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Brandon Schrader, Racing Member, SS

Brandon Schrader, Racing Member

Racing Results

2013

Solovaca Cat Claw Classic Cat 2 SS, 5th Place, 1:28:24
DORBA Prayer Mountain Pedal Cat 2 SS, 5th Place, 1:37:05
Smurf Boy Endurance Series
River Legacy		 Team Open, 4th Place out of 8 teams, 6 laps, 4:39:08
DORBA Fall Series
LB Houston		 Cat 2 SS, 4th Place out of 16, 1:13:16
Rowlett Creek Preserve Cat 2 SS, 3rd Place out of 14, 1:48:25

Profile

Birth Date June 1982
Birth Place
Saginaw, MI
Home Town Freeland, MI
List and describe your bicycles Mercier Kilo WT Fixed Gear that I use for commuting. It actually a pretty fun bike, I just needed something cheap since DART likes to beat my bikes up pretty good. Santa Cruz Highball SS Mtb which is my baby. Built it from the frame up so now I can’t complain the bike is holding me back.
List past racing accomplishments in any sport you’ve competed in I got 4th place in the LBH Dorba Fall Race #1 2013. This is the best I’ve done so far and it was a blast!!
What is your first memory of riding a bicycle? I grew up riding atv’s and dirtbikes on a farm. When I was a teenager we moved into a subdivision which had a rad bmx pump trail through it. I used to have a blast launching off the jumps in the woods with all my friends from the neighborhood.
Why do you ride a bicycle? After riding dirtbikes I found mtb’s even more challenging. Not only does it take skill to handle the bike through tight single tracks you also have to be in great physical shape to keep the pedals turning.
What does Bearded Women mean to you? A great group of guys helping each other out, keeping everyone training hard and keeping the party going after the finish.
Brandon Schrader, 3rd Place, Cat 2 SS
Will Jiron and Brandon Schrader
Brandon Schrader, Racing Member
First Team Pic 2013
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Shane Walden, Racing Member, Geared

Shane Weldon, Riding Member

Racing Results

2013

Smurf Boy Endurance Series
Cedar Hill		 Team Open, 5th Place out of 8, 4:40:22
DORBA Fall Series
LB Houston		 Cat 3 30 – 39, 14th Place out of 41, 0:38:53
DORBA Fall SeriesRowlett Creek Preserve Cat 3 30 – 39, 12th Place out of 40, 0:53:10

Profile

Birth Date June 1975
Birth Place Garland, TX
Home Town Plano, TX
List and describe your bicycles 2009 Yeti ASR – My weekend rider and now race bike.
2004 Specialized EPIC
2012 Fuji Crossbike 2.0 – My during the week training bike.
List past racing accomplishments in any sport you’ve competed in “If you ain’t first you’re last.” Reese Bobby
What is your first memory of riding a bicycle? I remember riding on the handle bars of my sister’s bike. I hated it but at 4 years old I don’t think I had much choice.
Why do you ride a bicycle? I had back surgery in the Marines in ’99. My weight and less severe back pain was a problem after that. Mountain biking has enable me to have fun, find something that is as challenging as I want to make it and help keep the weight off.
What does Bearded Women mean to you? A group that likes to race and have some fun.
Wes Salas
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Hotter Than Hell

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Everyone in Texas and across the country knows about the Hotter Than Hell 100.  Growing up in Collin County, it’s all I heard about at the local bike shop in Plano.  This year several Bearded Women members went up to the largest single day 100 mile bicycle ride in the nation – and possibly the world – to test themselves on the 60 mi or 100 mi course.

The event also has a half marathon and mountain bike race that athletes can choose to enter.  A few of our members rode both the mountain bike race and the 60 mi road route.  Even one, Kyle Adams, did all 3 events throughout the weekend to receive the Trifecta Award.  Nice work Kyle!

Kyle Adam, Racing Member
Kyle completed all 3 events, thus receiving the these epic awards!

The history of the event is rather interesting, as their website says:

The Hotter’N Hell Hundred grew out of efforts to find a special way for Wichita Falls to celebrate its centennial in 1982. Roby Christie of the Wichita Falls Bicycle Club proposed a bicycle ride – 100 miles in 100 degree heat to celebrate 100 years.  The original HHH committee promoted the idea as a unique and fitting event to honor the spirit of Texoma and the people who first settled the area.  A consulting company from New York City had proposed a rocking chair marathon, but after lengthy discussion the Centennial Committee agreed with the HHH committee that early settlers were not rocking chair people.  Gritty people capable of riding 100 miles in Texoma heat was a more fitting symbol of the tenacity of our early settlers.  Mark and Jo-Alice Davis, now of Weatherford Texas, coined the name, Hotter’N Hell Hundred.  The rest is Hotter’N Hell History.  Some of the original committee members have moved on but Roby and many others remain involved in planning and implementing the event in each of its now 30 years.  The committee started with 7 people and is now in excess of 90.

During the first year of HHH, there were 1200 riders.  Endurance cycling was relatively new to Texas but 1200 riders celebrated the first year as the largest single day 100-mile ride in the nation.  The HHH committee has been a constant pupil in the school of hard knocks.  Rest stops during the first year were operated by members of the Good Sam’s RV Club.  On-board water, toilets and built-in shade made these RV land yachts appear to be the perfect mobile rest stop.  The bicycling event emptied the water tanks, filled the toilet tanks and wore out the small crew of volunteers.  Tired or not, the Good Sam’s remained an important part of road support for many years.

Ever wonder where the CamelBak hydration pack originated? Well, it was at the 1988 Hotter’N Hell Hundred right here in Wichita Falls, Texas! Click on the link to visit their site. http://www.camelbak.com/Sports-Recreation/About-Us/Our-Story.aspx

The early years of medical support would be a nightmare for current day medical volunteers.  There was one medical unit at the finish line.  Nowadays there are MASH units at each rest stop and at the finish.  Medical volunteers treat everything from bees embedded in rider’s ears, to emu bites, road rash, under hydration, over hydration and hard landings.

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Boulder Park Trail Maintenance Day, September 15th

In order to race on our great North Texas mountain bike trails, the team must give it’s own time to keep those trails in  their best possible shape.

bwr_logoThat’s why on September 15th, at 8:30 AM, Bearded Women Racing and B & B Bicycles will be hosting a trail maintenance day at Boulder Park.  We’ll have food and beverages, and lots of work is being promised by the DORBA Trail Steward, Cash Lopper. Volunteer to help give back, and please RSVP here!

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Dana Cobb, Racing Member, Geared

Dana Cobb, Racing Member, Geared
Dana Cobb, Racing Member, Geared

 

Racing Results

2014

6/14/14 Smurf Boy Rowlett Creek Preserve 6th out of 7th, 40 + Solo
6/28/14 Smurf Boy Johnson Branch 9th out of 10th, 40 + Solo
7/12/14 Smurf Boy River Legacy 7th out of 8th, 40 + Solo
7/26/14 Smurf Boy Cedar Hill 8th out of 8th, 40 + Solo

2013

Smurf Boy Endurance Series
Rowlett Creek Preserve		  Solo, 1st place out of 7, 4 laps, 4:06:09
River Legacy  Solo, 5th place out of 8, 4 laps, 4:18:56
Cedar Hill  Solo, 2nd place out of 3, 3 laps, 3:36:22

Awards

2014 Overall Smurf Boy Series, 3rd place Women 40+
2013 Overall Smurf Boy Series, 1st place Women 40+

Profile

Birth Date
August 1969
Birth Place Livonia, MI
Home Town
Allen, TX
List and describe your bicycles 2013 Look 566
2011/12 Giant Anthem X 29er
2011 Specialized Hardrock Disc 26 (retired)
GOAL: Pivot Mach429
List past racing accomplishments in any sport you’ve competed in 1st place Women 40+ 2013 Smurfboy series
What is your first memory of riding a bicycle? Very first memory: My uncle Skip teaching me to ride without training wheels. Most vivid memory: building and jumping ramps with the boys in my neighborhood. One bad landing, locking up the coaster brakes, and tearing up my brand new blue satin track suit (and me… didn’t care about me).
Why do you ride a bicycle? Biking saved my life… literally. I was very overweight and on my way to Diabetes. Since buying my bike in July 2011, I’ve lost over 100 pounds and feel GREAT! Biking also allows me to let go of the stress of my job/life. I always say for me it’s 51% mental and 49% physical.
What does Bearded Women mean to you? Camaraderie. People to ride and hang out with, people to push me when I need a nudge (or kick in the a**), someone will always have a bike pump, or banana, or beer, or cheer when needed.
Dana
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DORBA Fall Series – Rowlett Creek Preserve #2

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Team.  Defined as a group of people linked in a common purpose.  Mountain biking isn’t always a team sport.  You perform on an individual level, competing with other athletes in a sprint race to be first to the line.  This past Sunday, our team showed what it means to be linked together in common purpose.

At the DORBA Fall Series race at Rowlett Creek Preserve, our best overall showing of the season comprised of two 1st place finishes, two 2nd place finishes, two 3rd place finishes, and one 5th place finish.  We also fielded the highest number of entries with 14 Adults and 3 Juniors.

Our biggest highlight came with two racing members who didn’t even finish the race.  Brad Wendling, a team officer, was having a fast race when he lost control and crashed.  He was able to pick himself up and begin racing again when it happened a second, much harder, time.  He’s doing better today, but what happened after that crash is something pretty special.  Josh Merkel, an original member of the team, was racing in only his 2nd race of the season when he came upon Brad.  Instead of continuing, and finishing his race, Josh decided to DNF himself to help Brad out and back to the team tent so medics could check on him.  Josh sacrificed his own race for a fellow teammate.  Big kudos to him, and a reminder to us all that we’re pretty lucky to have such great teammates.

Sunday also marked another first for the team, when three junior racers stepped into their first ever mountain bike race!  Aiden Toombs, and brothers Jacob and William Wendling all competed and had lots of fun racing the 3 mile course.

As for those pretty impressive showings, Minh Nguyen and Keith McDonald finished what they couldn’t do the last race because of mechanical breakdowns, and ended up on the podium 1st and 3rd respectively in the Cat 3 40 – 49 division.  The largest division of the event at 49 racers!

In the Cat 3 19 – 29 division, newcomer Jacob Hollings, took 2nd place after a 1st place performance at LB Houston before joining the team.  Jacob’s new teammate, Braden Barnett, showed why he’s poised to grab a top spot soon by continuing to move up the rankings with a 5th place finish.

In a newly created division in Cat 3, Jonathan Braddick and Logan Davis competed in the Clydesdale division taking 1st and 9th respectively.

The results kept coming in the last race of the day in Cat 2.  Brandon Schrader has had quite the season in the SS division, taking multiple top 5 finishes, but in this race he finally saw the results of his hard work, taking a podium spot in 3rd place.  He also holds the top overall team points leader position.  The heat didn’t hold back his divisional teammate, Will Jiron, coming in 11th place.

Brandon Schrader, 3rd Place, Cat 2 SS
Will Jiron and Brandon Schrader

And finally, the “most races completed this season” leader on the team, and oldest member (of which we like to remind him of this all of the time) superman James Henson completed his seventh race, and is a close 2nd in our overall team points leader competition.  He finished 2nd in the Cat 2 60 plus division.

Here are the overall results from the race:

  • Cat 2 60 plus
  • Cat 2 SS
    • Brandon Schrader, 3rd Place out of 14, 1:48:25
    • Will Jiron, 11th Place out of 14, 2:06:03
  • Cat 3 Juniors, 10 and under
    • Aiden Toombs, 11th Place out of 18, 0:16:36
    • Jacob Wendling, 12th Place out of 18, 0:16:43
    • William Wendling, 16th Place out of 18, 0:20:00
  • Cat 3 19 -29
    • Jacob Hollings, 2nd Place out of 21, 0:49:38 (new member)
    • Braden Barnett, 5th Place out of 21, 0:53:21
  • Cat 3 30 -39
    • Shane Walden, 12th Place out of 40, 0:53:10 (new member)
    • Nathan Delahoussaye, 19th out of 40, 0:55:20
    • Wes Salas, 20th out of 40, 0:55:22 (new member)
    • Brad Wendling, DNF, (crash)
    • Josh Merkel, DNF, (helped a teammate after crash, sacrificed his own race to do this!)
  • Cat 3 40 – 49
    • Keith McDonald, 3rd Place out of 49, 0:50:40
  • Cat 3 Clydesdale
    • Jonathan Braddick, 1st Place out of 9, 0:54:56
    • Logan Davis, 9th Place out of 9, 0:45:29 (new member)
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Nathan Delahoussaye, Racing Member, Geared

Nathan Delahoussaye, Racing Member, Former Team Captain

Racing Results

2014

Dirty Dozen 12 hr, 3-4 man, 4th out of 8 teams, 11:25:44

2013

Solovaca Cat Claw Classic Cat 3 30 -39, 11th, 0:45:43
DORBA Fall SeriesRowlett Creek Preserve Cat 3 30 -39, 19th, 0:55:20
Cedar Hill Cat 3 30 -39

Awards

Profile

Birth Date
December 1974
Birth Place Texas
Home Town
Dallas
List and describe your bicycles Specialized Epic FSR, Schwinn Homegrown
List past racing accomplishments in any sport you’ve competed in Over thirtyfive mountain bike and adventure races with multiple top 10 and podium finishes.
What is your first memory of riding a bicycle? Everything started on a Schwinn.
Why do you ride a bicycle? I enjoy riding my bike because walking on my hands is to much work.
What does Bearded Women mean to you? Team Bearded Women is a great group of men and women cyclist who enjoy cycling for fun and competition.
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Jonathan Braddick, Racing Member, SS

Jonathan Braddick, Racing Member, SS
Jonathan Braddick, Racing Member, SS

Racing Results

2014

 2/1/14 Dirty Dozen 12 hr, 3-4 man, 7th out of 8 teams, 11:25:44
 3/15/14 Frozen IDB  4 hr, solo, 7th out of 7, 2 laps, 2:27:49
 6/14/14 Smurf Boy Rowlett Creek Preserve  Team relay, 4th out of 5th
 6/28/14 Smurf Boy Johnson Branch  Team relay, 3rd out of 6th
 7/12/14 Smurf Boy River Legacy  Team relay, 7th out of 10th
 7/26/14 Smurf Boy Cedar Hill  Team relay, 5th out of 8th
     

2013

Solovaca Cat Claw Classic 30 -39, 23rd, 1:00:39
Smurf Boy Endurance Series
Rowlett Creek Preserve		 Team Open, 7th Place out of 8 teams, 5 laps, 4:32:31
River Legacy Team Open, 2nd Place out of 8 teams, 6 laps, 4:37:28
Cedar Hill Team Open, 5th Place out of 8 teams, 6 laps, 4:53:45
DORBA Fall Series
LB Houston		 Cat 2 SS, 9th Place out of 16, 1:17:07
Rowlett Creek Preserve Cat 3 Clydes, 1st Place out of 9, 0:54:56
Cedar Hill Cat 2 SS, 5th place out of 7

Awards

2013 DORBA Fall Series, Clydesdale Open Men, 1st place overall
2014  Smurf Boy Team Open, 3rd Overall
   
   
   
   
   

Profile

Birth Date
October 1976
Birth Place Dallas, TX
Home Town
Oak Cliff
List and describe your bicycles SS Kona Unit 29’er full ridged hardtail
Classic Red Peugeot retro steel road bike
Classic Peugeot road converted townie
Classic Raliegh Record touring bike
List past racing accomplishments in any sport you’ve competed in 1st place clydesdale – 2004 Metroplex Sprint TriathlonSeveral other top 3 finishes in various sprint triathlons and duathlonsBeen racing mountain bikes since 2000
What is your first memory of riding a bicycle? Riding my yellow and blue Schwinn bmx bike with a moto-sport #. Remember that first, glorious feeling of freedom from the training wheels; still feel it every time I ride a bicycle. Never forget that feeling!
Why do you ride a bicycle? For utility, for pleasure, for community, for me; sold our second vehicle 3 years ago and have been a one car family living in Dallas
What does Bearded Women mean to you? That we ride and we race together, as a team; no one gets left behind, no one is judged, and we all have fun!
Big Jon when he raced bikes
Jonathan Braddick, Racing Member, Team Manager
Jonathan Braddick
Jonathan Braddick
Jonathan Braddick, Racing Member, Team Manager
Jonathan Braddick, Racing Member, Team Manager
Beard Heads Rule in the Texas summer!
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Will Jiron, Racing Member, SS

Will Jiron, Racing Member
Birth Date
August 1 1974
Birth Place Dover, DE
Home Town
Sierra Vista, AZ
List and describe your bicycles Tisport road bike and On One Carbon 29er SS rig
List past racing accomplishments in any sport you’ve competed in 4th place in Team Open class at Smurfboy River Legacy
What is your first memory of riding a bicycle? taking some sweet jumps in front of my house off of a home made ramp built with wood and bricks
Why do you ride a bicycle? To stay in shape, It’s fun and to explore
What does Bearded Women mean to you? Bunch of people getting together to race and have fun and also make an impact with some civic service thrown in
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DORBA Fall Series – LB Houston #1

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The first sprint race of the DORBA Fall Series was certainly an exciting race for the team.  We had new riding members who recently joined the team, Shane Walden, Wes Salas, and Logan Davis race along with 8 other racing members.  While we’re still looking for that first podium of the season, our hard work is definitely showing now that the sprint season is back!  All of our racers improved from past sprint races in the standings, and we were only one off the podium in the Cat 2 single speed division with Brandon Schrader’s personal best 4th overall placing.  Braden Barnett also got a personal best 7th place in the Cat 3 19 -29 division.

We were also leading the Cat 3, 40 – 49 division with two of our racers, but the mountain bike racing gods weren’t very kind to us with a flat tire of our leader, Minh Nguyen, and a crash out from Keith McDonald who was in a close second at the time.  We’re happy he’s ok, and know he’s going to use it as motivation for the next race in the series.

Furthermore, James Henson did his 6th race this season, the most of any team member, by entering the Cat 1 60 + division.  He finished 3rd out of 3 entries, but what’s interesting is he showed up a bit late for the Cat 3 race.  We’re very glad too, because he burned through 2 fast laps to finish the race with a little extra coin in his pocket!

Here are the overall results from the race:

  • Cat 1 60 plus
  • Cat 2 SS
  • Cat 3 19 -29
    • Braden Barnett, 7th Place out of 25, 0:38:33
    • Logan Davis, 24th Place out of 25, 0:45:29
  • Cat 3 30 -39
    • Brad Wendling, 13th Place out of 41, 0:38:49
    • Shane Walden, 14th Place out of 41, 0:38:53
    • Wes Salas, 15th Place out of 41, 0:39:06
  • Cat 3 40 – 49
    • Keith McDonald, 40th Place out of 43, 0:45:28 (mechanical)
    • Minh Nguyen, 43rd Place out of 43, 0:53:59 (mechanical)
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