Brad Huff Cycling

quite a few of the Slipstream squad are here in Greenville, SC to help assist the all powerful Danny Pate to hopefully finally shut up all the doubters out there and help him to achieve what he deserves…US PRO Road Title! The good thing for all of us on the team is that it is like a fall team training camp and we get to catch up and see teammates that we haven’t seen since….oh let’s see???? the last week in January to be exact. We were out for nearly 6hrs, but only had just under 5 hrs of riding in, so we all were pretty fried by the end of it all….well except for Danny as he just twinkle toed his way around the group. This team has got some real horsepower to display on Saturday and Sunday, I just hope that luck is on our side.

1st off I do not like what happen, but I did completely feel safe doing it because I DID NOT see any cars in my lane of traffic. It is a good story, so enjoy at my expense.
we have all been there…your in the middle of an interval and you come to an intersection, the light is red but you do not want to stop, so you do the quick look left look right see your opening and only a few vital seconds were lost from your precious interval. Well I did this a few weeks ago, but instead of blowing through the light I turned right on red, yes I will say that I did not yield much at all and took the right turn pretty hot, but what there was an opening so I took it. Lets just say that the Chief of police of this little town did not appreciate it at all. SO seconds after taking the hot route right turn I hear sirens, but I just ignore it and hope that the cop is pulling over the car in front of me? No such luck, he is after me. So I pull over, he gets out of his car and asks what am I doing? Did I even look? Why yes I did look and I did not see any cars, so I went. NO CARS…the car in the other lane had to slam on its breaks(I turned on to a wide two lane north bound road)! *in my head I think…well that is not my problem, I didn’t even get close to entering their lane? So I don’t have any real answer for him, because I know that I did not yield at all, although I did look. So he starts giving me the do’s and don’ts and how I could die doing that while at the same time just pissed as can be and hoping that I fight back. “what’s your name….Brad….what’s your last name…..Huff….you have any ID?….nope….ok wait here(note that I only gave the information he asked for)” Meanwhile two other cop cars come…..2 so I had a total of 3 cop cars surrounding me. I guess the other two guys are making sure that I do not make a run for it. So they can’t find me in the Wisconsin ID system?? So one of the other cops comes and starts to ask me the 20 questions….What’s your first name…..Charles….then what’s your middle name?…..Brad…Bradley….Then why didn’t you tell us Charles?…..because I go by Brad. The cop just sits a stairs at me with a blank angry stare…….what’s your address?…..Well I have a couple which one and I am only staying here with my girl friend……where are you from?…Missouri…..What are you doing here again?….staying with my girl friend. He pretty much immediately walks over to the chiefs car and informs him that I am not a Wisconsin resident. So the finally find me in the computer as a MO resident and then completely surprise me with……Well we are going to have to take you in!….WHAT???!!!….Yup your not a WI resident so we have to take you in because there is a chance you might just leave the state and toss the ticket, so we have to take you in and you are going to have to post bail…..ARE YOU SERIOUS?……yes, but the good thing is that you do not have to pay to tow your bike in because I guess we can put it in the car……OH THANKS! So here I am in full chamois, totally drenched in sweet, putting my bike in the trunk of the cop car and then getting put in the back of the car(no hand cuffs though). Then I have to call my girl friend to come a bail me out of jail, ya the seriously made me post bail so that it would ensure that I would pay the ticket. Luckily my girl was able to come and save my ass. The only thing that would have really taken my story to the max is if they had put me in a ceil, but they just had me wait in the front lobby…locked in of course. 60 bucks and 1hr later I was back on the same street I got the ticket starting another interval, I mean I am not going to let a little detour get in the way of finishing my prescribed Allen Lim secret training workout. oh and I made sure to wave at the cops as I did it too.
SO ya I know that I should have yielded a little more or even at all, I know that I was in the wrong so there was really no sense in fighting them, but there is not sign that states no right on red to so that you all know. Quite the adventure to learn an easy lesson.

I will have to hand it to my fixed gear racing buddy Martin Gilbert and his Kelly Benefit teammates for controlling the finishing laps of the race. It is not that they were so strong that they just keep every other team at bay, but more so that banded together and simple controlled it. Props to them for sure. Health Net really came out with the big win though, because he who gets the jersey is really the winner. That is just the way it seemed to be last year and also the same this year.
I say that Crit nationals was a man’s race, because that is what it was. From the first lap to the last, man’s race. Ya we can sit here and talk about how strong such and such was (Will Frishkorn would take that prize by the way) or how many watts it took just to sit in the damn race. But more so how I only remember a few fleeting moments where the pack was no in one long strung out pace line. The elements created a great show for an spectator on just about every corner, because with 8 corners x 64 laps = 512 white knuckling corners which in turn = a shit ton of crashes. I will say that racing crit nationals in the rain creates a whole different style of a race. Those that thought they would be able to just float in the group as is the norm quickly found themselves in trouble as SlipStream strung out the pack. Crashes happen quickly and often, it seemed that about every other lap there seemed to be somebody hitting the deck, which I also did mid way through the race.
more than half the field did not finish so I guess that shows the difference from years past to this years.

it was really wet, I crashed…twice, but I was able to walk myself across the line to finish the race.

Friedman approved
high performance machines need high performance work
This is how I get all those extra miles in…
and lots of it!!!!!
need I say more

simple the MAN!!!!

Phinney is tearing the racing scene apart, shortly after he killed Tour de l’Abitibi, Junior Nationals, and now he show the Junior world just who the real rock star is! Congrats to Taylor!!!!

Every time I click on to CYCLINGNEWS, even before the headlines load, I am like……”ok who tested positive today?” How about this….WADA AND USADA AND JUST ABOUT ANYBODY THAT HAS A TESTING PROTOCOL test every rider, then we could have a new CYCLINGNEWS headline that reads….New conclusive information shows complete listing of Professional riders who do not test positive, shocked as one might be by this information, but it would show the world that not all cyclist’s dope.
One of my biggest fears is testing positive for some stupid contaminant, although I totally checked out those new penis pills and they are totally legal! I’ll show puberty to pass Friedman and me by! Although hooker spit is illegal, so a few guys might be out of jobs soon if they really start to enforce it?

Oh oh I know, instead of a metal detecter we need a doping detector, just like the security lines at the air port we could wait in line at the start of every race and walk through the doping detector, now that would be quick and to the point and make races a lot more enjoyable with the rocket sauce taking fuckers not being allowed to line up.

Good thing out team tests us so much huh! It really does make me feel good about the sport when there is a real team that is enforcing real world testing instead of some in house bull shit! Ever seen track marks on a person from getting tested so much? Well just look over at the Slipstream team and we will show you the proof that we are taking the necessary steps to prove that we are running on bread and water and no hooker spit!
but alas with the world still applauding Barry Bonds I guess we will always have people turning a blind eye….

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=/photos/2007/aug07/presbyterian07/presby_156

ya ya, just copy and paste it ok! Not taking anything from Mark, because he has kicked ass and taken names unlike me. But I guess only having done 2 Major NRC criteriums this year has erased the fact that I am the current US Pro Crit Champ…well at least for 2 more weeks? Unless I can pull my head out of my ass and stuff it down someone’s throat…..I feel myself coming back around already…hopefully

So the Slipstream Crit squad headed down to Charlotte, NC….wait a second Slipstream does not have a crit squad…well anyways Friedman and Craig Lewis did most of the work of showing face in the race while I tail gunned the race, although I will say that I am not near as amazing at tail gun’n as The Pate is. So luckily I was able to hang in there and avoid the major gap split…except for one and the guy that did it for sure knows that I was not happy about it. Friedman and Lewis helped to guard the front and help to string out the group a few times….actually little Lewis had the whole group on the rivet for nearly 2 full laps….I think that he was just showing off for his wife to be Courtney?
all in all Friedman blew is front wheel in the final 3 laps, Lewis had to pull out because of being involved in an early crash, and I attempted to jump early in the sprint only to be swallowed whole by the group.
I am VERY happy with finishing the race and my body was so much more in lined after working with the Bicycle Ranch in Scottsdale, AZ, Dr. Jon Porman, and Nat Koch @ Endurance Rehabilitation!!!! I pray that all this great work starts to solidify itself more and more as the miles start to pile up once again.

triple digits are every day life here in the Phoenix and Creed and I are getting used to the early morning 6AM rides just to beat the triple digit heat.  Hoping to increase my tan lines is not going so well, because I am never out in the real sunlight, guess it is safer that way

Man I need a snow cone….I mean snow bone…no no Creed snow cone for me snow bone for you