WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Sad to report that Katie once again fell just one podium step short of her ultimate goal and lost on the last lap to Vos, again. The frozen hard ground, again, did her in. She needed some mud or snow to close the deal and it turned into what appears to have been super-fast track that suited Vos. Damn!

On the men's side, Stybar took it again, with Nys showing that he and Stybie are the two tough guys in world cyclocross, no matter what the conditions are. If it had been muddy it would have been the same two dudes up front. If you want to see strongmen run away from a World Championship field, check out this video of the last two laps. While the race, at this point, is already decided, you can see the Stybie is taking nothing for granted and gives it everything he's got. It's a beautiful performance. Most notable in the race for Americans, Page coming in 12th and Powers at 16th. Not a bad day's work for the Americans.

CYCLOCROSS U23 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

The U23 World Championship - just happened yesterday in St. Wendel, Germany. You have to watch this just to see the course - it's super-ass scary and beautiful at the same time! These young dudes were killing it, too the racing at the end is mind-blowing. It looks like the best American finish was Danny Summerhill, in 13th, congrats to Danny. Late tonight, or early tomorrow, Katie F'ing Compton will be going for the World Championship. Tune in tomorrow for an update, unless of course, you're getting your 'cross news from a legitimate news source.

MASTER'S CYCLOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP VIDEO FROM LAST WEEK

Masters World CX Championships, 40+ Race from Twenty Pound Skull on Vimeo.

This is a short video of the 40+ Worlds somewhere in dark, wet and beery Belgium, I think. A bunch of Americans were on hand, and you can see them hammering away at the front - a few of our National Champs from Colorado, by the way. Nice riding by the old boys. Check out how these dudes literally "rip" through the sand. It's as the kids say, sick.

Also - keep watching - the World Championships are coming this coming weekend!

Hope you all had a good time watching the man ride over the mountain. I guess he was all alone except for the film crew and the catering truck.

NO RIDE - MOVIE NIGHT - YAWN

Looks like there isn't going to be a ride tonight because every one that rides a bike, or likes you to think they ride a bike, is going to this damn movie. I'm not sure, but I think I've seen it before. While many people and reviewers think it is a "hidden jewel" as far as romantic comedy is concerned, I'm not so sure. What I am sure of is,that is was one of John Belushi's last, if not his last movie, and I blame his demise on this film. Frankly, the movie sucked. It wasn't romantic, or funny, for my money. And what it has to do with bicycles, I have no idea.

Here's an boring-as-hell 8-minute clip from the movie that's about the Continental Divide or Riding the Divide, ALONE, or whatever. See if you can stand watching this whole piece of crap. I couldn't. And don't bother looking for me at the movie. I won't be there. I guess that means more popcorn for you.

TUESDAY NIGHT RIDE AND FALLEN SOMBRERO REPORT

Wonderful ride last night. Great riding conditions with milder temperatures, practically no ice, and great traction. Seven of us - Big Kahuna, Steve B, Jeff Z (Redline Bastard), Bob S, Specialized Steve, and Travis, the guy who wore the shorts in last weekend's Versluis Snowcross (see the last post video) a "swell time" if by swell time you mean none of us fell down or got lost.

Before I get into the ride report, in news from the world of cyclocross word has it that for various reasons one of our favorite riders, Ryan 'Tree Farm' Trebon won't be making it to the World Championship this coming weekend. While some reports have it that he's sick, my inside information has it that he's taken a job as a personal "cycling coach."

And you'll never guess (well now you will) know who it is. Yeah, it's our own Killer Kubiak. She's a hard training Killer, and now she's got the Killer coach she's dreamed of - some one to take her to the next level of killer-kick-ass performance. Seems though they have trouble seeing eye to eye, though.

Back to last night's ride. Steve, on his new Specialized was back for more abuse, and fun. He's rocking that thing now. This, like all the photos today are old file photos. There weren't many foggy glasses last night.

Matty Ice-Ice-Baby worked late and couldn't make it to the ride on time, but he did make the Honey Creek for a few Guiness', My Goodness. I wonder why he made the trip? Yeah you guessed it. You're so smart, aren't you ...

Bob S, our famous car-crotch flasher was also back and rockin' the roads last night. Nice to see you Bob, and what's that you've got down there? Don't bother showing us, that's okay. we've seen it before.

Steve B was rolling the Redline, all super studded up. And that was just the tires. Steve had a good ride, though he was fighting a chest cold that made it a little tough on him. But brave man, he made it all the way back to the Honey Creek. Way to tough it out Steve!

Also on the ride last night was Jazzy Jeff Z, or Redline Bastard, or JZ Jeff, or just Jeff to his friend, partially seen in the file photo above. I think this photo was taken in 1986. He's tough to get a snap of, let me tell you.

Here's a little better photo of Redline Bastard. One of the few. Last night he rode to the ride, did the ride, came back to the parking lot and then rode home, alone. He said it was for extra credit, but by the way he was driving the pace all night I don't know how much more credit he needs. Anyway, after riding off into the dark, while we prepared for the HC, we talked about how tough he was, riding to and from the ride, to which Steve now famously commented, "Yeah he's an animal," which sparked further discussion about just what kind of an animal Jeff is ...

Is JZ Jeff aka Redline Bastard a snarling killer wolf?

Is he like the big dog that took Kahuna out this fall?

Nope, this was the consensus. Leave your comments and congratulations in the comment box.

Yeah, gerbil. He's so damn cute isn't he. Well not everybody thought so, and some of the group started laughing pretty hard ...

Kind of like this, above. If you had read yesterday's post, you'll know that Big Kahuna nailed the question about LSHMSFOTFAIDMT, which, here's a clue starts with LAUGHING SO HARD ...

... LAUGHING SO HARD, and you are wearing a sombrero, like this ...

Or this ... your SOMBRERO FELL ON THE FLOOR AND I DROPPED MY ...

TACO ... yeah, that's it, good guess, you TEXTING guessers. And if you or I LAUGHED SO HARD MY SOMBRERO FELL ON THE FLOOR AND I DROPPED MY TACO (LSHMYSFOTFAIDMYT) the whole thing could end up like this ...

Actually I think this damn cat just ate the gerbil. Hey, give Jeff back you big fat cat in the sombrero on on the floor before I drop my taco again ...

If you want more LSHMYSFOTFAIDMT you can go to a Facebook page dedicated to it.

VERSLUIS SNOWCROSS VIDEO REPORT

Not quite like being there, and it's a little rough, with some repetition 'cause I ran out of material, but you might get the idea. For as cold as it was, this race was a complete blast. If you didn't make this SNOWCROSS, make sure you are there for the next one.

SNOW CROSS REPORT COMING - NEW CROSS VIDEO NOW!

Great, no awesome Snowcross today. The cold, cold temps weren't the problem that everyone thought they would be. I'm putting together a full visual report, but for now, enjoy this tasty piece of cross video from Specialized. If you didn't get your cross on today, and weren't reminded of awesome cross, is, this should wake you up! Hopefully I'll have some video of today's race by tomorrow or Monday.

Cyclocross in Our Words - Pt. 1 from Jim Fryer/BrakeThrough Media on Vimeo.