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Bikers on Snow!

Thanks to Durango Nordic and mother earth for the glorious Coke Race at DMR. What a great day!

Crashing did happen on the bikes and the skis.

Top secret race fat bike by local cycle maker 3D.

New U14 assistant coach Gary took second to Ben.

Carter, a U14er was having a rocking time.

Devo Dad Ted took the win on a top secret race machine.

U19er Haakon is looking strong this year.

Devo Director Sarah put on her p[arty dress.

Interview with Devo Board Member, Travis Brown

q; What was your first “race” bike and what was your first part upgrade?

a;First race bike was a Stumpjumper made out of Tange Prestige tubing bought from the Outdoorsman which is now MBS. The first part upgrade I made was a Bontrager Switchblade fork. At that time the bolt together crown was the same as on the Rock Shox RS1 and you could swap between rigid fork and suspension fork depending on the course and just change the lowers. The first mountain bike that I started exploring the trails around Durango was a Fisher Montare, it was actually my moms but she didn’t ride it much. She bought it from Durango Cyclery.

q; What is your favorite bike now and what has been your most recent part upgrade?

a;I ride so many different bikes now as Trek and the rest of the industry is re vamping most models on a 1 to 3 year cycle so that is not a lot of time to get attached to a bike. The bike that I am most attached to though is the last 69er single speed prototype that we made before we stopped with that wheel platform. It out corners everything else I have on a trail like South Rim.

q; Rank riding destinations you visited in the past 5 years. (mine-Sedona, Fruita, grand junction, Wanaka, NZ, and WInter Park.)

a;We have pretty similar tasts I have been riding in Sedona a lot in past couple years and the network there is really fun. I want to explore New Zealand more too. Durango is my favorite then a four way tie between St. George/Hurricane, Cortina, Sedona and Rotorua. I need to get back to explore the new east coast riding again as well. Mt. Snow was one of my favorite race venues and I want to check out the new Kingdom Trails network near there.

q; If you where on the pro mtb circuit these days, how would you train in the offseason? Same as in the past, or have you learned a few things since?

a;I would probably not push milage quite as much when it is cold out. The energy requirement to benefit ratio is high. So either more cross training like skiing and running and more trips into the amazing southwest desert.

q; If you had 1.5-2 hours to crank out a loop from downtown Durango before the world ended, and you already knew that your family and friends were going to be safe, whats your route.

a;That is a hard choice like most locals I really like the new trails at Twin Buttes but I would have to go for Powerline/Skyline/HyperExtended/Wilky/Telegraph/Crites/Sidewinder/Skull/South Rim/Sale Barn. That ride has everything.

Devo Hires New Wiggly Intern Chops

He’s just a puppy, but we think he will help the young Devo’s this season in the art of wiggle. He will accompany the athletes on several trips this season and is sure to make some smiles occur along the way. Meet Chops!

Snowdown Hill Bike Downhill Was Good

Photos by FLC Cycling’s Harrison Brown.

http://djwalker.smugmug.com/Sports/Snow-Slalom-13/27870477_wqLFzr, here’s some more photos.

Devo Board Member’s First Pro Bike

So sweet. Check out Devo board member Travis Browns first pro bike.

Devo Super Fan Teal is Selling Stuff

Single Bike box -Bike Pro USA- $70
Green Swiss top brake pads (brand-new still in the bag)- $5

Random MTB tires:
1- 26″ Specialized The Captain (Used)- $5
1- 26″ Specialized Sauserwind (Used)- $5
2- 26″ Kenda Small Block 8 (lightly used) $10/per tire

Bike shoes size 40 (not women specific):
1 pair Mavic Road Zxellium ultimate (lightly used)- $150
2 pairs Mavic MTB Fury (used)- $100/ pair
1 pair Mavic MTB Fury (brand new!)- $250

Boggy Draw Campout w/ U14 Girls

It was awesome to have Alisha on the campout!

Sarah is a really good spotter for Lacey. Oops!!

Chubby Bunny around the campfire- Annie killed it!

Lacey & Ellen are good at making friends on the trail

Coach Chad Cheeney’s Favoritest Pictures from 2012

Stephan at Howards House. The U19 went to Howards House for its annual fun day and we discovered these large animals in the woods. So we tried to touch them.

Sweet Elite in Prescott, AZ. Our first complete team preride of the year ended at our sweet VRBO town home. This pic felt like the official start to the race season.

Devo in Ouray. The Devo team enrout to Crested Butte. We had a hard time getting places fast, there was always fun things to do along the way.

Madeigh at Factory Trails. U19er Madeigh throws down some race face at her first bike race this spring during the Zia STXC Series.

Sweet Elite at Missoula, MT. Sepp shows us how its done at the sweet ProXCT drop off line.

Keenan at Sun Valley. Tricks are for kids is not all that true. Tricks can be had by all.

Devo Coaches at FLC. The coaches clinic was packed to the gills and it was so cool to see all the great people a part of this community program.

Garrett at Irish Embassy. Coach Garrett gets his suffer face on at the roller races.

Push Bike at Factory Trails. Those darn whippersnapper Push Bikers always wanted to play pretend crashing.

Jr Devo in Buckley Park. The Jr Devo Super Duper Fun Race is always a highlight.

Devo at Moonraker. Devo rides the sunset to sleep at TSTC. Always such a magical time for the Devo program, sunset at Moonraker.

Cody at Steamboat Springs, CO. This is the exact moment before Cody’s racing season ended.

U19 at Crested Butte. So sweet seeing a U19 sweep on the cat 1 15-18 podium.

Sepp at Miller. Sepp shoots during the 3point contest at the U19 Boys spring basketball practice.

Coach Annie in Aztec. On a fake bilboard using the PhotoFunia.com site.

Chris at Mesa Verde. Chris take a moment to relax at Devo camp before heading out for another lap at 12 Hours of Mesa Verde.

Willey at Factory Trails. This Jr Devo ripper loves to race!

Las at Factory Trails during the FLC/Jr Devo Relay Race. His stoic look is pretty sweet.

Sweet Elite in Prescott, AZ. Everywhere we went, Colton busted out sweet wheelies and it made us all feel like rockstars.

Grady at Fruita. Devo Alumni Grady James in his last FLC team race. He kept taking this corner way inside, and on this shot, almost took me out.

Sweet Elite cards on my carpet. The first official trading cards of Sweet ELite. It was a proud day when those came in the mail.

Howard at Steaming Bean. Howard muscling out a near record performance at the roller races. Suffer face!

Sweet Elite at MBS. The team presentation at MBS was our first chance to shine in front of our sponsors. Awkward moments for sure.

Lauren at CSprings. Lauren had an electric day and place 5th on a super muddy Pro Womens race course.

Dolf at Sun Valley. Dolf is Sepp’s Dad and its a great honor to have him at the races with us.

Colton in Vail. Colton is a wheelie master.

Devo at The Turf. Devo’s end of season party made for a great dodgeball game.

FLC in Madison. The FLC team warms up before the Collegiate Cyclocross Natty Champs in Wisc.

Sweet Elite in Precott. At the Whiskey 50, we cheered the entire time.

Peanut at Sun Valley, ID. U19 Coach Elke’s dog poses with our mascot painting at Nats. This painting brought many smiles.

Sweet Elite in Salida. We stopped for the night at this secret spot in Salida on the way to a race.

FLC at Beaver Meadows, CO. Coaching the FLC team, hanging out in the woods.

Howard at Missoula. Howard threw down big time and took 2nd at the ProXCT race in Montana.

Devo on Main Street. It was so cool to see the entire Devo peleton at the Pro Challenge parade.

Annie at Crested Butte. Coach Annie leads out Lacy on the xc preride.

Devo in Angel Fire. The Devo athletes and families do a podium pose after a good weekend of hanging out.

Devo at Coal Bank. The U19ers use some teamwork to put a Devo sticker on the road sign.

Heikki in Beaver Meadows, CO. FLC Gravity Coach leads out his athletes over the huge gap jump on the dh course. I sat there for an hour taking pics during practice.

My popsicle at Needham. When doing Bike Rodeos at the schools, I feel like a kid eating popsicles in the summer.

Lee at FLC. Coach Lee and our push bike group take to the FLC campus. This is my favorite part of the week.

Payson at Sun Valley, ID. Payson had a rough day at the big race of the season but he was still having fun, a true Devo!

Devo Van at Buckley Park. The friday night polo game was finished off by a sweet fireworks display to kickoff the Pro Challenge.

Devo Cards on my porch chair. The Devo prototype cards by Chris Adams were a dream come true.

Devo van at Gunnison. Playing beach baseball after the Crested Butte MSC.

My Legs in Utah. Lots of time by myself while taking photos for FLC at road nats.

Devo at FLC. The U19 boys pose after their spring football practice.

Jack at DMR. Devo benefit day at DMR was kind of a bad ski day, but you would have never been able to tell by looking at our crew. We all wore Devo jerseys, it was sweet.

Devo at Park City. On the way to Nats, we stopped at a jump park to warm up the legs.

Annie at FLC. Coach Annie digs a path for Michael at the FLC cross race. We had tons of snow and that makes for fun photos.

Sweet Elite in CSprings. The Sweet Elite Pro Men after their ProXCT race in CSprings.

Bear on my porch. My wife Annie took this, so I can kinda claim it as my own. This is our baby bear that was frequenting our house this fall.

Sepp at Factory Trails. Sepp shreds this classic tricky corner at the Zia STXC Series.

George at the Gulch Booter. George of the U14 team lets it fly on Durango’s classic hip jump. George has been with Devo since he was a little guy, and its fun to see him flying now.

India and Coaches at SUn Valley. India went out and won a National Championship. All of us coaches were there and it was so fun to celebrate.

FLC at Utah. The FLC Ladies at road nats get their pre race warm up on. I get to ride in a van with the back open and do hundreds of glory shots.

Ze at FLC. Push bike class rocked. Ze learned how to wheelie on his first day!

Devo at Telluride. Ivan of Jr Devo, does his best to listen in on the prerace instructions for the State Champs.

FLC at Utah. It was fun to get all crazy taking photos for FLC at Road Nats. This one is from the gutter.

Sweet Elite at Dog Park. This was our first team shot riding bikes. It was a fun day with the new team.

Devo at Secret Camp. The sweet tent in all its glory at the secret location of Top Secret Training Camp.

FLC at Utah. The FLC Skyhawks took 2nd at Road nats this year in Ogden Utah and we were all pretty stoked, so we jumped for joy.

Lauren in CSprings. Lauren smiles through the mud to take 5th place in the ProXCT.

Jon at Phils World. Jon Percassi can ride any bike, anywhere at anytime. The man, the myth, the Legend!

Sepp at Sun Valley. Sepp went so big on this flyover. It gave us all chills.

Devo at FLC. The Devo display at the Pro Challenge was cool to see our program on poster board. Felt like a good school project.

Devo U14 at Angel Fire. Perrin and Kieren hang with the Yackle Bros before their MSC race.

Cody at Steamboat Springs, CO. FLC’s Cody Cupp made an early exit to his fall collegiate xc season by registering for the dual slalom race. Breaking his wrist in the dust.

U19ers at Sun Valley. This is the moment before their biggest race of the year.

Sarah at Buckley Park. Devo Director Sarah gets dunked by the Jr Devos. The smile says it all.

Mike at Vail. Mike West is a demon on wheels. Here he is post race after the Teva Games.

Teal at Factory Trails. Teal lays a happy corner at the pump track.

Jack at Crested Butte. Jack climbs a wall.

Robin at Sun Valley. U19er Robin was so pumped to finish strong at the National Champs.

Galen at Durango. An early DHS graduation for Galen ment he could race for FLC in the spring collegiate race.

John at Factory Trails. Devo super fan and IDTV’s John Trousdale was always down to throw down for the camera at the Zia STXC series.

Sarah on Rim Trail. Sarah’s funny photo shoot before we took off for road nats. I asked her to make her best race face and this ius what she had.

Galen on Main Street. Galen leads out a massive group of Devo’s during the Pro Challenge pre race parade.

Mint at Aztec. Coach Mint running with his bike? Unheard of!

Sweet Elite in Sun Valley. Lauren and Colton each had amazing races at nationals and where fun to photograph.

STumpy at my house. My STumpjumper Evo is the best bike I have ridden to date.

Jack at Buckley Park. Jack take the push bike to the limit.

Kid at Animas Valley. The Bike Rodeos in the spring are a good time to brush up on new tricks.

Josh at Fruita. FLC rider took a digger on th finish line in a pile of Fruita moon dust.

Sweet Elite in New Mexico. The first team shot with the unfinished van art. We tried to pretend like we were a rock band.

Devo at Gunnison. We stopped at this lake outside of Gunnison on the way home from CB and did some swimming. So fun.

Kids in Wisconsin. At cross nats in Madison, kids were on every pond in site, sliding around on the ice and trying to make holes. Sketchy.

Devo at Phils World. Ivan and Jack do their sunset dance after the 12 Hours of Mesa Verde.

Howard at Factory Trails. This was part of the Zia STXC Series and the big guns showed up making for a fast race.

Teal at Madison Wisc. Teal took 4th in the pro race. She used this race to get a contract with the Luna Chix!

Stephan at FLC. U19 bike polo was always an adventure. We managed to get in a good game and a few photos before we were told to stop killing the grass.

Keenan at Sun Valley. Kennan calls his Mom after his 4th place finish at Nats. This kid has had some tough Nationals races in the past and now he was on top of the world.

DWC Team at Nature Trail. The DWC masters racers talking before their neighborhood crit, talking about how to shut down Chris Blevins.

Camryn in Telluride. The state champs in Telluride brought out the smiles as it was the last race of the season and we camped in Town park with all the families. Good times.

Local Restorer Mike Wilk’s Ritchey is Complete

side_shot — Pretty standard team build from 1991 minus the Softride stem. All Rtichey Force / WCS parts with XT drivetrain.

Devo Push Bike Group Rules

The tunnel is great for loud animal sounds.

Ben has Ned Overend’s autograph on his helmet.

Sometimes we bonk, but have to keep going.

Grass Bike Polo Tournament to Play Durango, April 2013

Fort Lewis Cyclocross on Sunday

Cross Hecklers,
Sure would be nice to have some enthusiastic cross race hecklers for the CX series finals at FLC on Sunday! Sounds like we might get some real weather as an extra bonus.

Bring your drums/bells/pots and pans.

When: Sunday
Where: FLC stadium for start/finish.
Times: Women and Men’s B’s at 10am, Men’s A and 35+ dudes at 11am.

Please spread the word to other known hecklers.

Don’t forget the awards party at the Irish Embassy Pub at 6pm on Sunday night.

Stan’s NoTubes 4CCX Series Finals Course Map

Sepp Kuss is the series leader going into the final race this sunday.

Aztec Race Report
The new venue for this weekend at Tiger Park in Aztec offered up some new terrain for everyone with some sandy run/ride ups, gravelly paths, sandy sections and some thick grass accentuated by the obligatory collegiate maze. Thanks to the City of Aztec, Pete Shirk and Cottonwood Cycles for hosting the event.

Day 1 began with the standard weather so far this year, dry and relatively mild. The Men’s B class was a pack race for the first few of the 4:40 laps with the usual suspects at the front with one newcomer, Adam Digby (FLC). Jacob Smith (FLC) soon separated himself and despite repeated attempts by Digby, took the win with Digby in second and Troy Hachmann (FLC Alum) having yet another solid ride for third.

The Open Women’s race also stayed tight for the first few laps until Sofia Gomez Villafane (FLC) created a gap over the chasers and went on to a comfortable win. Lauren Catlin (FLC) and Sarah Sturm (FLC) have their form coming on at the right time to take 2nd and 3rd. Series leader Brianne Marshall (Stan’s NoTubes) had an off day and finished 4th.

The Men’s 35+ race had the same group of instigators start off the race but the outcome was highlighted by a newcomer. Matt McGee (2Cross) was in town from Las Vegas and showed up to create a gap from the beginning and grew his lead throughout the race to take a convincing win over the Stan’s NoTubes tandem of Frank Mapel (2nd) and Michael Carroll (3rd). Jon Delacy (DWC) again showed he was the best of the rest by finishing 4th.

The Men’s A race was sure to be decided by the FLC racers vying for spots on the National Team that will represent FLC on Januray 13th in Madison, WI. Leave it up to Sepp Kuss (RMCF Sweet Elite) to derail those plans by keeping tabs on Skyler Trujillo (FLC) and Rotem Ishay (FLC/Jamis) for the majority of the race and then pulling away to take the win – Trujillo 2nd, Ishay 3rd. Mike Sampson (FLC) had his best result to date by riding to a solid 4th and Robbie Jones (FLC) kept up the consistent results coming with a 5th place effort.

Day 2 in Aztec conditions were markedly different with a brutally cold wind out of the west making it very cold out in the elements and a few snowflakes flying. The course was run in the reverse direction from the day before with a few additions to make it a longer lap.

The Men’s B race seemed a tight pack race from the beginning but the group didn’t realize that Peter Marshall (DWC) had exploded off the front to take the win in dominating fashion. Jacob Smith (FLC) road the majority of the race alone to take 2nd and Troy Hachmann (FLC Alum) overcame a first lap mechanical to take 3rd yet again.

In the Open Women race Brianne Marshall (Stan’s NoTubes) exacted her revenge on everyone by using her teams cannon to obliterating the field and even passing all but one B man despite starting 1 minute behind them. Sofia Gomez Villafane, Sarah Strum, Lauren Catlin and Brittany Clawson formed up the FLC Cycling chase train before spreading out in that order to finish 2,3,4,and 5.

The Men 35+ field was missing the guest instigator from the day before and the Frank Mapel (Stan’s NoTubes) Michael Carroll (Stan’s NoTubes) duo (they might as well be riding a tandem) created a small gap over Andre Michaud (DWC) and Jon Delacy (DWC). The DWC racers did their best to close down the gap but fell short with Mapel taking another win, Carroll in 2nd, Delacy 3rd and Michaud 4th.

The Men’s A race got off to a quick start with Sepp Kuss (RMCF Sweet Elite), Skyler Trujillo (FLC) and Mike Wilk (FLC Alum) trading off on the front of the race with Chad Cheeney (RMCF Sweet Elite) holding a gap on a group of FLC chasers. Trujillo and Wilk turned up the throttle to gap Kuss and then Wilk bobbled in the hopable barrier section to give Trujillo the winning margin. Kuss kept riding hard to hold onto 3rd and Cheeney held off the chasing Mike Sampson (FLC) and Robbie Jones (FLC) to take 4th.

The Stan’s NoTubes Series Finals are this Sunday, December 16th up at Fort Lewis College with Open Women/Men B at 10am and Men A/Men 35+ at 11am. The venue will be slightly different than in the past with the Start/Finish next to the Amphitheater/Clocktower on the south side of Whalen Gymnasium.

All please be sure to make it to the Series awards on Sunday night at 6pm at the Irish Embassy pub at 9th and Main Ave. Should be a great time with the CX community coming together to celebrate the season.
Series Points; Stan’s NoTubes 4CCX Overall