Wednesday, September 2, 2009

The Manatoc Experience


Lorson wins!...by minutes!...WOW! Man am I glad he is on my team. The rain made things questionable and when Wes and I prerode the course the day before it was horrible. It dried up OK and turned out great. Good job to the organizers and promoters! Wes took 6th or 7th and I took 10th. The sport category was huge. Ryan had trouble with his chain tension and had to soft pedal aroung the course and put his chain back on about 20 times. But gotta give him credit, most would have DNF'd. Shawn Jones had a little bike trouble too but did great anyway. He must have been ashamed of himself for not winning and left before we took the picture! We all got new bikes and are getting used to things. Up until this point we were all rigid. We now use a lefty fork and let me tell you what...descending is a lot faster and more stable and it really locks out rigidly for fast climbing. It just took the right fork to convince us.


Our sponsor list is growing for next year! Thanks to Bob Grimm at Rainbow Inks for coming on! Ryan tells me we can always count on Desperate Enterprises. The Cleveland Clinic sports health will be providing training and tuning up our motors. Of course Suppan Foot and Ankle Clinic and SoupCanInsoles.com will be there. And let us not forget our shop sponsor Ride On in Wooster. The owner, Bill Buchwalter really pulled through and helped us get Cannondale on board! We still have about 6 races left in the year and its still just as fun as when we started.

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