Titletown Flyers Cycling Team

New Website

2011-05-16T10:18:00.001-07:00

find us at our new website.

www.titletownflyers.com

WORS Registration is Open!

2011-03-02T04:13:00.000-08:00

WORS registration opened yesterday for the series and the all-in-one. Individual events open soon.

If you plan to do most of the races, I highly recommend the all-in-one. I have done this the last two years and it is very convenient. All you have to do is go to the WORS tent at the race and sign your form and you are done! No waiting in line for registration, etc. And you can pick your own series number right now (if you are in to that sort of thing) - so you all can yell at 2901 when you are lapping me in Sport....

Here is the link:

http://www.wors.org/register/

Spring Training Rides

2011-02-28T16:34:00.000-08:00

Quentin has set up some training rides if anoyone can make it:

March 9th - 3:30pm - Leave from J&B - mild ride around the titletown tour route (or the Tuesday Stadium bike route for those that have done it) - Approx 40ish miles

March 10th - 9 am - leave from Q's House - Ride to Door County and Luxemburg - approx 75 to 100 miles, depending on turn around point.

March 11th - 10 am - Leave from the Wade House in Greenbush - Ride the ToAD Roadrace circut course - approx 50-90 miles depending on how many circuts that we choose to do.

March 12th - 10am - Leave from High Cliff State Park - Riding the 2nd half of the race the lake course - approx 90-120 miles depending on turn around point.

March 13th - 10am - Verona, WI - Route and mileage tbd

Make it for one or all of the rides. All rides are rain or shine, providing that the temp is over 40 degrees - if its raining, bring your cross bike or mountain bike (I know you all have one of those)and the route may be shortened slightly.
Drop Q an email for the rides so that he can figure out car pooling or directions, and time or route changes, etc
quentingniot@earthlink.net

Flyers on the Ice

2011-01-29T04:16:00.000-08:00

New Years Day 2011

2011-01-01T19:50:00.000-08:00

The 6th Annual New Years Day ride is in the books, a true hardcore group showed up with bells on ready to start the new season and new year. 23 riders bundled up and grabbed their trusty ol' steeds......as a brutally cold wind was awaiting to remind us all that it was January 1st.....winter.

The mandatory group shot......we have no idea how strong the wind is going be slapping us in the faces for the next 2 hours! We pulled out of the parking lot and Cole J shifted into 3rd gear and hit the gas, the first solo break attempt of the day was on!

Reeled back in shortly, the lead group only had to be reminded once that it was a group casual pace ride.....well behaved today! The head winds were epic.....wow, strong enough to blow your bike almost out from underneath you, and cold enough to burn the skin on your face.....but damn was it a sweet ride :)

Warm fluids hit the spot, nuff said.

More warm stuff.

Our annual stop at Lambeau for the group statue photo, the hardcore having a blast on the frozen tundra (concrete). When we left Lambeau and rounded the side of the stadium.....the strongest and coldest wind.....OUCH.

Thanks to all who ignored the howling wind and sort of cool temps, everyone that rode agreed it was a blast and for sure a great way to spend New Years morning.....now we just need more snow for skiing and to make the creeks a little bit better for riding, have a good week and ride on!

New Years Day Ride 2011

2010-12-27T10:55:00.000-08:00

9am this Saturday the 1st of January, He-Nis-Ra Park.......if you are a cyclist.....you will be there.

Adopt-a-Family shopping trip

2010-12-14T20:24:00.000-08:00

We decided this holiday season to adopt a family in need and make their Holiday a happy one, or at least we hope we do! So we all assembled at casa de hauser, got the game plan and then headed to shopkp. As the picture shows......a clyde must always have the right amount of proper nutrition.....yes!

More of the crew working on some "stra-tee-ja-ree!" A big thanks to those Flyers that made the trip out on a slightly cool night! I am pretty sure we are helping a family have a good Christmas, very cool.

2010-12-14T20:12:00.000-08:00

Once we returned back to the Hauser house, it was wrapping time! Two stations....or was it 5....everyone was wrapping gifts all over the house. Kind of cool to see what everyone bought for there family member, all great shopping and a lot of big smiles in the future for our lucky family. Lucky.....because we are very lucky and grateful to have the opportunity and ability to lend a hand this holiday season.

The Fischer family :) wrapping their goods, a younger family member.....so a good supply of diapers!

The two highly skilled wrappers......extremely skilled that is, look at the precise measurement by Kris!

The final and finished gift piles, 4 piles of this size!!!

And yet another pile! A wonderful evening spent with some great people that just happen to be pretty decent bike riders.....Flyers again proving that being number one off the bike is just as if not more rewarding. Happy Holidays to all.

Iceman 2010 in pictures.

2010-11-07T20:01:00.000-08:00

Race morning temp!

Which led to this warm up for the race......followed by the ride to the start line.

Post race fire and PBR's.

Group photo with a little too much light on us, thumbs up!

The last few standing, and it wasn't for long....if you know what I mean :)

Thumbs up to Drifters, an annual stop on the way up.

How much cash in bikes on these vehicles?

A great time for everyone, and we learn each year that it is not all about the race, hanging with the team and just having a great time! 14 Flyers in attendance and all nice races and I sure a blast when not on the bike.....a great way to end the season!

See you all on the New Years Day ride.

WORS 2011......threeeeee-peet?

2010-10-19T07:11:00.000-07:00

The 2011 schedule is up on the WORS site, visit the link and cast your vote for the September 25th date.....Bear Paw or Sunburst? With a new venue in the line-up, we all must decide which one to keep?

Champs!

2010-10-13T20:34:00.000-07:00

We defended the title.......2010 WORS Unlimited Team Champs in both categories! Nice job to everyone that represented the Flyers this season.....awesome!!!

Remember the team party this weekend, see you all at the shop Saturday afternoon/evening.

Been a looooooooong time.....

2010-09-24T08:57:00.000-07:00

Lots of racing action over the past month, just been too busy to get anything up on this site, sorry! Had a great place up at the Chequamegon for the team to stay....everyone had great races and a good time after at Famous Dave's BBQ shack.

Up next for the team is the Bear Paw WORS race and/or possibly the USGP Cyclocross race down near Madison.....or the Anahpee Trail ride near Luxemburg? Hopefully we will have a ton of Flyers out on the Bike wherever they choose.....ride on team!

Also of note, I have secured the domain address for the Flyers....we should be up on the web soon! www.titletownflyerscycling.com.

Some Pics from the FireCracker

2010-07-27T12:35:00.001-07:00

The man himself......great to see Gary out on the bike!

Borst gettin' it done!

Esko hunkers down in hot pursuit.

Warren showing no signs of tiring......roll on!

Davidson sporting the road white jersey....sweet look, he is also having a strong season!

Just a little extra photos for you all to enjoy. Again nice job on leading the team standings, keep it up !

Alterra Cancelled!

2010-07-23T12:25:00.000-07:00

FYI......Alterra Race has been Cancelled.

It will be re-scheduled, tooooo much water on the course.

Kewaunee Road Race

2010-07-20T14:27:00.000-07:00

We had a nice showing at the Kewaunee Troutman Road Race, a great way to kick off the first Annual road race for the festival....nice job to all who made the trip to the Lakeshore! Little Miss Steele leading Papa up a small climb.....great to see a young Flyer on the bike!

All the way from Spooner (I think).....Matt Steele powering up the hills....is there a theme here....hills?

The gang all set to rumble.....again on the small hills!

Team shot, or most of the team......there are few missing, nice job to all.....including Seth Lenss who came thru in Second place to dirt Flyer Mitch (IS Corp on the road)......again I know the organizers appreciated the turnout......sweet!

I think we also had a few hit the pavement in the Titletown Bike Tour Saturday as well.....little wet from what I hear? It is almost Flyer time, we tend to have strong August thru the end of the season's.....so let's get on the bike and represent at the races.....including me!

Up this weekend is a road race in Blue Mounds and then Franklin for the Alterra Classic, GOOOOOOOOOOO!

WORS Tour de France (aka Firecracker)

2010-07-16T07:04:00.000-07:00

OK, it wasn’t really the Tour de France, but Eau Claire is a French name.

The Flyers proudly flew the colors – 21 strong. Not bad seeing it is on the other side of the state from Titletown.

It was a fun race, and WORS did a nice job having a blow-up jumpy thing for the kids and a movie Sat night – all free!

So here is the race report – via leveraged pics:

The young guys leadout - Scott, you either have a serious look or just sad?

Borst leading out the "experienced" guys.

Ken dropping me by the first turn...

Jesse flying through the lap

Gary has his game face on...

Hmm, I look slow in this pic...(I know Schindel, I AM slow...), but where were you?

Steele shredding the singletrack

Lori - have you given up that running thing yet so you can bike full time?

Ken descending and looking to attack - good recovery after having a mechanical.

The Chilton Flash flying through the course - He looked strong when he blew past me in the pines singletrack!

Kris rocking the Lefty fork. Good to see the Klapperich clan at the race.

Butch ripping up the singletrack after dropping me after the first lap.

Bill wishing he had his rear suspension...

Good job to all of the Flyers! If anyone has pics or stories after races, shoot them to me and I'll post them.

Hope to see everyone at Alterra, and remember to circle the weekend of Aug 21-22 on your calendars - we need racers and helpers for the Ramble!

Subaru Cup

2010-06-29T07:54:00.000-07:00

A big week/weekend of racing for the Flyers, can you find Dale Lenss in the photo.....Dale representing in the pro race!

For most of the last two weeks you could and would find Q on the pavement across the eastern side of the state.....it was TOAD time! Nice job Q, back on the bike after the mishap....just like riding a bike!

This past weekend was the BIG DADDY! Subaru Cup time for the WORS crowd and a few pro racers from across North America.....a great weekend of racing for all who made the trip! A few highlites if I am remembering correctly and in no order and sorry if I forget anything......?

Seth Lenss tore up the Cat 1 field, out in front by what seemed to be over a minute! Awesome ride Seth, hung onto 4th after a little mechanical messed with him.....still a great ride! After that it was really just everyone on the course getting it done, Flyers numbers were moderate and could have been higher but still a lot of us out there! Davidson ripped it up in the short track on Sunday......flying thru the field......and then got pulled.....like most of us? BP had a nice weekend of racing even though his gears fell off......a great single speed ride in the short track! Pascalle took a Cat 3 Super D win......just a ton of great performances, nice job to all.

Camping was stellar with the team all in one general area.....storms and all, we had a good time!

The story of the weekend in my point of view.......watching the little fellas in the Cat 3 race come thru, one kid rides up to his Dad and says, "it's too hard, I'm done?" So the kid goes over and takes his helmet off and sits on the ground.........the Expo kids went over and chatted with him, he sat there a little longer........then he gets up and walks back down, puts his helmet on and gets his bike........he was going to finish the race! The crowd was cheering like crazy for the kid......he will never forget that day.......that day he did NOT quit. That is why we all mountain bike and love to be around our WORS family.

Sunny.....Burst!

2010-06-15T14:34:00.000-07:00

Butch slugging it out on the energy sucking trails.....who ever said this race was easy is a .....*&%&^%*%*&%!!!!!!

Davidson thinking about what trash talk he was going to throw at Hauser upon crossing the line......he threw plenty, and had a tasty 49 cent cone on the way home :)

Leader of the Pack, Dale getting it done....leading the fellas all day!

Giesen brought it home in 4th and held up right where he needed in points....rumor has it there may be some big Stumpy wheels beneath the Chilton Flash in the future?!

Paul back on the back and whooping it up, racing the Epic while the 29er gets an overhaul!

Nice work to all, that was a tough day on the bike, humidity and energy zapping sticky mud......not an easy race as some may claim! Let's look to Subaru Cup to see a HUGE showing of Flyers.....numbers are a little down.....crank them up! Racing and camping with the team, good times all around at a great event, get out there!

Wausau 2010

2010-06-01T19:54:00.000-07:00

No better way to start the post off than with the youngest Flyer of all.....Jack Usiak ripping it up in the kids race.....proudly flying the colors! Awesome!

Nice shot of Ramble course director Dale Lenss, a class win for Dale at Wausau......nice ride!

Bill Peters and Mark Schindel lapping thru....they kind of look HOT....great job to all in the heat.

Warren Fowler lap thru, always riding strong......good ride Warren!

Looks like the big boys rolling off the line, Steele powering off the front for a 5th place finish on the day!

Like I said, great job to all, the heat was tough from what I hear! Giesen snags his first trip to the top step, sweet!

Thoughts out to Q as he recovers from a pretty bad crash in a road race, I got a text from Gantz saying he was in the ER with Q.....hit his head on the pavement and has a good amount of road rash......take care and get back on the bike Q!

Remember the re-scheduled Stump Farm race is this Sunday at the Camp! 30, 50, 100 mile options....get on out and get some miles in on the mountain bike!

Weekend of racing and riding!

2010-05-18T07:36:00.000-07:00

Good shot of Q after the mega climbing-fest down by Baraboo......big strong legs for the rest of the season! Nice job Q, a true rumor that he is leading his age class category.....rock on roadie!

The start in Rhinelander, looks like Q sneaking in that shot as well, he is all over the place....representing!

And Dale Lenss with a back to back weekend up nort'! More later but the team had multiple riders all over the place....a busy weekend for all and a successful weekend.....details coming later.

Clothing pick up cancelled

2010-05-14T15:28:00.001-07:00

Clothing did not arrive, so no pick up Saturday morning.

Nice win Seth, busy weekend ahead.....

2010-05-13T07:07:00.000-07:00

(thanks for the pic Peariso, of course I stole it!)

Great ride for Seth Lenss at the RASTA Rally in Rhinelander last weekend, took home the gold, (or clay chip bowl!), either way nice ride Seth! That means you are all dialed in for this weekend, giddy up and go for another!

A lot going on for the Flyers this weekend, Saturday has Q and maybe a few of the other roadies hitting the pavement for some fast action in the Baraboo area, good luck boys! Then Sunday morning 8 of us will be leading out the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon.....a nice change of pace and some cool PR for the team! And then of course its Rhinelander all day Sunday.....and judging by the difficulty I had getting 8 people to lead out the Marathon.......we should have record turnout up north, as we always do up there! Great venue for racing, good luck and have fun on an awesome course!

Don't forget about clothing pick-up Saturday morning, 8-10am at my place, seems like the best time for all to get their gear for the weekend, see you there.

Iola 2010

2010-05-05T12:38:00.001-07:00

Lanser racing......age class, we miss you Matt!

Rob and Steve D.

Iola 2010

2010-05-05T12:33:00.000-07:00

Randy and Paul at the start, look at Borst already working the team draft, very nice!

Steele in control and chasing back on to the leaders!

Warren re-entering the bowl, a strong ride!

Giesen down the SANDY turn into the start area, looks like Schindel following, shows how dusty it was and why we were all coughing up lungs after the race!

Bill getting some racing in as he preps for another 12 hour solo this weekend, good luck Bill!

Nice job to Nick Burgraff in LaCrosse Sunday, 9th in the Cat 4/5 race!

Thanks to Andy Wiesner of the Comp racing Wiesner's for the photos.

More great road results!

2010-04-27T06:57:00.000-07:00

The roadies have been at it hard core, and coming up with some great results! Saturday a bunch of the riders made the trip down to Whitnall Park in Hells (Hales) Corners, a little damp and moist but of course good times!

Caleb Lenss..........10th.........Junior 15-18
..........also raced the 4/5's
Seth Lenss............4th............Cat 3
............23rd..........Pro 1/2/3's
Quentin Gniot......10th..........Masters 4/5
........18th..........Masters 3/4

Q also made the trip to Madison Sunday for the Fitchburg Fast and Furious Crit, and had a mighty fine day!

Q..........................8th Masters 4/5
.........12th Masters 3/4

Again nice job on the pavement fellas!

Dirt riders get set for WORS #1, the dirt circus hits Sunday......let's see the Flyers take over the course! Giddy up to all!

Road Results

2010-04-21T20:15:00.000-07:00

The Road Racing Flyers have gotten off to a great start, racking up some nice results in the first few outings of the season! Great Dane #2 results:

Seth Lenss............14th in the Cat 3 race
Nick Burgraff.........9th in the Cat 5 race
Quentin Gniot........33rd in the Masters 3/4 and 13th in the Masters 4/5

Q and the boys are looking for some road racing team members for this weekend, WISPORT race....give a shout if you are interested! Nice job to the guys out there already.....they are in shape and slugging it out in April, they can always use more racers out there on the pavement!

Ride your bike to work day

2010-04-20T07:15:00.000-07:00

Anyone riding to work Thursday? Snap a pic and let's show it here!

Trailwork, keeping of the trails!

2010-04-13T05:48:00.000-07:00

Loading the wheel barrel and getting ready to get the party started, a little 2:1:1 mix....seemed to work well?

Wide shot of the crew, this was one of four work sites we had going Saturday morning.

Eric and Diana raking out the slope, after raking it all out we ran the compactor over it.....packed it down nice and firm!

Nice job Flyers, we did a lot of work and made some big improvements to the trails in a couple sections, stay tuned though....more work to come!

Road results from this weekends WCA opener......

Nick Burgraff placed 5th in the Cat 5 race, Q took 33rd in Masters 3/4 race and 27th in Masters 4/5 race.....nice work fellas!

More of this......

2010-03-24T12:12:00.001-07:00

Let's do it.......the usual continues on.

10am both Saturday and Sunday, whoever shows goes. Meet at He Nis Ra park, roll out shortly after 10am. I am out for Saturday but should be good on Sunday.....see you there, it's time to ride so get on the bike.

You all thinking what I am thinking........and......

2010-03-04T13:55:00.001-08:00

Temps in the 40's......weekend approaching......yep!

what: a ride

when: 9am Saturday morning, march 6th

where: He-Nis-Ra parking lot

road bikes, cross bikes.....mountain bikes if you can keep up.

its time.

Also, mark your calendars for April 10th......Trailwork day at the Camp.
I was talking to a few riders and then Randy at the Camp, that first big snow fall caused a lot of damage at the Camp....so we will have some work to do to get this all cleaned up! Please let me know if you plan to be there so we have enough for all to do. Remember, this is not the opening date.....a work only day to get ahead of the game and clean up the mess from the snowstorm.

It's Time.........

2010-02-24T10:25:00.000-08:00

Day 1 last season....the Flyers first training ride as the "Flyers!" 18 riders hit the roads on a slightly chilly day, miles and smiles as we were all glad to be back on the bike and training again!

As long as the roads are clear, we ride.....little snow on the sides only makes for good photos.....ahhhh, the itch is back!

March 20-21, 10am at the normal meeting spot, He-Nis-Ra park, couple hours or maybe 3 on the roads as we get the new season underway!

Wear your Flyers kits on the first day, pics and maybe the newspaper will stop by....we have to look good!

Ride time.....where were you all?

2010-01-30T13:41:00.000-08:00

With temps riding the 10 above mark, the ice looking smooth and fast, four of us decided to get the bikes outside and see where the fitness is at......for the record.....mine was not found! We hit Duck Creek first, believe it or not the ice was too cold and hard? No bite out of the tires and even with studs it was extremely slippery......damn.

After the ice was deemed....."too slippery?"........we hit some local trails and found them to be packed and fast, VERY rideable! The four of us had a blast riding the trails and it was great to get on the mountain bikes off-road!

The return trip we decided to make it an ATB day......all types of terrain! We covered, ice, snow, dirt, pavement, mud.....pretty much everything we could find we rode. Best part of the day was just simply being outside and on the bike, good times....too bad only 4 of were lucky enough to enjoy it! But hey....we had a blast!

Flying.......the colors!

2010-01-17T19:22:00.000-08:00

Little off-season shot of yours truly in some big ice flying the colors.......hell yeah! Shoot me some pics of yourself flying the Flyer gear in other non-cycling activities......I'll post them for all to see!

Ice Rink Trucking.....Flyers Style.

2010-01-11T13:50:00.000-08:00

The Flyers on the ice.....throwing goodies into the crowd......we had 5000 fans Saturday night....sweet!

Borst hunkering down, new fenders and all.....new team bibs as well!

Hell yeah......CompuTrainer Rob snagging a little COLD air!

That's what I'm talking about.....want some.

3 Bobs hanging out......OK, so the crowd could have cared less who we are....they wanted the damn stuffed SpongeBobs. And the scary thing, the adults wanted them more than the kids......and were jumping seats to get them?

Good times!

Thanks for the pics Schindel!!!

Plethra of team pics!

2010-01-11T07:53:00.000-08:00

Gary put together a collage for the team and I think between the two of us we have all 46 of us that raced 1 or more WORS races!? I hope, but let me know if you are not in the collage.....? The deal.....if you pick it up somehow....you get one for free, otherwise you will have to pay shipping. It is very cool and thanks to Gary for the work on it.

Good times on the ice as well, more importantly it was good to see the team and hang out with each other.....alright, time to start training for 2010 :) Ice pictures coming from markschindel.com soon.

Sweeeeeet beanie!

2010-01-06T21:12:00.000-08:00

Of course you could never look as good as I......but the winter beanie's are here! How about that sweet lid! Get one......10 left.

The 5th Annual Polar Bike!

2010-01-01T11:48:00.000-08:00

Biggest New Years Day ride yet....the 5th was a charm! 22 riders hit the pavement (sometimes icy) for a about a 16 mile tour from the west side og GB to West DePere.....warm drinks and the the return trip with a couple of stops along the way......good times for all and no spills!

Temps were in the teens with a fairly brisk wind out of the Northwest.....return trip was a bit chilled :) Steele dialed in with the warm clothes.....roads were in fine condition for the most part.

Looking back at the hard core group heading south on Packerland Drive.....check out Esko in the yellow...made the trip from Wausau, Chuck drove down from the Marinette area, and Martini was up from Neenah.....and then our host of GB riders!

Quick hit for the official bike shop of the Flyers......notice the JB logo on the right of the photo.....need bike thingy's.....go to JB....come on.....GO!

Hmmmmm, a gas station in the same shot as Borst....what are the chances of that happening.......justt kidding Randy....and Lanser.....wait, where's Devroy?

Scroll on down to the next post.....more pics!

New Years Ride pt. 2

2010-01-01T11:35:00.000-08:00

Lanser and Rich enjoying a hot beverage, Steve in the Background warming up as well, we over ran Starbucks!

Superfast Dan, Q, Steve-O, Kelly, Martini....ahhhhh it's so warm with the mocha-locha-cocha what ever you are drinking!

Ready for the return trip with a crazy strong Nor Wester in the face....warm fluids and we are ready to rock!

Due to the fact that a lot of us were somewhat frozen....a stop by the frozen tundra was in order....and the use of their "facilities!"

Lanser crossing it up the steps of the hallowed grounds.....must have been the cross tires on the bike that told him to shoulder it up!

Thanks to all for making the ride, a little chilly but what a great way to start the new year/season......best turnout yet and I know there is a few that are going to regret staying in there warm beds......let's rock oh 10!!!

Don't miss the Ice Cold Action........

2009-12-28T14:09:00.000-08:00

Friday.....9am......He-Nis-Ra Park on the West side of Green Bay......the 5th Annual Polar Bear Ride.....ummmm needs new name????? Had a max of 16 riders a few years back, we should be able to get to 25 riders this year with the new gorilla marketing campaign!!!!!!!

Come on out and freeze your way into the new year and have a good time with the team!!!!!

ALso keep in mind that we need riders on the ice for Jan. 9th at the Gambler game....the more the better, non-riders needed also!

See you at both events!!!!!!!!!

Cyclocross anyone.......anyone......

2009-12-07T08:11:00.000-08:00

We planned a little Cyclocross action at Colburn Park Sunday Morning.....only 6 riders and a couple of spectators remembered and made the trip out in the slightly chilly morning air? We did manage to get a good workout in and learn a little more about cross, also learned that Colburn is a great place to hold a cross race, awesome location to do something like this!

Only had a few Flyers out there, everyone else is waiting for the Polar Bear Ride.....New Years Day...hopefully we can get a few more riders out there for that one? Remember 9am at He-Nis-Ra on New Years Day....the more the better, love to see at least 25 riders? Don't stay home like you did last year......get out and start the new year ON YOUR BIKE!!!!!

Hats and clothing order meeting

2009-11-25T18:32:00.000-08:00

Here we have a few hat choices, all will be in black with the Flyer logo on the front, this is the worn look....little fraying and such with velcro closure.

Pretty much the common unstructured lower profile hat.....in black with logo on front.

Oh yeah....gotta love this one right! We could stay kahki or camo on this one? Visor also available if anyone would like?

I am guessing that we could likely get these hats in Pink for the ladies if desired? I am thinking we may have a meeting to order all of the goods, might make it easier with all of the clothing available? I will try to set a date in early December....so get your orders ready and we can get it all done at once?

I am thinking the best day might just be Tuesday December 1st? Does that work for everyone? I will set a location after I know the majority can make it.

Upcoming events......

2009-11-19T08:25:00.000-08:00

Underground TurkeyCross on Turkey Day....underground but a blast!

The big one, come one come all......5th Annual Polar Bear Bike Ride.....you cannot miss this ride, always a good time and a great way to kick off the New Year! 9am at He-Nis-Ra Park in Green Bay, ride for a while and end up at Starbucks or a warm beverage place.....then mount up and ride back!

This is an all-weather ride....meaning we roll no matter the weather, so toughen up and join the Flyers as we kick off the New Year!

Bike on Ice......this will happen again for 2010......stud the tires and get on the ice, good times! January 9th is the date I believe!

Iceman 2009

2009-11-09T21:16:00.000-08:00

Myself, Giesen, Weisner, Livingston, Warren, Bill Peters, and Gary Esko hit the road early Friday Morning....7 hours in the cars and we made it! The annual shot going over the Mighty Mac.....awesome bridge and no high wind warnings this year!

Breakfast at Drifters in Escanaba (in da Moonlight), always a treat to get the trip started with the first greasy spoon!

This is the campfire outside our cabin.......gas powered? :)

Ahhhh, the Red Mesa Grill! Margarita time! Food also, the gang and then some, we picked up some hitch hikers along the way after the awards banquet.....wierd names? The Rusty Shed, Sugs, and Cupcake......and that might be Giesen's 4th in his hand!

Rob bringing home the big one! The grand raffle prize every year......a CompuTrainer, one of our own brought home the sweet loot! One would think he should win the Pro race next year having his own CompuTrainer!

Great time out there, if you missed it.....it is a must do race at some point in your career! I always think about taking a year off and then don't......just one of those races you have to do at some point, awesome course and great atmosphere all weekend! Good racing by the Flyers in attendance!

Couple two tree weeks away from biking stuff for me, sort of....stay tuned for info in the goods.

2009 WORS Unlimited Team Champs!

2009-11-04T05:34:00.000-08:00

2009 WORS awards banquet......took both points and participation titles....congrats Flyers on a great 1st season! Have a good off-season!

Cross Racing Flyers!

2009-10-18T19:08:00.000-07:00

The Flyers helped put on a small CX race up in Shawano last weekend.....small turnout! 3 Flyers made the trip to Shawano, here is Andy and Steve pre-race, Joel Hynes also made the trip and I believe he scored the win! Thanks for coming out guys, bigger and better next season!

Myself, Joel, and I think Andy Tegge made the trip down to Verona Saturday, a long course with some good racing.....man those barrriers get higher as the race goes on!

Turkey Cross!

Champs!!!!

2009-10-14T11:58:00.000-07:00

It is official......The Titletown Flyers have won the 2009

WORS Team Competition and Team Participation

titles in the Unlimited Division!!!!!

Congratulations to each member of the Flyers.....awesome.....Champions in the first year of existence!!!

Shevegas!

2009-10-12T21:06:00.000-07:00

Rose on her way to the age class win!

With my season scrapped early on......I played domestique role for my main competitor from last season.....me....had a fun day on the bike and a 4th place finish.

I now see why Warren rode so damn fast.....he feet were on fire! Great ride and season for Warren!

2009-10-12T20:58:00.000-07:00

Schindel lapping thru.....Fast Mark won the young big fellas!

Scotty Anderson crosses the line, good to see the Flyers out there solidifying the team title!

Lanser.....kind of looks chilled....but knowing Lanser that is not the case!

We had two riders make a little photo essay in the Sheboygan Press, Dale going so damn fast he blurs the photo!

Steve smiling with a 5er in the mouth.....nice job, Steve was one of 3 Flyers at the Shawano cross race Saturday....Steve grabbed a podium spot up there!

I'll have more on the season wrap in a week or so......nice job to all......pretty sure we swept the Unlimited Team Titles......very nice!

Nice day for the Flyers....podium!

2009-10-08T17:50:00.000-07:00

Schindel on course and on the way to the Sport Clyde young fella win!

Mr Fowler loving life, a fine 2nd place ride on the day!

Stephanie at the start, getting ready to throw down with the ladies, solid ride!

Joel Stewart rocking the Superfly!

Kelly standing proud on the 2nd step.....he boots Guess Who to Comp and then steals his podium spot......excellent work my friend!

more bear paw!

2009-10-08T17:40:00.000-07:00

Harrison on the podium.....dressed like its winter!

Davidson on course, he just looks fast!

Borst and Peters out podium Team Extreme.....yes!

Matt Berg on course.....another stellar Flyer ride!

Scotty rollin' the 29er.....nice ride!

Great job to all out there, low numbers for the race but we jumped on it and had a good showing, we should have both titles wrapped up.....I think! Let's get after it this weekend in Shevegas!

Chequamegon 2009

2009-09-23T18:43:00.000-07:00

Ryan just finished his first 40......great race and then good times after.....including the NASCAR stop.....fast pit!

Warren continued the stellar season, knocked another 15 minutes off last year I think he said.....nice ride! Get ready for some Chili!!!

Random shot as we were getting set to pre-ride, is there a theme here.....everyone wearing a beer jersey? Must have been looking ahead to Saturday night!

More Chequamegon......

2009-09-23T18:31:00.000-07:00

Giesen finishing a great race.....especially when you consider he was one of the wounded at the Ramble! Aug. 30th he suffers a dislocated shoulder and Sept. 19th he races 40 miles.....very well at that! Tough Guy!

Former Team 2 what is sort of now the Flyers........Cole House chasing Sheboygan's Brian Matter up the final hill......Cole took a close second.......almost catching Matter!

More fast guy ties to the Flyers, Ryan Baumann started with us when we were the Aurora BayCare team I think? Amazing and awesome to see how far he has come and I know we are all proud of Ryan! He finished an awesome 5th overall......two in the top 5 with ties to the Flyers!!!

Gantz went out and ripped up the shoulder on his new jersey, word from team HQ is that he will be fined for mutilating the Flyer Jersey :) Tough day for Jeff as the sharp left got him and roughed him up a bit, heal up Gantz!

Nice job to all, we had about 12 or so Flyers up there.....awesome to see you all roll accross the line! Special props to Bill Peters and Ryan Usiak, rookies that faired extremely well, under 3 hours in their first 40....rock on boys!

TreadFest

2009-09-14T19:58:00.000-07:00

Check it out.....Ryan Usiak on the podium after a great race, 2nd in age class and 5th overall Citizen.....nice job Ryan. And thanks to Rebecca for the pics!

In action.....great to see a team rider develop thru the season.....keep on truckin'!

Dale Lenss enroute to an age class win, see Dale.....Seth was right about the course being perfect!

Cole Jacobson in the dust after coming down the hill and heading out on the lap.

Stephanie ready to rock at the start line, nice job.....5th place age class finish!

Nice job to all again who made the trip down, great course on a beautiful warm day, two more to go and they are both close to home....big numbers for the Flyers!!! Stay tuned for a small cross race coming up in Shawano, we are the supporting club so it would be cool to get a few of youz guyz up there to put on a little show!

Time to head up Nort'.......Chequamegon time!

Home Cooking!

2009-08-30T21:03:00.000-07:00

Saturday rains.....all of us locals knew what the Saturday rains would do for the course on Sunday morning......F A S T ! And that is exactly what happened, as I am getting into my tent Saturday night.....the rain stops around 9:04pm, I was watching the clock and the sky, just knowing that if the rain would go away anytime now we would have the right amount of drying time......thank you dear Lord!

With the Volunteers and racers combined we had over 40 racers at the Ramble, good points day! Those who raced helped out beyond all belief Saturday and then Sunday before and after, warriors!

Borst in the single track, how about that course that Dale put together......awesome!

We do know that it was a good thing we had County Rescue their, the Flyers kept them busy :) We even get to use the bad joke and say.....look at the two Flyers with broken wings....ba dum bah....? I can joke because they both came back to the race course after the Doc and are in good spirits! Mike is already planning some trainer time and I know Mark will be back at it soon.....we all wish you both a fast and successful recovery!

Home Course Advantage!

2009-08-30T20:39:00.000-07:00

Cole grabbing some good tasty and needed h2o....big props to the Flyers family members for taking care of business at the water stop!

Curt getting after it after a swig of refreshing Flyer h20!

New Flyer Gary Esko from Wausau popping out of the single track just before the h2o, great to have you on the team Gary!

Paul Westburg burning it up on the uno speedo.

Seth digging in, a fast train of Elite's kept the hammer down and the speeds WAY up!

A huge thanks to all of you.....you all made the race happen and happen extremely well! It is amazing that we have such a great group of riders that give their time so freely to make this event happen....a very humbling experience when I myself sit back and think about all that happens when you agree to put a race on, and knowing we have the team we have willing to do what it takes.....amazing!

Thank you all from, myself, Dale, and Ethan. The Flyers ROCK!

Thank you to Stephanie Yost for the pictures while handing off water!

The Ramble Map, Race the Lake pics

2009-08-17T19:52:00.000-07:00

There you have it, the new course map for the 2009 Reforestation Camp race, approx. 5 miles of single track and and 7 miles of double track.....approximately! A nice course and thanks to Dale Lenss....it is his baby!

Joel Hynes screaming up the High Cliff climb......a nice top 100 for Joel, very cool to have Joel all the over from Wausau!

Warren...........our only age class winner on the day, pretty sweet accomplishment and congrats to Warren! I know this was a goal of his and he got it!

Steele and Westburg drilling it up the climb, this might have been Paul's into to road racing.....way to take the 90 mile plunge Pauly!!!! Awesome!

Mr. Larson got out on the race course this weekend......his loooooong awaited road race debut......I can only imagine that he shredded the huge hills in Mauston......good to see on the road racing scene and great to see you with the proper recovery drink :)

Special thanks to Steele's wife Christen and family, and Julia, the Westburg family for the cheering and encouragement, Lynn and Randy for the bottle hand-ups that rocked, Q's family was there as well.....hope I did not miss anyone, thanks if I did! It was great to have support out there, that was a long tough race, hope to have more of you out there next year! Even with the pain (cramps), it was a really good time!

Now we ready ourselves for the Ramble! Love to see the majority out there the next two weeks as we get closer to race day! We can always use non-racing volunteers for registration and water stops.....course marshalls as well, let me know and please try to show up Wednesday so you are in the know!

Alterra Coffee Classic

2009-08-02T19:21:00.000-07:00

Thought I would start out this week with a shot of Little U, Ryan's son showing us the hardware he collected Sunday......this is why we race, how cool is that smile!

Schindel coming out the never-ending singletrack and getting ready to.......climb!

Sikora leading a train on the switchback hill, of note....Erin drove himself to the hospital post race and found out the fall on the straight and rough downhill resulted in 2 broken fingers including a bone in his hand......heal up pal!

Seth Lenss in the Elite race, running up in the top ten here, 10th to be exact!

Dallas also had a strong day, sitting in 6th overall right here, great job by all....good showing in all classes across the board!

More Alterra and a couple 24-9

2009-08-02T19:12:00.000-07:00

Marc Cole in the 12 hour solo at the 24-9, nice job man.....rode and helped in the pits....and joined the party!

Overall 12 hour solo Champ......Joel Hynes......Awesome!

Stephanie grinding up the start/finish hill....that was a bugger!

Ryan in the same place......loving the climb!

Curt on the switchback climb, rolling the big wheels up....up...up.....up...........

Great to see a good turnout down in the land of Team Extreme, we needed a big showing and I think we did alright! Tough course with climbing and some really tight singletrack, great job to all!

Course Re-con, Wednesday night ride, Team Rider wins at 24-9!

2009-07-29T19:54:00.001-07:00

We had a great turnout this week, 27 total riders as we rolled out to hit the potential race course for this year's Ramble. With the course just about set.....really only one person who truly knows the course.....and the groups up front all dropped him.....whoooooops!

We all did manage to ride the majority of the course, missed a few sections....I will say that if the county does indeed approve the proposed course.....should be a fun race for 2009!!! More of two key elements.....hills......and.......singletrack! We should know for sure next week sometime and can hopefully have it marked two weeks in advance....we'll see about that!

Thanks to all the riders who made it out, Flyers and Performa riders....good (big finally) group!

One last and important item.....congrats to Joel Hynes.....12 Hour Solo WINNER in Wausau! Awesome ride Joel!

Sunburst.....

2009-07-20T20:31:00.000-07:00

Caleb leading the Junior X train down the slope.

Giesen slugging it out on the hills, top ten for Mike in age class!

Big guys love ski hill races......cause they have hills.....trust me I know from experience!

Dan and Curt on the Sport 40-44 podium....of course Dan has a lock on the top step and will not let it go!

Sunburst

2009-07-20T20:24:00.000-07:00

Seth Lenss leading a small train in the Cat. 1 field, got a little warm and bumpy out there I hear!

Ryan had a great race, top ten finish in age class if I remember right, nice job and looking good in the new kit!

Sikora on the banked corner, rumor has it that a few fell victim to the banking this year?

The roadie finally hitting the dirt, good to see Jeff after a very successful road season!
Mark Cole in tow.....the Flyer train traversing the ski hill, looking good boys!

I know we also had members at the Titletown Bike Tour and the Door County Tri, any pics of those events would be great! See you all Wednesday night and then at the over priced 24/9 or else Alterra!

Thanks to Dan and Rebecca for the pics!

The FireCracker and TOAD

2009-07-16T07:54:00.000-07:00

Borst enjoying the Wisco jungle!

Dallas taming Jeckyll and Hyde.

Martini grabbing a drink and a shower.

Johnny on the other side of the camera looking fast!

Road Manager "Q," is he on a lead break off the front!

Nice racing, hoping to get the second batch of team kits before the Sunburst......hoping?

A downhill Flyer, not many pics from the FireCracker

2009-07-08T11:26:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to show yet another side of the Flyers.....our lone downhiller! Nick Crocker is a regular every year at the Subaru Cup downhill event, great pic of Nick airborne at the Cup! A very multi-faceted team we have become!

Sorry for the itty bitty picture of Mark Cole in the Comp race at the FireCracker? We had close to 20 riders make the long drive across the state, good camping with a bunch of us and then some good racing on a great race course.....you missed it if you stayed home! Excellent offering of everything on this course, nice job all for getting up to the race!

Clothing should be here next week and available Wednesday night at the group ride at the Camp, stop up and don't forget to send money asap so we can pay for it all! More race course recon possible tonight.....se you at the Camp!

Flyers on the road.....part 2

2009-06-29T07:02:00.000-07:00

More Flyers for the Menominee River Century.....the Ripon crew up north for the ride.....Kris, Diana, and Stephanie! Thanks for the pic and the update.

Little road racing action!

2009-06-28T21:29:00.000-07:00

With the new Tour of America's Dairyland in the area this past week and a half......we had a few team members hitting the pavement for some road racing! I hope I do not miss anyone, Nick Crocker, Andy Tegge, Jeff Gantz, and Quentin Gniot all raced one or many races in the series, awesome work guys in some extremely high heat days last week!

Q showing just how hot he was after the race in Fondy, the hose felt mighty fine I am guessing! Quentin raced close to half of the races and had a number of great finishes! Jeff Gantz raced them all and was going for the Masters 4/5 title, going into the final race he had a 1 point lead....I will update the blog in the morning when the results come out, great job to all of you!

Another handful up in Menominee for the Menominee River Century, again I may miss a few....I know Borst, Fowler, Lanser, Caleb Lenss and maybe the rest of the family(?), Schindel.....good showing up there in not the heat but the wind!

Don't forget the Wednesday night ride at the Camp, more is better.....with a big team we should be able to get a big group ride and Wednesday night tradition going out there? This week we may do some experimenting with a possible Ramble course, maybe? Come on out and join the fun, 6pm at the camp!

The 2nd clothing order should be rolling in real soon.....I hope, I will let you know right away when it gets here.....hoping this week!

Last thing, send me race/ride reports and I can post them on the blog, more interesting than hearing me mumble.....Randy B sent me a Yooper race report that I emailed rather than post.....send me the goods and I will post them all!

See you all Wednesday and then in Eau Claire, let me know who is going so I can save spots in the camping area, my family is heading over Friday morning and can save an area for the team to camp...just let me know.

The Subaru Cup

2009-06-21T20:31:00.000-07:00

A HOT and grueling day at the Subaru Cup.....just ask anyone that raced! From my perspective in the chair as a volunteer, some tired and beaten down bodies passing by, tough race but a great course with a lot of everything!!!! Dennis grinding thru the start finish area, that sun beating down on him.......HOT!

Warren told me everytime by that this was his FAVORITE course! (insert lots of sarcasm in my voice!!!)

Sikora cooling the body down a little, if possible.....another nice race and good finish for Erin, 3rd in age class!

Lanser in true form, waiting till the very end of the race to move into first place and get the win! Just how he likes to ride, awesome.

Ryan Usiak with a possible smile on his face, great to have Ryan on the team this year and for many years to come....we hope!!! Thanks to Rebecca for the pictures!

Good to see another huge turnout of Flyers, a few stayed for the second day of racing....a goodtime to see how well the legs will react to second day of racing.....again great job to all who made it out for the race!

Next up, fireworks in Eau Claire! A good camping venue, I plan to bring the family up on Friday and camp the weekend there, love to have a bunch of you join us....bring the families and we'll find some fireworks Saturday night in Eau Claire....see you Wednesday night at the Camp.....low turnouts on Wednesday nights lately?????

Mark Cole......100 off-road miles in the Lumberjack 100.......rock on Mark!

The Big Ring!

2009-06-08T19:37:00.000-07:00

The Chilton Flash.....Mike Giesen cranking thru the Pines!

One of our 3 Elite riders, Joel Hynes set to pass the Clif Bar rider, a nice race for Joel in front of the hometown fans!

Dale Lenss navigating the logging section, so that's where he got his firewood both nights! Just kidding :)

Chris Harrison out in the open with the pedal down!

Kris Klapperich on the logging trails, great race by the whole crew from Ripon!

Big Ring Coninued....

2009-06-08T19:26:00.000-07:00

Matt Berg feeling some Nine Mile Love.....just like the rest of us, love the matching bike.....we all need green bikes!

The Doc leading a small train through the pines, good finish for Steele on the day!

Gary without the camera in hand, nice race Gary!

Steve squared.....these guys passed me shortly after my large and highly successful "yard sale!"

Rich nailed down another top 3 age class performance, very nice Rich!

Nice job again to the Flyers, I think we had just over 30 out there again this race, everyone still comments on the team and the clothing......so nice job gang! I'd write more but not feeling all that great and can only sit up for 10-15 minutes at a time......ride on!

Possible trail work at Mt. Morris this weekend, details coming when the Don figures out the plan?

Photo credits.....Kristin Hauser and Rebecca Usiak.....thank you both!

Big Day up Nort'

2009-05-31T20:16:00.000-07:00

How many Flyers can you count in the picture......lots.....I count 37 in the results! Awesome job to all who made the trip up north, great turnout for any race let alone a Northwoods race!

Stephanie on the podium, lots of hardware for the team on the day....tons of top tens as well!

Before the fun begins....25 riders in the Sport class alone!

The young fellas, a good core group that can giddy up!

2009-05-31T20:13:00.000-07:00

Couple of the boys bringing it home, head down and gutting it out, tough but fun course that took some hard work by everyone!

Paul single speeding it in the Sport race, all about choosing the right gear?

Scott chasing the wheel of Wenzlick and Wiesner!

Speaking of Wiesner, looks to be leading out a train of big fellas?

Nice shot of the Sport Clydes and the Sport 50+ start, Lanser led out Warren and launched him to a class win......great race Warren!

Again, nice job to all that raced and supported, thanks to John Devroy and Rebecca Usiak (Ryan's wife) for the photos, great pics. I had several people asking me if we had 100 people racing, so our presence is being felt and known......and how much fun is with all of our teammates out there on the course!

See you all in Wausau next weekend, bring the family and camp out Saturday night, plan for a Noon-ish arrival and set up camp before a pre-ride.....good times!

Page 1.....Let it ride!

2009-05-16T07:24:00.000-07:00

As Sunday morning arrives.....we will be turning the WORS handbook to page 1.....Iola! Good luck to all, ride hard, have fun, and fly the colors! I will join you all in Rhinelander....family first, so git-r-dun with out me and most importantly......GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

12 Hours of Stump in pictures, text later.

2009-05-10T21:20:00.000-07:00

Group Pic from the Work Day

2009-05-05T05:44:00.000-07:00

A fine looking bunch after the work is done and the play is about to begin, missing a few who had to split early.....nice to have a crew like that out there!

Can you say......trail work!!!!

2009-05-03T20:19:00.000-07:00

The Flyers held a little trail work day at the Camp, Mr. Austin gathered up a couple of projects and we rounded up the troops for some good old hard work. Wow did we show up....approximately 30 of us and Performa (Luke) hit the trails with tools and wheel barrels.....we shoveled, raked, mixed, dug, bermed, picked up, compacted, supervised, and various other trail work-like labor exercises?

Great job to all for showing up and getting the work done, with 30 out there, we were able to get things done and get some riding in.....a nice day up at the Camp.

I would show you some great pictures.......but since our photographer is slacking off (kidding Schindel)......my cell camera will have to do for now?

By popular demand, the Wednesday night Camp ride is in full force......6pm at the Camp.....sorry, I have Daddy duty that night....ride on with with out me! Then don't forget to get some racing action in this weekend right here in the backyard......the !2 Hours of Stump Farm is this Saturday at the Camp

Order a team duffle....they are in.....email me for a pick up time this week.....$25.20 is the final total. Have a good week!

Throw some dirt.....

2009-04-29T19:21:00.001-07:00

Trail work at the Camp Saturday, 830am in the upper lot at the trail head.....work and then play! Come one come all :)

Weekend of Races

2009-04-26T18:52:00.000-07:00

A very wet and miserable weekend for pretty much anything.....including anything on our beloved 2 wheels? Before I go into this weekend.....I have to mention that Erin Sikora did make the drive down to Madison last weekend for the Crits....I believe their was a top ten brought home by Erin.....nice job!

So then a rainy Saturday rolls around and Quentin hops in the Whitewater road race with Nate Phelps of the Hudson Flyers and rides a strong race ending around 20th if I remember correctly! Great ride Quentin, a solo Flyer in the race.

Sunday morning and after checking the radar and the local weather forecast.....Steele and I decide that it is raining too much and the storms are going to roll in to the Sheboygan area, back to bed? 5 minutes later I get a text....come on....let's go....so we get wet! Be there in 15 minutes and we are off to race in the rain?

Post race pic shows smiles and we were both glad we won the mental battle and made it to the race! Marc rode well and ended up 4th in the small Cat. 5 field.....I flatted early to end my rainy day....went back the car and changed tubes....back on the course to finish the last lap plus a couple more....pride?

Also Saturday, Jeff Gantz was down in the Milwaukee area racing the WCA Crits......6th place in his Cat....3 or 4? Very cool!

A wet but good weekend of racing on the road for the Flyers......felt good to get the heart rate up and see how much more work is needed.....quite a bit in my case! Good job to all who braved the weather and threw a leg over the top tube for some miles....training or racing!

Wednesday night at the Camp, 6pm. Please let me know if you plan on making the trail work day this Saturday.....we have to plan the work according to the size of the crew, than ks and see you there.

Team News

2009-04-24T12:04:00.001-07:00

A quick look into the weekend gives us a chance at a wet Saturday morning ride, looks like on and off rain and Thunder showers......this time of the year we are in the ride no matter the weather mode! Soooooo, see you all Saturday morning for the ride!

On that note, hoping for a little better turnout this weekend, no more Flyers out-numbered on their own ride!!! With the WORS opener not that far away, we should be seeing a lot of riders out on the bikes......we will continue to split into the faster-longer and then group 2.....a little shorter and a not quite as fast. Please do not feel like you will not be able to keep up, all are welcome and will benefit from riding with the group and faster riders!

Sunday, let's see how much rain we get.....perhaps a Camp ride is in order for Sunday at some point? As for the Camp, please mark your calendar for May 2nd, Trail work Day at the Camp. We need a good showing to get a lot of work done and to make sure they know we do indeed care about the trails out there.

Clothing order #2 is almost set to go, hopefully we see it in time for Iola? The Kenda order is in and with Sea Otter wrapped up....we should see our goods arrive soon!

Get on yer bike and ride, racing season is upon us! Team rides will be Wednesday nights (6pm)at the Camp and Saturday mornings (830am) on the road. Questions.....you know how to reach me.

3 in the breakaway?

2009-04-19T17:43:00.000-07:00

Saturday morning road ride was on tap, Borst and I rolled up to lot to find more non-Flyers than Flyers on a day that was sure to see a record turnout? We rolled out of town and the group stayed together.....until the Hills of Europa, then things got a little strung out?

Once on top we decided that the longer group should just go.....and go we did! Out to Seymour and then over towards Freedom....then onto Oneida and back into the West of Green Bay. A pretty good pace as I myself rolled back in town with 45 miles at a 19.1 mph average! A great training ride that sometimes had me wondering if I was going to hang on.....?

The 3 in the break was that myself, Larson, and Wenzlick were the only 3 Flyers in the long group.....felt like we were in a breakaway in a 1 day classic in Europe. A good hard ride that can only help us.....cause it did not kill us....seriously a great ride.

I hope the others in the shorter group got a good workout in, I want to make sure everyone knows that the Saturday morning ride will always have the two options and I encourage everyone to show up! It is a great training ride and will indeed help you when the WORS season gets here....do not be afraid that you will be left on the road somewhere....not going to happen and the more you come the better you will get!

Please keep the day of May 2nd open....trail work at the camp! I hope with a roster of almost 60 that we can have a good showing and get a lot done in a short time...and then ride of course :)

The Kits hit the road.

2009-04-16T05:46:00.000-07:00

The Chilton Flash rolled into Green Bay last night for a short ride to break in the new kits, so we rolled north into yet another headwind that stayed a headwind the entire ride! Good ride and just nice to get outside in a little warmer weather, Borst was out in the same area as well....so a few of the kits were flown.

Team rider and model showing off the look, kind of has a little Rock Racing look going on.....we be bad!

Sorry about the two riders showing up for the Wednesday night ride, we can try to get it going next week on Earth day! See you all tonight for clothing pick-up!

Lots of clothing......lots of clothing!

2009-04-14T19:23:00.001-07:00

58 pounds of team clothing laying on the floor of the dining room, enough to satisfy just over 55 riders!

As the sorting and bagging begins, my trusty assistants set out with the plan.....a well oiled machine we are....Kennedy fulfilling the role of "order picker."

Mom on the computer with the order in front of her, Kennedy brings the goods and bags them up, we had to start by seperating the 3 cuts of jerseys, the two styles of bottoms and the different styles of jackets.....once that was done....each rider has a bag with his/her clothing in it awaiting you all in the garage.

There is the mass of bags sitting in the garage, that is where you will find me Thursday night with a beer and the laptop.....come and get em'!

Just a little sneak peak for you all.....we gonna be a good lookin' bunch of racers and riders in the next couple of days! I really think they turned out great, props to Noah for putting up with me in the design process and to Don and Mariola from Verge.....Mariola had to show me all of the shades of green until I was happy and went with the first one she showed me :)

So the next step is here, come and get the clothing and get ready to hit the races, hope you all like the look!

Thanks to the Hauser girls for helping me with the sorting...would have taken a lot longer doing it all alone!

Weekend update and the week ahead.

2009-04-12T21:13:00.000-07:00

Sounds like we had a good turnout for the Saturday Morning ride, I pasted a report from Wenzlick's blog below. Sunday we had a small group of 4 for the Easter ride....just made that up?

The week ahead should have the clothing arriving, supposed to see it Wednesday, that will work out perfect for the Thursday night pick-up at my place, what did I say.....615pm? That works for me, no meeting or anything, just stop by and grab your goods.....shoot the breeze and be on your way.....or stick around for a beer and some snacks if you like? Nothing too extensive.....I gots to dance at 930pm!

Question for you all, should we attempt a Wednesday night ride or just stick with the Saturday morning ride? I lean towards the Saturday ride, gets tough to get to a week night ride for a lot of people? Email me your thoughts? Have a good week,

Couple new faces on the ride and great weather
Had another great turnout today. probably started with around twelve or so in the parking lot. I was not feeling in top form today so I was toward the back of the group today. I know that we did catch one or two other groups along the way, so probably had about the same number as last week. We even had a couple new guys that saw our ride out on the newvelo site. Our group split ways again doing probably 25, 35, and more.

We did have one little incident that luckily resulted in no bodily harm. We had a sudden turn and Matt Lanser got hooked together to another bike while braking. Matt had a broken spoke but could ride on without any trouble. Really no ones fault, the turn came up fast and no one in the back was prepared.

2009-04-04T11:09:00.000-07:00

So as we met and saddled up for the Saturday morning ride.....the one thing that everyone agreed on....this weather has got to go.....go far away!

A nice turnout for the ride this week, we are growing! 18 hearty and well dressed fellas showed up ready to get after it......off we go.

The group stuck together for the first part of the ride, up to "death row," named for two reasons; first is the fact that we take a left at the cemetery, and second......the mile or so stretch has the tendency to shatter the group for a few miles after.....many a rider has been blow up on this stretch! If you don't catch the wheel in front of you......good luck to you my friend!

A little further up the road the group split into two, a longer and a shorter......nice to have that option so everyone gets the desired workout. Of course no matter the route you chose, you were guaranteed a nice headwind in almost every direction.....that great Wisco weather.

I know that personally after a hard day in the wind on Friday and then a pretty intense ride by the group today......I was feeling the love by the time we rolled back into town! I hope everyone had a good ride and is cool with the split, good to see the numbers increase for the Saturday ride.....can we see 20-25 next week?!?!?!

Get ready for the snow, nothing planned for Sunday....have a good rest of the weekend.

A not much weekend!

2009-03-30T08:13:00.000-07:00

With the fantastic weather of late, no real scheduled rides set for the weekend. Saturday a handful of us decided to roll out around 11am, went North across 29 and into Mill Center. After fighting traffic jams thru the metropolis known as Mill Center, we rolled on thru and decided to take a run up "lil' bastard," never let's us down and always lives up to its name! We hit that with a vengeance and then rolled onto the Col' de AMS......not all that bad with a tailwind pushing us up the long grinder, one more Col and we had a decent ride in the books, and that was the infamous Col' de Sac, new pavement makes this roll right along.

Sunday no rides set as we woke up to a fresh layer of the skiing soil, talked about a He-Nis-Ra mtb ride but nothing happening on that front.

Keep in mind the date of the clothing arrival is around the 14th of April, and I will get us registered with WCA in the next day or so.....just in time for the racing this weekend! Also should have the USA Cycling registration set real soon too.

Good weekend on the bike for the team!

2009-03-22T20:06:00.000-07:00

We woke up Saturday to a couple of inches of that white stuff on the ground....ride postponed for a while? A few of us got together in the afternoon and put in 3 hours on the bike south of GB, a good solid pace and we had a good ride!

Sunday rolled around and we had 13 riders at the meeting spot ready to get after it, a few of us back again from the previous day's pretty hard effort along with a bunch of newer team members....AWESOME to have a lot of new faces out there with us! We hit the north loops for just under two hours, great saddle time this weekend.....nice work!

Nate Phelps posted a video from the Sunday ride, check it out and thanks Nate! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKDqy3DBn5U

Clothing date...........drum roll...............we should see the clothing arrive in GB approx. the 14th of April? Or sometime around that date, plenty of time for the season opener.

Have a good week.

fi-dee

2009-03-21T19:44:00.000-07:00

Gantz, Giesen, D. Geyer, Hauser, Larson, Wenzlick......threw down a fi-dee this afternoon, Sikora dropped another 25 with the Performa duo of Shoemaker/Jasperson.....nice day for a ride.

Snowed out

2009-03-21T04:48:00.000-07:00

Saturday morning ride canceled due to a wet white stuff on the roads again......what is that stuff and when will it go away!

See you all Sunday morning.

Weekend of Team Training

2009-03-15T17:48:00.000-07:00

Team rides were scgeduled for both Saturday and Sunday morning, 830am-ish is how we roll on the Flyers! Saturday attendance was decent at 10 riders, the peleton headed west to Seymour for some into the wind training to get things started....a good pace and overall decent ride from what I hear.

A look over Wenzlick's shoulder (stole the pics off of his blog), Larson getting set to move to the front and open up the lungs a little! From what I hear there was a flat right away and a potential lost rider during the ride....all good though as everyone was accounted for.....nice job guys and good to see a nice turnout!

Sunday 830am was again the time of the day......little early but allows the family time that we all need to get in....everyone is happy then!

Sunday morning ride saw the numbers go up, 13 riders rolled out of the parking lot and headed south....a little breezy and a few frozen melt-off spots to avoid....it's all good! We weaved our way south and ended up at the Wrightstown exit where 4 riders went left for a little longer loop around Wrightstown while the 9 others headed back on Countyline. Our group that headed back ended up with just over 2 hours of riding, the longer group pulled about 3 from what I gather?

Overall it was an awesome weekend of riding for the team.....props to the guys that got out and put the bike time in....and I am sure the rest of you were cranking the miles on your own :) Plan on the same type of training rides next weekend as well!

Let's hope the temps stay high, anyone have interest in a ride Tuesday night? High of 60!

Couple of photo's from Nate Phelps that were taken off the back of his bike, very cool angle! Larson making the photo again with Schindel and Matt Berg I believe in tow.

Same two fellas with the beautiful blue skies as the back drop, hopefully that white stuff on the side of the road goes away real soon and we can lose the cool weather clothing in trade for our soon to be here Flyers gear.

March Team Meeting

2009-03-11T11:50:00.000-07:00

Greetings, we had our monthly team meeting Tuesday night at the Harmony Cafe, very well attended as we filled up the room! Started the night out with myself going thru some of the latest on races, clothing, pro-deals....all of the goods that have been happening lately. The goal is to keep everyone updated on the team and all that surround it, mission accomplished.

Next up our special guest speaker for the month...............

World Cyclocross Championships participant Brian Matter came up from his usual digs in Shevegas to chat with the team about his racing and experiences across the pond racing with the worlds best. Also good to hear about his racing on this big ol' chunk of land, the triple crown and other racing experiences. I know a lot of team riders mentioned to me that they really enjoyed meeting and listening to Brian talk about his racing career and the past Cyclocross season, thanks for coming up B-Matter!

A shot of Martini showing the latest product that will soon become the team duffle bags, a unanimous decision to go with the very bag he is showing in the photo.....stitch the Flyer logo on and bingo! Thanks for taking care of that Jason, good stuff and just another piece of the puzzle for the Flyers.

Picture credit to Mr. Schindel. Also, get your pro-deals ready as we will try to get the orders rolling in the next couple of weeks. Team clothing.....I will give you an update as soon as I hear from Verge.

Stay tuned for ride info for this coming weekend.

Spring Training begins.....temporarily?

2009-03-08T09:51:00.000-07:00

A few of us gathered on the lovely west side of GB for some riding of the bicycles this weekend....Saturday was much warmer than Sunday....notice the winter gear in the photos! After dealing with the time change and the chilly morning...we finally got rolling just after 815am.....headed north into a somewhat frigid morning BREEZE!

After 2 hours of riding on Saturday we went for a short 80-90 minute excursion Sunday, a look here as the peleton re-groups in the Howard area with a very sweet tailwind! The big worry this time of the year aside from all of the winter feasting is the traffic getting used to other types of vehicles on the pave'......see next photo for some true pave'!

Check out the ripped up road right where Steve (man in black) is riding....had to dodge nature made pave' and icy spots this morning, we still managed a decent ride of just around or under 20 miles.

A good weekend of riding for us, Borst wins with 80+ miles in the last 3 days....rock on Randy! See you all Tuesday night at the Harmony cafe, 645-7pm, remember to bring your pro-deal orders and money for them, later.

Team Meeting, pro-deal orders

2009-03-03T07:55:00.000-08:00

Just a reminder to you all that we will have our meeting Tuesday the 10th at the Harmony Cafe on Green Bay's west side, 645pm. We will shoot the breeze, watch a team video from the '07 season that some have yet to see (it's motivation), and then World Cyclocross participant Brian Matter is going to chat with us about his experiences over seas racing at the World Championships!

Pro-deal orders for Crank Brothers, Kenda, Honey Stinger, and Hayes will be gathered......pay when you order on those so bring the cash!

See you there,

a beautiful day

2009-02-22T17:59:00.000-08:00

So what does cycling team do after a fresh 4-5 inches of snow......grab the ski's of course. With Baumann getting a 3 hour ride in out west in 'Zona....role call was Ihde, Hauser, Borst, Steele, Huffer, and Shoemaker (of whom I stole this photo from!).

After lap one it was clear that the groomer slept in, thought for sure after a fresh snowfall the trails would be nicely groomed.....nope. As we finished the lap, look who is following us on the trails.....yep....the groomer.

So with a fresh set of tracks staring at us, we had to hit the short loop quick just to get some skiing in on frsh set after skiing four inch deep tracks......ahhhh, fresh tracks rock! A good day on the ski's, good workout!

Keep the date March 4th open, team meeting at the Harmony cafe, 645pm.....meeting at 7.

Energy Supplier to the Flyers!

2009-02-17T13:55:00.000-08:00

I would like to announce to you all that Honey Stinger will now be the official supplier (pro-deal) of energy gels and bars for the team. All of their products are actual "honey" based....tasty and full of energy! Please go to the website, www.honeystinger.com and check out the line of products.

I will have pricing info at the next meeting, Warren is a big fan of Honey Stinger and I am sure he would answer any questions you may have? I have also used the gels and will say that they are great tasting and do indeed work!

Check them out!

Few things.....

2009-02-13T22:33:00.000-08:00

I would like to welcome a new sponsor to the Flyer family.....CyberWorks of Green Bay! As you might be able to tell by the photo........I am taking care of all team functions on a little mini-laptop! Thanks to Jim at CyberWorks for the hook up, I can now free up the family computer of all the team and race documents and photos and everything else that I have on our poor loaded down HD. Also from CyberWorks, a free optimizing of your hard drives for all team members....that means you can take your computer in and the tech's will make it work faster and more efficient!

What am I and the laptop up to.....Don needs the handbook pages asap.....so Ethan and I are jamming those out right now, need to be done by......a couple days ago? Then the team clothing proofs will be coming back this week while I am on the road, thank goodness for the laptop and high speed internet at the hotel, hate to lose our good spot in the production line! The hosting of the potential road race in DePere is an ongoing process that changes daily.....wow is all I can say about that process.

So that is what has been going on lately, and will be going on in the next few weeks, nice to have the laptop this season, I will have all the rosters and pro-deals with me at the races! You break something and need a price....wah-lah.....I can get it for you on the spot.....lots of good things happening! Stop in and say Hi and thanks to Jim and the crew at CyberWorks on the corner of Main and Mason on Green Bay's East side.

Little box of schwag rolled in a couple of days ago! So when I get the next meeting set up....we got some goodies to give out, not a lot but a few things to throw out to a few lucky riders!

Keep an eye on this blog, I am really going to try and update often this year, beginning immediately.....so stay tuned! Timed for sleep, catch you all later.

You missed it!

2009-02-08T23:03:00.001-08:00

The ride in pictures.....text coming soon!

Saturday Road Ride?

2009-02-05T13:44:00.000-08:00

Anyone up for a road ride Saturday? Balmy temps....we might have to get outside! I am thinking 10am from the usual spot, email me if there is interest?

Clothing order is tomorrow!

We be skiing!

2009-02-01T21:45:00.000-08:00

Saturday afternoon ski outing for myself and the Chilton Flash, gotta say Giesen is pretty quick on the ski's (and bike), we took a lap up at He-Nis-Ra.....not much there as the grooming was pretty rough. Not worth the time to go there, drive to a county park for much better trail conditions.

Little artsy photo from the day.

Sunday we had the usual group outing at the Camp, forgot to take the camera on the loop, so here is a shot of the trail head? Look close and you can see a wheel chair, an older gent shows up and transfers himself to a ski chair and takes off....awesome!

Remember I need at least 50% of your clothing orders by the end of the week, so if you have not sent it to me....please do. Have a good week all!

Drum roll please......the new jersey!

2009-01-27T19:21:00.000-08:00

So after Noah and I have put about 6+ hours in with another 3 to go(?), I am able to give you the new look.....the first Titletown Flyers jersey! As you can see on the monitor....a very cool process and I have to say that Noah is flat out freakin' talented......we would try this and that and then go back and forth.......somethings we ended up stumbling on by accident others totally what we were looking for......we are both really happy with the design!

So there it is.....what do you all think? Obviously there will be more logos placed on the jersey, notice the silhouetted Flyers logos on the main body area....a little green but not too much.....I really like the look.

The shorts are close to being done but we ran out of time tonight, so stay tuned and I promise they will look good! I would love to hear your thoughts on the jersey, drop me an email if you would.....even if to just say how much you love the new look :)

Time for the trainer?

Good Luck Mitch!

2009-01-21T20:45:00.000-08:00

Just a good luck shout out to Mitch Gantz, Mitch is heading out to Cali on Friday to join the Liquid Fitness Racing team....an early graduation gives him the opprotunity to head west and begin the season and career!

Mitch is the 3rd rider with ties to the team/area making the jump to a bigger team outside of the area....he joins Cole House (BMC Racing/USA Developmental) and Ryan Baumann (Livestrong/Trek U23 ), a good group of riders that can boogie on the bike!

Good luck Mitch, keep us posted and ride on!

Playing in the snow!

2009-01-19T19:34:00.000-08:00

A few of us...ok eight of us....took to the trails at the Camp for our weekly skinny skiing extravaganza! A nice fresh fluffy layer of snow with the rails being in decent condition....a good morning of skiing!

A little rest, the YL's (young legs of one Ryan Wenzlick) were in full force! Wenzlick must have eaten from the same Wheaties batch as Steve Baumann.....blistering pace off the front!

Steele keeping it real on the DH, or cruising under control on the big steep down hill.....excellent work by the fellas on the big down hill!

Speedy Steve in full tuck screaming down the big daddy, must have been the aero suit or he nailed the wax choice....Mmmmmm!

We hit the more advanced loop and I think all of us had a good time and got one hell of a workout in.....if you got ski's hanging in the garage.....dust em' off and let it rip!

A few team functions!

2009-01-15T20:53:00.000-08:00

So not only did we ride the ice at the hockey game last weekend, we took some time out to talk to the families about the importance of wearing a helmet when riding....Moms and Dads included! A great night to help out the Center for Childhood Safety!

Ryan showing a family what could happen to your head should you choose to not wear a helmet?

Chalk talk before we hit the ice.....who's taking out out when we hit the ice.....a staged fight in the making?

Fast forward to the first team meeting of the new team.....The Titletown Flyers are in full force from this point on! Just me opening up the meeting and telling everyone what is going on to this point and letting them know the plans, hope everyone is happy with things so far.....just want to give everyone an environment to enjoy the sport we all love......and get some sweet deals along the way making it even more do-able to race and ride our bikes :)

We had local Specialized Rep Pete Esser in for a clinic and show of the latest products from our bike and accessory sponsor.....Specialized! Thanks Pete for running thru things and getting the team much more familiar with the product out there, very helpful.

Ready set gooooooo!