaw filed down so the gum would grow over didn't help much with my balance. But I needed it. I just had to race. So did everyone else. Burak placed 2nd in his division and Beth took 2nd and Anne 3rd. You guys rock. Ed, Rick, Roger and John also raced this weekend. Cyndi, Koko, Pam and Paul also hung out. A very nice turnout indeed. Thanks.

Check out

2005-09-20T21:03:00.000-05:00

the photo album. We'll see how long before MSN tosses it again. But we'll use it for now. http://groups.msn.com/teamreckless/fattirefest2005.msnw

2005-09-20T20:47:00.000-05:00

View from the top of Bruce.

2005-09-20T20:45:00.000-05:00

Another from the saddle at the Mound.

2005-09-20T20:43:00.000-05:00

Bruce Mound Group Shot

2005-09-20T20:37:00.000-05:00

Ohjibwe Group shot.

Bruce Mound, Chequamegon and Bag Slappin...

2005-09-20T08:32:00.000-05:00

Reckless went to the Northwoods for the Chequamegan Fat Tire Fest. Pictures will be up later. Here is the Write up.
For results and stuff go here- http://cheqfattire.com/

We stayed Thursday night in Black River Falls and took over the jaccuzzi- for the Super 8's pool area is open til 2am. Sweet.
Next day we woke to Stan showing a group of older gals on their way to a quilting convention how to use the Waffle Maker in the lobby. He had the whole group of them giggling. It just made my day. After we ate we headed out for Bruce Mound.
At this point Burak, Stan, Beth, Marco, Ed, Cyndi, Tony, Dustin, and Gee were in full effect.
I hadn't been to the place since Pedros. This place is just Beautiful. The Hermosas, Yellowjacket, Toad Road, Cliffhanger, Porcupine peak, Dead Turkey and of course Goat Dance just got the juices going enough to realize that we were'nt going back to Ill noize with out 80-100 miles of riding some of the sweetest trails in the midwest. The bicycle smiles were on everyones faces as we got back to the lot for some quick rehydration and to hook up with Rick who took "a short cut" which almost always gets him in trouble.
On the road again to the Cabin in Cable. Stopped off to grab food for the team and dropped like 200 bucks on two cartloads of food. Then another 100 or so in the liquor dept. The supermarket looked happy to see us. We made sure as to buy the food and stuff from Hayward. To help support their economy. This fest is important to them and theres nothing better than to spread a little love to those folks who close off their Streets, Trails and Volunteer a weekend to us so we can have a good time.
Big ol thanks to the towns of Hayward, Seeley, and Cable.
Friday Night was a party. Marco fed us. Marco is one Fantastic man. He always does the cooking. He just rocks. Here's to you Marco.
There was Bag slappin and stupid human tricks and well what happens in Wisconsin will stay in Wisconsin. Ann and Roger made it. They were on tour for a few weeks-Some of their stops included Fruita, Durango, Moab, Tour De Fat and Crusty Butt. Sounds like they had a blast, those two are very thoughtful. They brought back a little piece of their trip for all that made it to CFTF. A BIG THANK YOU TO ROGER AND ANNIE FOR ALL THE GIFTS. Okay on to the races-
Uh well people were moving a little slow. Imagine that. We had Rick, Ed, and Tony doing the Forty- We made it there 10 minutes to 10. Which means we'll be starting behind 1700 people. Fun. But it was still a blast. Thanks for getting us there in time.
Beth, Cyndi, Marco, Roger and Anne doing the Short and Fat. There were no mechanicals and everyone was smiling when it was over. We sat on the side of the ski hill for a while a visited with friends and others.
Anne got the podium for 3rd in the Womens Singlespeed in her Division. Congratulations.
That evening went by kind of in uneventful. The rest of the crew rode Rock Lake. So they were equally worn out. Marco made some delicious pasta and sausage and took it easy. The two kids Dustin and Gee did go and find an adventure tho. Ask one of us about it some day. It was BEARLY believable. (YES THATS A PUN)
Sunday everyone headed to Telemark for the Ohjibwe trail and some did the rough cut rendevous. I think Anne got 3rd and Roger 4th. Congratulations. The rest went and rode what IMBA has tagged one of the best in the Midwest. It was truly a great singletrack trail. If you love singletrack you would love it. We got back from riding and the Telemark was almost empty. We hung out and talked about what to do for dinner and made fun of Cooter Bones. (don't ask) What a wonderfully relaxing day for the group. We ended up going to Lakewoods for a feast. That place rocks.
Woke up on Monday with plans for riding on the way home but rain had invaded the North. So we just headed back home.
Well another Fat Tire Fest has come and gone. Next big outing for the team I think will be Farmdale Fest in Peoria. If any one is interested -Sunburst Showdown is this weekend. Check the WORS site for details. Thanks to everyone who pitched in and made this trip so enjoyable. Can't wait til next year.

Kewaunee and stuff

2005-09-12T07:55:00.000-05:00

Okay I've decided that "sweet singletrack" is a relative term. Can anyone say bumpy ass cow field mowed to make singletrack that bakes in the hot sun with 2-3 miles of okay singletrack. Well some of the whoopdees were fun but they were linked by crappy atv trails and wasn't worth the drive. Oh well. Note to self- skip kewaunee next year. Sounds like John S. pulled enough rock out of stone temple for some of the armoring of the new trails. Word has it that there was a road trip down to Bloomington where I hear some singletrack with 20 or so jumps exist.
Chequamegon is 6 days away. Is everyone going to make it up by Friday for an afternoon ride somewhere? New singletrack maybe.

Pando and Workday

2005-08-29T10:07:00.000-05:00

Well Rich and Al did Pando a few weeks ago. Rich's eleventh year doing it.
Here is what Rich had to say:
AL was 13th and Rich was 12th, 19 total in are age group, 30-49.4.2 mile laps, we both did 14 laps each....yeah I know, bunch ofpanisies....really great time though.

There is also a workday on the 11th. So again-too many frickin options.

Are you a DORC?

2005-08-29T07:31:00.000-05:00

The DORC race is 9/11 in Naperville. We could have a good showing for this one. Its always good to support the local race. Whos in?

Kewaunee XC Adventure 9/11

2005-08-29T07:06:00.000-05:00

This is the next WORS race. Its 3 1/2 hours or so I here there is over ten miles of sweet singletrack there. Between the venue and Riverview Park.

Alterra Coffee Classic and The Psycho Century

2005-08-29T07:00:00.000-05:00

This was a great course. The singletrack was tons of fun. It took me an hour and a half to ge there. It was super close. I believe its open for riding pretty much except if its snowing which then it would be a ski area. But if you get a chance check it out.
A few particpated in the century. Great training for Chequamegon. I kind of wish I would've gotten in on some of that. Rick tore his shoulder up after the work day on Saturday. Heres to a speedy recovery.

2005-08-29T02:48:00.000-05:00

Here is the Palos picnic.

2005-08-29T02:44:00.000-05:00

PAMBA had a good turnout.

PAMBA Farmdale Frenzy

2005-08-28T17:50:00.000-05:00

Burak placed 2nd in the sport XC. Anne did too.(Well except in the Womens category) Congratulations. Many others participated also. Rick, Roger, Tony, all had fun. The downhill and the Mountain Cross was on Sunday. I was not on hand to see it. But I think Matt did pretty well. There aren't any results up on the PAMBA site-lets just say Matt, Stan, Burak and probably others had fun doing the freeride portion of the weekend.

Alterra Coffee Classic

2005-08-23T07:27:00.000-05:00

This race is a close one- you get free coffee, and you can be home in time for the Simpsons. There are new sections of singletrack here and group rides every Wednesday. Its just outside of Milwaukee and if your not busy everyone should try to check it out. check out www.wors.org for more info.

So many options...

2005-08-08T06:40:00.000-05:00

Well this weekend had nothing going on-(due to no 12 hours of Palos) and next weekend has a WORS race the (Calumet Sun Run) in Hilbert , WI with dual slalom on Saturday and XC on Sunday. Next Weekend its PAMBA.

2005-08-07T17:49:00.000-05:00

The beach

2005-08-07T17:45:00.000-05:00

Imagination Glen Group Shot

2005-08-07T17:42:00.000-05:00

24/9 crew

Imagination Glen !

2005-08-07T17:23:00.000-05:00

The crew went to the Glen and then to the beach. Here are the pictures to prove it.

24/9 report

2005-08-03T07:55:00.000-05:00

What can I say???? No Ken Benny or Benny Kenny or whatever his name was. Team reckless was there we had some fun, we suffered, we laughed, uh no crying this time sorry folks. (thanks to Tim going out for the last lap) We ended up 6th in the four man sport. The competition was a bit stiffer this year I had one crappy night lap and got stung by a hornet which I went to the doc and I'm okay but my arm swelled up pretty good on Monday. Only one flat which Tim changed and probably still had a faster lap than I pulled. But no worries it was still fun I think we'll be back next year. Rick went solo for 12 hours. I think he did pretty well. Except for the broken S.A.S.S. (Aren't you a little old to be riding a bike?) ha ha. Thanks to Marco, Beth and Cecily for hanging out with us. Oso and his buddy came too. Burak, Ed, Tim we'll conquer next time. Hey you know what-maybe we'll train for this thing next year. Yeah right, maybe we'll go for the 5 person open and add a ringer??? Roger?? Matt???? someone? anyone? Yeah you got to be crazy to go for 24 hours. Well so long.
Oh by the way-Who went to DORC and where is our race report?
Roger got 8th and Anne got 3rd at D.O.R.C. Thanks, and great job you guys..

Wors Cup Report

2005-07-28T06:36:00.000-05:00

Well it was hot but we had a great showing...Anne, Burak, Marco, Rick, Roger, Stan, Tim and Tony all raced and Ed, Matt and Beth were support. (Or maybe just came to watch us suckas ride and sweat) What a Blast!. Stan medaled in the Super "D" and then Sunday he couldn't figure out how the race actually worked and went out for another lap. Saturday was a hilarious. Team reckless took over the pools of Devils Head. Oh and the whirlpools and the sauna. We pissed some fat lady off. Then some guy from Ohio came over and got all Gamma on us. We ate well. Breakfast was done up right-Saturday by Rick then Sunday by Stan. We ate tons of sausage and drank plenty. Tim showed on Sunday after plenty of bets that he wasn't going to show. 24-9 is next. GAMMA GO!

2005-07-26T20:35:00.000-05:00

WORS Cup

Ode to the firecracker

2005-07-11T20:08:00.000-05:00

Well it was far but worth it. Didn't care so much about the race and had a blast. I think 8th? 11th out of 34 still not terrible for a ride that I smiled for most of. No big hills very clydesdale friendly 'cept I like hills. Strangely I'm still in 1st for the series. Beth grabbed 177 points for her volunteer points. Nice- shes still in 6th. Tim your in 14th. Burak 12th you'll be back in the top ten after this race. Tim you could too if you race.... Wors Cup this weekend. Lets GOOOOOOOOOOO!

2005-07-06T06:28:00.000-05:00

Grabbing Volunteer Points At the Firecracker

Big Ring Classic Report

2005-06-23T07:20:00.000-05:00

Nine Mile is one of my favorite places to ride. Anywhere. Period. Its beautiful. Until a deer knocks you off your bike and sends your kneecap into your stem and cracks it in two. No not any of us, but one of the elite riders had this happen to them. Ouch.

So anyway-Fun is what we had and we had 5 venture up to Wausau for this race.
Beth had a great time finished 5th and is ranked 6th for the series. Burak had a crash that took him down a notch but finished a respectable 16th in a tough age group. Being 6th in the series-He was called up to a preferred start and this may have gotten to his head and went down in the early stages. ;) Tim finished 10th and is ranked 11th in the series. Johnathan a.k.a Johnny U.K. was 17th in his tough age group. Tony was 3rd and is still 1st in his category for the series. If you haven't ridden Nine Mile Forest yet you need to go. Its a beautiful place. Peace

2005-06-19T23:55:00.000-05:00

Here comes trouble

2005-06-19T23:53:00.000-05:00

Nine Mile Forest is a beautiful place.

2005-06-19T23:52:00.000-05:00

Nine Mile Crew

Race report for Rome Around.

2005-06-08T08:19:00.000-05:00

By far this was the most fun course I've done in WORS. Team reckless was the shizzle bo- dizzle in the new jerseys. Thanks Cyndi. You could just see the fear and loathing of the word reckless accross the front of the jersey. It is just great.
First race over 80 degrees. They had cold wet rags for us as we finished.
Results are up. Beth was 7th. Burak was 11th. Tim was 17th. (mechanical) Bike and Body. Tony grabbed 3rd. Anyhow- series standing are up. Beth is 6th for the series. Burak is in 6th! Thats damn good. And after 2 races Tim is already up to 15th. Tony-well I'm in 1st Place Yahooooo.
Well I hope everyone can make it to Nine Mile Forest. Fathers Day weekend. We can camp Friday-Saturday. Lets go on a night ride Friday. Ride all day Saturday then Race Sunday. Can't wait to GGOOOOOOOOOO! You save five bucks if you register by this weekend. check out www.wors.org for details.

2005-06-07T08:41:00.000-05:00

Burak and Tim before Rome Around.

2005-06-05T22:16:00.000-05:00

3rd Place 4th overall. Will post a complete update soon.

Rome Around Next Weekend 6-5-05

2005-05-26T06:14:00.000-05:00

Alright anyone wanting to sign up for the series they will count one race retroactively. At this time it looks like Beth, Burak, Tim and Tony are in. The AmeriInn in Plover is very reasonable. Around 50 a night with good conti breakfast. If any one else is interested in getting in post a comment and we'll get it figured out. Word on the street is the climbs are minor. Kind of a breath of fresh air compared to Alpine hopefully. Beth is 6th Place in Points. Burak is 8th in series points. I am still 3rd Place in points. Anyone signing up for races- For uniformity sake-reckless racing-Go Fast! is the name of the team. Tim if you start now you would most likely be in contention for top spot in your class. Next race Burak will be top 3- Thats a prediction but it could happen. Beth you will be in the same boat with Burak after this week.7,6, 5, 4,.... GGOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I can't wait to go.

2005-05-25T08:55:00.000-05:00

Alpine Crew

Alpine Valley

2005-05-25T08:23:00.000-05:00

Tough Race. Fun-But Tough. Team reckless was in full effect. Anne, Beth, Burak, Ed., John S., U.k. Johnny, Roger, Tim, Tony and Rick were all there. Thanks to Roger and Anne for the huge encouragement to finsh the race. We wouldn't of done as well without you. John S., Rick, and Tim all took 5th Place in their categories. Beth did great and took 4th in her divsion. U.K. Johnny took 15th out of 32 in a very tough division. Burak took 17th out of 37 racers. Ed D. grabbed a 6th place finish. Tony grabbed an 8th place finish after a difficult mechanical. Great job by all! Burak and I are planning to go up to Wiscosin Rapids for Rome Around next weekend. If you can't make it thats okay. Let see how many we could get to Nine Mile Forest for The Big Ring Classic. We can camp Friday and Saturday. It'll be a nice warm up to 24/9.

Iola Bump and Jump WORS #1

2005-05-16T19:57:00.000-05:00

Buraks first WORS race. It was a great course and had fun. We got free potatoes. Burak placed 8th in his age group. Damn Good for his 1st Wors race he is a hammer. He finished his 3 laps 3 minutes faster than mine. I ended with 2nd in my age and 3rd overall in a field of 24. It was fun. Alpine Valley is this week. I hope everyone can make it.

2005-05-01T19:12:00.000-05:00

4th Place Open Team 12 Hours of John Muir WEMS #1

2005-05-01T19:08:00.000-05:00

Excellent job by everyone. No mechanicals -no attitudes -no problems. What a great time. Early season 12 hour races are crazy. Thanks to everyone who came out to ride and share in the fun. Thanks to Debbie for making Beth's team happen. Ed and Elvis had great races too. Rix ss Rocked!!~!!

First Race

2005-04-27T07:20:00.000-05:00

12 Hours of John Muir. This Saturday April 30th. Woo Hoo

2005-04-18T15:57:00.000-05:00

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2005-04-18T04:23:00.000-05:00

Kettle 4-17-05

Kettle was perfect

2005-04-18T04:03:00.000-05:00

It rained Saturday Night-Not knowing how the conditions would be we ventured up past the cheese curtain and what a perfect day it was.... Wow. Here are a couple of pictures from Sunday.

http://www.geocities.com/gorideit/kettlephoto41705.html

Well

2005-04-12T12:05:00.000-05:00

it seems to be working now. Rain Sucks.

For some reason

2005-04-12T07:20:00.000-05:00

There is a problem with making this a team blog but sooner or later it will start to work. It seems this blogger crap is a bit fussy and they are constantly trying to update and fix stuff so give it a few days I guess. I'll try to do something else too.

reckless

2005-04-08T16:40:00.000-05:00

The proof for the jerseys will be coming in on Monday the 11th. Can't wait.....