Fort Lewis Cyclist, Teal Stetson-Lee was awarded with The Kuck Memorial Scholarship today in honor of her hard work on and off the bike. Teal has worked her way to a 3.9 grade point average, while managing to make time to train. Read the full story here. 
Tad Elliott Interview
DEVO Alumni Tad Elliott is now a professional ski racer. After winning the U-23 US championship on the bike this summer, he signed on the Saab/Subaru Factory Ski Team to compete in the SUper Tour this winter. Good Luck Tad!
Q: What is your favorite sport at the moment? ………………………………..Skate or Classic?
A:My favorite right now would have to be Skate. You can ski faster and it is easier to hit jumps and do tricks.
Q: What are the similarities in how your pro ski team operates in comparison with your pro mtb experiences?
A: Both the ski team and the MTB team operate in very similar ways. They both have team managers and in skiing we have a ski tech instead of a bike mechanic. He waxes our skis and makes sure they are in perfect condition before every race. Both teams have a team car and a trailer. The both really cater to the athletes to make sure that you are able to race your best on that given day.
Q: After a full season of racing under your belt, how have you made the transition to race the skis? Did you take some sort of a break, and did you really rest?
A: After the full season of bike racing I went straight into nordic trainin that next day. I then got sick the following morning and had to take a week off, which I spent on the cough really resting. What I should have done was really take a week long break and tube the river and hang out with friends.
Q: Who do you look up to on the pro nordic circuit? And can you describe the circuit a little?
A: I really look up to Andrey Golovko. He is a member of the same team as me and has gone to two Olympics. He has the best a attitude toward racing and he nordic skis because he truely loves to. He also makes up ways to have the most fun he can at the races. He is a proffesional road bike racer in Kazakhstan. So how can you not respect that.
The Nordic Circuit has National races called Super Tours. There are about eight through out the year and these are the races that my team primarily focuses on. They are all over the country and have a ranking system to see how you do in the overall series. There are also National Championships, and a National Ranking List (NRl) series that is like the Mountain States Cup races to complement the Super Tours.
Q: What are your goals for this nordic season? US Championships, Worlds?
A: My Goals really are to have fun and keep racing light. I ski the fastest when I am having fun and enjoying what I am doing.
Q: What is the coolest ski race you have competed in?
A: The coolest race by far was this local race I did in Falun Sweden. It was a pretty podunk ski race, but they had world class ski trails, an announcer, people handing you hot tea and food right after you finished, and the prizes were amazing. I won a ten pound box of crackers. Ski racing in Europe is huge and even the local races they go all out.
Q: What is your best trick on your skiis?
A: My best trick is a Switch 360.
Summer Dreams
Kansas City Cross Photos
All these are by Chad Cheeney
Squawker Cup Finishes With Sunny Skies
All photos by Chad Cheeney
Muscle Cross Crushes Folks Good
The second running of the Muscle Cross rolled out to the tune of a nice day. Kids Cross was a highlight early on as the kids proved that they can do the same stuff we do. The B’s race had Joe and Annie taking decisive victories. Big air awards go to Hicks and Eric, for their sweet boosting on the finish line double jumps. The A race had Travis and Carmen taking wins, with the crowd cheering on every turn in the sweetly spectatious course. French Miami played the post race hang out to the approval of everyone. Thanks to Russ and the Cyclery for the amazingly challenging event. Full results later.
Squawker Cup #4 Photos
Al pictures were snapped by Mike Wilk. Results will follow sometime.
Todd and Troy Totally Take Top Two Todium Tsteps
The Wells brothers took number 1 and 2 at round four of the USGP cyclocross series in New Jersey today. It was the first time the brothers have finished on top in a big event. Dang. Read the race report here. Nice work.
Cycling in 1896
http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/bicycle.html
This sport has been around for quite some time. According to the Social History of the Bicycle, Americans spent, in 1896, an estimated $200 million on bicycle repairs and accessories alone, and another $300 million on bicycles.
DEVO Board Member Wins in Albequrque
DEVO board member Gaige Sippy recently took the top spot on the podium in Albequrque, New Mexico at race number three in the surging New Mexico cyclocross scene. Gaige has been hard at work this cross season, taking time in-between scheduling the 2009 Iron Horse Bicycle Classic to train for the upcoming National Championships in Kansas City this December. Nice work! 
Cycle Squawk with Todd Wells
Todd Wells will be the guest on Russ and Chad’s call in cycling talk show, Cycle Squawk. Today, tuesday 1130-12pm on 91.9 and 93.9fm will dial to be dialed into for all your early November cycling tidbits. Local college radio station, KDUR has been airing the call in show since early summer and the show will go on until something happens. Next week Bob Roll of domestic fame will be the guest. Tune in at kdur.org if you are in the office.
*Bob Roll has been rescheduled to tuesday Nov. 25th due to things*
Squawker Cup #3 Photos by Mike Wilk
Results 3-squawker-cup-results1
Squawker Cup#4 course map 4-course-map
FLC Squawker Cup Sunday
This Sunday will be round three of the Squawker Cup up on the FLC grass. 10am is the start time, $10 is the fee and the race will last 45 minutes. Spectators are invited to come and view the suffering as cyclocrossers love to suffer. Check the flyer for more info. flc-08-squawker-cup-flyer
Cyclocross is Now
Junior DEVO Halloween Ride Today
Spooky stuff here. Today at 3:15, the fall jr DEVO riders will be out in costume riding around the spirit trail. Rumor has that a legendary ghost rider from 1897 will rise from the Greenmont Cemetery at approximately 4:42pm.
Buff Lesnard was an amazing kid racer in the late 1890’s and fell ill in the winter of 1890, and died the following spring. His connection to Durango stems from his off road riding habits that had the entire town, Middlebury, Connecticut, in an uproar. He was just having too much fun riding the dirt and the tight, cranky city folk, could not take it. Bikes were meant to be ridden slowly, and on stable hard pack surfaces, as written in the city ordinances. Buff’s illness came all too soon, as his off road discoveries led him to the joys of riding in the snow, and the heavy snow season left him to die of hypothermia during a descent down the towns snowy peak, Mt. Shred. In a note found in his wool knickers, Buff had written a list of places that might just be the best place to ride off road, and Durango, CO was on that list.
So the spirit trail and Buff will come alive today, we will be there to say what up, how about boo?
