Thomas Ross Hallock

Jay Cobb put a couple of video cameras on his helmet and taped the last “episode” of THSJ’s Thursday night criterium series in downtown Austin, September 30th, 2004. Click here to watch. I’m the one wearing the Northwest Cycling jersey (it’s the yellow and blue one).

From PedalMasher.com: [Jay Cobb's] first effort with the cameras was during one of the weekly Austin crit races. Watch him close the gap on a break away, then muster some crazy power to win the bell lap and some cash.

I found this old e-mail Steen sent to the race team back in July:

On Jul 29, 2004, at 6:12 PM, Steen Rose wrote:

The State Road Race, October 10th, is my big goal for the fall. I am going to win it. I was 7th there last year, on the same course. It’s late in the year, and its long and hard, but I’m going to show up to win.

…and remember thinking that it seemed a little bit pretentious. A friend of mine later reminded me that it’s only pretentious if the claim isn’t fulfilled. :) (more…)

On a 95 mile course, the there is usually an unspoken consensus among the pack to “take it easy” for the first ten to twenty miles. Afterwords, things generally start to pick up. Of course there are always those few brave (naive?) riders who attempt to establish an early break in hopes a group might eventually bridge up to make their efforts worth while in the end. Such was the case with Jason Sager and Max Miley in this race. With Sager firing the first shots, the two were quickly out of sight while the pack carelessly conserved their energy for later in the race. (more…)