Red Hook Crit highlights video

Red Hook Criterium Highlights from Trimble Racing on Vimeo.

Great edit of highlights from the RHC!

Red Hook Crit Photo Exhibition

If you want to see some amazing work, and support one of the best local races, make sure to check out this exhibition/benefit for the RHC! I'm pissed because I'll be out of town for this. I'd be there in a second!

More Red Hook...

This is a teaser for a documentary on my friend Frank Warren (Frankie Flaco). I peak my head in for a quick second too. We started the race together, and despite our mishaps, we finished together. Next year man!

Help him out with the film by donating HERE.

I'm on the Rapha blog!

So I blew my chances in the race, but I ended up on the Rapha blog for the Red Hook Crit coverage! See it Here...

Red Hook Crit: view from the back of the pack

This was my first crit race. I guess its really my first serious race ever unless you count the years of BMX racing I did as a kid.

When I got to the rider registration, It was well put together. Ample space for bikes, riders, guests, people on rollers, and a great display of all the prizes. It was cold as fuck out, so it was nice to have a roof and warmth to prepare for the race.

I rode 3 practice laps on the track. It felt so fast. Nice long straights, and some really technical turns. The wind was definitely a factor on half of it, and the cold was numbing at times until you warmed up.

Then comes the start...

The national anthem was sung as was Happy Birthday To Dave Trimble as the riders shivered their balls off. I was in a good position after the callups. The race started, I went to clip in and missed my pedal. I started riding unclipped. I "felt" clipped for a second, but somehow only got the back of my shoe in. I watched as the last guy in the whole pack made distance from me until I finally got clipped. Such a fucking retarded mistake on my part.

At this point, I knew I had blew everything so I just rode my best and passed the back 1/3 of the pack. I caught up to Frankie Flaco and we held our positions until being called out. Frankie fell victim to a crash earlier in the race and wiped out by being pushed into a curb.

I was pretty bummed. I wasn't expecting to win despite the field of riders and my lack of experience, but I know I could have done a lot better. I feel I'm better prepared for the next in so many ways. Experience is what you make of it and take from it.

All in all I really enjoyed myself. Hearing the crowd while riding through the spectator area was awesome. Big thanks to Dave Trimble for putting on such a well executed event, and a big congrats to Dan Chabanov and all the winners!

I'm sure there will be plenty of coverage popping up in the next few days, but for now you can get race result info HERE. There's a bunch of photos from the race HERE. I'll post up more photos as they come along.

Photo © Donalrey

Red Hook Crit 2011

The 2011 Red Hook Crit is this Saturday, March 26th at 11pm. I'm racing this year, and I'm really psyched. There is some fierce competition, so all I can do is my best. There is a group ride from EMS in SoHo to the race site. You can find more info about that here. I'll be in good company with some of the PDL riders, so wish us luck!!