Roger's Custom World Championship iXS Metis

Congrats once again to Roger for his 2012 World Championship.  iXS Metis helmet and Paint by Duke.  Someday, I'll have George paint a helmet for me...

1st junior & 2nd Place Elite for Guillaume at the French Cup Overall!

The latest from the Hutchinson United Ride Team...

Hi!

On top of racing World Cups this year, Guillaume has been racing the French Cups. This week end in Meribel was its last round, He finished 2nd Junior just behind Loic Bruni and 9th Elite.

At the overall of the french cup Guillaume brings the 1rst place in Junior and a great 2nd place in Elite, which is exceptional for a junior!

He says :  I’m stocked with that kind of results considering the I’ve done a few mistakes during the first couple of rounds. I think I had a great end of season, I hope I can do the same at World in Leogang!

Logan Binggeli Custom Painted iXS Metis

Paint by Duke...Logan's newly painted iXS Metis helmet. 'Merica...heo yeah!

Hutchinson United Ride Video Val D'isere World Cup

Hi! Here is our video of Val D'isere world cup. Tracey is giving us some updates of her injury.
United Ride Odyssey 2012 / Val D'Isère World Cup from UNITEDRIDE on Vimeo.

Hutchinson United Ride - Val D'Isère

Rough weekend for the Hutchinson United Ride in Val D'Isère for the 6th round of World Cup, Tracey crashed and she crashed hard…

Everything started well with Wednesday track walk and after Thursday practice, Guillaume, Tracey and Mick felt confident for the race on Sunday. That's on Friday that things went wrong. Tracey crashed during a practice run and broke her femur and collarbone. She's been airlifted to the hospital and get a leg surgery. She's now doing pretty good and she gets better everyday.

The race was not over! Mick had a big crash during qualify but he is a protected ride so he will race on Sunday anyway. After a huge storm it was Guillaume turn to go but the track was just to slippery, none of the 30 guys after him qualified, he crashed and made a hole in his leg.

So finally on Sunday weather was just perfect, Mick had 5 practice runs cause he didn't ride on Saturday to stay with Tracey in the hospital, and it was already time for the finals. He had an amazing run and after an exciting race he ended up at the 6th position! Pretty good considering what happened!

Now everyone is going to rest during this month off before worlds. Fabien's arm surgery went pretty well too and his ankle is almost good now. Good recovery to Tracey, she's really happy with all the support she gets, keep it coming!

Check back for more news about Tracey's recovery.

Bye!

Photos Credit : United Ride & Andres Jaramillo/flipper

Hutchinson United Ride : Crankworx Europe VIDEO

Video time!

Hutchinson United Ride at Crankworx Europe 2012 from UNITEDRIDE on Vimeo.

Hutchinson United Ride : Crankworx and French Champs

One week! That's how long was the race. One week, 4 races and 2 podiums.

Starts with the dual climb on Tuesday. Basically you have to go up and down on the dual course, first to arrive at the bottom win. Mick was the only one from the team to race it cause he wanted to go for the overall. It has been a really hard race and after 8 up and down mick ended up with an impressive 2nd place. Good start of the week.
 

Next was the downhill race, Fabien, Tracey and Mick were racing it. It was a long and hard track, with some steep sections. After a few practice runs Fabien decided not to race it  anymore because of the pain in his arms. Mick had a lot of fun on this track, he qualified 6th and finished 6th in the end. Tracey struggled a little bit on practice day but finally came down with a great time which put her in 2nd spot on quali and race day, she has also been the only girl to jump the big road gap on her race run!

Thursday, speed and style day. Mick and Fabien were doing it. It was on the same track as the dual climb. Rules are simple, it's a dual timed run. The fastest win BUT if you  trick the jumps on the track the best trick wins 1sec time bonus. On a 25sec run, 1sec is quite a lot! So Mick, after getting the fatest time in quali got eliminated by a young dirter who sent bigger tricks than him. Pretty much the same for Fabien who had Cam Zink in his first run!

Sunday, it was finally the last race for Mick. Unfortunately when the alarm rang at 5am mick wasn't able to ride anymore and he decided to go for the safe way, not to race. He ended up 3rd overall!

Same time as the Crankworx was the French Champs in Les Gets. Fabien and Guillaume went there.
First day of practice went pretty good on a dry and really nice track. Unfortunately it rained and the track became slow and really hard to ride. In those conditions Fabien's arms weren't hurting to bad, he had a good start but crashed and broke his ankle.

Guillaume wanted the national title in Junior, owned by Loic Bruni at that moment. He had no choice but go for it, so he did and didn't go really well. He had the best spit time and crashed. He finished 4th in Junior, 1.8sec back.

Team is now resting, Hannah's family is in Tignes, Guillaume is at home, Tim is still recovering and should start physio soon. Fabien is gonna get his arms surgery and recover from his broken ankle.
Bye!

Bicycle Retailer Article

This is from a couple of years ago.  I had heard from industry people that I was in Bicycle Retailer but I never found out when.  The article is about my old business Entrada Imports.  Here is the article: http://read.dmtmag.com/i/33105/16

The article has a quote from Gavin Voss who's brand Spank Components actually worked with Devil Bear Racing and the Colorado Crankworx photo is actually from Kokanee Crankworx...but hey, what are you going to do?