Team Kaos

Rich Pearson and Matt Farnham had a good weekend at the recent Jingle Cross Rock cyclocross races held in Iowa City Thanksgiving weekend.    Conditions were very muddy, with lots of broken derailleurs as the mud got gummed up in the pulleys.    Pearson started out the fun on Saturday in his Masters 55+ race where he came in 4th place. He was able to avoid derailleur problems by switching to Farnham's bike mid-way through the race.  In Farnham's race the pair perfected their system, with Pearson handing Farnham a clean bike every lap.  Farnham started towards the back of his group and steadily worked his way forward, ending in 7th place.   On Sunday Pearson struggled with the descent and dropped his chain 3 times, winding up 10th our of 12th.  (He might have been distracted by the 8 bikini clad women who were racing in 40 degree weather).  Farnham again started out in midpack and worked his way up, ending in 6th place, just seconds behind #5. 

Team Kaos is pleased to announce a new sponsor for 2010—Joyride
Bicycles. Joyride is a new  and progressive shop selling Specialized bikes
and equipment in SW Lincoln.  Co-owner and manager David Kosark has been
in the bike business for eighteen years and is already making a big
impact with the new store, and fellow owner Pat Keelan is also solidly
behind the sport. (They were both in the recent Lincoln cyclocross races).
Joyride carries the full line of quality Specialized bikes and
accessories plus other quality merchandise--anything from a $3 tube to a
$10,000 fully equipped S-Works SL3 all tricked out. They are located at
5633 S 16^th Street in Lincoln, phone: 261-8854.

ALTOONA, Iowa — Rich Pearson of Team Kaos/Alegent Health came away with a third-place finish in the Masters 45-plus category on Saturday at the Altonna Cross Weekend.

Despite a slow start, Pearson moved into second place after the first few laps. Soon after, his saddle came loose from the seatpost. After stopping to tighten it — and losing a minute in the process — he was able to get back on terms and into third place. He finished only 10 seconds behind the second-place finisher. z

One aspect of Team Kaos' mission is to use cycling as a tool to reach a wide audience. Through volunteer efforts, we can teach bicycle safety, cycling as a lifetime activity or assist with youth programs.

In mid-September, Team Kaos' senior olympics team members assisted with a youth activity at Bennington Lutheran Church. Here's the scoop from Doug Semisch:

The "Senior Olympians" were asked to help with the Sunday School opening day roundup for the Lutheran Church in Bennington.  Gary Schmidt and a church member did a demonstration as part of the Children's Sermon in church where there was a story about God taking control of a bike ride and taking the rider to exciting places while helping others. Gary rode into the church in front with "God" on the back and after the sermon, "God" rode in front and Gary rode in the back.  Gary, Suzanne Wilson and Doug also took the kids on a ride/walk around the church neighborhood.  There were all sorts of kids bikes, scooters and big wheels.

Team Kaos riders were also on hand for last weekend's 100 For One century ride, in honor of former Bike Masters employee Seth Embrey, who died in April of brain cancer. For more information, go here. For pictures, go here.