Late April report
The Princeton Review - Think Racing team sponsored (and fueled) by Ommegang Brewery and Union Sq. Cafe had a very productive end of April campaign. On 4/14 in the CRCA club race in Central Park NYC Roger Friedman made the break on lap two of the seven lap A race and finished just off the podium in 4th. In the 4/21 CRCA club race (Harlem Hill Points Race) our man Ricky ( The Cannon Ball) Lowe was on his way to a clear victory after winning 2 out of the 3 sprints on harlem hill when a mix up with where the final finish line sprit was put us off the top step. A great heads up move by Leon Moser and Peirs North got Leon 4th in the last sprint and 6th over all. The 2nd and 6th placing put us right back in the hunt for the Team Cup. The real victory came at breakfast after the race at a local upper west side diner when a Man having pancakes lifted his Princeton Review text book and gave us the thumbs up.
Our first road trip as a team took us to Sturbridge Massachusetts for a rolling 70 mile RR. Out of over 100 starters there were 40 left coming in to the sprint with our team intact. We chose the left side of the road to gain the wind advantage but with a lot of bumping and banging the left side was shutout of the 45+ MPH sprint. Ricky and Peirs finished just outside the top 10 with Roger and George right behind them.
Ricky ridding solo scoured a soiled 4th place on the next day at the finale NYC spring series in prospect park Brooklyn. In a fast hairy field sprit with out a team to lead him out Ricky got boxed in but was able to fight his way through for 4th.
