The one-off T Wrenegade Boo 'cross kit is coming soon!

Should be here next week, ready to get muddy.

A teaser . . .

Uh, yeah, that's SNOW in OCTOBER

All I can say is "THANK YOU ZACK V!"

BOO ON THE FRONT PAGE OF VELONEWS!!!

Interbike TEASERS!

Well, we had a plan and it was going well . . .

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.

From The Fort to The Boat

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!

Yes, I'm still alive!!

U23 Time Trial podium - July 31st, 2009

My 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 races at the Tour of America's Dairyland, Superweek, the $25k Chicago Criterium, some local Colorado races, and most recently the Tour of Utah. It's been a whirlwind season, and unfortunately it is drawing to a close. Only four weeks remain, but there are some SERIOUS races left including the Univest Grand Prix in Pennsylvania (Sept. 11-13) and the Vegas Crit Worlds during Interbike on September 24th. Check out the first page of my resume below--it's making the rounds and I'm VERY excited for 2010.

Nick Frey Cycling Resume - page 1

Tour of the Battenkill - April 19th, 2009

I've had great success with Boo Bicycles!! James and I have worked tirelessly these past few months to perfect our frames, and I have been training on my personal Boo for almost a month . . . it is simply INCREDIBLE. A stiff, light bike that remains supple and smooth over chip-seal and mid-corner expansion cracks. It is everything we have hoped for: beautiful, unique, green, and stiff/light/supple to boot. The big launch of Boo Bicycles will be at Interbike in Vegas September 23-25. James and I will be displaying some beautiful models: a complete road and cross bike (both to be RACED at the Vegas cross and criterium) as well as a custom belt-driven fixie and a beautiful low-cost commuter with some handmade pannier bags.

Boo Bicycles will be at Booth 6180, please come by to experience the beauty of Boo!!

NVGP pictures

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 all-out from the gun, so staying up front is both safer and easier. It's also awesome to be up there with guys who fight for stage wins at Tour of California!

Standing next to my good friend and former teammate Tom Soladay in the orange Wheaties sprint jersey (AND the red Most Aggressive jersey, to boot!).

Here is our super-fast climber Rolf Eisinger putting in a monster effort to set up our other climber, Ian Grey, for the first King of the Hill--they went 1-3! Awesome team effort and way to stick with our plan: attack from the gun on the tough initial climb out of town.

This part was a blast--the entrance to the hectic, technical finishing circuits was a deep gravel road followed by a FAST minefield of a downhill. WOW. I knew it well from last year and followed a nice little breakaway about 1 mile before the entrance, then dropped the guys in the break to just barely stay in first going into the gravel. The entire OUCH train basically absorbed me and, like in Tour of the Battenkill, I simply followed master 'cross racer Tim Johnson--always a safe bet in conditions such as these.

I think Rory Sutherland (in the black/green King of the Hill jersey) found the only guy he can actually draft that isn't already a teammate!

Awesome company on the podium after Stage 3!

Tonight is going to be a FAST, technical run through uptown Minneapolis. I've heard that it's the trendy, hipster part of town and the Friday night crowd should be going insane! The race doesn't start until 7:45 PM, and Dad is driving up to watch! My plan is to stay at the front and be safe while conserving as many matches as I can for tomorrow's queen stage in Mankato.

Thanks for reading, and follow our team's awesome Twitter account for live during-race updates!!

HELL YEAH!

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/93149

By 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 an awesome day with a fast and short and windy road stage in Cannon Falls.

Time for bed . . . more to come tomorrow afternoon!