While it is difficult to change a teams roster mid-season, the Kinleys-Fish Cycling team has managed to do it. Mark Williams will be moving to Flagstaff Arizona in June, leaving a spot on the team vacant. With this motivation, we have added two new riders. The first is Marvin Colbert, who has a history of marathon running and long distance triathlon. The second is Chris Dahl who has a lifetime of experience in high performance sport, most recently in training and living at Olympic training centers for Short Track Speedskating. Both have decided to focus their energy on cycling for the time being and will prove to be valuable assets to the team.

The first win of the season was to be had by Yrjo. In a Jens Voight inspired attack, Yrjo left the field on the second of eight laps never to be seen by the main field again. At one point he had nearly a 1 minute gap and finished the race with at least 30 seconds to spare. Check the Results out here, Kincaid Loop 5/2

The big Winner:

The effects of a day spent at the front of the race working for the team:

The team was also represented by Marvin, Jack, Steve and Joe. It was a good turn out and a good show of strength for the team. The team played a good tactical race that saw an exceptional show of strength by Yrjo.

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Follow the team manager, Joe Fish through a life that includes school, restaurant work, training, racing and team management. For those of you that dont know, Twitter is a social networking site that allows for constant activity updates and at the same time providing up to date information on a variety of subjects. Check it out at the Twitter for Fish Cycling.  Also, the first moose run TT was held this last weekend. Yrjo appeared to be the only member of the team to attend. Check out the results. It looks like the team is having a good start. We look forward to having many more good results as the season progresses.

It is that time of the year when riding indoors on a trainer is no longer necessary. The team is starting a semi-regular regime of training rides. These will be varied based on many factors. If you are interested in joining the team on these rides or being added to the email list that I have to inform people of rides, let me know via the info available on our contact page.

The Kinleys-Fish Cycling team will be hosting a team banquet at the Kinleys Restaurant Banquet Room on Thursday April 9th starting at 6pm. This will be an opportunity to meet the riders and the various sponsors that have contributed to the success of the team.
If you are interested in attending reply via email so that I can get a rough count of the projected attendance.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there.

kinleysfish@gmail.com

This is said to be one of the greatest duels on a bike while climbing to ever take place. I give you Pantani vs. Armstrong at the 2000 Tour on Mt. Ventoux.

The team has taken delivery of our new team kits. At this point the only thing that we are waiting on is the delivery of our order of tires from KENDA (www.kendausa.com).  We are excited to be able to wear these new uniforms and utilize all the products that have been made available to us throughout the season. We believe that in some areas we will have the technological advantage over the competition.  This should prove to be an exciting season.

I have taken delivery of a set spiffy new derailleur cables that are said to be a vast improvement in both weight and performance over conventional steel cable. So far I have little to say about performance and reliability, as I have only used them on a trainer, but once an adequate road test can be performed, I will post a review.  Also, on the list of new equipment that the team is trying out is the Nalini brand of shoes and the performance of these shoes is truly impressive. They are stiff and comfortable and are living up to their pro-reputation.

Powercordz has graciously offered a discount on their products for friends of the team.  When purchasing their product enter the coupon code FRIENDS ( case sensative) to receive a 20% discount. At this point I believe that they are superior in almost every way to the majority of the products on the market.  But I will let you decide for yourself. www.powercordz.com

Yesterday, a shippment of fine Italian footware appeared at my doorstep. The Kinleys-Fish Cycling Team is proud to have the support of Albabici and Nalini, thus have the opportunity  be able to wear and race in  some of the finest cycling specific footware available on the market.

Watch the video below for motivation during the long hours on a trainer. Also note, this is before the crackdown on doping products, as demonstrated by the East German competitor.

1990 Match Sprint World Championship Final