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KRISTIAN HOUSE WINS BRITISH ROAD RACE TITLE! Former Violet Crown junior and current Rapha-Condor professional Kristian House bested a field loaded with Olympic gold medalists, classics winners, Tour de France and Giro d’Italia stage winners, and former national champions to capture the 2009 British Professional Road Championship in Abergavenny, Wales Sunday, June 28th. House, who rode for Violet Crown as a teenager in the late 1990s, took the biggest win of his professional career, outsprinting Dan Lloyd (Cervelo Test Team) and Peter Kennaugh (British Cycling Under-23 Team) for the top spot on the podium. The trio bested a veritable who’s-who list of top British cyclists, forcing Chris Froome (Barloworld), former champion Roger Hammond (Cervelo Test Team), and reigning Milan-San Remo winner Mark Cavendish to settle for 4th-6th, respectively. In what was by all accounts an incredibly hard race, House, Lloyd, and Kennaugh worked to bring back a break by Froome and reigning World and Olympic pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins, with another bunch led by superstar Cavendish breathing down the trio’s necks. In the finalé, House out-sprinted his two companions to add the red-white-and-blue jersey of GBR National Champion to a palmarés that includes victories in Ireland’s FBD Insurance Rás, Britain’s Lincoln GP, the Tour of the South, and Belgium’s Kortrijk GP. Congratulations, Kristian, from all of your fans in Austin and from your gray-bearded compadres at Violet Crown! by Kurt Bauer 6/28/09 Texas Age-Based State Criterium Championship Results 6/6/09
The crits were a great success at the Driveway, thanks to all of the
Violet Crown volunteers, the Driveway personnel, the generous sponsors,
the great officials, the cheering spectators and all 282 racers. Two
Violet Crown racers won their age groups. Frank Kurzawa
bested everyone up the corkscrew on the last lap and stayed in front
all the way to the finish line in the 50-54 race, also beating all of
the 55-59 racers in the same race. Steve James
does not like racing in a crowded crit pack so he raced "his way" by
taking off like a rabbit at the start and never slowing down for the 45
minute 60-64 and up race. At the end, he finished 55 seconds ahead of
the pack of 60-64, 65-69 and 70+ racers. When asked why he raced a crit
in that manner, he replied, "I'm a time-trialer not a sprinter." Of
special note, although she does not officially race for VC, Donna LaKomski (long-time VC member and wife of VC treasurer Greg LaKomski) deserves recognition for winning the Womens' 50-54 race.
Check out the pictures of the Crit on the DCM Photography website: http://dcmphotography.smugmug.com/2009%20Age-Based%20State%20Criterium Here are the VC results as taken from the official results on the TXBRA website. Jr 17-18 Ethan Moorhead 4th Mens' 45-49 John Schreffler 15th Mens' 50-54 Frank Kurzawa 1st Greg Hall 10th Brad Houston 19th Jay Bond 29th Mens' 60-64 Steve James 1st Tom Paterson 6th Mens' 35+ 4/5 Joe Haas 8th Bruce Weinberg 17th Ken Greene 18th Good Ole' Summertime Race, Copperas Cove, TX 6/20/09 A whole bunch of VC racers trekked up to the hot, windy, hilly Copperas Cove race course on Saturday to have fun in the sun. Some had fun: Frank Kurzawa finished 2nd in the 50+ race, 2 tenths of a second behind the Bain-ster and 2 tenths of a second in front of the Heagerty monster in a 3-up sprint. Brad Houston finished shortly afterward for 5th place (in the money). The rest of us, in our various races, persevered and finished in spite of the strong winds and rising temperatures, especially for those racing in the afternoon. VC results are in the Recent Race Results section below and on the Races page. 2009 VC Supplemental Clothing Order
NOW through July 6, 2009! Go to the clothing page, download the order form, and send it in along with your payment NO LATER THAN MONDAY, JULY 6, 2009! We are ordering short-zip and full-zip jerseys, shorts, bib shorts, and gloves Prices are listed on the order form. You must include payment at the time of your order. See payment information on the order form. THIS IS THE OFFICIAL, ONE-AND-ONLY PROCESS FOR ORDERING VC KIT OUTSIDE THE REGULAR SEASON ORDER IN DECEMBER. PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS NOW! DON’T HESITATE, AND DON’T WAIT.  Quarq, manufacturer of the CinQo power meter, is now a Violet Crown team sponsor. The CinQo is a crank power meter, virtually indestructible, and significantly lighter and more cost effective than the SRM. Being a crank unit means you can use any wheels you want at any time. In use by Cervelo pros, this power meter is the most cost effective solution for serious power training and racing on the market today. My CinQo is used with a Garmin 705 and downloaded to WKO. I collect power, speed, elevation, heart rate, distance, time, and GPS coordinates every second. If you are looking to raise your training to another level you must use power. Quarq is offering all VC members a 15% discount on all items listed on the Quarq website when purchased with a power meter. This means that the entire setup of power meter, cranks, and Garmin 705 would cost less than $2000. We must purchase 5 at a time to get the discount and I must do the ordering. Please go to their website at www.quarq.us and check it out. Contact me, Greg LaKomski, for ordering information at money@violetcrown.org. I will be creating a list and taking a $200 deposit. As soon as I have 5 orders, I will collect the balance of the funds and place the order. Scroll down to the Sponsor area for more information or see the Sponsor page. Buzzed by a Truck on a ride? Learn what to do about it on the VC Contacts page. |
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The Bagel Rides Saturdays Einstein Brother's Bagels, Braker Lane/Hwy. 183, 8:00 am roll-out. 3-5 hours (route determined at the start) The Bagel Ride FAQ Sundays The Freewheeling ride, 8:00 am roll-out. Freewheeling Bike Shop, 2401 San Gabriel St. | The Freewheeling Ride Freewheeling Bicycle Shop - 2401 San Gabriel St. Sundays 8:00 am rollout Freewheeling Ride FAQ |
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Tuesday evening Runfar (Mopac/Veloway) TT series http://www.run-far.com/depts/rfbikett.asp Thursday evening Driveway Crit series http://www.drivewayseries.com/ 2009 Road RacesCheck the RACES
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| RECENT RACE RESULTS |
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| 2009 Road Racing Good Ole' Summertime Race, Copperas Cove, TX 6/20/09 50 mile RR 50+ Frank Kurzawa 2nd Brad Houston 5th Rick Hall 10th Mike Haney 14th John Bartle 16th Steve James 18th Jay Bond 19th Tom Linehan 26th 35+ 4/5 Joe Haas 22nd Cat 4 Ethan Moorhead 31st Cat 3 Greg Hall 15th Texas Age-Based Criterium Championship 6/6/09 Jr 17-18 Ethan Moorhead 4th Mens' 45-49 John Schreffler 15th Mens' 50-54 Frank Kurzawa 1st Greg Hall 7th Brad Houston 16th Jay Bond 29th Mens' 60-64 Steve James 1st Tom Paterson 6th Tour of the Gila 4/30 - 5/3/09 40+ Frank Kurzawa 35th (9th of the 50+ racers) Coldspring Road Race 5/2/09 50+ Mike Haney 8th Rick Hall 9th Chris Thibodeau 10th Jay Bond 12th More results on the RACES page. |
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Quarq, manufacturer of the CinQo power meter, is now a Violet Crown team sponsor. The CinQo is a crank power meter, virtually indestructible, and significantly lighter and more cost effective than the SRM. Being a crank unit means you can use any wheels you want at any time. In use by Cervelo pros, this power meter is the most cost effective solution for serious power training and racing on the market today. My CinQo is used with a Garmin 705 and downloaded to WKO. I collect power, speed, elevation, heart rate, distance, time, and GPS coordinates every second. If you are looking to raise your training to another level you must use power. Quarq is offering all VC members a 15% discount on all items listed on the Quarq website when purchased with a power meter. This means that the entire setup of power meter, cranks, and Garmin 705 would cost less than $2000. We must purchase 5 at a time to get the discount and I must do the ordering. Please go to their website at www.quarq.us and check it out. Contact me, Greg LaKomski, for ordering information at money@violetcrown.org. I will be creating a list and taking a $200 deposit. As soon as I have 5 orders, I will collect the balance of the funds and place the order. Katie Griffin, MA, LPC, CGP Psychotherapy for individuals, groups, couples, and families. Areas of specialty: Group psychotherapy for high-functioning adults seeking to optimize their relationships of all kinds. Sexuality and sexual issues especially bisexuality Addiction (substances or processes) especially as complicated by trauma Career changes Grief and Loss Consultation and training for clinicians Current group opportunities: Monday night 5-6.30pm women's group (currently full) Tuesday lunchtime 11.30-1.00pm women's group (places available) Thursday night 5.30pm mixed gender group (places available) Now forming - training group for early career clinicians Please call for an assessment for any of these groups or for an individual appointment. Katie Griffin (512) 656-4067 katielgriffin@yahoo.com 4103 Marathon Blvd, Suite 200C, Austin, Texas 78756  Bobby's Bikes Bobby Fiddes is the sole owner and chief mechanic at Bobby's Bikes located in Central Austin off 35th Street. Bobby was a chief mechanic for a high end Austin bike shop until early 2008 when he embarked on starting his own business. After 23+ years of doing repairs and mechanic work Bobby decided to go out on his own. Bobby is a great mechanic and has geared his business toward the entire spectrum of bike repair. It is not unusual to see local pro bikes in there as well as many Violet Crown Club member's bikes. One great aspect of how Bobby runs his business is his ability to do great work while you bring your bike in. A simple phone call ahead of time to give him some warning and then come on down and let him at your bike. I even can do a real testamonial here: the day before an out of town cross race I had Bobby work on my cross bike. He inserted new brake pads, realigned the brakes, and then figured out I had the wrong spacer on my rear Shimano cassette ( who knew there is a diference between Ksyrium and Zipp cassette spacers on Shimano ?). Bobby also was able to fix a front tire flat and reglue the tire ...all done while I was there. And I am saving the best news for last...Bobby has the best repair prices in town without doubt! Check him out! Bobby also can get parts for you and runs "base mechanic" courses for men and women. He also has some great stories and a bull terrier. John Collins Robert (Bobby) Fiddes www.Bobbysbike.com Bobbysbike@gmail.com 512-947-1339
S. BRENT BROTZMAN, M.D.,PA Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery ROBERT D. GRAHAM II, M.D. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Texas Orthopaedic Association. 12176 North Mopac, Suite D Austin, TX 78758 Phone: 512.977.0000 Fax: 512.977.0020 Email:tom@nasportsmed.com http://www.northaustinsportsmedicine.com/home.html We deliver compassionate, comprehensive, and cutting edge orthopedic care to Austin and Central Texas. Dr. Brotzman¢s and Dr. Graham's areas of special interests and skill sets include: * Sports Medicine Injuries * Fracture care * Arthroscopic Procedures * Additional subspecialty training in injuries of lower extremity (foot and ankle) * Arthroscopic knee surgery (ACL,meniscus, cartilage transfer) * Arthroscopic shoulder surgery * Elbow surgery * Total knee replacement and total hip replacements using mini incisions Our fundamental goal is helping patients stay healthy and active. Dr. Brotzman is considered a nationally recognized expert in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of the injured athlete. His active academic background as a lecturer and a textbook author in this area allows our clinic to offer thorough evaluation and treatment of these types of injuries, helping our patients achieve their fitness and activity goals. Our clinic philosophy is to treat you and your family as we would treat our own family. With kindness, warmth, compassion and dignity.
Quarq -- manufacturer of the CinQo power meter Michael C. Bell, DDS, PC. -- General and Cosmetic Dentistry Gateway Consulting -- Your One source for a world of IT possibilities. Mangia Pizza -- Chicago stuffed pizza and much more Crumpton Bicycles -- Custom made carbon fiber bicycles in Austin Innoventions -- Thinking Beyond The Obvious TM - patent-related services (VC President-elect) ABC Hotel & Restaurant Supply -- Everything for your restaurant and more Linda V. Craig, BS, RMT -- Massage Therapist (VC member for many years) Violet Crown Realty -- JoAnne McKinney, Broker/Owner, GRI, CRS, ABR T.F.N. Nutrition -- Nutritional consultation Katie Griffin -- MA, LPC, CGP Psychotherapy for individuals, groups, couples, and families Bobby's Bikes - Bobby Fiddes Fast, personalized bicycle mechanic work at great prices Details on the Sponsors page. |
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| The 6/1/2009 meeting's
agenda : Mangia's Pizza on Mesa ( Off Far West ) 6:30 PM - Salad, Pizza and Tea/water buffet ($6.00) 7:00 PM - Meeting Agenda State Age-Based Crits (still looking for a few good volunteers . . . and a whole lot of good racers!) Supplemental Clothing Order process (the form is up on the VC web page . . . order and pay before July 6th, the next club meeting!) Ride/race/randonneur stories Contentiousness and argy-bargy Sympathy for John Collins, Super Dave, etc. The meeting will be led by Joe Haas in my absence (out of town till Wednesday). Archives of meeting minutes are on the Meetings page. |
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