We are sorry we have neglected you. It's been a crazy fall. Eh em...and start to the winter. While you can imagine Whitney and I hanging out on the couch with our feet up these past couple months, our Veloformas patiently waiting in the corners of our rooms for our return, it would be nice vision but far from reality. Although we have taken a break from riding and training, we've been busy bees. In typical autumn fashion, change has been in the air and we got lots of exciting news to share as we welcome the New Year.
So, some updates!
We continue to be very lucky to receive such generous support from rad people and businesses, and of course our families and friends. For 2013 we are excited to announce the addition of many great sponsors to the Carr-Schultz Racing team.
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We are please to welcome our new title sponsor for 2013, but we can't tell you their name yet! The company is undergoing some exciting changes so things are still hush-hush. We are so excited to spill the beans, but alas we must wait a few more days. We'll just say that the company is a perfect match with our goals and missions and we are so so excited. We are also thrilled to have our returning primary sponsor Paceline Projects, a project management consulting and training business from the east coast, as part of our team for 2013!
Another new and major addition to our team providing tons of fun support and flare, we would like to welcome Gnar Lube, a CA based company, super fun and innovative. They make some playfully gnarly chain lubes, which are scented (Pina Colada anyone?) and packaged in honey bear containers. They also made a new life long friend when they sent Whitney a sweet jersey featuring a dinosaur roaring the rainbow. Whitney has a bit of an obsession with bikes and dinosaurs.
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| Yes, Whitney owns dino onesies...yep, she's shameless |
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| Gnar Lube dino jersey & Gnar socks |
New on the scene for 2013, Pactimo! Pactimo is based out of Denver and is one of the most innovative custom cycling apparel companies in the industry. They go beyond just good quality and truly spend the extra time to customize fit, customize colors, materials, and put a huge focus on women. For every men's line (which they have three), they have an equivalent quality and style women's line.
New in a formal sense, but Pete Wicker, owner of Outback Bikes and the Wicker family have been helping us race bikes for a couple years now. We are very fortunate to have Outback Bikes, our sponsor shop in Atlanta Georgia, on board for next year!
We are also excited to welcome our first and totally sweet wheel sponsor, State Cycling Wheels to our team! Dutifully researched and continually tested, State Cycling Wheels is able to offer handbuilt (in Austin, TX), durable carbon wheels for the toughest of crit racers that require the lightest of maintenance with buttery hubs.
We couldn't have made it through the season last year without the care and the nourishment of two very important sponsors, Arnicare USA and Honey Stinger, and are excited to have them on board again for next year. Honey Stinger makes the best race food out there and Arnicare's homeopathic remedies help keep us healthy and help us heal when we're down. If you didn't see it check out the write up in the VeloNews fall addition on crashes :)
CheckMark Inc. who is also Whitney's employer and one heck of a fan of bike racing, is also joining us for 2013. Find us at races for the latest schwag and prize giveaways from CheckMark. Oh and if you need small business software or services, they have you covered.
Prana, Celestial Seasonings, Road ID are all on board for next year and joining their ranks are Smith Optics (personally they make my absolute favorite glasses!), Arundel (lightest cages & the best bar tape!), Bont (lightest shoes on earth), and Dakine.
With all this generous support, we are very excited for a kick ass season and the addition of third rider (hope to announce in the upcoming weeks!) and some new races to the schedule!
- March 9: Old Pueblo Grand Prix (Pheonix, AZ)
- April 27-May 5: Speedweek (GA, SC)
- May 11-13: Tour de Grove (St. Louis, MO)
- June 7-9: Tulsa Tough (Tulsa, OK)
- June 20-23: Tour of America's Dairyland (WI)
- July 13: Exergy Twilight Crit (Boise, ID)
- July 18-21: Prairie State Cycling Series (Chicago, IL)
- July 27: US Professional Crit Championships (High Point, NC)
- Aug 17: Tour of Vail Crit (Vail, CO)
- Sept 19: USA Crit Finals (Las Vegas, NV)
- Sept 21: TD Bank Mayor's Cup (Boston, MA)
And now to our final announcement, we've been cooking up quite the community project this fall and winter. Whitney has been working with several other women in Fort Collins, CO to bring the first women's bike program to the area. Carr-Schultz Racing will serve as mentors to this fun program, affectionately named Fort Follies, where riders and racers will have a fun and positive learning environment to grow and a cool bunch of hip mountain women to support them! It's a great opportunity to give back to the community and help support the growth of women's cycling. With Fort Follies, we'll be launching a website, likely in lieu of the blog, so be on the lookout!
We hope you all enjoyed the fall and are having a nice start to the winter! Happy Holidays and we look forward to the new year!
Kat & Whitney
