people are posting "best of" lists. maybe i will too. [keep in mind this is ME, as in mike, not the royal "b2c2 team" me] i will make, and then likely add to this list.
best thing i bought all year, bike related: tie - tubular cross wheels OR my xc race bike (epic).
other best thing i bought all year: sovtek mig 100.
worst moment on a training ride: almost got run over by a DPW truck.
most improved rider: nick. living proof that if you keep doing things you stink at, you will begin to stink less at them.
best terrestrial mammal: the rat.
best arboreal mammal: the slow loris.
best marine mammal: the leopard seal.
hardest day on a bike: 24 hours of pats peak. that was literally one day on my bike.
best rivalry: me and rmm. back and forth all season. so much fun.
best food: soup. also ham.
best place to get food: the deluxe town diner.
worst result: almost dead last in The Time Trial That Shall Remain Nameless.
best coffee: espresso royale (obviously)
best latte: drink coffee, you pansy.
best place to ride: late addition, but russell mill. xc + pumptrack = awesome.
most annoying bike trend: single speeds (still).
favorite team (other than ours): tough one... probably geekhouse, for all the enthusiasm and cheering at races. results wise... and because they can be both super competitive and fun dudes - embrocation.
worst moment at a race: when that cockbag at green mountain got aggro and almost killed us all.
best show: that one we played with summerduck.
most surprising result: getting second place at my first solo 24 hour race.
best performance at a race: gregs northampton weekend. seriously.
most gratifying cyclocross moment: when tim "lame east coast shit" johnson beat ryan "complains on the internet" trebon at nationals.
most listened to records: transylvanian hunger (darkthrone), lincoln (they might be giants), love suffers long (smoke and smoke), 10th sublevel of suicide (leviathan), dead as dreams (weakling), blood money (tom waits)
