Monthly Archives: April 2012

1 year ago 0

Winning!

Remember back in November when we were excited to ride our bikes?  Or, in December, when we were excited to ride the computrainers?  People didn’t know why we were so excited for mundane winter training.  When Patrick Fasse put on a power clinic, he knew why. When Rob Kelley gathered the team for a motivational [...]

1 year ago 0

Pella tonight!

You know the season is in full force when the Pella practice crits start.  Guess what? That’s tonight.  Full details on the practice crits are here: http://www.abdcycling.com/events/wednights.html   They will get called off if the weather is too dicey.  Current forecast looks like there could be rain.  Keep an eye on the ABD twitter account for [...]

1 year ago 0

Leland photos are popping up

Our friends at www.pelotonstar.com always seem to get good shots of the Bicycle Heaven Racing Team in action.  Today we make the front of their “teaser” for this weekend’s action.

1 year ago 0

Chicago Bike Racing

Racing returned to the City of Chicago, Illinois today.  Of course, we were there.  Highlight of the day was Andy Swims crawling into the Cat 3 break and then driving it for nearly a half an hour.  On the bell lap Swims attacked from very far out, was able to out-sprint two teammates from an [...]

1 year ago 1

Leland… until we meet again.

It was chilly and windy out at Leland this weekend. We had hoped for nothing less.  Several members of Team Bicycle Heaven (including 3 Women teaming up in the Women’s 4′s) tackled the gravel in what has got to be the most difficult road race in the state.  Attrition was high across the board, with [...]

1 year, 1 month ago 0

Did somebody say Leland?

There have been rumors of local teams running down to Leland to pre-ride the course.  Glad we’re not the only ones looking forward to this race.  The current weather forecast is for bad weather.  And by “bad” we mean “good” meaning that it’s currently not supposed to be wet, cold, or brutally windy.  That could [...]

1 year, 1 month ago 0

Taming the Leland Kermesse.

How do you make the Leland Kermesse easy? You don’t, fool.  How do you make it easier?  You put together gravel training rides through the windswept field of Northern Illinois.  That’s just what the team did this weekend.  With a 110 mile option starting in LaFox or a 70 mile option starting in Sycamore, we [...]