Manhattan Beach Grand Prix holds a special place in my heart. It is very close to the center of the known universe, aka the Manhattan Beach Pier, and only a half an hour ride from my humble abode in Santa Monica, CA. The weather was perfect for a bike race. The race started with numerous attacks going from the start with many of them being chased down as the field was motivated and fresh. With the speeds being so high […]
The SoCalCycling.com Team raced at the Ladera Ranch Grand Prix this past Sunday. It was a fast and flowing course and the wind would play a big factor along with technical turns and slight undulations during the 1 hour and 15 minute Ladera Ranch Grand Prix that would make for a hard and fast day. Our Team that raced today included Garrett Olsen, Steven Davis and Wesley Eslick. It started off fast and there were lots of attacks going off […]
SoCalCycling.com Team rider Josh Ruiz recently placed 4th at the Tour of the Gila Road Race in New Mexico and 3rd in the hilly Berkeley Hills Road Race in Northern California, which earned him a spot on the podium and a champagne celebration. Congratulations to Josh on placing strong and consistently with top results this season. Photo by Alex Chiu
The LA Circuit Race started off with a nice cool but windy day which would make for a great day of racing. The Pro 1,2 field consisted of around 60 riders for the day. The race got off to a pretty fast start down the tailwind section but was short lived as once we hit the first turn around point it was a block head wind all the way up to the next turn around at the top of the […]
The Easter Sunday Grand Prix in Ontario was the fourth event of the Ontario Series with perfect racing weather in the low 70′s. On Sunday, racers and their families celebrated Easter, as well as Race Announcer Ralph Elliott’s birthday. The racing was animated with several breakaway attempts, including the two man break of Josh Ruiz (SoCalCycling.com Team) and Ansel Dickey (California Giant Berry Farms) which stuck for several laps. The winning move came with a few laps to go when Federico Canuti […]
