Mello Velo Racing

Capital Region Road Race and NYState Champs!

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Everyone within easy reach of Caz who owns a CX or gravel bike should stop what they are doing and sign up for this https://www.bikereg.com/Confirmed/67254?nc=1!!! There is no better training or way to try CX racing in a fun, low key setting!!

Syracuse Bicycle Presents: Boogie Nights CX Racin' at the Dirt Disco! Online Registration BikeReg - online cycling event registration

Northwinds Gravel Classic (State Champs)

Great way to end gravel season, and my best effort of the year so far. Two thumbs up for a great venue and amazing post-race food and drink. I snagged a very cool trophy for the overall win that is a 3D map of the course. This is a relatively new local race that deserves to be a fixture on the gravel calendar. Mello Velo Bicycle Shop North Winds Gravel Classic

Uncle Sam’s NY State Champs — Masters 50+
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Uncle Sam's CX, NY State Champs — Single-Speed
Small field, and for most of us it was the second race of the day. Fun course on a single-speed. Happy that I managed to grind up the hill every lap.

Mello Velo Bicycle Shop

One of the best local races of the year. Super low-key, but always some great racing. Sign up ASAP!

Swandrome 'Cross Online Registration BikeReg - online cycling event registration

Hollenbeck's Spring Classic Road Race

First time pinning on the snazzy new Mello Velo Bicycle Shop kit for a road race. This is always a great race. Super happy to have made the 1-lap split and held on for 5th overall and 1st in my age-group. Stupidly misjudged the length of my cool down and missed the awards—sorry guys. -Kevan (Thanks to John Lynch for the photos)

THE BEST way to get in a mid-week CX workout!

Race Fans!

The Syracuse Bicycle Boogie Nights race series is back!

Join us for some grass roots racing at the Dirt Disco! The vibe is laid backed, but the course and racing action will be legit.

Maximum of 25 racers per night. Reg early! No day of registration.

Registration and more deets here:

https://www.bikereg.com/bike-race0

NatiFo! 1st overall and Masters 35+ State Champ.

Put this one on your calendar for next year. John Compton (Main Street Bike Shop) knows how to do it: awesome location, super fun course, post-race keg and chicken dinner (best post-race idea EVER, and fundraiser for the Burdett Vol. Fire Dept.), and great people!

The course had a bit of everything. A long, hard hill was the first real test and blew apart the race. A lead group settled out and was going pretty well, but not enough to stay ahead of a few chasers. Subsequent rollers, a missed turn, and another steep hill fragmented the group even further; so the race at the front came down to three: Kevan, Cory Kuhns and Ken Hall. We worked decently well as a trio through some rough roads, a sketchy single-track section, and then were facing the final drag up to the line. I upped the pace at about the .5 mile mark to see how everyone was doing, and then Ken (presumably trying to avoid a final sprint) ramped it up even further. That was enough that we lost Cory. I tracked Ken’s wheel until I could see the finish line and though he was flagging and then pulled through and got a few seconds gap for the win.

Better photos coming when I scoop them up from the great photographers that were on sight.

-Kevan

Thanks to our team sponsors:
Mello Velo Bicycle Shop and Cafe
Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists, P.C.
Hollis Funeral Home
The Gaulin Real Estate Team at HUNT Real Estate
Curtin and Hadzor Fine Home Builders
Resurrected Tattoo

Keuka Lake Gravel Classic: 1st-place Masters 40+

A bit belated, but I want to make sure to give a shout out to a great local gravel race. This was Tony Sylor newest creation. Tony’s courses are always super hard, and this was no exception. Tony has found an awesome venue and partner in Steuben Brewing Company. Hopefully this race continues and becomes a fixture of the local racing scene. Oh, and best prize package ever: sparkling wine, beer, and a race jersey.

I misjudged my effort on the first hill, cracked, and got dropped by a big group. I thought I was facing a lonely day of riding solo, and THEN I dropped a chain. Luckily, putting my head down paid off and I manage to catch up to Matt Smitely. It seemed pointless and crazy to hammer, but we did it anyway. It turned out to be one of those lucky days when the work paid off! We managed to catch a few people, eventually including Jason Hettenbaugh and Ken Hall. The 4 of us went to the line, and I managed to have the legs to take the sprint.

Thanks to team sponsors: Mello Velo Bicycle Shop and Cafe, Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists, P.C., Hollis Funeral Home, The Gaulin Real Estate Team at HUNT Real Estate, Curtin and Hadzor Fine Home Builders, Resurrected Tattoo

Hollenbeck’s!

1st-place 40-49, 5th-place overall. What a great race. They have cookies.

This race is a leg-breaker. It is always fun to try to hold onto the coat-tails of the young guns (Tanner Robison) as long as possible, which in this case was less than a lap. And it was great to settle into such a smooth chase group with Patrick Brown, Jon Cyganik, and Phil Maynard. By the time we got to the finishing hill, my legs were locking up and it was all I could do to crawl over the finish line.

Thanks to John Lynch and Michael Smith for the great photos.

Thanks to our team sponsors: Mello Velo Bicycle Shop and Cafe Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists, P.C. Hollis Funeral Home The Gaulin Real Estate Team at HUNT Real Estate Curtin and Hadzor Fine Home Builders, Resurrected Tattoo