Flying the team colors...literally

Finally, a cyclocross course with jumps!  And I mean actual wooden ramps with a gap in between!
OK, the gap jump was pretty tame, but still technically a gap jump.  Brent S. and I both raced the Mens B race at Cult Cross in Eagle on March 31, and a good time was had by all.  Fun technical course, small field, no timing chips or bureaucracy, and perfect weather.  If there had been a team points classification, we would have taken top honors.  (I think we were the only two racers in the field from the same team.)  Results here.
And of course, highlight video here.

Cyberstalking

Racing is hard. It makes you have poopie-face. (eh, Armin?)

More decent results, and a new twist for us. Seems as if we might just have been cyber-stalked lately. Looks like the Natural Way Raging Team is worried enough about the competition from us that they were checking out the blog. Yep, a bit of cyberstalking. Cool.

They seemed to notice the "bullseye" from John's post. Now, sadly that apparently motivated them a bit more, and they put a dent in John's plan for Colorado Cyclocross domination by scoring MORE points that we did Sunday. (Great job, John....) But it's not over yet. Lesson learned? Keep your top secret team plans in a "less public" location.

In all seriousness, it's turning into a fun rivalry, the kind where beers are on offer after the pain stops. Was even a HPM-NWRT battle way back in 35th and 36th place. No matter, it's time for them boys to watch out. OH, and enough of that "High PLAINS" heckling.

HPM is maintaining 2nd place in the 35+ 4 Cross Cup

Results for the last couple of weeks:

Interview - John Deibert

So, Cross season is underway. Al Naudin was the first one out of the gate, racing to a 5th place in the 55s at Queens of Cross in Golden. way to break in the season for us, Al!

Many more will be starting their season out Saturday the 17th in Boulder's new Valmont park, including John Deibert, a new member this year, and the subject of this team interview session.

Who are you? Your "vitals"?

John Deibert, 37, 5'8" 148 lbs. Happily married to Lori Antolec, no kids, two cats (hers), five bikes (and need one more, fast)

Where are you from?

born in Cheyenne, WY, lived in Fort Worth, TX and mostly grew up in Sioux Falls, SD. Moved to Boulder for college in 1992 and have been hanging around since then.

What do you do for a living?

Mostly button-pushing and typing. I test disk drives at Seagate.

What do you do on a Bike?

Go fast, fly through the air, wheelies, stoppies, the usual stuff. I ride roads, mountain bike, plan to start racing cross this year. I ride a bike to work most days (but I draw the line at -10 degrees F).

When did you start racing Bikes? Start Racing Cross? Start Nordic Ski Racing?

2003. This year. Not on your life.

Any other "interesting" bike history or stories?

I think I had a concussion from going over the bars for the first time at the age of, oh, maybe 10. And I went 1 year without driving my car to work when we moved to our current residence (1.5 miles from work)

Any Great Racing Results?

10th place in the 2004 Iron Horse (30-34 mens), 5th place sprinter in 2004 Mead series (Settje was 1st), 1st place in the 2008 Breck 32 (overall), 6th in the 2011 Breck 32 (30-39 mens).

What else do you do for fun?

Snowboard, travel with Lori, watch the Grand Tours on TV religiously

Any bike racing goals or dreams to share?

Not really. My goal in any race is for it to be good at the finish, get to fight it out and do something heroic to beat someone. I hope to have fun trying some cross races this year, and watch Lori tear it up more than she did last year.

Why are you on H.P.M. ?

My first matching kit, awesome! And to hang out with a bunch of great riders and fun people.

If you hit the Powerball lottery tomorrow, what would you go do?

Maybe fund the medical research it's going to take to replace all my failing joints. Either that or go mountain biking all around the world with Lori.

HPM on the podium

The Colorado Cross Classic, Day 1 of the National Cyclocross Trophy Series was pretty good to the High Peaks Masters team.

Kirk Took 3rd in the SM45+ open Race, and got the full-blown podium treatment

Colorado Cross Classic - SM45+ Podium from Dale Riley on Vimeo.


Armin had a great ride for a 7th Place in the SM35+ Cat 4 race.  Paul Riciputi was 24th,  and Dale Riley got 35th in a full field of 100 starters.

Al Naudin Hauled in a 23th place in the 55+,  and Lori Antolec showed great progress with 15th in a large field of SW4's for her second race.

2010-2011 Cyclocross calendar

The 2010-2011 Cyclocross race schedule and Wednesday practice schedule are posted on the team calendar.

It is time to get your HUP on boys & girls.