The Axe of Thunder
My Favorite race/party of the year is over and as usual Shaun Radley of montanacyclocross.com didn't disappoint. For the fourth year in a row he put together the ultimate nighttime cyclocross race, Rolling Thunder. The race just gets better and better each year. I travel the world racing for 8 months of the year and the coolest race I do is right in my backyard. It has everything that you would ever hope to find at a bike race: awesome course, rowdy fans, flowing beer, live music, wild after party, and an axe as a trophy (not to mention a really nice cross frame that was donated by Missoula Bike Works). The entire Missoula cycling community gets behind the event and Shaun always runs it without a single flaw. The racing action was exciting, with owner operator of The Cycling House, Owen Gue putting in the fastest start I have ever witnessed. He looked to be a shoe-in for the win, until an unfortunate crash on the hand he broke with a hammer the day before took him out of the race.
At least the bucket of Jager he won as 'fan favorite' award helped to ease the pain. After Owen was out of the race, I was stuck battling it out with strong men Sam Krieg and Kevin Bradford-Parish, with John Curry within pouncing distance the entire race. I was eeking out every second of advantage I could find on my Fisher Superfly 29er MTB rigged up with cross tires. In the end it took everything I had to roll across the line in front.
Old man Schultz even raced with his patented Subaru-Gary Fisher / Kenda split-kit on his 5" travel trail bike.
I am already excited about next years Rolling Thunder and everyone should think about attending. It's definitely the type of event that is worth witnessing.
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