Heading to the NORBA National....

[madisongrrl]

Renee,
No adivise here but I'm sending good luck vibes!!! Don't forget to let us know how you did and post some pix.

Did I read somewhere you were buying a cyclocross frame? Are you doing those now as well? Sounds exciting!

Dar

Thanks for the well wishes.... Yup, I'm buying a cyclocross bike. I think I might have Cronometro build up a Surly crosscheck in 105 (10 speed). The fork on that bike is a little heavy, so I'll upgrade it in the future when I have more funds. There are 9 cyclocross races and they are located pretty close to Madison. So it should be a fun fall.

Here is the 2006 schedule
http://www.wicycling.org/CycloCross/...20Schedule.pdf

[Veronica]

Good luck and have fun!

V.

[SalsaMTB]

Wow, good luck! Let us know how it goes!

[madisongrrl]

I'm back from Colorado. It was amazing, even though I had a DNF. My brother did great and got on the podium (not bad for someone from WI).

Here is a link to my photo album. The pictures are best viewed as a slideshow.
http://rebach.smugmug.com/gallery/1776392

I'm still arranging the pictures that I took at the Pro XC race...when I'm finished, I'll post a link.

Another fantastic part of my trip was that I attended a free skills camp taught by Alison Dunlop. It was great because there were only five of us, so there was a lot of personal attention.

[SalsaMTB]

Great pics!! Hope you didn't get too hurt! How was the elevation change?

[madisongrrl]

Great pics!! Hope you didn't get too hurt! How was the elevation change?

The elevation change was brutal. On the last day of my vacation I was still getting winded walking up a flight of hotel stairs.

[madisongrrl]

Here are my pics of the Pro XC NORBA race at Snowmass.

http://rebach.smugmug.com/gallery/1779413