Crossin' at the Asylum

The Cross Crusade venue this week was at Villebois which is built on the site of an old asylum.

Sandbagging Dave hogged the podium from his Alpenrose win.

Luckily the weather was nice because there would have been a lot more carnage if all the rutted bumpy sections were muddy. Dave AKA Sandbagger #1 won the C's again. We had vigilantes sprinkled throughout the classes including David Fee in his scout uniform in Master's C. Eric took home a 6 pack from his placing last week.

Here's Dave gunning for a solid sandbagging win. Who knows how many more races they let him race C's. He's due for a callout to the B's any day.

Here's Chris doing the bunnyhop remount in the Master's A. No sandbagging here with a 24th place finish. 24th is good for a six pack next week.

James showing how light his bike is with a new fork after last week's spectacle.

Urban Assault on the Big Big Wheel

Check out Oregon Velo for tons of pictures from our Big Big Wheel assault on the streets of Portland. Riding the little big wheels on wet brick at the end of the ride was almost as fun as rocking the Big Big Wheel down the switchbacks on the Esplanade. We got lots of photo coverage here on the Urban Assault blog.

Also, there are some videos on Youtube Bigwheels and human wheelbarrows .

All said, it was about as much fun as you can have on a bike...outside of a cyclocross race of course.

Urban Assault on the Big Big Wheel

The Vigilantes have a secret weapon for when the racing gets serious. We (David, Eric, and Chris) took the Big Big Wheel to the Urban Assault Bike Ride and DOMINATED the streets of Portland. Here's David getting an early break on the Hawthorne Bridge.
Here's David getting some serious speed. The tassles are flying. Eric taking a turn through on the way to Plan B.
This is the view from the cockpit of the baddest racing machine on the block. We were cruising up Belmont.
Uhh. I don't want to talk about it.
Oregon Velo has more pics. Here are a few favorites:
The tow rig Limbo Little Big Wheel Stompin Fuel