Finally, a Ride With Actual Hills

June 30, 2008 in Ride Reports

Because of the unfortunate cancellation of the Gold Nugget Junior Stage Race, my dad decided to treat my brother and me to a trip to the Bay Area for a fun, hilly ride. We drove down Saturday afternoon to a Super 8 in Palo Alto. We were pleased to find out that my dad actually [...]

2008 Mount Diablo Hillclimb

June 26, 2008 in Race Reports

On Sunday we headed down to Mount Diablo for the NCNCA Junior Point Series finale, the Mount Diablo Hillclimb. I wasn’t expecting to do too well because I’m not a pure climber, and I usually don’t do so well at hillclimbs. But it’s a fun climb, and I wasn’t feeling pressured to do well, so [...]

2008 Pescadero Road Race

June 20, 2008 in Race Reports

The day after school finally got out, my dad and I left for Pescadero in our rental car. My mom/family photographer and brother were going to Crit Districts on their own the day after, meaning no photos for this race. We stopped at Emeryville to go to the nicest Chevy’s I’ve ever seen. It was [...]

2008 Dunlap Memorial NCNCA Junior Time Trial Championships

June 7, 2008 in Race Reports

Last week was the junior district time trial championship, Dunlap, which is put on by the Davis Bike Club Race Team. We were a little disappointed that the course had changed for this year since the Putah Creek course was so nice. This year’s was a little less scenic because it just consisted of straight [...]