Category Archives: News

RIDER REPORT | Designing Peak for March’s State Criterium Championships

Monday, March 30th, 2020

I coach a masters rider from a southern state. His home-state shuffles the dates of state championships consistently – one year all events (road, TT, criterium) are in summer, or in fall, or spring summer fall. A few years ago, ‘Johnny Smith’ was coming back …read more >

STACEY BARBOSSA: 2019 PAN-AM CYCLOCROSS CHAMPION

Sunday, November 17th, 2019

Stacey Barbossa has had successful race season thus far. After Nats-triumph 2017 2018, she was in incredible condition for 2019 build. Only so many hours in the day, with her experience, SB can rely on virtually saving all her bike-racing days for cyclocross. Maybe we …read more >

Alex Brede X Paris-Brest-Paris

Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019

Looking at Alex Brede’s powerfiles from Paris-Brest-Paris, the mouth tends to drop open and eyes widen… Day One: 15+ hours, 11k+ feet of climbing, 240+ miles… Day Two: 19+ hours, 14k+ feet of climbing, 270+ miles… Day Three: 20+ hours, 10k+ feet of climbing, 240+ …read more >

JEREMY STAFFORD TAKES ON SPAKWUS CHALLENGE

Thursday, August 29th, 2019

Spakwus Challenge is an infamously difficult XC MTB 2-day race in Squamish, BC, adding another day to the already grueling Spakwus 50 one day race. Approximately 30mi and 5,000 feet of climbing on Day 1 and another 20mi and 3k on Day 2 make this …read more >

RAGNAR RELAY: ROBINSON & SCHWARTZ TAKE A W

Wednesday, May 17th, 2017

On an 8-man relay team, Elite Endurance athletes Jess Robinson & Tiffany Schwartz were able to pull off an impressive victory at the Ragnar Game of Trails Relay Race in Utah: “We finished in just 20hrs 17min 44sec giving us 7th place out of three …read more >

MELISSA TALLENT WINS MABRA BEST ALL-AROUND RACER

Friday, January 6th, 2017

View MABRA BAR standings: MABRA Website | USA Cycling Website

SLAVIN TO RACE FOR KTM BIKES FACTORY TEAM

Thursday, January 5th, 2017

I got Laura her first bike – a Trek flatbar road bike – in 2013 and when she took to commuting hard to work she waxed lyrical over her new MPH and her fastest times, delirious in a new world. I smiled because I did …read more >

THIS WEEK: FINAL WEDNESDAY WORLDS & HPCX

Wednesday, October 26th, 2016

10/26 Wed: WEDNESDAY WORLDS CX | Holster Park, Clifton NJ Fight Club. Wednesday Worlds will start at 5:45pm Wednesday October 26th. Location is Holster Park in Clifton, NJ. Warm-up will be fast to maximize daylight. PLEASE BRING LIGHTS so we can ride til 7:30pm. Coach …read more >

RESULTS: WINNING THIS WEEKEND

Sunday, September 4th, 2016

Let’s start with our TT crew and Silvermine, the NJ State Championship:  Ric Wolf was 2nd 50+, Leo Baird 2nd Juniors 15-16, rising star DJ Toback WON Juniors 9-12, Chris Dawson 5th Masters 30+, Mark Curran 4th Masters 40+, Jesse O’Donnell 2nd and Brian Norling …read more >

2016 WINDHAM PRO XCT

Wednesday, August 24th, 2016

Windham has been called a heavy, hard drag — the experience is just a different animal, a reason why many of the biggest races in the country take place there. Nick Lando of Team Town Cycle had a game plan to ride with reserve and …read more >

US CUP: BOSTON REBELLION WEEKEND

Wednesday, August 24th, 2016

In Saturday’s US Cup pro women’s XC race, Laura Slavin of the EliteEndurance.com Pro Factory Team placed 18th, one of her best results ever. In the men’s pro event, Nick Lando of Team Town Cycle battled to a valiant 33rd, coming in front of much …read more >

2016 EE TOUR | GISLER HAMMERS TO YELLOW, CZERNIK IN RED

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016

The group enjoyed a flowy start to the ride, making good time as they snaked towards the first sprint point, an uphill slog up 202 in Lincoln Park. Sam Findlater drew first blood in the Clover Lane Sprint, Micheal Gisler 2nd, William Christman 3rd. Gisler …read more >

RAD RESULTS ROUND-UP & TEAM UPDATE

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

HORWITZ’S PEAK PERFORMANCE AT BOSTON’S TD MAYOR’S CUP CRIT Ted admitted to getting caught up dealing with pre-race logistics and was a little late to the start of the race. Off-the-grid he was starting the race mid-pack, not ideal. He quickly moved his way to …read more >

SUMMER LOVE AFFAIR: RAD RESULTS ROUND-UP

Wednesday, October 7th, 2015

Athletes come to you for coaching and place their potential into the palm of your hand. You fully understand what conditioned athletes bring to competition, and being involved in this process fills you with pride. When an athlete loses, fails, cannot perform to potential, the …read more >

Jesse O’Donnell | My Favorite Race

Saturday, October 3rd, 2015

After 2 days of a seemingly packed schedule with meetings, packet pickup, bike repairs, bus and ferry rides, I was able to settle into bed around 5:30 on Friday evening.  I was very fortunate that Andrew Shore let Colleen and I use his apartment the night …read more >

Rowe Crushes Back-to-Back Triathlons

Monday, September 21st, 2015

A key to success in endurance sports is consistency — every day is connected to the next, and you never know what tomorrow will bring… We have been working with Mr. Rowe for several years now, and every year he gets stronger and faster, generating …read more >

Event Calendar | 9/1 – 9/7

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

WED 9/2 | Wednesday Worlds, Holster Park at 6pm Coach Lundgren arrives at 5 to workshop parts of the course and to go over any questions you might have. The practice session starts at 6 with group warm-up laps, two form drills, then a few …read more >

Champion System presents the Elite Endurance TOUR | Stage 2 Summary

Friday, July 10th, 2015

Stage 2 is in the books. Heavy night of points sections. Mike Gisler started the night off hard and lead out the Clover Lane uphill sprint, holding his lead to the line, claiming the 10 points. Up the first KOM climb of the Tour, Chris …read more >

RAD RESULTS ROUND-UP!

Friday, May 1st, 2015

At the LBI TT, Jesse O’Donnell won the men’s Cat-1/2/3 event. Brian Norling had another crusher ride, taking 2nd in the 35+, behind Overall winner Patrick Walter. Amanda Rinderer blazed 2nd in the Cat-4 women. Paul Cresti was 3rd in the Cat-4 race and is …read more >

VICTOR GRAS & PROSPECT PARK BATTLEGROUND

Friday, April 10th, 2015

Victor Gras has started the season with consistent form, nailing two 2nd places at Prospect Park with aggressive racing, losing to the same rider both times. In the first race, Victor bridged up to a move, but a rider had already attacked, was up the …read more >

EETS featured article in CXmagazine

Monday, April 6th, 2015

While the gravel season has just begun, many of us already have our eye on maximizing our Spring and Summer efforts to prepare for cyclocross. For today’s Technique Tuesday, we offer a sneak peek of Issue 28, which will be hitting shelves soon. The topic …read more >

Victor Gras Wins Grant’s Tomb

Thursday, March 19th, 2015

Early into the event, one of Victor’s teammates attacked solo. No one attempted to go with him, Victor hovering the front, ready to protect his teammate. He watched the riders in front of him, and he was actually able to relax a bit and enjoy …read more >

Coming soon – Champion Systems presents the Elite Endurance TOUR

Thursday, March 19th, 2015

What the Tour does, we will mimic — day-for-day — in friendly group-ride fashion. These rides will be a fun way to pass the summer days. We will have competitions for GC, sprinting, climbing, and for le Femme jersey. Women can also compete overall for …read more >

Elite Endurance Group Ride out of HB, Madison

Thursday, March 19th, 2015

Hey Gang, Ken Lundgren will be leading a group road ride out of the new Hilltop Bicycles in Madison at 10am on Sunday. Come get some!