Tracklocross

Tracklocross Blog

That's right, it's Tracklocross season. Some of my friends from back in New York put a lot of time and effort into organizing this race, so if you have any friends in the NYC area, let them know.

Some old pictures from race season.

I took these during the 08 race season, and I figured I'd throw 'em up here for you to see. This of course being the hypothetical you, since right now, only Matt and I check this blog. You can click on any of them for the full resolution.


David Bishop in the Georgia Short Track.


Matt looking like a dork on a Dual Slalom course.
Chillin' at Clemson.

Linden looking surprisingly epic.

(Overexposed) Ben West sprinting.

Best picture I took all year.

Where is Dustin anyway?

Who you callin' a roadie?

One of the cool things about the Wilson team is that we are just a Mountain Bike team - no spring road season - which means that people can get some time off to catch up on school, ride
sweet dirt jumps, do uber sweet trail rides, and yes, train on the road too. This photo is from a four hour team ride we did in Dupont State Forest a few weeks ago that hit all the single track highlights and a cool little skills park to boot (Aaron was too cool for school on this one). I got sunburned, which was a great story to tell all my friends and family at home in snowed in Vermont over break. Seriously though, spring is sweet. I've done a lot of exploring this time around, and there is some awesome single track to be had in this neck of the woods if you're willing to search for it (and race through a back yard once in a while, ooops). Yeah, it's true, I do ride my road bike and do springtime intervals. Maybe I am a roadie, though the dirt jumper has been getting some use too. Really, I'm a big fan of the Omnium training plan, i.e. a little bit of everything. Okay, I'm out to go drink some more coffee before I say something really dumb on the internet.
-Matt

Bro'in down

If you're wondering what life is like during the off season for the Warren Wilson Mountain Bike team, it's pretty diverse. Some of the nerds are using this time for road riding and interval work, while others are using this time to ride some sweet jumps at our super secret training facility. Here's a good picture of former Wilson rider Pat 'I eat logarithms for breakfast' Hurley-



And here's a decent one of A 'Captain Barspin' J-


The Super Secret Training Facility has a wide variety of riders. While during the Fall, it was just bmx, we've actually had more guys on dirt jumpers show up in the past week. One of the smoothest is a dude named Peter. He's from UNCA and rides a sweet 1 1/2 inch travel steel dirt jumper. He whips this thing around like Indiana Jones-



I've been taking more pictures than jumps down there in the past few weeks. The last time I rode them, I caught a bar-end to the side of my knee, and I've been a big old baby about them ever since. If I don't get on the bike again soon, I'm afraid some of the 12 year olds are going to be better than me, and if I want that experience, I can just go to the BMX track.

Speaking of which, if you like blogs, you should check out Lexy 'I'd race blog my bowel movements if I could' Lewis'. He writes a surprisingly good blog about his adventures in the world of BMX racing, and what it's like to cream pre-teens on a daily basis. Check out our sidebar for the link.
-Aaron Peet

Thanks for the Introduction

Well, thank you Matt for the wonderful introduction. I have just this one little gripe. Why that photo?




This picture puts me in a much more dignified position, a.k.a not about to put my snout in the mud, and it is available to put on websites and the like. Somehow though, whenever a picture of me is placed in any team literature, it's the old tried and true Linden is crashing again shot.
Moving on. Yes I am from Arkansas, and yes I enjoy a well cultured life outside of biking. Here is a picture of Ben West (Warren Wilson Gravity Rider) I just took this weekend on our fly fishing adventure together.



Woo Bikes,

Linden

And the contributers are........

Matt Williams

Matt is a senior at Warren Wilson. He is a co-captain of the bike team and works on the Mountain Bike Crew. Matt spends his days writing, playing on his new dirt jumper, trying to train like he means it, and generally milking his final months in college for all they're worth. As a Vermonter, Matt feels obliged to say he loves muddy riding, but, really, all those sunny days and fast, dry trails in North Carolina are tugging at his heart strings.


Tallulah Winquist

A veteran of two of the Mountain Bike Team's infamous cross-country adventures to Nationals in New Mexico, Tally can't wait for the trip to Truckee, CA next fall. She was the team's co-captain in '08, and she'll be back next year for a stab at a National's podium in her home state. When she's not hauling logs out of the woods with Wilson's team of draft horses, working on science homework, or generally sprinting around campus like a maniac, Tally can be found with topo maps planning the weekend's Pisgah adventure.







Linden Blaisus

A native or Arkansas, Linden sometimes gets a little too cozy with trailside trees, but he generally keeps the rubber side down and speeds high. Despite spending his off-seasons playing ultimate frisbee and hanging out in the Ballfield dorms, he somehow manages to show up fast for the season every fall. He is currently nursing an Omnium dream, and is looking to up his game in downhill and dual slalom next fall.

Aaron Peet

A man of many nick names, Aaron claims to not like bikes at all, but the pile of them in his living room begs to differ. Aaron's hobbies include, but are not limited to: Being attractive, reading large books with scholarly titles, rigid steel bikes, grammar, comic books and science.

Phil Martin

Phil is the team's resident gravity guru. Though he has been trail riding for years, he just picked up racing last year, and he led the team in the downhill at Nationals. He can be spotted most days riding his BMX bike around campus while wearing funny hats and flashing the Aussie-ish smile.

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Stay tuned throughout the spring, summer, and beyond for posts by the above contributers (and perhaps a few others). We'll keep you up to date on what we're up to and on the more informal happenings within the Bike Team.