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CO springs recap

Troy Wells — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:41:37 +0000

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D-town stay down

Troy Wells — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:06:44 +0000

I had a rough go of it in Canada. I ended up having the same issue I had @ sea otter. I was at least able to race for a while before it set in. I was riding well until it went south for me. Baie Saint Paul was a fun time besides from the race. I got to hang out with Snyder, German and Rotem. Saturday night we all went out to dinner along with my parents and German’s dad made the trip over the pond as well. We definitely had a cast of characters @ the table. So now I’m heading back to durango to try to get this issue nailed down and out of my life. I’m bummed that I will miss Mount Tremblant but I’m hoping I will come good for Texas.

During my time back east I got to hang out with Mickey from Spooky for the day. The guy is super cool and it seems like my cross bikes should be dialed this year.

Also Matt of Spooky took me for a ride on the local trails in JPOWS and Al’s stomping grounds easthampton. I was looking forward to picking up my 29ner this week but instead I’m headed back to d-town. Also spent some time @ the bmx trails and started to get comfortable again. Now I probably won’t touch a bmx bike again for a couple month’s that is how it usually goes for me.

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Back in NY

Troy Wells — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:42:55 +0000

So the big news is my leg is finally good to go. I did joe martin without any leg pain thanks to all the work my dr. frank and elka. The race was going great until the crit. I have to say i saw at least 30 people hit the deck around one corner. I ended up pulling the plug because I wasn’t looking to lose any skin or break any bones. I got to hang out with Singer, Lucy and the panther cycling team. It was a great time all around more like a vacation instead of a stage race. Now I’m back in NY for the next week and half. I’ll be doing the first two rounds of the Canada Cup. I will pick up my MTB bike @ Spooky Bikes and meet Mickey for the first time. I will try to get a video of the shop and all the crazy ideas Mickey has going on.

Today was a rude awaking to the amazing NY weather. It was 44 and raining which made for a short cold ride. After my ride I headed over to hang with chops. He started his own skate park / bmx shop (The CHOP SHOP). It seems like a cool idea it is a little rough around the edges for now but it could be dialed one day. Chops set me up with a sick S&M 38 special though and I got to hit the trails. I was able to get half of the small rhythm section so I’m hoping I can have it dialed by the time i fly back to D-town.

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Berkeley

Troy Wells — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:25:45 +0000

So after puerto rico I headed home for a week and put in some days of suffering to breath after being @ sea level for close to 6 weeks. I headed to sea otter feeling good and hoping for some good rides in the STXC and the XC. It didn’t really end up panning out for me as my leg ended up going numb in the XC. After suffering around and finishing I started to think what could have caused such a thing to happen. I was planning on attending the first two rounds of the world cup but I decided I didn’t want to head over with a bum leg.

At first I was hoping it would be better soon so I booked a ticket to fly back to d-town the following monday so I could do a road race and crit with the Team Clif Bar road team. I took 3 days off to nurse the leg back to life. I got to spend some time in San Fran which is an awesome city if you ever get the chance to visit. I’ve been taking the BART which is a perfect way to get around in the bay area. I’ve been staying with Dylan from clif bar and his family. His wife’s nephew was in San Fran with a buddy and took the BART to berkeley one night for dinner. He was freaking out about it. I was thinking man good thing he wasn’t in NYC taking the subway I don’t think he would have made it out alive. Dylan just got a new puppy Otis who I’ve been spending a lot of time with. The guy is a Lab Doberman mix who is about 5 months old and is a spazz to say the least so we get along well.

Sector 16 has been off the chain as always. Dylan and Eric are looking @ launching a master and commander line of all sorts of dumb ideas they are coming up with. I’m getting a sweet helmet cam to take home with me though so hopefully I’ll be able to get some ripping action on the D-town single track soon. Also we saw maybe the craziest crew of workers @ the round table pizza in pacific grove. I will never venture into a round table pizza for the rest of my life.

So I decided not to do the road race this weekend but I’m going to give it a go in the crit. My leg still feels off and weak but I’m confident once I get home and see Dr. Frank and Luke Angel they will fix me right up. If my leg comes around I want to do the joe martin stage race in R-Kansas in two weeks. The first two rounds of the canada cups are also looking like they will fit in. Then of course the next ProXCT in Texas.

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Still in Puerto Rico

Troy Wells — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:16:01 +0000

So I was suppose to get on a plane and head home last monday. That didn’t happen for this guy. I checked the weather for durango and it looked a little rough. I decided to stay in PR for another week to get in my last big base week in. I also finally discovered how to post photos to the blog again so here we go.

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