SEPTEMBER

The Wooden Wheels team hung up their fat knobby tires for some road slicks and a fast flat paved loop at the Pedal Away Prostate Cancer road race in Dover, DE. It’s not clear if the primary motivator for the large tunrout was opportunity to raise cancer awareness or free post-race beers. Either way a great race with some seriously fast speeds resulted in a couple podiums and a couple crashes. In the mens under 40 race Andrew Webser topped off the team results with a 2nd place followed by Rob DiSibio in 6th, Ricardo Gomez in 7th, Sebastian in 11th, Uriel Bohorquez in 12 after being tangled up in a crash that involved Chef Jeff Burress as well. Additionally Trevor made himself at home filling in from the Wooden Wheels Tri Team. Jenny Gomez nabbed a stellar 2nd place for the under 40 ladies division and Mags Crilley take home the whole kit and caboodle in 1st place for the over 40 ladies.

And now that the summer has wound down its time to break out that rigid off road beast known as the cyclocross bike and the 400 Acre DuPont Estate was ready! Kicking things off with Granogue Cross the girls showed up ready to roll nabbing a 9th place by Nancy DiSibio and Kim Webster 12th in the  at 3/4 field. Barriers, some punchy climbs, off-camber serpentines, and a little mud couldn't deter the Wooden Wheels Racing team. Heather started the CX season strong with a 10th place in the Cat 1/2/3 field to round out the womens results. The boys Ed and Rob raced into 19th and 26th respectively in Cat 4/5 while Andrew Webster found himself in 27th in Cat 1/2/3. 

And lots of thanks and kudos go out to our cheering & support squad: Collin, Eric, Matera, Pete, Dennis, Urion, Margo, Baby Kate, Baby Claire, Kimmie's Mom, & the always faithful parents.

We interrupt this regularly scheduled 'cross season report to also inform you of one more mountain bike race! Webb competed in the Wolf Bouncer MTB Derby in Annandale, VA, Sat Sep 20, 2014, and won the SS Open division! Wahoo Webb!

Charm City Cross was back for 2014 with two days of racing with some new and improved course features.....Both days, the course threw you right into the fire with a bottleneck hairpin right-hand turn shortly after the starting sprint. For the men's fields, with over 100 racers, it was like rolling Armageddon and they fought for position into the bottleneck. Day 1 then took you for another hair pin right up some man-made steps that seemed to get steeper each lap! Including 4 sand crossings that sucked the life right out of your legs and left you with sandbags for shoes. To throw in some fun, they added a fly over for show! Day 2 basically reversed the direction of much of the course, but the elevation was just a brutal in the 90 deg heat. Despite all the chicanery, the course was super dry and fast. Heather represented WWR in the UCI Elite Women's races, finishing 32/40 Day 1 & 34/40 Day 2. Way to go Heather!!!! 

Webb, Kimmie (& Claire) and Heather ventured down to Winchester to mix it up with the Super8 Series. AppleCross is a mtn biker friendly course - and in fact I saw several racers rocking Canndale Leftys! The course had a little bit of everything - fast dry speed sections, hair pin turns, several off-chambers, some woods and roots. Also included the "Belgian Wall!!!," which most had to run up. Top that all off to make the day complete with a post-race Apple Pie!.

Webb landed 13th for Men Open, Kimmie 20th in the Cat 3/4 women, and Heather 8th (winning some of that apple pie, nice!!) in the Cat 1/2/3 women.

AUGUST

The MASSeris came to a close at the Fair Hill Classic with ideal race day conditions the Wooden Wheels crew put the a superb final stamp on the XC race season in all categories. Brian McCoy landed a respectable 15th in Cat 3. Tom Harvey PJ Andersen finished 12th and 22nd in Cat 2 while Phil Aiken test the limits of his chain and found the limit in spectacular fashion. Andrew Webster bounded into a top ten result for Cat 1 men at 6th place. Uriel Bohorquez gave it his all on the leg burning endurance division for a 34th place finish. While the single track single speed duo of Will Niede and Edward Williams found themselves in 4th and 10th place at the end of the day. Finally the best result came from the womens Cat 1 race where Heather Heinrich stepped up her game to earn a step on the podium at 2nd place.

This wrapped up the final opportunity to earn points toward the MASS team XC competition where Wooden Wheels managed a top ten spot in 9th place amongst a number of strong teams with long rosters.

Here’s a summary of individual results for the MASSeries:

Division	Div Place	Total Field	Name	# MASS XC Races
CAT 3 MEN 30-39	5	14	Brian McCoy	7
CAT 3 MEN 30-39	8	14	Uriel Bohorquez	2
CAT 2 MEN 19-29	12	16	Jeff Meyer	2
CAT 2 MEN 30-39	10	36	Ricardo Gomez	6
CAT 2 MEN 40-49	23	39	Collin Hoon	4
CAT 2 MEN 40-49	24	39	PJ Andersen	4
CAT 2 MEN 50-59	40	41	Dave Jordan	1
CAT 2 SINGLESPEED	9	22	Ed Williams	5
CAT 2 WOMEN U40	10	16	Liz Jones	2
CAT 1 WOMEN 40+	8	13	Heather Heinrich	3
CAT 1 MEN 19-39	5	38	Andrew Webster	7
CAT 1 MEN 19-39	11	38	Alex Frigon	3
CAT 1 MEN 19-39	31	38	Jason Temple	1
CAT 1 MEN 40-49	38	40	Dennis Dischler	1
CAT 1 SINGLESPEED	7	14	Will Neide	2

Kudos to our newest WW racers this year - Brian, Uri, PJ, Ed. Great dedication guys!

JULY

MASS Summer Sizzler

Sun Jul 6, 2014, Wooden Wheels headed up the dirty Jerz for some dirty mtn bike action at the 2014 Summer Sizzler. Single speeders flew to podium finishes with Will taking 2nd in Cat 1 and Ed nailing 1st place in Cat 2. Andrew Webster took a well-deserved 11th place in Cat 1 and three solid finishes in the Cat 2 men’s field for Ricardo Gomez, Collin Hoon, and PJ Andersen for 11th, 17th and 23rd respectively.



Sufferin' Susquehanna Race

On a day when the temperature was frying racers in the saddle at Susquehanna State Park, two Wooden Wheels racers were cooking the demanding race course. With more than 1200 feet of climbing per lap Andrew Webster fought out a second place finish in the SS division Cat 1 single speed. While Jeff Meyer made his presence known claiming second place in Cat 2 men.