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From the night of the Merco Criterium, at our wonderful host family's house--thanks so much Michelle and John!

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Nick Frey, Alexi Grewal, Alex Hagman, south of Loveland on Fort Collins' Oval Ride Alexi, I KNOW they had water bottles when you raced! Nice offset crank--supplements the 1" wooden block under the right cleat.

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After a great weeklong Salt Lake City Boo video shoot with new friend Tom Inskeep and old friend Tyler Wren, I've ventured south for the winter--er, at least the next week or so! I'm staying with my good buddy Jim Robbins, a rider on the elite Paul Tracy master's squad, and putting in some good warm-weather (high 50s and sun!) training before heading down to race the Vuelta Chile. Check out the

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Brazil panorama on Andy's sweet Android, after a wet-and-wild Stage 3 with yours truly taking 7th in an uphill sprint Well now that we have finished this crazy journey through Brazil, and I'm on the 10 hour flight to JFK before finally arriving in Denver tonight, I think I can include a little perspective on the rest of the TdB from Day 4 through Day 9. This race has been one of the craziest I

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My updates about this crazy Brazil trip have thus far been fragmented and largely limited to 140 characters. But TdB deserves so much more, and we have a nice little transfer ahead of us so here's nuthin'!Let me begin by saying: "Dad, you are right. I should leave an extra hour on top of whatever I think will be required for travel." I am lucky enough to have a great friend (and Boo customer!)

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Sandra Sanchez, creator of the wonderfully hip Orglamic site for "sustainable luxury living", just gave the Boo Fixie a nice plug in her latest post, a series called Manly Mondays.  Check it out: http://orglamic.com/2010/10/boo-bicycles-2/

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Straight from the lips of Tyler "Wrenegade" Wren, Jamis/Sutter Home pro on the road and Boo Bicycles factory racer in the dirt/grass/sand/barriers.Looking over the start list for last week's Cross Vegas cyclocross season opener, I was second-guessing the intelligence of my participation. I would be starting in 40th position, on the fifth row of riders, and some of the biggest names in the

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It was about a hundred degrees at Snake Alley on Saturday, and I was totally unprepared.  It's been a *long* time since I've raced in heat like that, especially with the notorious Midwest humidity, and I went from riding with Volodymyr Starchyk (badass Ukrainian national champion on Amore & Vita and eventual winner of the race) and Paul Martin (another storied strongman of domestic racing) to

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I might start doing some blog entries, as much as I love Twitter there's just not enough content. I just made a (not super pro) video about Boo Bicycles for the Bike Expo in Munich this July.  It's a huge trade show with some big awards up for grabs, and Boo is grabbing! Please PLEASE click here and vote for us, it takes less time than reading this sentence. If you want, watch the video as

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Hey all, it's been a while since NAHBS preview pics!  I want you to know I'm using Twitter and Facebook much more often--you can follow me @nfreyboo and facebook.com/nfreyboo.  Boo Bicycles' fan page is facebook.com/boobicycles and you can become a fan and keep updated with all things Boo!  The blog is probably going to stick around as a nicer medium for those rare thoughts and updates longer

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Boo Bicycles Koi track bike build for NAHBS

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Boo 29er

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It's been a pretty low-key race for Jamis Sutter Home down here in Argentina, we've been trying to lay the foundation for a great season and not over-extend ourselves so early.  However, the last day we had a mission: animate the race and mix things up from KM 0. And mix it up we did!!!  Wow, I felt really good today.  We were supposed to make the break, Seba said we *have to*, and I was in the

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Hanging out with the team on top of Merlo after TdSL Stage 6 - thanks for the pic, Andy! Tour de San Luis, Stage 5 description: Thankfully the time cut is HUGE!  So I had flatted twice before the final climb ever came, but no biggie, just fronts and grabbed bottles and no sweat.  Then the climb started and it was freaking insane, like a barely-there amalgamation of weather-beaten concrete

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Check more out here.

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Leaving for Argentina in 6 days, she'll be getting ridden a lot!

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Tyler came in second in a sprint for the win at the Utah State Championship 'cross race last weekend after leading from the start.  He said the Boo handled the icy, slush-on-hardpack conditions with aplomb.  And yes, only a fellow Princetonian would say "aplomb."  

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CHECK IT OUT.  Thanks go to David and Mike for the excellent Q's!  Make sure to check out the rest of the excellent GamJams site, a nice grouping of high-quality blogs from cyclists around the country.

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Vote for Boo Bicycles to win the ISPO Brandnew award, a major European start-up and design competition.  Click here and then click the "RATE IT!" button just below our photo--a 10 would be greatly appreciated!

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Boo Bicycles Wins $7,000 Vuelta Miami Boo Bicycles owner Nick Frey piloted his Boo R (SRAM Red, Edge Composites 1.68 carbon fiber wheels, and Edge Composites bar, stem, fork, and seatpost) to a convincing victory at the Vuelta Miami out of a final break of six, outlasting a trio of Team Coco's riders as well as Yosvony Falcon, a new rider for the Bahati Foundation Cycling

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Here's the Facebook link.  Thanks Carolina! It was an incredibly windy Sunday morning in western Miami, a tepid 75 degrees and sun, and I was ready to race my Boo R (with Edge 1.68 wheels, bar/stem/fork/post, and Sram Red!) after a couple months without a number pinned. The race instructions were entirely in rapid-fire Spanish, so I went just decided to follow a bit, see what the rules were

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POM is signing on as a sponsor of the Garmin pro cycling team, and I must say I've become addicted to their juice mixed with my favorite water.  It's an expensive habit, but well worth the $$$.

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I'm not a huge football fan, but hang in until 1:25 and you'll see why I'm posting this.  PASSION.

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This picture (from the team time trial on September 11th, 2009) much sums up my last race weekend of the season at the Univest Grand Prix in eastern Pennsylvania.note: never ride a 108mm deep front wheel with a 19mm wide front tire in pouring rain and 30+mph wind gusts.Thanks for postponing concern for your son, Dad--this is WAY better!!

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Wrenegade Boo sighting #3

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wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.

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Should be here next week, ready to get muddy.

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BOO ON THE FRONT PAGE OF VELONEWS!!!

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until a bad wheel choice (Zipp 1080 with a 19mm Crono tire) led to a couple guys in green and blue sprawling along the road just 1k before the finish of the Univest TTT.We placed 10th out of 30 teams, but we were less than 15 seconds out of top five! ARGH.

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I forgot a nice pic from Casey Gibson at the Tour of Utah Time Trial.The Steamboat Pilot article.Many top-tens and 2nd overall, not too shabby!

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U23 Time Trial podium - July 31st, 2009My beloved readers, it has been FAR too long! Looking back at my last post, just after ripping it at the Nature Valley TT, SO many things have happened.I've moved to Fort Collins, Colorado and am loving it (especially now that I can breathe out here!). I can't wait to go skiing/hiking/MTB'ing/off-roading once the season comes to a close!I've done some

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Credit goes to Cyclingnews and VeloNews for these!This is probably 100m before the TT finish, on a very long and painful small-ring climb. OUCH!!It was definitely worth it, though! Snagged both the top amateur and the top under 23 jerseys with a time of 13:09, good enough for 14th place overall.Getting called up to the front for these NVGP criteriums is crucial--they're only 60 minutes and

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Out here at Nature Valley . . . more photos, reports, and power files to come, but here's a little something to wet your appetite: http://www.velonews.com/photo/93149By the way, we came in 4th overall on the teams competition as well! Tonight's crit went well, we stayed safe and a couple of us got used to going 30mph for an hour after not having a FAST race all season. Tomorrow is going to be

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It's going for a bargain.

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Read about it here.

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T-minus 11 hours until the start of tomorrow's queen stage, and I'm wired! The Gila Stage 4 Criterium just finished four hours ago, and it was a blast! SUPER windy, awesome course with a good-sized hill and fast descent, and an amazing crowd. The entire town of Silver City came out, and we wanted to give them a show. I was super happy to find my legs once more, and I made sure to spin for an

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WOW, I haven't felt that slow on the TT bike in a long time!! The lungs are so toasted at this point that I can barely pedal the bike. It was a hot and windy ride, and the Gila TT course is infamous for destroying rhythm and forcing riders into submission. I definitely understand now!Check out my new TwoWheelTales post for a detailed description of the race. Long story short, let's just say

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CHECK IT! Also, look for me in any pics with Lance/Levi/Horner through the valley mid-stage . . . I made sure to ride just behind the Mellow Johnny train! Legs are still feeling good, lungs are not finding any more oxygen, and the team has really come together--I'm STOKED for the rest of the Tour of the Gila. Keep reading more at TwoWheelTales and our team's live Twitter Feed, written by our

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Rob Noble, our Communications Director, is riding along in the team vehicle handing up food, dishing out encouragement, and updating the Twitter feed live with race goings-on. CHECK IT OUT!

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An excellent day for Ciclismo Racing!!! We got Ben Kneller and Rolf Eisinger into the top-30, placing 18th and 28th, respectively. Here is a detailed review of the race at TwoWheelTales.I'm fed, massaged, and putting the legs up . . . tomorrow is going to be a good day. Look for me in the breaks!Also, look for me along/behind/in front of a certain boy from Texas.

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Apparently he will be racing with Chris Horner and Levi Leipheimer in the Mellow Johnny's jerseys.

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I've just begun writing for TwoWheelTales.com. I'm flying out to Albuquerque at 9AM tomorrow morning for the Tour of the Gila--it should be a blast! After that I'm heading back up to Fort Collins, CO with the Ciclismo boys and will meet up with Nick Bennette and Austin Roach (of Princeton Cycling fame) to bring it to the other collegiate cyclists at Nationals.Point is this: I'm planning to keep

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http://www-dev-edit.princeton.edu/news/media/keller/

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After a ROUGH week at school (Nuclear Physics paper followed by an Automatic Controls 24-hour take-home midterm and a full-day video shoot for the Keller Center opening) I was pretty wrecked going into the Army race weekend at West Point, New York. No worries, the weather turned out to be better than expected on Saturday (no rain, only 30+ mph wind to deal with!) and Sunday (INCREDIBLE sun and

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Again, your donations are GREATLY appreciated! If each of you, my wonderful readers, donates just $10, we'll have, uh, lots of money . . . I think!Just like Obama, we're doing it GRASSROOTS, BABY!

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I'll keep it short and sweet . . .First off, I'm BEGGING you all, my wonderful readers and devoted friends/family/fans and the people who keep me motivated and going 110%, to PLEASE DONATE ANY SMALL AMOUNT TO MY TEAM, CICLISMO RACING!! It means a ton to us and we'll get you hooked up with the bi-weekly team newsletter, and with your help we'll even be able to afford chamois cream.Here is a link

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I wish I could insert pictures into the iPhone's email . . . Although I hear they're going to be upgrading to iPhone 3.0 pretty soon!About to suit up and ride 45 miles to the Philly circuit race, then ride home! First efforts since training camp, we will see how the legs are going. I wish the weather was as nice as it was yesterday, but at least it isn't cold!Sent from my iPhone

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I just clocked ~6 hours putting this baby together! I've you'll look closely, there is no rear brake cable . . . ran out! Oh well, brakes are only for slowing down.I rode her on the trainer for about 1 minute . . . WOW!!! I can't wait for the UPenn TTT this Sunday! I'll try to get some pics and/or video.P.S. DONATE TO MY TEAM, CICLISMO RACING!!! Any amount, even if it's just $20, is super

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A great 22nd birthday present!TEAMWORK AT RUTGERS!The skinsuits are key.My good friend Doug came to the race with his parents!That was worth it!Wind is not your friend.Those BMC SLC01 Pro Machines are sweet.I'm going to miss my time at Princeton."REALLY?!"I almost killed Chris Wynnyk here . . .Corner three was pretty sweet, especially since I had to rail it each time to keep my gap!Well, the

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My dad's dad passed away of a burst aneurysm in his abdomen. He was a ripe 94 years old.I was very close to Burt Frey, and he's the only grandpa I've ever known. He was the most wonderful, kind, gentle man I've ever known as well. The lasting memory I will always have of Burt is his approach to life: "I've always thought of myself as lucky." I try to live by that every day.It's been a rough

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Hey everyone--I know, it's been a LONG LONG LONG time since I did a complete, quality post! I am beginning a new strategy: more short posts with pictures! It makes it much easier to sit down and do a quickie with some cool pics than a LONG, drawn out one that may not even be that interesting.So here goes . . .I spent Winter Break in Iowa and Colorado. I had an excellent Christmas with my

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My friend Ben King brought this to my attention: Downers Grove Elite National Criterium Championship, 2007.Goal for 2009: STAY OFF THE GROUND!Also, from Cap & Gown Winter Formals:

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After a few days of rest and easy pedaling (and a two-day hiatus from coffee!) I was ready for my baseline functional threshold power test. I've always done these about once ever 4-6 weeks to see how I'm progressing and where my form is at. Since I usually care most about these numbers for a time trial, I try to do them consistently on the TT bike and reduce as many variables as I can.There's a

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I'm somewhere between Philly and NYC, but it feels like Belgium.

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It's been a long time since I got in a 30hr week, but I've skipped a few classes and started rides earlier to bump up the mileage. The weather has been relatively cooperative, so life is good! Yesterday I even ran into my friend Shawn from Penn State and then we had a great group ride with Shawn's former coach and even had Boulderite Carter Jones in town for Thanksgiving.I had a great time

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Crappy weather has put a cramp in my style this week . . . I'm planning a bike block of training to take advantage of no classes and post-rest-week freshness. Things are going well, and I'm excited to be almost done with the semester!Check out the BORING SRM file below, as well as the graphical depiction of my training since starting my training for 2009 about a month ago.

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Yours truly and all the boys on Team Legacy Energy are going to be riding the BMC Pro Machine SLC01 for the 2009 season! This has to be the sweetest, most unique bike in the peloton today. Just check out the review from Cyclingnews. These are the same bikes that the BMC team have used in 2008 with much success.We're getting the hookup from The Cycologist, the best bike shop in Ft. Collins,

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So I'd like to welcome all new readers (as well as current readers, since it's been a while since I last posted!) to my blog. I share race reports and pictures as well as what I'm doing for training. I have also begun to include whatever I think is interesting--stuff I'd normally forward to my close friends.The other thing I plan to talk about a lot is my business, Sol Cycles. I'm still a

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From Cyclingnews.com:Recently, German rider Linus Gerdemann said that Armstrong's return may not be in the best interest for the sport's credibility. "He's right, I am older. I raced with Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche, Miguel Indurain and Greg Lemond of all people. I have been around a long time and I don't know who the hell Linus Gerdemann is, but I know that when I rolled up in 1992, I started

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Africans on booBelow is the take-away message . . . I have some plans to do something about this!

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These are two frames, one road, one track (check out the different dropouts) that are about 90% complete. The joints are yet to go through final sanding and epoxy clearcoat. We're also experimenting with different logos, as our current logo is entirely hand painted.

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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory open houseHere's an example of what they do at the LDEO:

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I found this on Adam's excellent blog . . .

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I wish I could've been up in NYC to listen to this!

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Option A: lead a teammate out for a top-5 finish while securing a top-12 for yourself in a stacked field of some of the best criterium racers from around the world, earning roughly $5k for the team in the process.Option B: go down in an inescapable crash on the last lap while in the top-10, but make sure your teammate goes down with you so that you no longer have any shot of getting a rider in

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For the ING Direct Capital Criterium. $50,000 on the line with $10k to the winner, multiple $1k+ ING Orange savings account primes, Christian Vande Velde and a stacked Garmin squad as well as Bahati and Fast Freddy and Cando with a stacked Kelly team . . . need I go on?85 kilometers around an INTERESTING course, right in the heart of Washington--WHO'S EXCITED?!I'm getting ready to ride my bike

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Well, it's official: no more big races for me in 2009. I have one last race, the ING Criterium in DC, in two weeks and the team and I will be gunning for the $10,000 top prize out of a substantial $50k+ purse.I ended on a very strong note with a good ride in the USPRO RR, making it to the final ascent of Paris Mountain in the lead group that was whittled down to less than 50 guys. Tony Cruz had

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Whoever said it is better to run "negative splits" was definitely on to something! I just got done with the USPRO TT in Greenville, South Carolina, a three lap affair with three roundabouts and many turns and undulations, not to mention some considerable heat and humidity. I came in 18th, just over three minutes down on the Z-man himself, Dave Zabriskie. However, if you took my first-lap split

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Right now I am in the team van rocking out to some techno with my teammate Eric Barlevav and another rider, Miles, driving from Binghamton, NY to Philly then Richmond then Winston-Salem. I figured now would be just as good (read: terrible) a time as any for my latest (and very late) blog entry!I have been traveling pretty much three weeks straight now, save for a few days of training in

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Well, after the Mocksville race on Tuesday and a tough two rides on Wednesday with some VO2 and steady-state intervals, I was goaded into racing Thursday night! We sent most of the guys who wouldn't be racing in the big weekend races (Jon Hamblen, Tom Soladay, Andy Baker, Jackie Simes, David Duncan, and yours truly). I knew the legs were super tired, but I figured then I could take it really

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Crossroad Criterium Series #4: Mocksville, NCLast night was the Mocksville Criterium. We brought a full squad of eight guys, but the field was MUCH improved from the previous three Crossroads races: Anibal Borrajo from Colavita was there, Mark Heckman from Toshiba, and a host of other top professionals.The race was very fast from the gun, and in the first five laps our team was very aggressive

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Thanks to everyone who emailed/Facebooked/sent comments to me, it has really helped me get through a rough patch. I have been back on the bike since Wednesday, and began my final 10-day build to U23 Nationals on Thursday. I think that I will have some solid training, and with the form that I had at Louisville, I think I'll have a fighting chance. I am going out to California with no

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Time Pro Cycling has strung together a few excellent weekends, with 2nd at the Iron Hill USA Crit, 3rd at the Louisville NRC (after lapping the field), 1st at Norton Commons, and most recently 3rd, 4th, and 6th (again, lapping the field) at the Boise NRC/USA Crit! The team is really firing on all cylinders and we are hoping to bring Adam Myerson home for the overall USA Crits win, as well as

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Matt Winstead and Hilton Clarke follow as I get the winning break going.I almost took out Mark Zalewski (cyclingnews.com) in the fast Turn 3 in the break.Here is an SRM power file overview of the Louisville Metro Police Foundation NRC criterium. I put a threshold line at 380 watts and smoothed it a bit, but notice that the first 2/3 of the race are much harder and faster--I was in the break

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Eric Barlevav taking 3rd in a slip-and-slide final Tour of Pennsylvania criterium, PittsburghWell, Tour of PA came and went . . . we did very well on Stages 1a and 1b, with 7th, 8th, and 15th in the prologue (Andy Baker became Best Young Rider, then Stoop, and then me) followed by a good showing in the technical, sketchy criterium with our sprinter Eric Barlevav getting boxed in for 5th and me

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Amanda and I strike a pose in front of my newly-acquired 2006 Vespa GT200 (it does indeed hit 90mph on the freeway!)an inopportune photo at Cap Formals in MayAfter a tough Nature Valley, where most of the team was fried after Philly Week and 20+ hours in the van, I have taken some rest and recovered quite well. I am the only guy doing both Nature Valley and Tour of PA, but I have been building

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Wow has it been a long time! So much has happened, but I will just do a quick summary:After getting back from the Time camp, I finished finals and moved out of the dorm with help from my dad who flew in for the weekend. That was a GREAT time! We had some nice dinners and some good racing, my first since the crash in May 5th. I did the Hills of Somerset road race on Saturday: INSANE rolling

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I just got back last night after a great weekend of testing, riding, and talking with other under-23 cyclists at the Time Pro Cycling U23 camp. It was a great time for all involved: we learned a lot (the 3 Ps: Performance, Personal motivation, and Professionalism), rode a lot (Conconi test, three outdoor time trials, and a mass-start hillclimb up Pilot Knob!), and chilled a lot (excellent dinner

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Hey friends,A lot has happened to me since May 1: the team and I killed it at the US Air Force Classic, I was almost killed the morning after by a car passing a bus and broadsiding me, I was back on the bike 48 hours later and on a plane to Nationals in CO 72 hours after the crash, I supported the Princeton team and road in the mountains a couple days, then the body started to recover from the

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I'll keep this short because I need to go to bed.  Last weekend went very well--the Princeton team kicked things off with a decisive win by 30 seconds over Dartmouth in the Team Time Trial at their home weekend hosting the Eastern Conference Championships.  Then I went away solo in the crit after about 10 minutes and lapped the field before going off the front again to win it handily.  I was

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Sorry for not posting for 3 weeks--it has been a very busy time!  I will keep this one short in anticipation of a longer one after Easterns at Dartmouth this weekend.First of all: Sol Cycles is in the Daily Princetonian!Second of all: I got 11th at Battenkill after leading out the sprint!  I was one of only 19 guys to make the final selection . . . the race was awesome and went very well for me,

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Well, right after camp I got down to business with some serious and seriously hard training . . . and forgot that I had scheduled 4 days easy/off at the tail end of Spring Break!  Now I am not one to declare that I can predict the future, but I know myself pretty well by now and I NEEDED that break in order to build back up through April and race strong in the Armed Forces circuit race on May

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First off, way to kill it out in Cali, boys!!!  Check out the results.  And while you're at it, check out our team's awesome website!I just got back from a great week in the mountains of North and South Carolina . . . I flew down on Thursday, March 13th and drove with Erik Saunders and my teammate Eric Barlevav (A.K.A. "Barbeque" and "blah-BLAH-blah") to our sick cabin in the woods near Brevard,

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Barrack Obama is going to be the best president we have had in a very long time.

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1) the wireless at the airport is FREE!2) the people are SUPER nice and happy3) the airport is lined with quaint, white rocking chairs in an atrium with sunlight pouring in and real trees growing inside4) the airport has many Jamba Juices and Fresh Stands for great fruit smoothies5) uh, THE WEATHER!!!

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We are hard at work getting a cool website up, but until then I will post all of the news and information about Sol Cycles on the new Sol Cycles blog at wp.solcycles.com!Now I have to go to bed so I can catch a 5:00 AM train to Newark and be in Charlotte, NC by 10 for our trip to Hincapie Sportswear headquarters for team photos!!!  We are racing this Saturday in a nice road race, I will have

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