Night Rides I

A Night Ride at Smithville Lake

Randy readies himself as the sun sets.

John thinking "why am I out here in when it is 25 degrees, windy and dark as all get out..."

Locke just happy to be away from work for a few hours.

Anderson ready for an all nighter - ride 3 hours then work 10 hours. It must suck to work the night shift...

Harter cruising on his fixed gear just past the Bonebender trail head.

Cartwright glowing in the dark.

Cancer -Thon

Cow Towner's Win Series Titles

Congratulations to Christopher Locke and Chris Locke for winning their respective classes in the De Stad Cyclocross Van Kansas Series. Christopher made it 5 wins in a row to win the Junior title while his dad had a harder time of it finishing 4th at today's Grote Prijs to take the series Single Speed title. In the Men's 3/4 class, a sleep deprived Damian Almanza placed 8th.

New Years Day Ride.

The Cow Town Cycling Team was well represented at today's annual Lawrence Mountain Bike Club New Years Day Ride. Held since 1996, this ride starts off each new year no matter what the weather. This year the temperatures were in the 20's with gusting winds around 20+ mph making it a cold day in the saddle. Trail conditions were varied between great to icy to 2 foot snow drifts. A few crashes were had by all, some even before they left the parking lot (Christopher you know who I am talking about). Tige even took a nice header over the bars when he tried to ride through a snow drift. Alway a great ride for sure, this year's event is another one to be remembered.

Great Results for 2007

It has been a great year for the Cow Town Cycling Team. Both individually and as a team. Our members took home two mountain bike championships, an Xterra Regional championship, two endurance MTB Championships and two cyclo-cross championships.

Some highlights below from our team members below.

Shad Schreiner:

• Kansas State Cyclocross Champion, Men's Cat 3
  
• NCCCC XC MTB Champion, Red Wing, MN
  
• Rapture in Misery, 6 hour Solo Champion,
  
• Lunatic Fringe Off-Road Duathlon, Overall Male winner
  
• 12 Miles of Hell, 5th overall
  

Rich Anderson:

• Rapture in Misery, 6 hour Duo Champion
• 24 Hours of Landah, Overall Team Champion
• Sponk Pony Showdown, 2nd 6hrs Duo
  

Tige Lamb:

• Xterra Triathlon, Regional Champion
• Rapture in Misery, Fastest first and night laps, 3rd overall Super Fast team
  

Eric Nelson:

• Rapture in Misery, 3rd overall
• Devil's Revenge Duathlon
• Flint Hills Death Ride finisher
• Cooper Triangle Colorado 3 Pass finisher
• Lawrence Half Marathon, 1:29
  

John Harter:

• Rapture in Misery, 1st Place Fast team
• Lunatic Fringe, 2nd place Marathon

Christopher Locke

• Midwest Fat Tire Mountain Bike Series Champion, Kids 12 under
  
• God's Country Kids Duathlon, 1st
  
• De Stad Cyclocross Van Kansas Series, 1st
  
• Kansas State Cyclocross Championships, 1st
  

Carolynn Locke

• Midwest Fat Tire Mountain Bike Series Champion, Women's Beginner

Chris Locke

• Fat Tire Duathlon Series, Overall Winner
• Spoke Pony Showdown, 2nd Place 6 hour Duo
• Rapture in Misery, 3rd place overall Super Fast Team

Cow Town'ers at CX Nationals.

Sunday's Results: Chris Locke, 39th, Single Speed. It was a "what could have been" day for Mr. Locke. He had the legs today and was handling the raw conditions well has he quickly move through the pack, but 3 dropped chains later....

Shad Schreiner, 34th, Collegiate Male.

Saturday's Results: Tige Lamb, 57th, Masters Men 35-39 Tige was going great until a crash damaged his bike. He still raced on in the super slick conditions. A 170 entries in Tige's class so 57th is still very good.

Chris Locke, 54th ,Masters Men 40-44 Chris played it safe today and rode a smart race staying upright the entire event. 163 competitors signed up for the Men 40-44 division. Half of them must have crashed for Mr. Locke to do that well :-)

Friday's Results: Christopher Locke, 24th, Junior 13-14. A fall on the 1st lap broke his right shift lever, but Christopher raced on having a lot trouble on the slick hills due to being stuck in a large gear.

Thursday's Results: Chris Locke, 46th, Men's 40+ B. Race details here.

Several Cow Town riders are toeing the line at this weekends USA Cycling '07 Cyclocross National Championships.

Tige Lamb will race in the Masters 35 - 39 class on Saturday morning.

Shad Schreiner will race in Sunday's Collegiate Men's race

Christopher Locke will race in Friday's Junior 13 - 14 division

Chris Locke will race in the Men's 40+ B, Masters 40-44 and Single Speed.

Schreiner wins Kansas State Championships

Our own Shad Schreiner took home the Men's Cat 3 Kansas State Cyclocross Championship at yesterday's Kansas State Championships. Congratulations to him on a well deserved win.



Other top Cow Town finishers:

Christopher Locke - 1st Place Juniors
Chris Locke - 3rd Place Single Speed
Rich Anderson - 5th place Men's Cat 4
Damian (sleepless) Almanza - 7th place Men's Cat 4

Pictures and results can be found at www.kansascitycross.com

The team put on a great event and could not have taken place without every ones help. Thank you to Rich Anderson, Tige Lamb, Shad Schreiner, Randy Cartwright, Dan Gierer, Leonard (Lost in Atchison) Lastine, Carolynn Locke, Christopher Locke, Gerard Arantowicz, Heather Jordan, Dan Jordan ,Roger Harrison and his sons.

Chris

De Stad Van Kansas Series Excitement this Sunday!

The temperature is getting colder and the cyclocross scene is heating up. This Sunday is the fourth race in the De Stad Series in Leavenworth KS at the Leavenworth High School. This is your last chance to fine tune those dismounts and barriers before Nationals next week.

This is the third year the KS State Championships have been held in Leavenworth. This course gives you a little of everything a cyclocrosser loves. The loop is 1.8 miles with nearly 200 feet of climbing each loop. The course is running counter-clockwise. (this is opposite from last year) Course designer, Chris Locke, says it flows well and is SMOOTH and FAST.

The Cycleops warm up tent will be there for you along with REGISTRATION INSIDE, FOOD INSIDE, AWARDS INSIDE! That means not in the cold. Carolynn Locke and Heather Jordan are cooking their soup specialties along with HOT COFFEE , muffins, brownies etc. The usual fare that you find at a De Stad Series race.

Registration (Inside the warm school) opens at 9:30am. Races start at 10:30. For more information go to www.kansascitycross.com

Special Thanks to the Coach Clifford and the Leavenworth School district for the use of their fine facility. Thanks to our sponsors, Paceline Products, The Wheel Cyclery, Cow Town Cycling Team, Santa Fe Bike Shop, Chamois Butt’r , Jewel Cartoons, Kansas Cycling Association and The Lantern Rouge Volunteer Group.

Kansas State Cyclocross Championships

Our team sponsored event is next weekend. The 2007 Kansas State Cyclocross Championships will be held at Leavenworth High School on December 9th.

Set-up for the event will take place on December 8th. Everyone on the team needs to be at Leavenworth High School at 10:00 a.m. After a short meeting we will start to work on the course. All tools and supplies will be provided. Much help is also needed loading up all the supplies/tools. Be at Cow Town Headquarters Friday night and/or early Saturday morning to help load up the trailer and truck.

Race-day set-up begins at 6:00am on December 9th. Volunteers are still need. Contact the Volunteer Coordinator at carolynnlocke@gmail.com.

Cow Town in the KC Star

Our own Christopher Locke had a cool little write-up in the Kansas City Star. Check it out: