I’ve posted my photos from the 2008 Ontario Cup MTB XC Championships. The championships were held September 7th in Midland. You can also browse the rest of the race photos in the new gallery software.

We rode a couple of loops of the Albion Summer Solstice 24hr race course on Saturday. The course is very similar to last year, with a couple of minor changes and some new links between sections that have been on before, but in different orders.  There are no big hills, and a number of flat open stretches – so slap a big gear on that singlespeed.  I was riding 34:18 and it was not too steep.

On Saturday, I got in a great 5 hour ride on my cyclocross bike. Right now it’s set up fixed (42:16) with Panaracer Pasela 700x32C tires. I rode down to Cambridge, where I met up with Dave Beer, then we headed south on the rail trail past Paris before looping back up on a mix of gravel and minor paved roads. The rail trail was pleasantly shady and cooler. The gravel roads were hot. The pavement sections were unbearably hot.

Sunday was the O-Cup at Kelso. I was not sure how this was going to go, given ~120km of gravel riding the day before and my less than stellar performance at the O-Cups so far. Well, things were grooving. Sunday was hotter I think, but at 9:30am it didn’t feel anything like the afternoon heat the day before. I took it easy on the big exposed climb then focused on turning the pedals over through the flats and technical sections. I ended up 8th, and only ~7min down from the leaders – by far my best result of the season. Kudos to Nick who ended up 2nd, and Dave Beer, who had a strong performance as well after braving the heat on Saturday with me.

The quote of the day goes to Dave Dermont, who raced to victory in Expert 45-49 in the 1:30pm heat:

Going up the climb, it felt like my head was going to explode like a piece of popcorn!

Front, back and shoulder of the XXXXS version of the new True North Jersey. There should be a little tiny black collar going around the neck, but there is no way that is happening with my craft skills! This is the XS template, so there will be more green space on the larger sized jerseys, as the design is the same across all sizes of the jersey.

Here is one of the older jerseys for comparison.

For Immediate Full Release: Superfly Racing Single Speed Festivus!

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On Wednesday July 25, 2007 CHICO’s wee sibling SUPERFLY, will be hosting a Single Speed Night at the KING CITY TRAILS.

In conjunction with the newly minted Wednesday weekly series SUPERFLY will be turning the spotlight on to those less fortunate riders who are forced (out of necessity, poverty, simplemindedness or even technological ignorance) to ride with only one speed…this event is not a registered charity even, however, if you would like to help these poor souls, MISFITPSYCLES will gladly pass your excess cash on as it sees fit.

Yes there will still be the ‘normal’ race categories and stuff, hell there will even be a BBQ FREE FOR ALL…additionally…everyone who shows to race/ride on a single speed will be granted a full and complete pardon from the normal entry fees! That is an excellent value.

There will be prizes, there may be dancing, there might even be a Sean toss…so tell your friends.

A prestigious brand of single speeds will be available (in limited numbers) for demo rides during the race…email in advance and bring your pedals.

I figure if we can get enough True North Cycles riders out to the BBQ, we can eat poor Peter from Misfit into bankruptcy!