Kris Walker 2009 US TT, but now XC Nats!

How can you say if you do this you will get that? We can't but is seems to happen a lot?

We always hear about the top guns, but what about the rest of the people who race just as hard?

After catching and passing most of the younger field on the course, Kris Walker (Church of the Big Ring) WN and Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish and Karen Hogan (Chipotle-Titus) provided the day's most exciting finish in the Master women's 45-49 championship. Walker was able to hold off the surging Hogan.

Master Female 45-49

		Result
1	Kris Walker (Church Of The Big Ring/realcyc) WN & Myo-facts sEMG/Dartfish	0:38:17
2	Karen Hogan (Chipotle-titus)
3	Karen Brems (Webcor Builders)	0:00:04
4	Beverly Chaney (Team Roaring Mouse)	0:00:23
5	Lauri Webber (Secret Henry's Team)	0:00:44
6	Catherine Walberg (Team Kenda)	0:00:52

Three laps down

		Result
19	Mary Ross (Multnomah Athletic Club)
20	Adelaida Miro
21	Renee Milton

K. Compton Takes Bend & Leads UCI with 1,000 pts!

Any questions that Compton is the best in the world at this time? She uses Thomson seat post and stems!

Even being sick Sue Butler takes 10th.

	Result
1	Katherine Compton (Planet Bike)	0:41:12
2	Meredith Miller (California Giant Berry Farms/s)	0:00:56
3	Amy Dombroski (Schlamm P/b Primus Mootry/clem)	0:01:01
4	Alison Dunlap (Luna Pro Team)	0:01:56
5	Laura Van Gilder (Mellow Mushroom)	0:02:11
6	Andrea Smith (Minuteman Road Club)	0:02:13
7	Mary McConneloug (Kenda-seven-notubes)	0:02:29
8	Kelli Emmett (Giant Bicycles)	0:02:43
9	Maureen Bruno Roy (Mm Racing P/b Seven Cycles)	0:03:04
10	Susan Butler (Monavie-cannondale.com)	0:03:11

Georgia Gould not racing at Bend, OR

We think Georgia is dong the correct thing not attending the race in Bend, OR. Sure we love to see her race the best in the world, but she is very smart to take a break. Let's see how she does in mtb in 2010.

Sorry we only presented this the day before the race. Things have been very busy with the WN staff. We have been in a race for 7 days (3 business plans) or better putting forth 10 years of R&D and we are getting ready to bring forth even a higher level of truth!

We have always been a leader and bring the newer high-tech to the game.

The way we see it, it took 10 years to get the cycling industry up to speed. This was done by taking our ideas to the races and we have 10 years of success and at the highest levels in the world. The bike industry took note!!!

Now it is common ground that fitting is important and you can find a system in most areas and people use them and they help. Much better than throw a leg over and off you go.

There is a lot of same old, same old, just presented in a different marketing style i.e. fit cycles, coaches just eyeing it, etc...? It's not the cycle, rather the human body and they come in many shapes and sizes.

Just the other day, the top organizations said you can't do that and now they do it? Now the big two in the US have their own methods to push their products. Why did they have to step up to the plate? The reason, we where obtaining super results at the race track. They took note!

We still have Sue Butler at the race, let's see how you goes!

Portland Stanley Cup, OR. Luna!

Luna's Nash Score wins in Portland

We're getting close to the climax of the 2009 domestic Cyclocross season. The USGP finals is into day 2 in Portland, Oregon, followed by the big dance in Bend, OR.

Portland is well known on USGP for mud. Not this time, the skies were clear and the ground was at best, slightly moist. Some riders even opted to ride gloveless, testament to the mild weather.

The depth of field is as complex as NCAA football. Who's should be playing for a BCS title in this year football.

In the elite women’s race, there was no obvious favorite during the first of 5 laps on the motor cross track. The only thing that was for sure, was Georgia Gould was not in the field. Georgia needed the rest and expect her to leave it all on the course in Bend, OR.

However her teammates where there! Former world mtb queen Alison Dunlap (Luna) took the hole shot. Canadian mtb champion Alison Sydor (Rocky Mountain-Maxxis) followed closely and would eventually score her best USGP finish of the year.

I am very sure Luna's Nash is getting ready to soak up this years season. She is worthy of the title, given so many victories. As the Luna team GM put it to me on the phone, when you race both XC & mtb it's a very long season. You are always going to have to prove you deserved it in this game.

Take Sue Butler from Portland, OR. Sue has had a season filled with disappointment. She started up on course, getting on the podium. Then she said she didn't have the legs. The doctors where thinking it was her low iron, really low. Then she finds out after a long season in the US and World Cup, that she has a lung problem that shuts her down. No O2, no go! When she is healthy, she's on her game, she's on our fit and she is on the podium just like Georgia Gould.

That holds true in our fitting service game! Someone is gunning for you, they're meaning to gun you down every year, every weekend, take over your pasture! You better have thick skin, nerves of steel, as you approach the OK Corral! They want your cattle and will use every trick in the book to get steal them!

Big company Fit system pushed into the retail store 'our way or the highway", newcomer private coach, LED claims that move with the skin, websites, etc... In fact there are whole teams attempting to win the on-going battles in the war bike fitting.

Until it's a done deal, you always wonder if you are doing the correct things. It's a 'roller-coaster' of emotions at the elite level. We can only say that we have about 35,000 fits and we used the same method with the very best science made to find what you need for your game. And boy howdy, there are a lot of different plays for the many different games (road, mtb, tri, tt, touring, xc, etc...).

We have built a compelling case. Through ten years we have won and dominated in competition within many of the games. We have been perfect in past seasons, now what? Next year and for years to come!

We have a rich history of dumping every penny into doing the R&D and bringing you the smallest % gain. We discover it and the others copy. We have led and we have faith in the future of our system(s). We are on the edge of bringing something that is, once again going to refine and change the game.

Stay tune! It's coming!

Is that not what you want in a service? We are in the game every season and we are getting ready to bring a newer science to the game in 2010, to dominate again in performance, comfort, and provide more useful truth that leads to more enjoyment of cycling.

We don't push one cycling brand or even have a contract for someone to promote one brand. We don't feel that one style fits all. You can't believe how that works. Just because a company is paying you to race, using their stuff, doesn't mean they are!

USGP Stanley Portland Cup – Day 1

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Top Ten Women:
1. Katerina Nash (Luna Chix)
2. Amy Dombroski (Schlamm p/b Clement & Primus Mootry)
3. Alison Sydor (Maxxis/Rocky Mountain)
4. Meredith Miller (Cal Giant Berry Farms/Specialized)
5. Alison Dunlap (Luna Chix)
6. Kelli Emmett (Giant)
7. Sue Butler (Monavie-Cannondale)

Just around the corner! Bend, OR host US Cyclocross!

Jonathan Page says it best, about US cyclo-cross Nationals

Jonathan Page (Planet Bike) returns home from his European cyclo-cross campaign well prepared. The big contest, the United States National cyclo-cross Championships will be held in Bend, Oregon on Sunday, December 13.

The Former Champion has the confidence and perhaps the form.

Page has won the US national cyclo-cross title on three occasions in 2002, 2003 and 2004. However, the prestigious jersey has eluded him in the last four years with victories distributed between rivals Todd Wells (2005), Tim Johnson (2007) and Ryan Trebon (2006, 2008).

"I have to think of Nationals as what it is; a one day event. Anything can happen."

Page said. "It's a lot of work and sacrifice and planning for me just to get over there and although I've done my best each year, I've been unable to win it for the last four years.

The same holds for the gals. Who is going to step up and have that great day! Racing is hard and to repeat, you have to be perfect! Everything has to come together on that given day!