
Hollywood rocks the mic at the Grandstay Criterium.
Frye and Homme fly in the missing man formation as Rookie catches up on some beauty rest and tries to recover from his mountain bike adventure.
We discuss stuff and introduce a new segment called “Let’s Ask Homme”. We’d love to hear your thoughts on this week’s subject.

bikethrow.com Podcast #40 [19:15m]:
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Jens Brabbit leads eventual race winner Adam Bergman of through the turn during during Sunday’s Grandstay Criterium in St. Cloud.
- photo by Andy Frye
The circle was unbroken as St. Cloud’s Granite City Days anchored the Granstay Criterium in a new location for 2008. The new course was a short loop around St. Cloud Tech High School and featured a tight, challenging final turn and made for some fast and exciting racing on Sunday.

Cat 3 racer Kent Throlson of LSC at the Cloquet Criterium

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Men’s Pro 1/2/3 2008 Duluth Classic Stage Race Champion Ian Stanford.
Andy Frye and I are getting a lot of lip from people (namely, one Bruce Braesemle) about the lack of updates during the stage race. I wish we had the time, but Frye is to busy winning races and I am focusing on just finishing!
To see what is going on head on over to DuluthClassic.com […]
Our new audio intern was busy trying to find a place to relieve himself or something and never showed at the starting line. Despite a slow start, Rookie ramps up the Monster intake and lifts the pace on self-promotion. Despite showing signs of having his on-air legs last week, Rookie shows reluctance to mix it […]

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The Grandstay boys led by Ian Stanford swept the top 3 positions at the 2008 Synergy Time Trial in Washington County this morning. Daniel Casper and Brian Koeneman (sp?) rounded out the podium. Stanford’s time was a full 1min and 15seconds clear of Casper despite missing a turn half way through the race. Team Synergy riders Aric Hareland and Tim Mulrooney made the top 5 with Jim Cullen on the outside of the group in 6th place, but taking the honors for the Masters 35+ Open field.
Gleuk RR - Marty, MN - It was all blue skies for this year’s edition of the Gluek Road Race presented by Grandstay and Loon State Cyclists but the winds were the real story. For the second consecutive weekend, racers battled stiff winds that splintered fields.
Being the first race in the Nature Valley Grand Prix Qualification Race Series, […]

In brutal conditions Doug Swanson of Grandstay wins the men’s title.
2007 State Criterium Champion Aric Hareland is making the jump to Team Synergy for the 2008 season. Hareland raced the 2007 season for Hollywood/Silver and enjoyed great success. Over the past two years Hareland has also made attempts at the 30+ competition at Superweek outside of Milwaukee. He won the competition in 2006 and finished […]