Design an Argyle Kit

Vaughters dares you to design a more unusual kit than Slipstream already has. I like their current uniform and whish I could find a place to buy a long sleeve jersey/jacket.

Check out some of the submissions.

There are some really good ones, like these:

But then, there are these:



Go ahead and submit your ideas... Make Payne Stewart proud!

Cowbell

Say hello to my new cowbell (well soon to arrive anyway).

You can get one too.

The Bruise

I finished the track season with a bang! The last non-madison race of the season, and I finally crash. It was the 40 lap cat 4 points race. I contested the first sprint and got a result, but did a poor job getting off the front. While screwing around with that I spent too much energy and missed the attach when it came. I was off the back pretty quickly, and assumed they would come back after the next sprint. I was wrong.

I could read the writing on the wall, so I eased up and waited. There were 4 guys off the front and the rest were lost. I figured I would rest, catch on with the leaders, pick up some points before we picked up everybody else. That would leave me with a pretty easy 5th, and the possibility for more if I started feeling better.

They caught me, and I got some points on the next sprint. Things were kind of going as planned... until. After the sprint, I was on the outside, so I stayed high. I was actually contemplating attacking. I was looking around, then all of the sudden Jay Brown starts coming up into me. Next thing I know I am smashed between the rail and Jay at the top of the banking. I reach for the rail to hold on, which results in no more than me smashing my arms against it and not gaining any purchase. I fall to the ground and slide down with my bicycle to the apron.

Luckily, I didn't hit or get hit by any riders on the way down. Also, I didn't break anything. Sitting on the apron, I did the shoulder shrug and then stood up. I figured it couldn't be too bad if I could do both of those. Amazingly the kit and the bike are largely untouched (the saddle and my shoes took some major scrapes though). Great wound care article by Mike Murray at K-Man's Cat 6 Corner.

Talking with Jay, he said the guy in front of him just took a right turn directly up the bank and he had nowhere to go. I have ridden with Jay in the past, and trust him, so I figure this is true. I am not sure who the other rider was. It doesn't really matter - this stuff happens and everybody makes mistakes. I kind of blame myself for not paying better attention.

I am badly bruised, scratched and sore and this is impacting my preparation for ccx. I am a newbie and need all the practice I can get, but I am really sore. I will be camping this weekend, so I have a good excuse to stay off the bike. Hopefully, I will be ready for some real workouts by Monday.