pics

Here are some pics from states. i am going to be writing more when it gets closer to nats. I have been training hard and have been focused. so the blog got pushed aside i will do my best!!!!!

NAS-TRACK 3 DAY VIDEO

Training

last week I took time off the bike and had a little fun. I am back on the track and oh what fun it is. Just wanted to say that More later.

SIX FLAGS

8/20/07 Yesterday was a lot of fun. A few weeks ago I told my brothers girlfrind Marquie that I would take her to Six flags befor she starts school. My brother would be he does not do rollacosters.I was exicidy to get there I have not been there in a long time. At the begeing [...]

what a trip

Let me start off with this it rained all weekend not a lot of fun. The proam race was doomed, the team had to ride over in the rain and it was cold. I was shivering when I got to where the team was set up at. When the course was open I rolled around [...]

Chicago

The past week and a half has been interesting for me. Every thing from crashing,getting poison oak having it spread through out my body ended up having to go to the doctor he put me antibiotics. I have been training on the track its funny that you can be riding well on the road and [...]

Day 2 of 3 day

Day 2 of 3 day
The racing was the same as the night before. We had a 14 point lead over team purple. Dan road a good sprint race ended up 2nd. In my race I road at the front with 4 to go, a member of the pink team picked up the tempo [...]

ROAD

super WEEK

Super week has been a lot of fun, having races every day has been good for my training. I have done 5 or 6 races this past week. The first two races I had ok rides. On the third day I had one of my best days we had two guys in the break so [...]

RENO

I HAVE BEEN UP IN RENO RACING THE LAST 3 DAYS THE TEAM HOTEL HAS INTERNET BUT YOU HAD TO PAY FOR IT. I DIDENT WANT TO PAY 10.00$ FOR AN HOUR. AFTER TODAY RACE I WILL SPEND SOME TIME AND PUT A NEW POST UP.
AUSTIN

RACING

I went to Bakersfield this week to do a race. I was happy to race, it was a 80 mile race each lap was 10 miles. With my local race bad luck continues. It was a hot day the first lap I was just fallowing wheels nothing exciding. Then I flatted the guy didn’t give [...]

HELLO

Tri Peaks went well for me.  I was very satisfied with the way I rode there. I have 3 weeks till my next big race. The past weekend I did two local races Dana point and Long Beach. Dana Point was a fun technical figure 8 course, 90 mins. I rode to the race, it [...]

ALL in ALL

When I got home, the Nationals in Fontana was going on and I was signed up to race the short track. Saturday  I got back into town I drove to go ride the XC course. When I got there I went and road the XC trails, they are really destroyed. I was having a hard time [...]

I feel that every one is born good

I was on the family computer and I came a cross some of my bros old school work and this is what
 I FOUND……

I feel that every one is born good. The idea that people are born bad just isn’t realistic because a parent doesn’t pass a bad gene down to its off spring. People that [...]

Athens

The day started at 4:50 AM. I stayed at Sterlings place to make it easer for me to get to LAX. I slept on Sterlings floor which was hard as cement.  I used a blanked, pillow, and my big jacket I slept really well. When we got to the airport we had 3 hours till our [...]

NEW VELONEWS

THE TEAM IS IN THE NEW VELONEWS AND THERE IS A PIC OF ME AND TWO TEAM MATES CHECH IT OUT

FUN TIMES

David Clinger”Road Bike Warrior”

Oakley Ride

Today I went to Oakley for a ride. When I got there Dan Schmatz from BMC was there for the ride. Blick from Oakley came and got us and said the he had a surprise he asked us if we new who Zack was from saved by the bell and said yeah when I got [...]

EASTER BUNNY

Easter is just around the corner!! We were at the mall and saw the Easter BUNNY and just had to get our pic taken with the Bunny lol. I have been living with Kayle and training with him. This is a lame post but not a hole lot going on!!

Kayle Leogrande wins the GREEN at redlands

Redlands Bicycle Classic STAGE 1 AND 2

In the road race I didn’t make the time cut. The day was hard for me,I did some things the wrong way, that made it harder, learning that way sucks. Then right before the freeway climb there was a crash and I went down in that, chased back to the group as they were starting [...]

Redlands Bicycle Classic Prologue

The tt was hard thats about it.  oh yea I threw up after .184 is where I ended up. A hard day tomorrow. night

THIS IS WHAT S UP

RUDY had his surprise B Day party at Lucky Strike . It was a lot of fun some of the team was there partying it up!!! Im really good bowler lol today my fingers are really sore

On my ride today with Kayle we had our share of people driving like we were not even there. [...]

WHAT IS YOUR DREAM

YEP

NOW THATS KOOL

PICS

THATS ME!!!

VOS

The road race was hard the heat the head wind was strong and the tail wind was to. Up the hill in the first lap we were moving. On the 3rd lap I did not get a feed and at the long head wind part of the race I started to cramp up and fell [...]

TT

The TT was good I did it on my road bike with the clip on. I was not arrow missed that by a long shot. Ended up 76 and it was the longest TT I have done. The kits are sweet and the black is not to hot. Well sorry its short it was a [...]

GOING TO THE RACES

TOMORROW I LEAVE TO START MY ROAD SEASON! THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO READ, STUFF ABOUT RACES.

NEW BIKE

MY NAME IS WHAT MY NAME IS……..

It’s days like today, that make me realize why I love to ride my bike. The temperature was perfectly “sunny”, and it was so clear, I could see for miles. On my ride today, I met up with Rudy and got a new front wheel, since I broke a spoke yesterday! Then, [...]

THIS IS FUNNY

So in a earlier post I talked about this watch it, it is great.

IN THE NEWS!

I got a phone call from a newspaper reporter today from the Orange County Register.  They did a small interview about me racing in the World Cup next weekend (it will be in this Thursdays paper for those of you that live in the OC)  It was kool, I have never done an interview over the [...]

RANDOM STUFF

It was so nice to riding the LA track today, smooth no bumps.  Riding a 200 M for a week then going to a 250 M makes 50 M really big. The turns felt big and coming out of the turns the straights were long but its nice to be back there.  Not a whole [...]

HOME HOME

Got home yesterday.  All most did not make the flight. We got to the airport 2 hours before the flight. Got my boarding pass all was good, then they did not tag my bags and they said to go to the right and go to customs.  The line was so long it was like standing [...]

day six of six day

Last day last day, but a hard one.  Yesterday we did 260 laps of racing today we did 320. We stared early 9:00 AM, mind you we have been starting at 7:00 PM and going to bed at 12:30. With little sleep we starated at 9am we did a 120 lap Madison, that was tough . Once [...]

day 5 of six day part 1 and 2

Today was intense, first race was a 60 lap sprint Madison. I was not feeling to well because we did not race last night. We hung in there and did not get lapped, very hard. After that I was tired so gave rog a call and he gave me some tips which HELPED me so [...]

day 4? of six day????

Well.. well.. well… today… the weather was bad, real bad.  Woke up to my first morning of snow. So cool, I don’t remember the last time I have been in snow. I thought on the way to the track it was raining, got closer to the track, a lot of snow.  ( see video below) We got to the bottom of [...]

day 3 of six day

I woke up today a little sore, a little tired. It does not help that we don’t get done racing till 11:00. Got to hang out for a while today, watch some TV and take a nap. Tonight was going to be the first day of the beer garden and hot food so I hope [...]

day 2 of six day

So, today we started with an 80 lap point’s race with both Cody and I
racing. It’s so cold at the track, when I am warming up I really can’t tell
if my legs are good to go. When we started the race I followed wheels
got into a break for a few laps, which did [...]

Day 1 of six day

So, yesterday went from boring to exciting, it took all day to get to that point. Cody O’Reilly and I got to the track at 10:30 am built the bikes and got all the other things we had to do taken care of, fun right you bet. Ok, so the track here at the Burnaby [...]

canada

Hello, I just got to Vancouver.  Well I am staying outside of Vancouver with the race promoter. I just wanted to do a quick post. I will have more info later on. I will try and write for the next six days while I am racing a six-day and it makes sense to me.
Austin