September 24 - On Sunday, the Carlisle Family YMCA's Yellow Breeches Racing cyclocross team travelled to Baltimore, MD for the Charm City Cyclocross Race - the first race in the season-long MABRA series. On a very dry, dusty, fast course, YBR's riders competed with hundreds of other racers from all over the Mid-Atlantic.
In her first "'cross" race, Laura Jones finished 16th in the Women's B race, despite being slowed by mechanical difficulties. In the 90-racer Men's Masters B race, Joel Moats was the top YBR finisher, in 32nd place, followed by Kevin Breckenmaker (34th), Mark Laser (35th), Fast Albert Greene (38th, despite a flat tire near the end of the race), and Michael Taylor (61st). In the U-16 Junior race, Josh Bard finished 3rd and in the Men's 55+ race, Nunzio Dibiasi finished 4th.
Said Jones, "While on the course, other riders were trying to guess where the noise on my bike was coming from and I still haven't figured it out. I was only able to apply power to the pedals for about a third of each pedal revolution, so I'm glad I finished where I did!"
