This perfectly sums up Sunday....more to come
Monday, November 23, 2009
Truesport purposely taking Bikereg.com related things out of their website?
I found this curious. I have noticed that Truesport.com has not been listing Bikereg.com next to the names of their sponsored riders on the results. I now have proof that they are going out of their way to make sure there is no mention of Bikereg anywhere on their website. (both bikereg.com and truesport.com are race registration websites). I have friends who ride for Bikereg.com and am personally shocked that truesport would do this. Check this out.
The Elite Masters race also saw an exciting finish as Mike McShane (Calistoga Racing Team), Don Galligher (DRT Consulting) and Fred Rose kept things tight the entire race. Gallagher again did some good work on the front and looked like he might be able to challenge McShane with a sprint, something he couldn't do yesterday. With a couple laps to go, as they reached the top of the steps in a Galligher – McShane – Rose order, Rose decided to attack. He cut to the inside as he dropped his bike to the pavement preparing to mount and gave McShane a friendly push into the bushes. That surely instilled a little extra motivation in McShane, who doesn’t take kindly to being pushed around as he is almost always the smallest guy out there. As they came into the final barriers with McShane leading, it appeared to be over with Galligher and Rose left to battle for 2nd. Galligher slid out and hit the turf leaving the 2nd place spot and Indiana State Championship to Rose.
http://www.truesport.com/rzone/racereports/report.asp?recid=1401
This is the writeup on Truesport.com. Notice how there is no sponsor name next to Fred Rose's name.
Now here is the same writeup (the original) from CXmagazine.
The Elite Masters race also saw an exciting finish as Mike McShane (Calistoga Racing Team), Don Galligher (DRT Consulting) and Fred Rose (BikeReg.com) kept things tight the entire race. Gallagher again did some good work on the front and looked like he might be able to challenge McShane with a sprint, something he couldn’t do yesterday. With a couple laps to go, as they reached the top of the steps in a Galligher – McShane – Rose order, Rose decided to attack. He cut to the inside as he dropped his bike to the pavement preparing to mount and gave McShane a friendly push into the bushes. That surely instilled a little extra motivation in McShane, who doesn’t take kindly to being pushed around as he is almost always the smallest guy out there. As they came into the final barriers with McShane leading, it appeared to be over with Galligher and Rose left to battle for 2nd. Galligher slid out and hit the turf leaving the 2nd place spot and Indiana State Championship to Rose.
http://cxmagazine.com/tight-finishes-zipp-ovcx-brookside-cup-indiana-state-championship#more-7429
Notice bikereg.com next to Fred's name. This means that they went out of their way to edit the writeup. I am shocked and consider this quite petty. None of us are doing this because it makes us rich. However, we are all lucky enough to have sponsors who are gracious enough to help us out however they can. All they ask in return is a little bit of face time for their company or product. I find this just weird. Everyone deserves equal treatment and it is totally unnecessary to remove a sponsor because they may or not be a rival company.
Also, if you notice there are no pictures of Fred in the sequence of photos. I am sure Truesport sponsored athletes would feel the same way if Bikereg removed their sponsor from the results or race description.
Why can't we all just get along. Life is too short to be petty especially when we are all going to races and giving our all for the respect of our peers and a sense of achievement.
The Elite Masters race also saw an exciting finish as Mike McShane (Calistoga Racing Team), Don Galligher (DRT Consulting) and Fred Rose kept things tight the entire race. Gallagher again did some good work on the front and looked like he might be able to challenge McShane with a sprint, something he couldn't do yesterday. With a couple laps to go, as they reached the top of the steps in a Galligher – McShane – Rose order, Rose decided to attack. He cut to the inside as he dropped his bike to the pavement preparing to mount and gave McShane a friendly push into the bushes. That surely instilled a little extra motivation in McShane, who doesn’t take kindly to being pushed around as he is almost always the smallest guy out there. As they came into the final barriers with McShane leading, it appeared to be over with Galligher and Rose left to battle for 2nd. Galligher slid out and hit the turf leaving the 2nd place spot and Indiana State Championship to Rose.
http://www.truesport.com/rzone/racereports/report.asp?recid=1401
This is the writeup on Truesport.com. Notice how there is no sponsor name next to Fred Rose's name.
Now here is the same writeup (the original) from CXmagazine.
The Elite Masters race also saw an exciting finish as Mike McShane (Calistoga Racing Team), Don Galligher (DRT Consulting) and Fred Rose (BikeReg.com) kept things tight the entire race. Gallagher again did some good work on the front and looked like he might be able to challenge McShane with a sprint, something he couldn’t do yesterday. With a couple laps to go, as they reached the top of the steps in a Galligher – McShane – Rose order, Rose decided to attack. He cut to the inside as he dropped his bike to the pavement preparing to mount and gave McShane a friendly push into the bushes. That surely instilled a little extra motivation in McShane, who doesn’t take kindly to being pushed around as he is almost always the smallest guy out there. As they came into the final barriers with McShane leading, it appeared to be over with Galligher and Rose left to battle for 2nd. Galligher slid out and hit the turf leaving the 2nd place spot and Indiana State Championship to Rose.
http://cxmagazine.com/tight-finishes-zipp-ovcx-brookside-cup-indiana-state-championship#more-7429
Notice bikereg.com next to Fred's name. This means that they went out of their way to edit the writeup. I am shocked and consider this quite petty. None of us are doing this because it makes us rich. However, we are all lucky enough to have sponsors who are gracious enough to help us out however they can. All they ask in return is a little bit of face time for their company or product. I find this just weird. Everyone deserves equal treatment and it is totally unnecessary to remove a sponsor because they may or not be a rival company.
Also, if you notice there are no pictures of Fred in the sequence of photos. I am sure Truesport sponsored athletes would feel the same way if Bikereg removed their sponsor from the results or race description.
Why can't we all just get along. Life is too short to be petty especially when we are all going to races and giving our all for the respect of our peers and a sense of achievement.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
GUN CLUB
Ventured to suburban Cincy last week. The course was an absolute mud fest. I had to dismount three times a lap plus two barriers for a total of five. I still need to polish my mud skills. I was making far too many mistakes and faded to fifth. I do not like losing to people I know that I am stronger than. It just goes to show you that it does not matter how strong you are if you are not technically sound. I need to get as many races under my belt as possible so that I can continue to improve. However, this might prove difficult seeing as the legs are beginning to feel the effects of so much racing this year. No big deal though I need to get my head around it and soldier on and finish out the year strong.
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