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"Amistades-Victorias-Cervezas" (translation:: "Friendship-Victory-Beer")
Half-Fast Velo was born out of the notion that amateur bike racing in the U.S. has become far too stodgy at times… Far too sponsored… Far too serious. We don't want to play that way. Just what is Half-Fast Velo serious about then? Find out more here
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 (4/26/12) While most of HFV took advantage in the break in the road and mtb race schedule by taking part in the annual Ronde race er ride, Dan Larson and Craig Austin spent the sunny afternoon at the Estacada TT where they both put in a great times taking 6th and 7th place respectively in the Mens Cat 3 field.
(4/19/12) After a short break in the racing schedule, HFV took to the road and gravel in this case as part of the Piece of Cake road race. Mike Stockton continued his strong spring campaign by taking a solid 5th place in the Masters 2/3 category followed by Wade Goff in 11th place.
(4/12/12) After a short break in the racing schedule, HFV took to the road and gravel in this case as part of the Piece of Cake road race. Mike Stockton continued his strong spring campaign by taking a solid 5th place in the Masters 2/3 category followed by Wade Goff in 11th place.
(3/22/12) The final Banana Belt race of the series and final at the infamous Hagg Lake course, found Mark Magilner and Mike Stockton drilling the Masters 1/2/3 category again this week taking 4th and 5th place on the day respectively which is where they placed in the series overall as well. Congrats on a great series guys!
(3/15/12) Unseasonably cold and wet weather greeted the HFV crew again this past weekend at Banana Belt race #2. Mark Magilner got into the breakaway of the day which helped him to secure 2nd place on day in the Masters 1/2/3 field followed by Mike Stockton and Wade Goff in 6th and 11th place respectively and David Saltzberg, Saul Lopez, David Hart and Bob Huff rounding out the top 20 while Ken James rode a strong race to take 13th place in the Masters 4/5 field.
(3/8/12) A busy weekend of racing kicked of this past Saturday with the first mtb race of the 2012 Oregon XC Series at the Echo Red to Red XC race in Echo, Oregon. Sunny skies but terrible winds didn't keep Scott Ballard from riding into the top 10 of the Masters Cat 2 45+ field while Shane Gibson took 14th in the Masters Cat 2 35-44 followed by David Rosen in 23rd place. A huge and stacked Single Speed field took to the longer loop with HFV'ers Mike Hilbrandt, Steven Basden, Geoff Raynak and Donovan Grabowski missing out on the points and asking for more gears for next year!
Sunday found the roadies doing circles around Hagg Lake for the hundredth time as part of the first race of the Banana Belt series for 2012. Mike Stockton showed that 7 is indeed his lucky number by placing 7th for the 2nd race in a row this time in the Masters 1/2/3 field thanks to the hard work of the rest of the HFV Masters team who all survived the wet/cold conditions.
(4/12/12) After a short break in the racing schedule, HFV took to the road and gravel in this case as part of the Piece of Cake road race. Mike Stockton continued his strong spring campaign by taking a solid 5th place in the Masters 2/3 category followed by Wade Goff in 11th place.
Steven Basden wishes he had more than one gear on yet another climb on the long course
Photo courtesy of Shane Young at Oregon Velo
Donovan Grabowski back in action on racing mtb after time off running the trails instead of riding them
Photo courtesy of Shane Young at Oregon Velo
(3/1/12) Cold and wet weather returned this past weekend just in time to make the Jack Frost Time Trial live up to it's namesake. HFV didn't let the threat of snow keep them from turning in some fast times led by Mark Magilner with the best HFV time of the day securing 4th place in the Masters 40-49 followed closely by Saul Lopez who charged home in 7th place. The rest of the HFV 40-49 racers turned in great rides just missing out on the points in a huge field while Aaron Zarosinski road his way to a 13th place finish in the Cat 3's.
Craig Austin powers his sweet new Papillon TT bike through the cold rain at the Jack Frost Time Trial
Photo courtesy of Leonard Johnson of HotFootPhoto
(2/23/12) The HFV road racers came out of hibernation this past weekend to partake in a little Cherry Pie which servers as the OBRA road calendar season opener. Relatively dry and mild conditions greeted the HFV Masters 40+ group who worked to help Mike Stockton secure a 7th place finish in the Masters 40+ category. Over in the Masters 40+ 4/5 category, Scott Ballard put his early season form to work bringing home a 9th place finish in his first Cat 4 race.
(2/8/12) Half Fast Velo would like to give a shout out to all of our returning sponsors for 2012 including our title sponsor Ninkasi Brewing, Cycles Papillon custom titanium bicycles, Atomic Auto for all of your SAAB repair needs, Cyclepath custom bike love, Pizza Fino for the best pizza in NoPo, Pacific Pathology Associates (let's just hope we never need their services...) Clif Bar on the bike fuel, Revolution Wheelworks and Voler custom cycling apparel. Thanks for helping make 2011 such a success on and off the bike and look forward to more in 2012!
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