Hey hey, what a race!!!

Successfully defending his crown, despite multiple Nasgul-induced flats & Sharpie arm-slashes AND having his bike tied up with duct tape & rope, Peter Brinson proved he's still The Lord of the Chainrings, whereas Beth Fallon snickered in the un-face of the Black Riders trying to ruin her race, showing the women she's Queen....

From there, the order went as follows:

2. Michael (Chicago, but without a manifest...)
3. Google (Madison)
4. Mike (Chicago)-- highest placed furthest travelled
5. Matt (who travelled from elsewhere, but from whence, I do not know, sorry Matt!)
6. Joe (Chicago)
7. Sparky (Madison)
8. Johnny (Madison)
9. Jon (Madison, Mr. Jonny Cycles hisself)
10. Tim (Minneapolis)<---super rookie
11. Randy (Minneapolis)
12. Beth (Madison QUEEN OF THE CHAINRINGS)
13. Steve (Madison)
14. John (Stevens Point)
15. Brianna (Chicago)
16. Brady (Chicago)
17. Lucky (Chicago)
18. Casey (Madison)
19. Clay (Madison)
20. Samwise (Madison)
21. Shaggy (Milwaukee, DEFENDING HIS TITLE OF CHAINRINGS DFL!!!)

And the lucky winner of the Jonny Cycles custom frame, from his low roll of the D & D dice at Jennie's place & his deft skill at the annoying wooden labyrinth board at the Watertower Pub in Monona, is JOE from Chicago!!! I understand his new steed will be a white lugged steel trackbike with some fancy cutout whosiewhatsit in the bottombracket... Ask him if you want the details, or wait for photos at... (shameless promotion!!) http://jonnycycles.com !!!!

Skid comps went, after a skid-off with Jonny Cycle, to the Skidmeister himself, Shaggy from Milwaukee! Trackstand went to the Man with Nerves of Steel: Madison's own Sparky!!!

A bit of Nasgul trickery was thwarted permanently by Lucky, awarding him a special prize. While Lucky was paddling his canoe to the trainbridge to retrieve his beer,ÊBlack Rider MattÊlocked his bike with a combination lock, leaving him a list of 25 combinations, only one of which was correct!! After succesfully opening the lock, Lucky heaved said lock far into the lake, thus protecting his fellow racers from such ill fortune & earning him the title of The Lock Ness Monster....

THANK YOU TO:
ALL THE CHECKPOINTERS: Chris, Megan, Kathy, Angie, Scott, Jennie, Sharon, Nancy, Heather & Rick
THE EEEEVIL NASGULS: Kevin (who flew from Sacramento!),Matt, Derek & Lesley
THE COMPANIES DONATING PRIZES: Jonny Cycles, DANK Bags (Cory, they look awesome!!), Revolution Cycles, Yellow Jersey Bike Shop & Cars R Coffins.

And the question that's always asked: WILL THERE BE PHOTOS?? Awwww yeah!!! Albiet this time they'll be in action!! That's right, sportsfans, we've got a buncha this shit on DVD & we'll be posting it on the web somewhere as soon as it's edited. (I amÊassured it will be done this week. Y'all rule, Chris & Matt!! Keep yer eyes here....)

The gauntlet has been thrown. Peter Brinson, twice crowned Lord of the Chainrings II, will be turning in his glowing Orc sword for Gandalf's staff so he may throw this race next year.... deciding again who has the ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL........................

Ride hard
Jillian C.

Here are the videos!
note: They're in quick time format - hope that works for you all. I also have a higher resolution version. If you want it send me an e-mail to jonny@jonnycycles.comand I will get you a copy on CD.

Lower quality 40 Mb version(right click, save as....)

Higher quality 90 Mb version---sorry, I had to remove it temporarilly due to bandwidth issues....

Big thanks to Matt Eberly for all his help with the videos!