Big Wheel Racing

BWR had a good showing for the 3rd 12 Hours of Temecula series race on Saturday, November 17, 2007. Scott Sportsman and Jeni Turgeon rode duo singlespeed and Matt Turgeon rode solo singlespeed.

Scott and Jeni won first place duo singlespeed for the race and also won the 12 Hours of Temecula series for the year in the singlespeed team category!

The day was great and the weather was perfect for riding. Honey Stinger and Hammer products kept the team members well-fed and the team gear was perfect. Thanks to Avant Garb for the hoodies that kept us warm pre and post race!

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Big Wheel Racing made a big showing at the inaugural Black Mountain 300k Brevet as part of the New Mexico Brevet Series, founded and run by Big Wheel Racing Team members John and Liz Mazzola. John, Donnie Cole, Jeni Turgeon, and Matt Turgeon all completed the 186.6-mile route, with nearly 12,000-ft of climbing, out to the remote back roads near Beaverhead, NM in the Gila National Forest. The New Mexico Brevet Series is an affiliate of Randonneurs USA which is a relatively new organization and style of long distance riding in the US that emphasizes completion and camaraderie rather than competition. The origins of randonneuring are over one hundred old from France and this year is a Paris-Brest-Paris year, the culminating event held once every four years.

November 3, 2007–BigWheel Racing team member Brad Davis raced Day 1 of the annual Riverside Cyclocross Festival today. Despite multiple pile-ups caused by the dry/slick conditions and sand pit, Brad managed a 12th place finish out of 47 racers (Cat 4) to improve upon results from last week’s event.

With several races remaining in the season, Brad’s goal of a top 5 finish at at least one event still looks possible thanks to the continued support of BigWheel sponsors such as BikeSource, Moots and Hammer Nutrition. Stay tuned for more exciting cross results in weeks to come (and hopefully at least one race in ‘real’ cross conditions with some good mud, snow and muck!)

October 28th, 2007—BigWheel Racing team member Brad Davis experienced first-hand what the nation’s top cyclocross racers will encounter this December by racing in the early season Boulevard Cup Cyclocross Race held near the Wyandotte County fairgrounds in Kansas City, Kansas. This event was a huge success with 200+ crossers competing on Sunday and saw BikeSource, a Big Wheel Racing sponsor, on-site as a major sponsor of the event.

The course, set up along the shores of an area lake, should prove to be a real challenge at the National Championships later this year as it includes plenty of off camber sections and the ‘infamous’ double run-up (think straight up one hill with a barrier mid-way, then straight down, then back up again with another barrier). This site was also were Steve Tilford took a swim in the lake after falling through the ice on his way to win last season’s KLM race at this venue!

Brad, racing in his first cross race of the season started near the back of the field of nearly 70 entrants (Cat 4) and despite the narrow course managed to pick off a number of riders during lap 1 and continued to steadily advance throughout the race to finish 23rd. Racing next weekend turns to the Riverside, Missouri course where Brad managed a top 5 finish last season racing singlespeed and hopes to improve on his placing this year!

Thanks to all our sponsors for the support at this event–notably BikeSource, Hammer Nutrition (yummy stuff), Moots (Brad rides a PsychloX) and Sock guy–note the classic socks in the photo!