CBR Racer Profile: Taylor Clark

Name: Taylor Clark

Age: 38

Hometown: Pittsvegas, NH

Discipline(s): Expert XC Single Speed

Years racing: 5

Favorite race: Glocester Grind (It's Wicked Gnaahly)

Occupation: Project Manager at Capital Offset Company

Team role: Chief Instigator

Career highlight: 2012 NECS third place overall finish in single speed open

Favorite place to ride: Bear Brook State Park

Favorite beer: Guinness! It all depends on what flavor I'm in the mood for; however I could drink Samuel Smith oatmeal stout everyday

The stable: 2010 Misfit dissent AL SS (rigid), 2011 Misfit dissent ALC SS, 2012 Misfit dissent ALCB SS and 2012 Surly Moonlander SS (Yeah, I got issues)

Pre-race ritual: Peanut butter, nutella and banana sandwich, large black Dunkins ice coffee and rock out to the Dan Band

Post-race ritual: Ice cold PBR pounders

CBR Racer Profile: Colleen Raiche

Name: Colleen Raiche

Age: 48

Hometown: Bow, NH....home of the "Famous" Bow Mobile in case you did not know.

Discipline(s):  XC Sport Veteran

Years Racing: 4

Favorite Race: The Pinnacle or maybe Horror at Harding Hill in 80 degree heat! Came real close to vomiting once.

Occupation: Medical Sales

Team Role:  Chief Weenie Inspector

Career Highlight: Saved a  young boy in his first race at Gloucester Grind. Hit his mouth on his handlebar in 2 feet of mud and broke his front tooth off.......poor thing.

Favorite place to ride: Fomba Trails, especially Fire Line. Gotta love Moab and Grand Junction! Going back in October for Outer Bike Fest.

Favorite Beer: Corona with Lime in the Summer and Apple Head in the Fall. Always Switchback at the Kingdom Trails!

The Stable: Pivot Mach 429 Carbon Chartreuse Green aka "The Green Monster', Gary Fisher Carbon Super Fly 100, smooth as silk.

Pre-race Ritual: Lots of coffee and  a peanut butter & banana sandwich. Glenn makes me listen to his hard rock at the crack of dawn as we travel to the race in the "global warmer".........pure torture!

Post -Race Ritual: Shower with the former Clydesdale winner.

Singlspeed-A-Palooza 2013

This race could be titled the right attitude but the wrong gears. Single Speed a Palooza is put on by Dark Horse Cycles in Montgomery NY and it has by far some of the best single track in a race course setting. Fast and flowy, but nothing to technical and plenty of mileage. This along with the single speed vibe will put a smile on your face for days to come. Taylor and I packed up the Volvo and headed on our 4.5 hour trip south. Arriving around noon time we hooked up with Nick Carl and Alex Booker to pre ride the course. Right away we noticed our gearing could have been taller. Our 32x19 and 32x20 wouldn’t cut it for the long fire road at the start. In the woods it would have been fine but we were going to run what we brung and have a great time doing it. We pre road the entire course and then hit up some awesome race food at Five Guys (Danger!! This shit can be addicting! The next thing you know your looking in you wallet and thinking I have $13.00 lets go to Five Guys.) and some beers to finish off the night.

Race day started off early. Our legs were a bit tired from the day before and the start time was at 10am. You can’t help but smile at these events because there is always something going on. If the guy next to you is not dressed up like Super Woman or a Pirate then it’s someone or a whole group with taller gearing passing you in the flats, as you spin out, and then you are passing them on a hill section as they’re struggling, each looking at each other and thinking WTF?  Wishing we hadn’t pre ridden we hit the line in the open class with 120 other guys getting ready to kill it on some fast dry conditions. The start featured 120 guys crushing one gear for a couple miles in a complete cloud of dust. Hitting the single track in what seemed to be the second wave of riders, Taylor and I rode the race on each others wheels from start to finish and the legs held up. Hitting the beer tent at the midpoint for a couple of beers and loosing 8 spots cost us, but how many races feature a beer stop?  You have to stop its part of the culture (plus we love beer). This event is worth the trip for an early season race. Our race results could have been better but we had shit-ton of fun.

A big Thank You to Dark Horse Cycles for organizing a fantastic race! Already looking forward to Singlespeed-A-Palooza 2014.

-AC

Packed up and heading to NY

Race time

Anthony Catauro

Taylor Clark

CBR Racer Profile: Ray Webber

Name: Ray Webber

Age 52

Hometown: Pittsfield, NH

Discipline(s): XC Sport Masters

Years Racing: 4

Favorite Race: New Hampshire 100

Occupation: Carpenter

Team Role: Motivational speaker

Pre-race Ritual: Dunkin Donuts coffee and turkey bacon cheese sandwich

Career Highlight: 2nd place in EFTA Sport Masters for 2012

Favorite place to ride: Bear Brook State Park

Favorite Beer: Sam Adams Boston Lager

The Stable: 2011 KHS Flagstaff

2013 Official CBR Jersey

I’m super excited about the 2013 Clark Brothers Racing jerseys.  This year’s design is by far the coolest!  I have been designing the CBR jerseys with the help of some of my co-workers for the past 4 years, and this year I had the idea of incorporating an argyle into the design; however I just kept banging my head against my desk trying to figure out the best color combo and trying to figure out how to make the argyle look cooler than old man socks.  So this year I decided to collaborate with Peter Keiller of Misfit Psycles.  Peter took the old man sock argyle and transformed it into SKULLGYLE by using his own cartoon renderings of skulls and beer bottles as well as incorporating an awesome color scheme.  It’s brilliant!

Jerseys can be ordered through Misfit Psycle’s Psyclstore for a limited time only.

TEC

CBR Racer Profile: Kyle Clark

Name: Kyle Bob Clark
Age: 27
Hometown: Historic Pittsfield, NH
Discipline(s): XC Sport Senior (Retired). Perhaps some DH or Enduro races this season. And of course 24 HOGG
Years Racing: 5
Favorite Race: Millstone Grind
Occupation: Unqualified Electrician, Shit Bike Technician at Likin' Bikin'
Team Role: Official Cow Bell Ringer
Career Highlight: Finishing The NH 100 and not being able to sit down for 2 days (2011) and Racing through a foot of slop at 1:30 a.m. at 24HOGG (2012)
Favorite place to ride: As long as I'm riding my bike I am quite content. If I had to choose it would be Kingdom or Highland. Bootleg Canyon is nice too.
Favorite Beer: Yes. It all depends on my mood, the weather, and the seasons. Currently it's Leinenkugels Summer Shandy
The Stable: Spankin' new Salsa Horsethief (Harvey), KHS Flagstaff (Ernie), KHS Lucky 7(unnamed)
Pre-race Ritual: The Night Before: Ginormous plate of spinach and chive pasta with a bottle of 2 buck chuck.
Just before: Coconut water and a shit ton of sport legs capsules.

CBR Racer Profile: Glenn Raiche

Name: Glenn Raiche aka Canoe Guy
Age: 51
Hometown: Bow, NH
Discipline: XC Sport Masters
Years Racing: Five
Favorite Race: Mello Johnny's Classic in Austin Texas
Occupation: Attorney
Team Role: Team Attorney and Money Manager
Career Highlight: Winning the EFTA Fat Boy's (Clydesdale) class in 2010
Favorite Places to Ride: Bear brook, Fomba and Concord Hospital; West- Moab, Downyville, California and Fruita, Colorado
Favorite Beer: SWITCHBACK ALE!
The Stable: Trek Super fly-100 carbon, full suspension of course, I'm old!
Pre- race ritual: Coffee, Peanut butter and banana sandwich. Drive to the race, look for the outhouse, do my thing, and then ride.
Post- race ritual: Shower with the fastest female 40-49 Sport racer (Colleen Raiche).