Team_mySS's blog

It was four years ago today,
mysinglespeed taught the team to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile.

So may I introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years,
the 2010 mySinglespeed Team.

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Dennis Bauer aka dbauer
Steve Tafelsky aka Steve
Dave "MangoMon" Larson
Mark Stahl aka duece
Chuck Kovick aka cmkovick
Terry Draper aka tadraper
Tom Werth aka Duke
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p.s. the team pages have been updated.

Saturday was so nice I was trying to come up with a good Sunday ride for Billy and I. Some friends were going to race at the Fort so with the warm sunny temps it was a pretty attractive option. Plus Billy races for $10 and I follow him so it's cheap too. So I surprise him Saturday night with the invite to race Sunday. He was game as usual.

After being parked in total organization by the Michigan National Guard, we registered. At that time the 10 slots in his all children under 10 age group had been filled. So he was the 11th to register with nearly 2 hours to race time. The class ended up having close to 15 give or take and it was a healthy looking group with some real tall 10 year old girls which made the boys look pretty weak by comparison.

It was colder then I thought it would be, but only had to drop my jacket and hat mid race. I think the booties where a good choice. The vibe was a good one I suppose it always helps racing in your backyard, a lot of the big boys showed up every bike and every set up you could think of (Cyclocross I think was the wise choice).

I raced the beginner race feeling I could only handle the 19 miles at this point in my 09 season, a lot of gravel, few miles on paved and a few on two track, and one hill after another and another (one I think even measured 9/10 of a mile toward the end). The race started out as usual trying to figure out who I needed to concern myself with (a little concerned about looking like a sand bagger, its seemed like most just picked a millage they were comfortable with).