Man, check those QRs…. the sketchy one I was using on my rear wheel came loose(!) going into the last lap. In the ten seconds it took me to stop, fix it and get up and running again I went from a virtually guaranteed 6th place (with a good chance at outsprinting my on-course companion for 5th) to eeking out 8th with more than a few people breathing down my neck!

Other than that loose QR, everything is A-OK out here in the Bay Area. The speed and race fitness are coming along nicely, the weather is generally cooperating, and all my fellow racers are psyched to be back on the dirt.

And for those of you who like your racing not-so-sanctioned, the DFL Urban Outlaw Cyclocross-dress series is (dressed) up and running as well. If Barry Wicks shows up and digs it, it must be good!

- Nick in SF