TRUNT!!!

Yarrrr!!! TRUNT!!!

a picture's worth a lot of hate

H8TR pix are up!
more soon!
link us up with yours PLEASE!
well done everybody!!!

The H8TRs Red Glare

a full recap once the dust has settled and the cats are fed but for now here are the final standings of yesterday's H8TR100 (and a big well done to everyone who rode and to all our volunteers):

Womens
1. Meghan Korol
2. Claire Canon
3. Katy Steudel
a carbon copy of last years results

Mens
1. Marko Lalonde
2. Corey Stelljes
3. Matt Gehling

Fastest Single Speed: Joe Curtes

DFL: Candy

Tandem: Ruckus and Colin

Most Dapper: Jon Kendziera
Flat King: Nate Jacques
Most Hardcore/Heroic ride, 3 way tie: Joe Curtes, Mike Curtes, Cory Gwin

Team trophy: Team Polska

sugar shirt sharp!

our pals from Team Polska printed up some dandy limited edition H8TR shirts. Truly things of beauty.

2 days till go time

AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!!

Cap That H8T!!!

Just wanted you to know that our pals Lyle and Kelly at Cognition have made some special edition H8TR cycling caps and they are available now! In the past couple years Cognition has made some very limited edition caps that were given away as prizes for the H8TR, but this year they've stepped it up and will make them available for all to order, so even if you're not doing the H8TR you can still pose like a champion and say "yeah....I was there." I've seen them in person and those hats are SWEET! Pictures below and a description in full here. And while you're at it check out their other hats. Lyle and Kelly are masters at what they do (the winter faux fur hat was my hat of choice during the cold months this last year), their hats are stylish on and off the bike and they're damn fine people too! Thanks Cognition!!!

Trail Conditions Are Perfect!!!

H8TR #1

and the reports just keep coming! Friday last year's womens H8TR100 champ Meghan Korol went out for a solo jaunt along the trails of H8T and this what she had to report:

I felt the hate today....

my plans for a full H8TR recon yesterday with Dave were shifted to a hilly road ride so I decided to head out on my own this afternoon. I left the shop just as the clouds came rolling in. the unfinished portion has a lot more rocks than I remembered, a bunch of small dead things and some big holes to look out for. it also has thorns and branches that will slap you and make your shins bleed. once on the gravel the trail conditions are very, very fast...hard to believe that only a few days ago it was a power sucking trail of slush and misery. this was the first time I've ridden it on something other than slicks but I imagine those would be fine for the gravel sections. As I approached the tunnel, the wind picked up, the temperatures dropped a ton and it began to rain. All of the ice is completely gone and the conditions near the tunnel are pretty sloppy. The empty bottles of Faygo along the trail led me to believe that the sounds inside the tunnel were from juggalos and not pigeons, so I did not go inside...