Mello Velo Racing

Uncle Sam's CX, NY State Champs — Single-Speed
Small field, and for most of us it was the second race of the day. Fun course on a single-speed. Happy that I managed to grind up the hill every lap.

Mello Velo Bicycle Shop

Hollenbeck's Spring Classic Road Race

First time pinning on the snazzy new Mello Velo Bicycle Shop kit for a road race. This is always a great race. Super happy to have made the 1-lap split and held on for 5th overall and 1st in my age-group. Stupidly misjudged the length of my cool down and missed the awards—sorry guys. -Kevan (Thanks to John Lynch for the photos)

THE BEST way to get in a mid-week CX workout!

Race Fans!

The Syracuse Bicycle Boogie Nights race series is back!

Join us for some grass roots racing at the Dirt Disco! The vibe is laid backed, but the course and racing action will be legit.

Maximum of 25 racers per night. Reg early! No day of registration.

Registration and more deets here:

https://www.bikereg.com/bike-race0

NatiFo! 1st overall and Masters 35+ State Champ.

Put this one on your calendar for next year. John Compton (Main Street Bike Shop) knows how to do it: awesome location, super fun course, post-race keg and chicken dinner (best post-race idea EVER, and fundraiser for the Burdett Vol. Fire Dept.), and great people!

The course had a bit of everything. A long, hard hill was the first real test and blew apart the race. A lead group settled out and was going pretty well, but not enough to stay ahead of a few chasers. Subsequent rollers, a missed turn, and another steep hill fragmented the group even further; so the race at the front came down to three: Kevan, Cory Kuhns and Ken Hall. We worked decently well as a trio through some rough roads, a sketchy single-track section, and then were facing the final drag up to the line. I upped the pace at about the .5 mile mark to see how everyone was doing, and then Ken (presumably trying to avoid a final sprint) ramped it up even further. That was enough that we lost Cory. I tracked Ken’s wheel until I could see the finish line and though he was flagging and then pulled through and got a few seconds gap for the win.

Better photos coming when I scoop them up from the great photographers that were on sight.

-Kevan

Thanks to our team sponsors:
Mello Velo Bicycle Shop and Cafe
Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists, P.C.
Hollis Funeral Home
The Gaulin Real Estate Team at HUNT Real Estate
Curtin and Hadzor Fine Home Builders
Resurrected Tattoo