We’re proud to have our Cole wheels under the men and women of the Richard Sachs Cyclocross Team, including some very special prototype builds of theT38 (cousin to the T50 that VeloNews liked so much back in August) and T24 wheelsets (in some of the photos, they’re so new they don’t even have their decals yet).
In addition to being very fun and great racing, ‘cross is an incredible proving ground for wheel strength and reliability: a single race will subject wheels and hubs to as much gumbo mud, stress, pounding, and miscellaneous abuse as a whole season of road racing or XCMTB.
The team’s doing quite well this fall, including ace rider Dan Timmerman taking first in the pro event at the UCI C2 in Vermont. And, yes, the wheels are performing flawlessly.
Follow the team’s adventures on Richard’s exhaustive blog, Richard Sachs ‘Cross Reference. So, Pookums, Amy (with no “w”), Dan, Josh, and Will (and Richie), this one’s for you. And as Richard likes to say, Cross does kcufign rule atmo! (whatever that means).
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Photos above (and many, many more besides) from the Richard Sachs Flickr feed.
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This set courtesy of (and copyright by) MLK Images (thanks, Michael!). Highly recommended. Click here for hundreds more.
PS: We’re also pleased to announce that Cole wheels will be available on selected Richard Sachs models in 2010.
