http://www.chicagocuttincrew.com chicagocuttincrew@gmail.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:17:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Avi (Yep, Taffy Doodles) Usually I can manage to keep tabs on the racing action, and (sometimes to a fault) report on every teammate's moves, counters, finishes, and results. This is not going to be one of those times. Three days of packing/unpacking the car, setting up camp, changing wheels & ... http://www.chicagocuttincrew.com/2010/07/26/allvoi-rundown/ First things first. If things have gone as planned, Brean should be out of ICU and in a regular hospital room by now and fit to stay through the weekend. Home care is in his future and undoubtedly some rehabilitation. He is one tough dude and I'm sure we'll be ... http://www.chicagocuttincrew.com/2010/07/22/multiple-updates/ Just about the last thing you want to hear from a friend and teammate is a brief text to let you know they broke their collarbone and possibly worse at a faraway race. The next worst thing is getting an update like this from a loaned blackberry in the ICU... "I was ... http://www.chicagocuttincrew.com/2010/07/19/get-well-soon-bre/ http://www.chicagocuttincrew.com/2010/07/15/i-love-it-when-a-plan-comes-together/ It's always a treat to see the talent that shows up for Velo-City. I've been racing the track for about 2 full years plus a coupla broken seasons and even with that experience I had to really step it up to place a bid for those tickets to Guatemala this ... http://www.chicagocuttincrew.com/2010/07/08/ny-state-of-mind/ This just in from the wire services. A hit squad from Chicago has schooled Velo-City NYC. el Rooster Pistolero took top messenger honors, winning yet another ticket to Messenger Worlds in Guatemala. A local sleeper agent, codenamed the Irish Tornado, finished in second place. Janna, another Chicago-based operative, took the ... http://www.chicagocuttincrew.com/2010/07/04/los-ocho-segundo/ The long, arduous task of laying claim to the heartland of Wisconsin has come to a close and we are certainly proud to present our Dear Lady of the Dairyland, our ruler of the Rhoman Empire, your 2nd place overall finisher in the women's category 3/4 Tour of America's Dairyland... Jannette ... http://www.chicagocuttincrew.com/2010/06/28/second-in-the-overall/ Anything could happen and it did Friday. Jannette got into a crash at Fond Du Lac and finished in 13th place. She was stuck out with 6 laps to go and the neutral laps stop at 7 to go. Drop or finish? Naturally, she swapped out wheels and did a ... http://www.chicagocuttincrew.com/2010/06/27/the-tale-of-two-adversities/ The Rhodium march continues! Jannette has stayed with it and created a whole lot of room for herself thanks to a 3rd place performance in a road race that looks to have created some dramatic shifts in the Grand Classification. Jannette gave 'er with a big move early that didn't ... http://www.chicagocuttincrew.com/2010/06/24/big-step-in-the-right-direction/ Jonathan Gray has some more photos of yesterday's stage in Waterloo, WI, home of Trek. Looked like a bunch sprint for her finish and Jannette got third. She's got a bit more breathing room in the General Classification than the day before, still at 2nd and 3 points up on ... http://www.chicagocuttincrew.com/2010/06/24/a-little-more-breathing-room/