URBAN CYCLOCROSS SERIES BONELLI PARK FINALE
Start/finish: On the left Single Speed rider Miguel Sutter in the fresh 2007/2008 Uban Cyclocross Champion's Jersey; Triathletix teammates Anna Wills, Jennifer Kramer and Konrad Ribeiro.
Holeshot: MBA's Eddie Arnet in the defending champion jersey and series leader yellow socks. Greg Castaneda (650), Johnny Dalton (648), David Gibson (649) and Bob Meeker (647) chase down the mountain biker.
Us against them: Eddie throttles his Titus 96'er out of a grass corner while Greg Casteneda and Robert Meeker chase on CX bikes.
Registration and free refreshment: Registration boss Lisa is hidden deep in the back. Number 321 is Single Speed B rider David Miser.
Top women: Series Champion Lana Atchley over the Bonelli double barriers. Dorothy Wong re-mounts while her Cicle teammate Carolyn Popovic (hidden behind Lana) eventually took the Bonelli race.
Flat versus drop: The Urban Cyclocross Series is very friendly for mountain bikes. Put some fast tires on and give the roadies fits!
RBA: Top SoCal 40-44 Expert Robert Kmetz in his new Sho-Air/RockNRoad/Road Bike Action Magazine team kit. Road Bike Action is MBA's sister publication.
Pro men: The Bonelli event started midway through a one mile stretch of paved road. The return half of the course was on rolly, grassy parkland.
Midpack pro's first lap: The barriers were too high and too close together for anyone with good bunnyhopping skill to jump and open a gap.
Experience: In the end longtime SoCal CX Champ Brent Prenzlow stole the show. Mark Noble is in 3rd and Frederick Bottger 4th.
Back On Track Productions ran a UCI Cyclocross Calendar final event that was also used to cap off the 2007/2008 edition of the Urban Cyclocross series. We here at MBA have raced the Urban Cyclocross series on mountain bikes for over 15 years.
The Urban Cyclocross circuits have been the most unique in the world. In the past we have raced through the Olympic Velodrome at Dominguez Hills; a sand pit next to a storm drain in Torrance; the lunch quad, running track, shop classes, bungalows, and hillside perimeter around Palos Verdes High; and best yet, through the homeless camp in and around Reggie the Alligator's home at Lake Machado.
The circuit at Bonelli Park in San Dimas, CA was fast and better suited for true cyclocross rigs. The two mile layout was half asphalt and half grass with a few sections of gravel and one set of double barriers.
We used the same Titus 96'er project bike that we ran to win the 2006/2007 title. For cyclocross we run the NoTubes wheelset with The Crow tubeless tires at 30 psi. The bike is holding up extremely well. After upgrading to the FRM Airway fork we reviewed the month following the original November, 2006 test, we are still running all of the original components; even the Shimano XTR-level, CN-7701 chain (it still has lots of life left). The bike has 95 hours total.
BONELLI PARK RESULTS
1. Brent Prenzlow...Celo Pacific-Salsa
2. Frederick Bottger...Bearclaw
3. Mark Noble...Time Factory
4. Molly Cameron...Vanilla
5. Aaron Odell...Rock Lobster
6. Jason Sager...Monavie-Cannondale
7. Brandon Gritters...RockNRoad
8. Jason Lowetz...Bearclaw
9. John Behrens...Celo Pacific
10. John Bailey...Celo Pacific
WOMEN
1. Carolyn Popovic...Cicle
2. Lana Atchley...SoCal Velo
3. Dorothy Wong...Cicle
4. Lisa Crowe...Don's Bike
SINGLE SPEED
1. Bert Blanchette...Backbone
2. Cid Castillo...Path
3. Noah Halcomb...Cannondale
SINGLE SPEED B
1. Cole Maness
2. Kytz Kelley
3. Miguel Sutter...Pasadena Athletic Ass.
MASTERS 35+
1. Mark Fluss...Central Coast
2. Robert Kmetz...VeloSport
3. Johnny Dalton...Velocity
WOMEN 35+
1. Keli Roberts...South Bay Wheelman
2. Stella Tong...Triathletix
3. Linh Tran
MASTERS 45+
1. David Gibson...Velocity
2. Johnny Dalton...Velocity
3. Robert Meeker...Bearclaw
MASTERS 55+
1. John Rubcic...UC Cyclery-JW Floor
2. Jonathan Livesay...Bearclaw
3. Robert Llamas...Bearclaw
MEN 3-4
1. Ian Allen
2. Ian Murray...Triathletix
3. Keith Brodsky
WOMEN 3-4
1. Anna Wills...Triathletix
2. Brooke Warner...Cicle
3. Stella Tong...Triathletix
MEN 4
1. Keith Brodsky...Major Motion
2. Konrad Ribeiro...Triathletix
3. Dale Raymond...SoCal Velo
JUNIOR 15-18
1. Ricky Riedl
2. Ryan Blanchette...Backbone
JUNIOR 10-14
1. Erik Volotzky...Major Motion
2. Andrew Hazeltine...SouthbayWheelman
3. Duncan Reid...BikePalace-BackOnTrack
JUNIOR WOMEN 10-14
1. Danielle Hazeltine...SBW
2. Hannah Finchamp...Cicle
URBAN CYCLOCROSS SERIES OVERALL RESULTS
1. Brandon Gritters...RockNRoad...47 points
2. Frederick Bottger...Bearclaw...46
3. Jason Lowetz...Bearclaw...40
4. John Bailey...Celo Pacific...35
5. Lyle Warner...Bearclaw...30
6. Chris DeMarchi...RockNRoad...28
7. Brent Prenzlow...Celo Pacific-Salsa...24
8. Antonio Cruz...Discovery Channel...24
9. Mark Noble...Time Factory...19
10. Damon Roberson...17
WOMEN
1. Lana Atchley...SoCal Velo...70 points
2. Dorothy Wong...Cicle...22
3. Rachel O'Connell...Cheerwine...20
4. Lisa Crowe...Don's Bike...18
5. Carolyn Popovic...Cicle...12
6. Monique Sawicki...Ergon-Ellsworth...12
7. Coryn Rivera...La Grange Westwood...12
8. Christie Pleiss...Redlands...11
9. Vanessa Humic...10
10. Mandy Eakins...Pass Physical Therapy...10
AMATEUR CLASS CHAMPIONS
Sng Spd: Noah Holcomb...Cannondale
Sng Spd B: Miguel Sutter...Pasadena Athletic Ass.
Mst 35+: Mark Fluss...Central Coast
Mst 45+: Eddie Arnet...Sho-Air/RockNRoad/MBA
Mst 55+: John Rubcic...UC Cyclery-JW Floor
Men 3-4: Ted Willard...Liquid Fitness-1031market
Wmn 3-4: Lisa Crowe...Don's Bikes
Men 4: Ryan Gale...Encore
Jr 15-18: Ryan Blanchette...Backbone
Jr 10-14: Erik Volotzky...Major Motion
Jr Wmn 10-14: Danielle Hazeltine...SBW