Kian has been having a great CX season so far and there hasn't been race that he hasn't worn his trusty Stars and Bars skinsuit. Pappy bought him that suit when he was 4 or 5 months old and it just goes to show the beauty of lycra-- the stuff is really stretchy and its takes a licking and keeps on ticking. He's raced that thing for 3 hard seasons now and I'm hoping we get can get another 2 out of it.
This is the first year he's really started to enjoy the racing. The past few years he's been so overwhelmed by the spectacle that he really didn't ride much and sometimes he felt the stress of competition was too heavy and he just pulled out altogther. But this year he's loving it and he's biggest complaint is that there hasn't been any mud so far! Seriously, one race he started crying when he learned that there wasn't any mud on the course. Didn't last long.
To start the gallery, here's a great one posted at the MFG site: http://www.mfgcyclocross.com/photos/detail/8065930315/ from two weeks ago.
Pre-ridin.
Post-race at Fort Steilacoom.
The following shots were just last weekend at Silverlake.
My picture above, CX magazines picture below... snapped at nearly the same instant but from a different angle (mine is way better). http://www.cxmagazine.com/owen-studley-grind-wins-silver-lake-seattle-cyclocross-series
At about this same time I was trying to instruct Kian to grab his bike and lift it over the barrier and his reply: "Me first, dad, then the bike".
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