PHOTO ESSAY: LION OF FAIRFAX 2011

Last weekend our CX team packed up, and headed to the Lion of Fairfax. This was the first race of the season where we had most of our team at the same race. Daniel, and Walton will be out soon. Cinelli provided the team with prototype SSCX framesets, and this was the first race to put them to the test. Enclosed are several images from the event, and some notes from along the way.

Chas staying warm in the pits.

Not so neutral support

Garrett designed this seasons Califlandrian Skinsuit. Awesome take on the iconic Lion of Flanders. Many thanks to View Hotels, Cinelli, Giro, San Marco, Incase, Clif, and Oakley, for the strong support this season!

Garrett knows how to pack for these races.

Flying V as the Men’s SS come out of the first corner.

Loose dry dust

Blake raced Masters, and again in the Single speed group.

Kyle in the pump track section

Dylan holding top 10 strong

Blake, Garrett, and Chas in the singles.

This decent was on the back side of a loose run-up. many riders came down while not clipped in.

Rainier taking a tight corner within the middle school.

Chas stripped a hub on the 3rd lap, and crushed to get back to the group.

Garrett on the loose run-up

Rainier raced in the Elite Men, and got a chance to cheer for the SS group.

Gabe splitting trees in the Masters B’s

We hope to grow into this depth of preparedness.

Kyle hung up on a fence before getting out of the gate.

Dusty Rhodes

Blake earned one of these!

Guys are all riding SSCX frames from Cinelli. We are close to releasing full specs for 2012 production. Stay tuned for more info this fall.

Dust as tan lines ended the day. Can’t wait for Central Coast next weekend!

_MM