As we move into the 2010 season, here is the CO Posse:

Michael Beck

Name & Nickname: Michael Beck

Category: Cat 3 CX but race 45 Open, Cat 4 Road but race 35/4 or 45/4, and Cat 1 Mtn but race single and rigid.

Years Racing: 17 years seriously, my first race was in 1992 at the Cold Springs Road Race in Texas but I considered myself a racer after competing in the 1993 Cactus Cup in Arizona.

Hometown: Carol Stream, IL (Live in the Suburban Hell of Denver)

Occupation: Slacker, Stay at Home Dad

Favorite Local Race: A tie between Buena Vista and Frisco. My all time favorite race is the Chihuahaun Desert Challenge, an old Mountain Bike Stage Race in Lajitas, Texas.

Post Race Beverage: Anything malty and cold.

Tubular or Clincher: Tubular, rode my first pair in 1989 then strayed away for a few years.

Bicycle of Choice: Dean for Cross, Waltworks for Mtn, De Rosa for Road

Can or Bottle: Can for my beer, bottle for my wine

2010 Goals: Finish Dirty Kanza, ride time trials with my kids, a weekend of self-supported touring with the family, ride lots of CO gravel, and a solid Cyclocross season.

 

Gerry Reynolds

Name & Nickname: Gerry Reynolds aka The Destroyer or G

Category: CX 35+4/Mountain Cat 3

Years Racing: 5

Hometown: Centennial,CO aka The Burbs

Occupation: Distribution Center Manager

Favorite Local Race: Battle The Bear, Cult Cross and any cross race at BCLP

Post Race Beverage: PBR

Tubular or Clincher: Clincher

Bicycle of Choice: S-Works Tricross and the Ferrous Twins (yes, I have two of them now)

Can or Bottle: Can

2010 Goals: Get healthy, Do Laramie again,have fun, and keep my ass of the ground!

Chad Meinert

Chad Meinert

Name & Nickname: Meiney

Category: DFL

Years Racing: 10

Hometown: Currently reside in Lakewood, CO

Occupation: Recreation Manager

Favorite Local Race: Frisco Cross’ Weekend!

Post Race Beverage: I do not discriminate.

Tubular or Clincher: I do not discriminate.

Bicycle of Choice: My old school Sacha White, Spot SS, Surly Pacer,

Can or Bottle: I do not discriminate.

2010 Goals: DK & Cross’ will get my focus, the beautiful roads and trails of Colorado will get my fancy.

 

Scott Bristol

Name & Nickname:  Scott Bristol, aka “Woody.”  Nickname from college that all my old buds still call me.  Should have kept it had I known I would be an insurance agent.

Category:  35+ Cat 4 or 45+ open if I ever get back in shape.

Years Racing:  25 (first race was the Santa Fe Hill Climb which pretty much set the tone for my entire racing career.  OTB and suffering right from the gun.

Hometown:  Golden, CO (I grew up in El Paso, TX)

Occupation:  www.scottbristol.com State Farm Agent

Favorite Local Race:  Tough call, but hard to beat Xilinx.  Our own race in Golden is a close 2^nd, especially after Chad went so deep in the hurt locker he almost knocked the back out of it.

Post Race Beverage:  PBR cans or Coors Light cans

Tubular or Clincher: Tubular.  Period.

Bicycle of Choice:  Redline Conquest Pro for CX, Spot Brand Rigid SS for MTB, DeRosa for road

Can or Bottle:  Cans after (and during) races, bottles all other times, preferably Coors Light in large quantities.  This may be cause of answer #2 above and #11 below.

2010 Goals:  Represent at Dirty Kanza, Big Buckle at Leadville if I get in, and actually be a factor in a 45+ cross race this year.

 

Travis Stone

Name & Nickname: Travis Stone, just Trav

Category:35+4 CX & Road, Cat 2 Mtn

Years Racing: 3

Hometown:Princeton NJ

Occupation: Real Estate Asset Manager

Favorite Race: Mt. Washington Hill Climb

Post Race Beverage: 2004 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir, or most any quality Napa Cab. Yeah, I know I’m a pussy.

Tubular or Clincher: Clincher Tubeless

Bicycle of Choice: Santa Cruz Stigmata CX, Look 585 Road, Yeti 575 Mtn (fun), Niner EMD Mtn (race)

Can or Bottle: Bottle

2010 Goals: Top tens, maybe a couple of top 5′s in cross, win Bayou Salado!

 

Welcome the newest members

 

 

Bil Pfaffendorf

Name & Nickname: Bil Pfaffendorf

Nick names Notorious or Notorious B.I.L.

Category: Single speed! Is there any other? I guess I’m a cat 3 Cyclocrosser and a Cat 1 MTBer (by Colorado definition).

Years Racing: 13 years, mostly MTB

Hometown: LinHOOD Minnesota (aka Linwood)

Occupation: Instructional coach (a.k.a teacher of teachers)

Favorite Local Race: Anything with only one gear and a lot of suffering

Post Race Beverage: P.B.R., Coors, Go FAST, Espresso, and water (in any order)

Tubular or Clincher: Clincher tubeless

Bicycle of Choice: Gary Fisher steel ridged 29er SS, or my Kona SS Cyclocross scandium beauty. Sometimes a geared Primus Mootry road bike when I have to.

Can or Bottle: Jack Daniels and Routine Leg Works only come in a bottle.

2010 Goals: Ride more than last year, have fun, enjoy life, and win a race

or two.

Jamie Elsasser

Name & Nickname: Jamie Elsasser (aka Furious George)

Category: Masters35+/Cat 4 CX/Road, Cat 2 Mtn, Single Speed

Years Racing: 9 yrs (across a few decades)

Hometown: Denver, CO (from Philly Yo)

Occupation: Data Center Operations Manager

Favorite Local Race: Carbon Cross, Boulder Roubaix, Winter Park Mtn bike races, Tony Grampas CX Course

Post Race Beverage: Indian Pale Ale and coffee (but not at the same time)

Tubular or Clincher: Clincher

Bicycle of Choice: Custom Blacksheep Ti 29er, Surly SS 29er, Redline Team Conquest CX . Lapierre Road

Can or Bottle: Iron Cross CX Pint Glass (podium gift), keep filling her up…

2010 Goals: Get top ten in some CX races, Mt. Evans, Ride a Gravel Grinder, Multi-Day Mountain Bike tour/overnighter, Pull my 18 month boy Max on a metric century, not get injured this year, no broken frames.