Tour of the Gila – The End
Posted on 04. May, 2011 by Jordan in Jordan, Pro Wrenching, The Gear Movers
Jordan working the turnaround point of the Tyrone Stage 3 Time Trial
Stage 3 = Time for a time trial! The Tyrone time trial on stage 3 turned out to be a slightly boring day in the sun and wind. With gusty winds of up to 50mph starting slow in the morning and gaining speed later in the afternoon, it was a rough one!
A nice visitor stopped by at the TT turnaround. What a cool picture with the SRAM car in the foreground
A Chipotle Development rider flies into the TT turnaround with his team car in tow...
I was positioned for the day at the turnaround point. The course was 26 miles long, out and back on a small exposed highway. I sat at the turnaround point with a SRAM Volvo car, wheels and bike, ready to assist if needed. Without seeing much action throughout the day, it proved to be a boring one, see pic below for the confirmation…
Mechanic Extroadinare TJ Grove listed how bored Jordan was on his TT race programme
Our SRAM NRS crew for the entire Men's Pro Race. L-R Desira Miller, Jose Alcala, Miss P, TJ Grove and Jordan (taking the photo)
Stage 4 saw the Downtown Silver City Criterium. The funnest race of the year provided me with a chance to smooze and booze with all the pro teams and all my buddies from back in the day. I think these pictures tell the story. Yet again two days in a row, one of the Trek-Livestrong U23 boys rode away with a stunning victory.
Jordan posing with the podium girls during the crit at the SRAM Tour of the Gila!
The Gila Monster on Stage 5 was the grand marquee for the whole week. With more than 10,000ft of climbing and some gnarly descents that freaked out the entire caravan, it was a hairy one. Being used to sitting in team cars in scary bike races, I gotta tell ya, this is always the scariest ride of my life. Sitting in a car with riders all around you, driving like a formula 1 race down mountain passes at 100kph is crazy! That’s what we do and that is why rocking out with the SRAM Neutral Service Crew is so much fun!
A view from Jordan's office during the final and 5th stage of the race - The Gila Monster! More than 10,000ft of climbing, wow!!
Miss P about ready to tear it up on the SRAM NRS special addition Aprilla Moto!
Ever seen a burn like this? Captions welcome. (Jordan was hurting after this)
The final podium for the Women's Pro Race at Gila. Congrats Ladies!
Jordan and moto ace Steve Donovan from Turin Bikes fly home on I-25 towards Boulder. What a beautiful stormy sky ahead into Santa Fe!
Tour of Missouri Recap From Stage 1
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by admin in Jordan, Pro Wrenching, The Gear Movers
Super cool Custom SRAM Red 54t Chainring for Nat Champ John Murphy
Today’s a wrap at the Tour of Missouri. We placed 9th in the field sprint (John Murphy – OUCH Maxxis). The win went to Mark Cavendish from the ever powerful Columbia HTC team. A Little side note fans, the Columbia HTC team is one of The Gear Movement’s biggest clients, yes we work with the best! First place price today was a Buell 1125R moto! How will they split that between 8 riders and 12 staff? Any ideas? I’ll tell Cavendish your ideas tomorrow at dinner!
Dan The Bicycle Man - Check out the sweet off center front wheel!
Jordan spent the day in the feedzone and hanging on the massive team bus watching the race on TV! Only one caravan was allowed in the race today and the duty of mechanic goes to the rad Eric Greene (OUCH Maxxis’ head wrench). After the race the fun consisted of getting the team bikes washed super fast! I can now say I am one of the fastest bike washers when I am in my element, no jokes here please! This evening consisted of dinner with the OUCH boys in the great dinning hall. Tomorrows Stage 2 begins in Ste. Genevieve about an hour and a half transfer from the hotel here in St. Louis. Our start time is 11am which means us staff need to get up around and out at the trailer by about 5 or 6am to make sure we get everything dialed in. Stage 2 finishes in Cape Girardeau!
Super Mechanic John Sessa from the Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team
Nice thing about this race is that it is super well organized! The organizers did a great job placing the finishes within 1-3 miles of the hotels we stay in that night, making for short nights and long morning transfers. No sarcasm here but this is a mechanics dream!!
Another Super Mechanic - Vince Gee of the BMC Pro Cycling Team
Looks as though my responsibility for this race will be transfer boy! We have a new staff member named Adrian who is as Irish as they come. He is so Irish that I can barely understand what he says when he talks!! Its gonna be an interesting week of fighting for parking spots, water hookups, rooms, and electrical hookups in the parking lots at hotels all over the state of Missouri. Anyways I’m off to bed, its early to rise tomorrow for a fun day of the Tour of Missouri.
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