Better with age (or just smarter?)

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By Mikael Hanson / Enhance Sports

Like a fine red wine or collectable antique car, there is another thing that can improve with age – the Endurance athlete. Whether we are talking about Lance Armstrong who left retirement to grab a spot on the podium at the Tour de France or Brett Favre throwing TD passes as a grandpa, athletes accomplish incredible things past the age of forty. Take myself: outside of bicycle racing, I’ve always been a very competitive multi-sport athlete, but I did not win my first race until I was forty-one and then did it again three more times when I was forty-two. How– By adapting my training as I got older. Continue reading →

Race Report: Gran Prix of Gloucester

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aka New England Worlds
Gloucester, MA
October 1 & 2, 2011

111008-rockstar-01As it turns out, racing as an Elite Woman is hard.

And yeah, anyone could have told me that. Heck, I knew that. But it doesn’t really sink in until, instead of vying for the win, I was looking over my shoulder, killing myself in an attempt to not get lapped by the British National Champion who was rampaging through the course.
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Race Report: Whirlybird Cyclocross

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Sunday, September 25th
Bryn Athyn, PA

Whirlybird Cyclocross was a tough race this time around. The grassy course around the sports fields of Bryn Athyn College are manicured and well drained, but when the weather is a bit wet and a bunch people race their bikes across the grass, it gets soggy and slow. Some kinds of grass are hard to race on. The sensation is like a bit like riding in slow motion; for how hard you’re working, you feel like you should be going faster. Continue reading →

With Much Regret, Another Season Draws to a Close

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by Mikael Hanson of Enhance Sports

If you are anything like me, the arrival of fall elicits mixed emotions. Sure, the turning of the leaves signals the much-anticipated start of the football season and the approach of another World Series, it also means the days are rapidly growing shorter and the morning air has that edge that can only mean winter is knocking on the door. While the month of October has many fine selling points, unless you are doing a fall marathon (God bless your souls!), late October means that yet another racing season is drawing to a conclusion and the reflection period can officially begin.

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Race Report: Nittany Lion Cyclocross

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by Molly Hurford

2011-nittanycx-d1-bwomen-u19_0009Nittany Lion Cyclocross has been inked onto my calendar for months now, so when September 10th rolled around, to say that I was giddy with excitement would have actually been a bit of an understatement. Nittany was my first race of the season, the chance to see where my legs were at, to see how attainable my planned goals for the season were, to see certain friends for the first time in months and to figure out the course of the next four months. The weekend did not disappoint on any level. Saturday started early, since even an 11 a.m. start time necessitates getting up at 6 for breakfast, car-packing, double-checking, forgetting things, getting to the course, getting registered, pinned, porta-pottied and finally kitted up to pre-ride the course. Thanks to the recent hurricane and heavy rainfall, even more time was required, since the course had gone from “freakishly fast” to “mudpit.” Continue reading →

2011 N.E. Regional / Connecticut State Championship Criterium

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New Britain, CT
July 10, 2011

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As a prelude to this race report, I would like to give you a quick synopsis of Brian and I. Brian has been racing his bike for 30 years. He was fortunate enough to win his first race and has been hooked ever since. He has over sixty victories and double that amount of podium finishes along the eastern seaboard from Maine down to Pennsylvania. Our trophy case is full of trophies and gold medals that Brian and I have accumulated. Brian has also won 20 championship jerseys from various events throughout the years.
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Welcome to the Team Rockstar News

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Welcome to the Team Rockstar News, the official blog of the Rockstar Games / Signature Cycles Racing Team.

Team Rockstar Games / Signature Cycles was formed in 2009 as a competitive road racing team with the objective of supporting local athletes of all abilities in their racing and training endeavors. The team has a commitment to developing the local Tri-State cycling community through promoting cycling as a safe and enjoyable way to lead a healthy lifestyle. Stop by this blog weekly to see team photos, results, race recaps and athlete bios.

 

About Our Sponsors

Harlem Skyscraper Classic

Rockstar Games is a video game developer and publisher owned by Take-Two Interactive.  The company’s signature video game, Grand Theft Auto, resulted in tremendous success.  Most recently they released 2 new games: Red Dead Redemption and L.A. Noire.

Rockstar Games are the publishers of such popular videogame franchises as Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, L.A. Noire, Red Dead Redemption, Midnight Club, Bully and more.

For the past several years, Rockstar Games has sponsored the Skyscraper Harlem Criterium (2011 marked its 38th year!). Held in the heart of Harlem, this race has become a serious event for the cycling community both locally and internationally. The Pro Event draws crowds in the thousands and attracts cyclists from all over the US and Europe. Locally this event as become a jewel for amateur racers, attracting the best New York has to offer. Aside from the competitions, the event focuses of local youth, bringing out local schools and community groups to participate in competitions, attractions and performances.

 

Signature Cycles is the world’s premier custom bicycle studio with locations in Manhattan, Greenwich and Central Valley.  Signature Cycles specializes professional bicycle fittings and custom bike design and sales.  At Signature Cycles athletes experience individualized services in a state of the art environment.  The staff at Signature Cycles are professionals who have developed and employ the science of making people faster!

Signature Cycles was founded by Paul Levine in 1999 and quickly became a premiere destination for both cycling enthusiasts and industry professionals.

In the US, bike fit has been taken to an extremely high level by bike shop superstars such as Paul Levine of Signature Cycles, New York. Levine uses the SICI system, as well as blend of his own techniques. Signature Cycles is a destination retailer, with customers flying in from all over the US to pay to be fitted. Last year Levine was the winner of the inaugural Bicycling magazine’s “Excellence in Applied Science” award.

This award “recognizes bicycle industry retailers and innovators who provide exceptional service and education in the area of integrating the human machine with the quintessential human-invented machine: the bicycle.” – QuickRelease.TV