After surviving several early attacks, elite rider Brian Bailey helped establish an early break with several other riders. The gap hovered around 30 seconds for a while until it finally started to grow to 2:30. After a few more miles, the gap started to drop with a hard charging Natural Grocers team and peloton behind. The gap between the break and the peloton continued to fall, but the break powered by Primal – 1st Bank elite rider Brian Bailey continued to work together until the final moments of the race. After dropping one of the last remaining riders in the break and the peloton charging closer and closer as the finish approached, Brian attacked his last remaining breakaway companion to take the Pro 1-2 race by outrunning the chasing pack by 20 seconds! Our Cat 3 team had a very strong performance with Aaron Bachik finishing 5th and several of our riders finishing in the Read the Rest…

Primal racing is extremely proud to welcome Challenge Tires to our list of 2011 sponsors! Challenge makes some of the finest handmade tubular and clincher road and cyclocross tires in the world! The added confidence and performance great tires provide will be sure to help us deliver some memorable wins this year!

Megan Hottman, lawyer with Hottman Law Office, and super fast cyclist, has these helpful tips to know how to handle a bike accident. If you are involved in an accident while riding your bike, and with a motor vehicle, consider doing the following: 1. Medical care comes first -are you injured? Does an ambulance need to be called? do the police need to be called? Are you able to call or does someone need to call on your behalf. Do not attempt to move if you are seriously injured — unless remaining where you are puts you at greater risk (ie in the middle of a road). If your neck or back are hurt, try to remain still and ask someone to stabilize you/block traffic/redirect traffic so that you can remain where you are. 2. If the driver flees the scene, even if you are injured, do your very best to note the vehicle type/color/plates/driver Read the Rest…