The Crusade Has Begun!!

Yes. Finally, the Crusade has begun.  This is the favorite time of year for the Portobello bike racing team and we are pumped to finally be racing cross.  We even got some rain last week to get the ground a little slick, and to get us salivating for what's to come.

It was quite a day! Brent was so excited for the start of the Crusade that he soiled his Portobello skinsuit!  Fortunately one of our awesome sponsors (Russell Cree/Upper Echelon Fitness) stepped up and gave Brent some new threads.  Brent sure is looking like a Euro pro in that tight, white skinsuit.  He also managed to kick some serious ass in the Master B race with a 4th place finish. Can an upgrade be far off? Stay tuned for details.

Jeff also had a great race. Despite racing against giants who were riding bikes with enormous tires.  Jeff pulled off an impressive 20th place.

This random fellow in a Rapha Kit looked like he was having a good time. He should be smiling, he's leading Tim Butler on the second lap of the Master A race. He might also be smiling because he's Slate Olson, the North American Rapha guru and he doesn't have to pay for his Rapha kit! However, it could be that Slate is demoing some special Rapha chamois creme for Jeremey Powers. I know that would make me smile! Let's hope Slate's smile didn't fade too much when Butler smoked by him on the way to 3rd place.

Well, a whole bunch of other Portos raced on Sunday, and we all did pretty good. If you want to see how good we did just check out our full 2011 team results here: http://obra.org/teams/13084/2011  Just do us a favor and don't check out the current standings for the Crusade team competition. We are holding strong in 52nd place, but at least we're ahead of Team Bacon! And as a bonus, none of us ended up like this guy: