Wish Brian had told us we had a team bus.

Hanford Masters Crit.

At the Masters crit in Hanford on Sunday. The Sierra Pacific man in black swept the podium with Robertson (1st), Bosch (2nd) and Easterling (3rd). All crossing the line together about 20sec. ahead of the field. Great ride by everyone.

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Franklin Wins Orosi Road Race Cat.3

Madera Stage Race 2009

Blossom Ride - Saturday March 6, 2009

Brandon Franklin

Bike:  Look 585 Ultra with Easton wheels and Deda stem and Bars

Height:  6'-4

Weight:  174 lbs

Years racing:  2

Favorite Race:  Patterson Pass RR

Favorite Ride:  Tollhouse via Wild Cat and Burroughs Valley

Carrer:  Musician; BM, 2006, University of Southern California

Favorite Quote:  "Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough." - Theodore Roosevelt 

Kristi Eastin

Brian Bosch

Nickname:  I'm sure you can think of ONE!!!  But Hernando gave me one I like: "Ogre" but "Shrek" sounds a little nicer.

Age:  37

Category:  1

Started Racing:  1990

Height:  5'-11

Weight:  185 lbs

Strengths:  Suffering

Frame:  595 Ultra - Sweetness!  

    Build:  Shimano Dura-Ace

                 Ritchey WCS Carbon Wheelset, WCS Logic Bar and 4-axis "44" Stem

                 Fizi:k Aliante Saddle

                 16.02 lbs

Favorite Ride:  This years Blossom Ride - 2009

Favorite Race:  Visalia "The Dole Classic" back in the early 90's

First Race Experience:  Orange Cove Road Race 1990:  Got dropped by the Cat. 4 field on the promenade and then got caught and dropped by the women's field.  =0  Didn't road race after that for a while.  Damn women!

What's in my water bottles:  Water

Coby Horton

Nickname:  Big Rig

Age:  36

Category:  2

Started Racing:  2004

Height:  6'-2

Weight:  195

Strengths:  Nothing Bike Related

Bike:  Look Frame, Shimano Dura-Ace, Ritchey WCS Carbon Wheelset, WCS, Logic Bar and 4-axis "44" Stem.

Favorite Ride:  Cartwright through Dinkey Creek

Favorite Race:  Garrette Lemire - Ojai... I guess I was the only one, cause it's gone.

First Race Experience:  Crashed out in the first Early Bird Criterium on Freemont.  Almost became a triathlete... not!

Favorite Quote:  If you're not the lead dog in the pack, the view never changes.  How appropriate in bike racing.

Curtis Eastin

Dan Barrows

Nickname:  Wheel "kinda catchy" huh!

Bike:  Look 586 with full Dura Ace components, Ritchey Carbon bar stem, Fizik Aliante Saddle and Mavic Carbones SL.

Height:  6'-0

Weight:  189 lbs

Years Racing:  2

Favorite Race:  Well it's not Orosi Road Race

Favorite Ride:  Pine Flat Loop

Additional Information:  I'm fastest going down hill, and that's a fact

Danny Rondon

Bike:  Look 586 & 595 (coming soon), built with Shimano components (the shop spoils me)

Years Racing:  Been racing since 1989, took a 4 year vacation, but I'm back!

Favorite Race:  Anything.  I like to race and be active during the race (that's racing)

Stay tuned for a mug shot.

Dave Hunt

Nickname:  None at this time

Bike:  Look 586 (L) with Williams 38's, DA Group, Ritchey Evo Bar, Felt Stem, Fizi:k Aliante Saddle, Speed-play pedals.  Weight is somewhere around 16 lbs.

Age:  27

Started Racing:  2007

Category:  2

Weight:  158

Strengths:  Eating 

Favorite Ride:  Since I've moved to Fresno it would be Million Dollar Mile.  In Northern Cali it would be the Mosquito Ridge Rd. in Forest Hill.

Favorite Race:  Nevada City

First Race Experience:  The Cool Mt Bike race in Cool California March 07

Favorite Food:  Calamari from Olive Garden or BJ's

Favorite Beer:  New Castle "The one and only"

Eric Easterling

George Ciordas

Nickname:  Preying Mantis

Bike:  Look 595 Ultra, Dura Ace 7800 group, Easton Carbon rims for race day, Vittoria Corse CX Tires, Arione Saddle, FSA Ceramic BB, Ritchey Bars and Stem, Look pedals

Height:  6'-3

Weight:  167

Started Racing:  1995

Favorite Race:  Merco Road Race, they gave me a big rock, jersey and a watch.  The circuit race on Laguna Seca wins for fun factor!

Favorite Loop:  Redinger Loop in the Fall.

Favorite Chamois Cream:  Beljum Budder - Carpe Diem!

Greg Mellor

Nickname:  g-mell (Ogre was already taken - see above)

Bike:  currently:  LOOK 585 Ultra - w/ DA group - wheels / Ritchey WCS Bar / Stem / Seatpost / Selle Italia Flite Saddle

Height:  5' 8

Weight:  140

Years Racing:  Since 1987

Favorite Race:  Anything that isn't a criterium

Favorite Training Ride:  tie between Alder Springs / Tollhouse / Watts Valley loop and Walker / Teaford Saddle / Bass Lake loop

Favorite Quote:  "Negative Ghost Rider the pattern is full"...

Favorite Chamois Creme:  Beljum Budder, of course... don't they sponsor us?

Max Bench Press:  please...

Joel Robertson

Nickname:  Joel.

Bike:  595 Origin (L), full Dura Ace (my old set from '07 Cannondale), Fizik Arione cx, Ritchey WCS Stem and Classic Bars.

Height:  6'-1

Weight:  185 +/-15 lbs depending on the season

Years Racing:  5

Favorite Race:  Pescadero RR

Favorite Ride:  Tuesday Night Port of Oakland

How many pull ups can you do?  One.

John Wilk

Nickname:  Wilk

Bike:  Look 595 Origin (L), full Dura Ace ('08), Fizik Arione cx, Ritchey WCS Stem and Classic Bars

Height:  5'-11

Weight:  167

Years Racing:  This will be my 4th year

Favorite Race:  Santa Cruz Classic Criterium

Favorite Ride:  Calaveras Rd. and Tuesday nights in Oakland

Favorite Movies:  Dr. Strangelove & The Big Lebowski

Mark Sasser

Nickname(s):  the SHARK, the HICK & the Flying Sausser

Bike:  Bosch standard - Look Frame, Dura Ace gear, Ritchey small parts... and a whole lotta sexy!

Height:  6'-0

Fighting Weight:  175!!!!  But I'm working on it!

Years Racing:  USCF / Norba - 22, BMX - 32

Favorite Race:  Orosi Road Race

Favorite Ride:  Climb of Haleakala on Maui or the Climb to Kaiser... it's a toss up.

Matt Britter

Paul Purviance

Bike:  Look 595 Ultra with full '09 DA

Training Wheels:  Williams 30's with Power Tap built by the owner himself (my old college roomie)

Race Wheels:  Mavic Carbones

Height:  6'-1

Weight:  180

Years Racing:  2

Favorite Race:  Tower Crit

Favorite Ride:  Headlands loop across the Golden Gate Bridge

Team Job:  Domestique ie: take care of banged up riders

Shaun Bagley

Nickname:  Bagster

Bike:  Look 595 Origin.  Waiting to build and ride... Ritchey Bar / Stem, Dura Ace

Height:  5'-11

Weight:  199

Racing Since:  1991

Favorite Race:  Visalia Criterium

Favorite Ride:  Three Rivers

First Race:  Like Bosch, Orange Cove RR 1992 (got dropped on the Promenade as well and then had to walk up Ruth Hill because I had a 42/21 for a climbing gear.  But recovered and beat the women!  OUCH!)

Category:  2 on Road and Track

Favorite Movie:  Tombstone or the first 30 min of Full Metal Jacket

Bench Press:   Used to lift 325 lbs, but haven't tried in 20 years.

Favorite Quote:  That which does not kill you makes you stronger!

Chamois Cream:  I'll leave that one alone

Stephen Langone

Nickname(s):  Steve, Bizach, Biach, Yo, !@#$%

Category:  3

Started Racing:  1998

Height:  5'-10

Weight:  158 lbs

Blood Type:  O Pos

Strengths:  Wheel-sucking, Crashing

Preferred Holiday Gifts:  Swag or Cash

Weapon of Choice:  2009 Look 595, Full Enduro Ceramic, 2008 Dura Ace Gruppo, Reynolds DV46C Full Carbon Clinchers, Look Keo Ti Pedals, Look (Loaf of Bread) stem, Easton EC90 Carbon / Classic Bar.  

Favorite Ride:  Anyone with +70 degree temperatures.

Favorite Race:  Anyone that doesn't result in a crash.

First Race Experience:  Wells Ave (Boston) Crit training series

What's in my water bottles:  Ennervit G-Sport

Chamois Cream:  Assos

Leg Juice:  Qoleum Medium

Shoes:  DMT Flash (White)

Tim Butler

Nickname:  Bones / Boner

Bike:  2009 Look 586 (xL) with Dura Ace (7800), Ritchey bar / stem, Ritchey Carbon 38's wheels, Rock-n-Roll Gold Lube.

Height:  6'-1

Weight:  156

Years Racing:  4

Favorite Race:  San Luis Obispo Crit

Favorite Ride:  Wonder Valley loop.  I like to see the pig-nazi.  It's a man's ride.

Favorite Quote:  "I put the Jew in Judo, and jew-do' know me homie" (Dirt Nasty)

Tim Granshaw

Nickname:  The Grinch

Bike:  Look 585 right now with a 595 on the way.  Using Easton Carbon wheels, Ritchey bar / stem / saddle and SRAM Force.  Best bikes I've ever ridden!

Height:  5'-9

Weight:  155

Years Racing:  18

Favorite Race:  Santa Cruz Criterium

Favorite Ride:  Mt. Madonna loop from Los Gatos.

Additional Information:  My head is the groundhog of bike racing.  When I shave the noggin spring has arrived.

Victor Mirzayan

Team Dinner

Friday March 6, 2009.  Some of the Fresno area riders got together for dinner prior to the Blossom Ride the following day.  We enjoyed all the food DiCicco's had to offer.  From the meat balls to the pasta, it was all enjoyable. 

Menlo Park p1/2/3 Race

This race was John and I.  Big field of 100 guys including many 3's and they were being picked separately too.  Kind of made everyone nervous.

Right off the bat we got a break of 6 going that looked very promising: Holloway, Dan Martin (Safeway), Rand Miller (Webcor), myself, Davis rider, SJBC rider.  Would have stuck but Martin pissed off Holloway in the primes, so Holloway attacked him then stopped working.

Bunch more attacks near the end, but I just helped keep it all together at that point, which paid off cause John went for an early, long sprint (400+ yrds?) which decemated the rest of the field except for Holloway.  Daniel followed, came around, and won.  John 2nd, AJM third.