Gainesville Races

Great weekend for Cycle Logic! On Saturday, there were time trials held out in Archer, Florida. Jayson O'Mahoney narrowly missed the podium in the Cat 3 ITT but helped the Cat 3 Cycle Logic squad (also containing Ken Sallot, Carlos Smith and Tal Mincey) take 3rd place in the TTT. Our sole entry in the Cat 4 time trial, Mike Arena, walked away with the whole thing as he proved that he's a force to be reckoned with.

Sunday was the classic downtown Gainesville Criterium. Mike Arena once again showed that he is a beast. The Category 4 final results don't adequately tell the whole story, so we'll give you the abbreviated version here. After attacking off the front numerous times in the early stages of the race, Mike dropped a chain, dropped from the field, stopped, got off the bike, fixed it, got back on, chased like a daemon, caught back on and attacked again! The cat 4 field ought to be thankful that he wasn't full gas in the final lap! By far, the most heroic ride of the day.

Eight Cycle Logic boys toed the line in the Cat 3 field and made for one of the most fun races spectators have seen in a long time. Damn it was fun! The guys started with a plan and put it into action from the gun. Jayson was a constant fixture at the front of the field making sure nothing dangerous went up the road, if it did, one of the guys would go with it. Tal and Roger stayed comfortably in the pack while the teams presence made everyone else uncomfortable.

More than halfway through the race we all got a nice scare as Scott laid it down in the second corner. After cautious examination by the medical professionals on sight, it was determined that Scott was fine and will live to race another day (his bike notwithstanding).

There was constantly Orange and Grey at the front of the field and as the last few laps were counted down, Tal and Roger made their way to the front. In a hotly contested sprint, Tal lead the field up the hill toward the finish line only to be swallowed up in the final 10 meters! Roger stayed close to Tal as they finished 6th and 5th respectfully and scored some solid FPS points for the team.


The guys utilized textbook teamwork to almost perfection and gained a ton of knowledge about themselves and the team in the process. The season ahead looks bright and we're all looking forward to seeing how things unfold throughout the year.

Thanks to all the friends, family and fans that came out to support Cycle Logic this weekend. Damn that was fun!

view a ton of photos from Sunday's race here