Chubb Time Trial (unofficial) Results

In the words of Borat, "Great Success!" But you're probably thinking, "Pssh. A time grassroots mountain bike time trial ain't nothin'; I could do that, you idiot!" Oh yeah? Well how many (former) pros would show up to yours? Probably none, unlike ours, which had a certain Mr. Dan Schmatz. He came by to show us how to pedal really fast. He and 5 other people came out to bask in the pain, and lay down some super fast times:

1) Chris Ploch - 1hr 9min 30s (singlespeed)
2) Dan Schmatz - 1hr 10min 52s
3) Mike Flannigan - 1hr 12min 1s
4) Marshall Lawson (Robert Metz) - 1hr 15min 7s
5) Nico Toscani (Eddie Klein) - 1hr 19min 14s (singlespeed)
6) Emily Duchow - 1hr 19min 39s

All sub 1hr 20 minutes! And that's including a long wait for a train, and a fair number of upset equestrians. (upset equestrians? Sounds a little redundant to me...) Aside from the immense amount of horses and even more horse SHIT, the conditions could NOT have been more perfect today. Very few hikers, absolutely perfect weather, and plenty of very cool people. Seriously though, we've never seen this much horse shit at Chubb before, and now it's all over our tires, downtubes, forks, legs, etc... Thanks a lot. There are reports from those participating that there were a number of spectators perched at the staircase, one of whom apparently had a video camera? We'd be most interested in viewing that footage if it is out there...

Mike at the start:


Marshall, poised:


Chris, not sure about what he's about to do:


Emily has the eye of the tiger:


Nico sez "I get to ride my bike!"


Dan starting his 5th ride since the Tour of Missouri:


Chris and Mike finishing up (respectively):





Maxin' and relaxin' after the TT:




After all of the people who came out and raced (a.k.a. "not weak-sauce") were finished, we decided that a little group ride would be in order. The group ride was more populated than the race, it turns out. Myself (Casey Ryback), Mason Storm, Lt. Col. Austin Travis, Jack Taggert, Marshall Lawson, Nico Toscani, Gino Felino, Dr. Wesley McLaren, and Mr. Dan Schmatz all headed out for a much more chilled pace of Chubb. (Like 2.5 times more chilled, based on our ride time.) We took a bunch of pictures, and tried and re-tried the all the usual technical spots. Jack Taggert was unfortunately taken out of commission before reaching the picnic bench though due to a twisted chain link that consistently caused dropped chains. Fear not though, we pressed on, and continued our wrist-snapping campaign all the way to the end and back. Check it:














The next two involve Mason's attempt to ride up the Colonel's backside:




Big thanks to everyone who helped keep all the "Chubb n00bs" on track by directing them in the right direction, and to Ashley for taking a bunch of the pictures! Thanks to Dan who came out and road with us for a few hours! Next event we have, we hope to have participants numbering in the tens of thousands. Only you can help make that happen!