FHRacing

Winter Rides

2008-01-27T18:41:00.000-05:00

Saturday - 10 a.m. at the Elementary school near the Police Station on Linglestown Road.

Easy - Slow - Endurance

Tour de Millersburg (revisited)

2007-10-30T20:38:00.001-04:00

Here is Carney's take on the road race..."It came down to a sprint, so we did the same thing as yesterday, w/ Ryan pulling first then myself w/ Matt leading the way for Scotty. The two pro riders got Scotty and Matt in the sprint but ended up w/ Matt and Scotty in the finish for our category and Matt winning the overall and Scotty getting 3rd overall." One heck of a team effort from the boys in blue!

Team pic after the crit...Faulkner Honda went 1-2!

Bob Roll posing with Scott's uncle Phil Noll

Brian Rife - A Community Man

2007-10-28T22:17:00.000-04:00

This post is pretty outdated, but definitely worth mentioning. Early June the Faulkner boys were at it again at another community event. This event was to help boy scouts earn the maintenance portion of their cycling badge. We had a small number of scouts show up for the event, which was held at the back of the Newport Public Library in Newport, PA. It was actually nice because we got to work one-on-one with the scouts. Brian was working with a boy named Eli who was riding a bike with a pretty awful back wheel. It was obvious Eli was unable to ride this bike. After the event Brain couldn't get that out of his head and became determined to get Eli a bike that he could actually ride. Brian's neighbor was getting rid of a kids BMX bike and Brain claimed it pretty quickly. With a little tune-up the bike was ready to roll. Brain and Denise went up to Newport to deliver the bike to an extremely excited Eli!

2007 Season

2007-09-25T21:14:00.000-04:00

...Has come and gone. At least the road racing side of things.

And I haven't done any posting to the site!

Believe me, it hasn't been due to lacking results on the team's part. FHR has won a record number of races this year - Carney, Sanderson, Johann, Goates.......to name a few with the big W this season. I, or Scott, will get a season recap out soon. Promise.

For any of you looking for a good ride this weekend.....Ride to Read is Saturday morning, leaving from Little Buffalo State Park near Newport, PA. Great ride, great food, great cause.

http://www.newportpubliclibrary.org/ride.htm

Final Ephrata Results

2007-05-02T21:16:00.000-04:00

Stage 1 - Farmersville Road Race
Sohmer escapes and lands himself into a three man break. It sticks and Ryan brings home third. The sprint finish for four place saw a huge crash take out 1/3 of the pack. Included, unfortunately, was Nathan. Physically okay, his bike and clothing didn't fare so well. See below...

Stage 2 - Pain Mtn Individual Hill Climb Time Trial
Sohmer leads the team in 11th spot.

Stage 3 - Ephrata Criterium
Carney slips off the front in the fast criterium and gets himself into the winning four man break. Carney brings home 4th place for the day.

Overall -
Ryan Sohmer: 9th
Mike Carney: 11th

Updated 2007 Team Results:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pXs_4UBE4xyt9n1IB4JbzDQ

Typical Result of Farmersville Sprint

2007-04-29T21:57:00.000-04:00

Results Update

2007-04-29T21:16:00.000-04:00

So, FHR has been having early success in 2007. Eight top ten finishes, including an early victory for Johann Liljengren. Definitely going to be a great year!

Follow the link to view the results so far:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pXs_4UBE4xyt9n1IB4JbzDQ

Kirkwood Race Report Haiku:

2007-04-04T18:38:00.000-04:00

by Nathan Goates

Carney is strong, strong

Goat’s solo break not enough

No great sprint from Faulk

2007 Kirkwood Road Race Report

2007-04-03T21:28:00.000-04:00

By Jason Thomas

Riders: Carney, Johan, Nate, Ryan and Jason

We started out with the plan of saving Nate and Johan for the last lap as both had raced already. Ryan and Jason went on the record as being unsure of form being the first race of the year and Carney just smiled and said the field will split up. The race was 6 laps (42 miles) over a rolling seven mile course with light wind. The first few laps were peppered with a few solo attacks but everything came back pretty quickly. It didn’t appear that any one team was specifically chasing. Around mid-race, Carney attacked. I later found that he wanted to get his “training intensity” in. Funny, I was getting more then my share of early season “intensity” just sitting on wheels… Carney stayed away for a little over a lap and it took some pretty good chasing to bring him back. With a lap and a half to go and Ryan monitoring the front, the rest of us planned to attack-counter-attack-counter, etc. on the back section of the last lap. With about 5 miles to go, Carney brought Nate to the front and off he went. Nate proved that saving him for the last lap was a good idea because he got a pretty good gap right away. It took a lot of hard chasing to finally bring him back right before the final sprint. Given that I (Jason) got popped with about 2k to go, I can’t comment on the dynamics of the sprint.

It appears that we will have a strong team this year. Three solo breaks got away from the field in the race – two of them were our guys (Nate and Carney). The blocking consisted of slowing the field down through the corners and riding in the front of the field and intentionally letting gaps open in attempt to send additional riders to the breaks. I think we rode well as a team and it was pretty easy to communicate with everyone. After seeing Carney and Nate off the front solo, I think that in the future, we should only send two or more guys up the road at a time – meaning that we should give each other a heads up or at least ride near each other in the field. The end result may have been a lot different if either of you had help from any strong motors. I’m not sure that we have a team that can consistently place in the sprints, but I think that we can do some real damage by sending multiple riders up the road at the same time.

I will go on record saying that I’m looking forward to more racing with all of you. I think that we can get some good results based on how everyone rode on Saturday.

Jason

Winter is here....?

2006-12-30T22:44:00.000-05:00

Yet another 50 degree Saturday ride today....No complaints here. A big ol' group met at the former RiverRoom-now-pizza-joint location on Front Street. I don't know, maybe 12 of us? Some newer faces (and teammates) in the group - Nathan. Good strong addition to the team - don't have allot of info on him just yet; just know he rides a ton, used to live in Tennessee, and is currently a professor at Shipp U.

Lets see...who else was out there today - Nate Deibert, back from Spain....Mike Hebe, fresh off an impressive 10th in the 40+ race @ Cyclocross nationals....Ray Tasker-track racer guy.......40! YEAR OLD Rife.....Flyin' Ryan Sohmer.......straight outta Philly Johann.....Carney.....TV personality Scott Sanderson.....look at my sweet carbon Fetish-Andrew........Dwayne-my Stillers suck this year-Williamson.....and me - the dad-to-be bringing up the back, literally. Yep, all of those guys I just listed off, except for me, are in some great winter form at the moment....... Me on the other hand, well, I faked it pretty well for about two hours, but that third hour was pretty rough. I'll learn to live with it - for now. I'm way too excited about having a little boy in about 12 days to be worried about my fitness.

Held a team meeting after the ride at ABC.....Peters told war stories from his morning duck hunt - I don't know...the whole duck hunting thing sounds waaay to challenging for me. The whole sitting in a bogg, calling in a duck and shooting it with a shotgun thing.....yep, too tough for me. Haha......just kidding. In fact Peters was nearly attacked by a wild swann and a great blue heron today.....too risky for me out there...

We did discuss a few team related things in the meeting....# 1 was the agreement and welcoming of nathan (sorry man, don't even know your last name yet) to the team. As I mentioned above - definitely looks to be a good addition...and he was sitting at ABC at 2 in the afternoon....although I think he was without beer - we'll have to work on that one.

Team race - Faulkner Honda Hummelstown Criterium will be held on the first Saturday after the 4th of July - which, I believe, is July 7th in '07. Definitely looking forward to the event and working with Hummelstown again this year. What a great town and community. Can't wait to see how the folks come out to support the race this year...

T-shirts this year...we're going to have them made....between Boland and myself, we'll get something worked out. Ought to be good...

Oh yeah...speaking of Scott Boland...he's another new addition to the team....I think anyhow - has he been on a ride yet??? Joking, joking...... Boland used to follow me around Lambs Gap on the mtn bike back in the day, until he started passing me...then I quit riding with him. He raced a good season while living in Savannah, GA and now that he's settled back here in H'burg we offered him a spot on the team. Oh wait...he didn't have a beer at the meeting today either...what is up with that?

Alright, enough of my ramblings here tonight.....Its been way too long since I've updated the site. Hope to do a bit better of a job this year. Well heck...there's my New Year's resolution: Keep this blog updated.

Have a great (and safe) New Year's celebration.

Artist?

2006-08-09T17:19:00.000-04:00

Andrew singing "the my insurance company is taking forever to get me new bike blues"

Tour De Toona

2006-08-09T14:17:00.000-04:00

Ok so I was waiting on the website to post a pic of Carney getting his beer mug but that still isn't up. Johann, Carney, Ryan and I headed to Toona where Carney and I saw Michael Jackson doing his famous moon walk. I know I couldn't believe it either Jacko in a Hooters he had to be there for the food. Friday's race was a lovely day in the pouring down rain with 100 racers trying to stay upright. With in the first mile there was a crash where some dude cracked his fork right in half. The Faulkner boys were staying close to the front and out of danger. That was until 500 meters to go. I was second wheel when the dude in front of me crashed. Don't know how, don't know why but of course I had the luck and went down with him. Ryan ended up finishing a strong 7th and we knew what we had to do on Saturday.
The road race was 70 miles with 3 climbs in it and 4 Faulkner guys in it. The secret is the Shiner Bock because the Faulkner boys had a hell of a day. Carney, Ryan and Johann found themselves in the front group while I was taking a shit in some nice ladies house. I left the fan on! carney attacked and got up to the lone yellow jersey and came home with second, Ryan got 5th and Johann 7th. It was a great day and not tomorrow it set up the boys to get on the podium for the weekend. Strong day Congrats to all three of you.
The crit was a fast technical course. You had to survive it between the people bonking from the hard races the past to days and the crashes. Ryan did just that and come home with 6th. Not a bad weekend at all a 5th, 6th and 7th in one of the hardest cat 3 fields out there. A 5th over all for the man and Carney following in 6th and Johann in 11th. A great weekend for the boys in blue and we had a hell of a weekend.

Bloomsburg

2006-07-25T22:57:00.000-04:00

I am a tall dude but Johann your a Giant

This Weekend for FHR

2006-07-25T10:45:00.000-04:00

3 Top tens, 2 days of racing, 1 Hell of a Night. That pretty much wraps up the weekend. It started off strong as Carney, Ryan, Scott and I lined up to tackle Mt. Nebo. Carney took a huge pull at the front and shattered the pack and the hopes of many riders. Ryan and Scott were sitting pretty and ended up with a 6th and 9th on the day. Good job boys! Carney finished 18th and well we won't talk about my day of "racing."
After a fun night at the Pubs Christmas in July party. I got plenty of sleep under the rug. Rife, Johann and I went up to good ol Bloomsburg for a fast 4 corner crit. The word of the day was ATTACK! Johann and I just kept attacking and getting in some breaks but riders wouldn't work together or the peleton would ramp it up and chase us down. A two man break stayed away because no one wanted to pull until 3 laps to go and it was too little too late. Rife found himself in good position coming down to the final corner and that's when I saw Johann come up on my left. I lined up behind him and was in a great position except for that mud as I don't know how we didn't go down but I guess it will have to be Toona next week for us. Rife got 10th and I did win a water bottle and a cage. Sure beats our race with all those helmets, tires and good prizes.
Great weekend for the boys in blue and for Floyd. That was a great tour and I hate to say it but I told you all Floyd would win the tour. Before the scandal and his signature looks good on the back of the Faulkner vest.
Toona this weekend, it should be fun.

Peters Pub Crew

2006-07-20T22:42:00.000-04:00

GO FLOYD

2006-07-20T18:13:00.000-04:00

Yesterday Floyd broke our heart but today what an effort. You just don't see that anymore in cycling, AWSOME! Did you see the rage he was riding with too, God look at after he finished he didn't need anybody guards when he pushed everybody out of his way. The TT should be a great day and what a tour to watch.
I remember Lil John (Yeah.....Ok) getting me to sign up on this a while ago but for some reason never helped out with the site. Just to let everyone know this is Josh. This weekend should be fun as most of the Faulkner Boys will be lining up for Nebo which well Nebo is Nebo plain and simple. Should be a fun intresting race and I'll say it I know there will be Blue on the front on the last climb. Then on Sunday Rife, Johann, and I will be doing the Bloomsburg crit. I don't know much about the course but it should play out pretty well. This weekend coming up will be a busy one and hopefully I'll remember to get this blog cookin again and keep everyone up to date.

Marshall's Tour de France Game Returns

2006-06-23T23:35:00.000-04:00

It’s that time of the year again. For those of you who played last year, the rules are the same. It works like this:

The rules:

Each director sportif (you) gets 25 units of a fictitious currency to select a team.
You pick 9 riders with those 25 salary units.
The riders’ salaries are listed below.
Any rider not listed costs 1 unit.
Riders on your team are timed and receive bonus times as follows:

The scoring:

The flat road stages (all stages other than those listed in next paragraph) will be based on time bonuses only. The top ten in each stage receive bonus times of 2:00, 1:30, 1:15, 1:00, :50, :40, :30, :20, :10, :05, respectively.
The mountain stages and the time trials will be based on the actual time of your top three riders on each stage. These stages are the Prologue (TT), stage 7 (TT),10,11,15,16,17,19 (TT). There is no team time trial this year.
Make sure you have at least 3 riders who can finish the tour or you will be a DNF.
The team winner on GC will be decided based on the lowest total time.

I’ll post updated standings via email on a regular basis. Entries are due by 5:00PM, Friday, June 30. The tour starts Saturday, July 1st. Team entries (9 riders at a cost not to exceed 25) are to be submitted to MarshallSacksCPA@comcast.net I’ll accept one entry per person as this does take some time to tabulate. Spouses, etc. may enter teams, but only if they actually follow the race and make their own picks. I reserve the right to reject entries. Include your name and your team name with your entry of 9 riders (who cost no more than 25). Please, no entries before Wednesday, June 28th, as I have not yet picked my own team. I will add any significant riders to the salary list that have not yet been pre-selected for the Tour.

You can find a projected start list at: http://www.letour.fr/2006/TDF/RIDERS/us/engages.html

If you pick someone who does not ride the tour, you do not get a replacement. You may change your selections up until the entry deadline, which is 5:00PM, Friday, June 30. Any questions?

Rider Salaries:

Basso 12

Ullrich 10

Landis 9

Valverde 9

Vinokourov 9

Evans 8

Leipheimer 8

Cunego 7

Savoldelli 7

Boonen 4

Kloden 4

Mancebo 4

McEwen 4

Menchov 4

Azevedo 3

Hincapie 3

Horner 3

Hushovd 3

Jaksche 3

Karpets 3

OGrady 3

Popovych 3

Rasmussen 3

Sastre 3

Simoni 3

Totschnig 3

Casar 2

Davis 2

DiLuca 2

Forster 2

Garzelli 2

Honchar 2

Julich 2

Mayo 2

Moreau 2

Periero 2

Rogers 2

Rubiera 2

Voeckler 2

Voigt 2

Zabel 2

Anyone else 1

A Top 5 at Kirkwood

2006-04-03T20:24:00.000-04:00

Saturday's Kirkwood road race saw Josh, Carney and Rife line up for the start. Tough, windy conditions took their toll on the 40+ rider 3/4 field - even causing crashes and blowing guys off the road.

Josh continued his early season success with a nice 4th place finish. Carney and Rife both finished - alot more than most of the field could say...

Results posted @ Kirkwood RR
Loads of pics @ cat 3/4 gallery

Next up......Mt. Joy road race on April 15th.

"W"....Already?

2006-03-13T20:59:00.000-05:00

It took the Team a little over 8 months to chaulk up its first road victory in '05. Josh took care of that in the first criterium for '06. Not far behind him was Rife in 5th. Great start.

The Phat Philly Phyler
USCF - Men 3/4 - 35 Starters
1 - Joshua Brand - Faulkner Honda
2 - Colin Murphy - Essex County Velo
3 - Theodoros Koutroukide
4 - Chad Young - Snow Valley
5 - Brian Rife - Faulkner Honda

Josh's write-up:
"So, I wanted to to start the racing off with a bang this week. Saturday was the TT by Red Rose Races and I got 2nd in the cat 3/4 and 7th overall for the day. It was an amazing day out - 70 degrees I think - what a day to race.

On Sunday Rife and I ventured out to Phili - through all the traffic and the fake accident ( I wonder if the cop is still out threre?) - and we did the crit through Fairmont Park. I dont know if it was the rain, but damn, everybody was cocky. From calling us the 'Faulkner Honda Ladies' over the loud speaker, to some team saying "thats right, look at us" during our warm up.

It was a smooth race with no breaks getting away. Rife and I stayed toward the front to stay out of danger but not burn ourselves out. We raced smart. On the last lap, with about a quarter mile to go, I was leading (but not really hammering it) when I decided to go out on a flyer. I figured if I didn't get away, it would at least string things out for the sprint. Well, coming up the hill I realized I gapped the entire pack and came across the line for the big "W". Rife sprinted in for 5th. Not a bad start to the season, huh guys? The cool down lap turned into Rife and I partying the whole way. Needless to say Greg's coach who called us the ladies before the race didnt have much to say. 2nd yesterday and a 1st and 5th today - Johnny boy, get that blog cookin.

Josh"

The blog is cookin', Josh.....

First Top 10 of '06 and a new rider on the Team...

2006-03-11T22:09:00.000-05:00

A whole 11 days into March and Josh Brand takes home a 2nd place in the 11 mile Red Rose Races Lancaster time trial. Josh has put in a nice winter of training so he's ready for the great early season racing - looks like he's definitely on the right track. In addition, he and Brian Rife are heading to Philly tomorrow for the first crit of the year.

FHR has added a new rider to the team for '06 - Andrew Monroe. Andrew has been riding in the area for years, a friend of many of us from the old Team Harrisburg days. This year he's super motivated to race for the Team and will be a good addition not only in races, but also at Peters' Pub! Welcome aboard 'Drew...

MICHAUX

2006-02-20T19:59:00.000-05:00

Winter finally decided to visit PA. Last weekend, temperatures in the teens and low twenties with 20-30mph winds made the brutal rocks of Michaux look tame compared to the windswept wide-open roads around here.

Three of us ventured to Pine Grove Furnace to tackle the 20 mile 'sport' loop - to try to get some singletrack, technical grace back into our legs. Luckily that stuff really never leaves you. Once you've figured out how to ride through that once unrideable stuff, you somehow just never forget how to do it - no matter how long you avoid it. It just comes back. Like riding a bike.

To the right is a good example of what Michaux offers...add a fresh dusting of snow, and that's what we had on Saturday. Good stuff. Yeah, its the type of stuff you've got to commit to...once you're on it, you can't turn back...you lose your momentum and you're going down. Hard. Gotta love that.

Three hours of getting kicked around by the rocks of Michaux. Makes me want to go back this weekend.

Weekend Training

2006-01-26T10:29:00.000-05:00

Looks like it is going to be a good weekend for riding (aren't they all...). Saturday will be the standard team ride from the elementary school on Linglestown Road. Count on two to three hours of good base mileage. Not like last Saturday's good, but way too intense ride from Rife's. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about a good, fast training ride, but that's maybe not such a good idea in the middle of January! Slow, slow, slow.......that's the way....

Anyhow -

Ride start: 10 am

2006 is Here

2006-01-23T10:19:00.000-05:00

With the 2005 season and its successes fueling Faulkner Honda Racing, the Team is rolling into the new year with fitness and loads of motivation. The great 2006 team kits, made by Nalini, have already arrived and winter base training is in full effect. After the great team ride last weekend, its apparent that the Team is dedicated and ready to bring home great results again this year.

One big change for the Team this year revolves around the Faulkner Honda Criterium. For the past five years, the race has been a tradition on the second weekend in July around the streets of Harrisburg. The race will continue - taking place on Saturday, July 8th - but the location of this year's event will be new. All new course, all new town.

Hummelstown, Pennsylvania has accepted the concept of the Faulkner Honda Criterium with open arms and will be the host of this year's race. Holding true to the unique and challenging course in Harrisburg, the Hummelstown course will be a bit shorter (at less than a mile), but will pack no less than 8 corners into the loop with a perfect wide-open and long finishing straight. Should prove for a great day of racing.

Other team news -

Team photos were taken last weekend and will get posted soon.
Saturday Team rides are rolling out every weekend @ 10am.
2006 racing schedule is beginning to take shape. Lots of great races are on the calendar for this season.

2005 Season Top 10's

2005-10-14T10:25:00.000-04:00

Place, Race, Date, Category, Discipline
1st, St. Joe's Day 5k, 19-Mar, Men 30-34, Run
1st, St. Joe's Day 5k, 19-Mar, Men 19-24, Run
1st, RGTS Off Road Duathlon, 26-Mar, Overall, Duathlon
1st, Tour de Tykes, 4-Jun, Expert Senior II, Mtn Bike
1st, Grandview Criterium, 13-Aug, Cat. 3/4, Road
2nd, Michaux Maximus, 24-Apr, Expert Senior II, Mtn Bike
2nd, White Rose Criterium, 22-May, Cat. 4/5, Road
2nd, White Rose Criterium, 22-May, Cat. 3/4, Road
2nd, GtN MiniTriathlon, 28-May, Men 30-34, Triathlon
2nd, Race for Chocolate, 18-Jun, Expert Senior II, Mtn Bike
2nd, Cargas Criterium, 19-Jun, Cat. 3/4, Road
2nd, Dave Wollet Criterium, 14-Aug, Cat. 3/4, Road
2nd, Gino's Duathlon, 11-Sep, Overall, Duathlon
3rd, White Rose Criterium, 22-May, Cat. 3/4, Road
3rd, Yuasa Criterium, 25-Sep, Cat. 4, Road
3rd, Yuasa Criterium, 25-Sep, Cat. 3/4, Road
4th, Turkey Hill Country Classic, 7-May, Cat. 3/4, Road
4th, Marietta Criterium, 11-Jun, Cat. 3/4, Road
4th, Cargas Criterium, 19-Jun, Cat. 3/4, Road
4th, SoYoCo Circuit Race, 31-Jul, Cat. 3/4, Road
4th, Christiana Criterium, 7-Aug, Cat. 3/4, Road
4th, Christiana Overall, 7-Aug, Cat. 3/4, Road
5th, Tour de Tykes, 4-Jun, Sport Men 19-29, Mtn Bike
5th, Doubling Gap State TT, 21-Aug, Cat. 3 , Road
6th, Lemon Hill Criterium, 18-Jun, Cat. 4, Road
6th, SoYoCo Circuit Race, 31-Jul, Cat. 3/4, Road
6th, Doubling Gap State TT, 21-Aug, Cat. 4 , Road
7th, Cargas Criterium, 19-Jun, Cat. 3/4, Road
7th, Yuasa Criterium, 25-Sep, Cat. 3/4, Road
9th, Marietta Criterium, 11-Jun, Cat. 3/4, Road
9th, Christiana Road Race, 6-Aug, Cat. 3/4, Road
10th, Ephrata Criterium, 17-Apr, Cat. 3/4, Road

2005 Season Review

2005-10-14T10:19:00.000-04:00

Faulkner Honda Racing, FHR, is an amateur men’s Category 3and 4 bicycle racing team comprised of riders from Central Pennsylvania that compete primarily in the PA BAR (Pennsylvania Best All-around Rider) competition.

2005 was a terrific year for the Team. Race victories, numerous top 10 finishes, and the individual award for the Best All-around Rider in Pennsylvania for Category 3 all belong to the Team as the year comes to a close. The individual PA BAR award, won by John Cameron, can be attributed to the total TEAM effort of each rider throughout the long racing season.

Mike Peters, Mr. Team Director himself, provided the Team with support throughout the entire season, even making appearances at several races to shout out commands and advice to the Team. In addition, he, his wife Patricia, along with the Team and dozens of volunteers pulled off another successful Faulkner Honda Harrisburg Criterium. The event attracted hundreds of racers and raised more than $15,000 for PA CASA. Without Mike’s vision, the Race nor the Team would exist.

The Young Gun, Josh Brand, a first year rider on the Team, had a terrific season. Upgrading to Category 4 this year, Josh had great results in both Cat. 4 and Cat. 3 races alike. He has shown true grit to survive tough races of attrition and that he has the speed to win a bunch sprint at the end of a criterium. Look for big things from Josh in 2006.

John Cameron was honored to bring home the PA BAR award for Category 3 this year. With the Team’s dedication in getting John to the finish safely in many races this year, winning the award was the least he could do to thank the Team for their hard work and sacrifice.

With Mike Carney on the Team, FHR had a distinct advantage over their competition in 2005. They had the strongest rider in the Category 3 peloton on their squad. He rode hard for the Team all season, but still scored some great results for himself. Mike finished 2nd at the Dave Wollet Criterium, in the Top 10 several times, and 6th over-all in the PA BAR competition.

Johann Liljengren, now a PENN senior, spent the summer on internship at the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg. In a chance meeting with Mike Peters, Johann was invited to ride with the Team. In no time at all, Johann’s incredible late race surges were helping FHR finish strong. He was a one-man lead out train, exemplified no better than in the Cargas Criterium when he pulled John, Scott and Brian around to the finish, sending them across the line in 2nd, 4th, and 7th.

One of the most improved riders on the Team in ’05 had to be Steve Reed. Steve committed to a new training program this year that had him
focus on building endurance at a much lower intensity than he was used to. Coming from a past of only riding fast ALL of the time, this was a big change for him. Now after almost a solid year of hard work, Steve is ready to see the results in 2006.

Brian Rife had a great 2005 season with several top 10 finishes. With his years of road racing experience and BMX racing speed, Brian could always find ways to get himself into contention at the end of a race. His ability to effortlessly move around in the pack was a terrific example for all the Team to follow - if they could hold his wheel…

Alex Roberts latched himself onto early moves in races all through the season, making sure FHR was represented in everything. His early race aggression lead to John’s victory in the Grandview Criterium. Alex alertly took John to the front of the pack just as the winning break-away was forming. Even after his common early race efforts, Alex was able to finish almost every race he started in ’05.

The Team could always count on Marshall Sacks, the Cyclopedia and Master Tactician, for advice leading up to a race. From his years of racing experience he could take the Team through every scenario possible before an event and critique their performance afterwards.

As Scott Sanderson was riding himself into form this season, an unfortunate injury derailed the remainder of his year. Scott scored top 5 finishes in both running and riding races through the spring and early summer, but a nagging IT Band problem forced him off the bike for several weeks in July. Since then, Scott has shifted his focus to rehabbing the knee and working towards a strong 2006 season.

Ryan Sohmer got the Team’s season started with strong results in both the grueling Turkey Hill Country Classic (4th) and the White Rose Circuit Race (2nd). Those efforts certainly boosted Team confidence leading into June. Unfortunately, Ryan’s season came to a halt with back problems that kept him from racing through the thick of the season. Incredibly, even with no racing for three months, Ryan was able to return to the scene and compete with the best through late August and September.

Team race victories, Team Top 10’s, and a PA BAR Champion for the Team in ‘05 – Things are looking good for ‘06.