The IF Racing Team "Fast/IF powered by Lionette's" volunteered at the Pan Mass Challenge Kid's Ride on Sunday, September 16th.

We had an amazing time riding with the kids, handing out t-shirts at registration, directing traffic, manning water stations, and picking kids up off the pavement and brushing them off so they could continue riding for Cancer research. We donated our time to help raise money for the Jimmy Fund,(www.pmc.org)a charity for cancer research.

You can donate here if you would be so kind: https://kids.pmc.org/kids2006/?action=sponsor&EventID=125&ProfileID=BJ0058

Tommy at the registration table, EARLY.

Stan, Steve (Adam's dad), and Adam with some of Team Kermit

Adam and his mom, Ellen. The best soigneur evah!

Hanging out just before the start.


Steve reacts to the rookie (kid in black jacket) telling him that he is going to hurt like he has never hurt before. Then he mumbled something about Museeuw.

FAST/IF pb Lionette's attacks from the Gun

ATTACK!!!!!

All in line, trying to block that kid in.

He wasn't kidding. He led the first few laps. Hanson had trouble marking him.

hmmmmmmm



and later that day.............we went to a race.
The Portsmouth Crit.
Adam got tenth.
Emilie can count at high speeds, real good.

The Floyd Factor was huge at this year's Shenandoah Mountain 100, causing (I believe) a first-ever sellout. With about 450 racers on the line Sunday at dawn, several IF racers were representing, proudly flying the green and riding many variations of the best bikes in the world. Team members who raced included Buck Keich, Harlan Price, Harvey Minton, Jeff Whittingham, Lloyd Graves, Mike "I'm gonna ride my bike ALLLLLLL DAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!" Ramponi, Patrick Jones and Pat "Swampie" Riggins.

Harlan battled with Landis all day, finally breaking clear on the final descent and finishing 2nd with a 1:30 lead over Landis. Harlan's finish also put him 2nd overall in the NUE Series behind Chris Eatough. In the Open division, 2 other riders cracked the top 20, with Harvey Minton finishing 13th and Jeff Whittingham finishing 15th. In the Singlespeed division, Mike Ramponi rode his bike ALLLLLLL DAAAAAAYYYYY to a 6th place finish, with Buck Keich close behind, finishing 8th. Independent Fabrication tied Trek/VW and Bear Naked/Cannondale for the most racers finishing in the top 20 overall, with 3 racers from each squad in the top 20.

Check out the Cycling News recap here.