Boneshakers Cycling Team

2003 Boneshaker's Cycling Team Roster

Road Team

Cat. II
Chris Jackson, Powder Springs, GA
Cat. III
John McWorter, Powder Springs, GA
Richie Hunt, Powder Springs, GA
Cat. IV
Mitch Askew, Powder Springs, GA
Garth Brown, Marietta, GA
Randy Hendrix, Powder Springs, GA
George "Hor-Hay" Miko, Lithia Springs, GA
Eric Anderson, Powder Springs, GA
Matt Reeder, Marietta, GA
Chad Pepper, Powder Springs, GA
Cat. V
Jim Burt, Smyrna, GA
Darren Cox, Powder Springs, GA
Tommy Miller, Powder Springs, GA
Women, Cat. III
Trish Albert, Smyrna, GA
Donna Kerby, Woodstock, GA

Multisport
Jim Burt, Age Group
"Big Ring" Tommy Miller, Professional
Chad Pepper, Age Group
Mountain Biking
Bob Cagle, Pro--Team Ace Electric/Boneshakers
Darren Cox, Sport
Trish Albert, Sport
Cyclocross
Garth Brown, Cat. C
Mitch Askew, Cat. C
Trish Albert, Women A

Premier Sponsors

Beef O'Brady's Family Sports Pubs, Loganville, GA. 770-682-5224

Boneshaker Bicycles

Sponsors:
Beef O'Brady's Family Sports Pubs.

Equipment
Bikes: Whatever We Want to Ride
Shoes: Comfortable Ones
Clothing: Pyro
Team Manager: Mitch Askew
Assistant Team Managers: Trish Albert & Jim Burt
Team Mechanic: Randy Hendrix
Website: http://www.southeasterncycling.com
Contact E-mail: maskew6@yahoo.com

Boneshaker's Cycling Team 2003

Racer Profiles

Name: John McWhorter
Age: 33
Category: III
Sponsors: Boneshaker Bikes
Race Bike: Litespeed Vortex
Racing since: 1992
Best result: 1st Rock Hill, SC; 11 th Bridge to Bridge Century
Training time per week: 10-12 max
Favorite place to ride: Paulding, Cobb & Bartow Counties
Longest Road Ride in One Day: 130 miles

Name: Trish Albert
Age: 28
Category: Mountain bike-Sport, Road-Cat. III, Track-Cat. IV, Cyclocross-Elite
Sponsors: Team Peggy, Boneshaker Bikes, SRAM
Race Bike: Team Peggy Custom Scandium-Mountain, Casati-Road, Cannondale-Track
Racing since: 1997
Best result: 2nd Place-NCS, Snowshoe, WV 2001, 2nd place NCS Alpine Valley, WI 2002, 3rd place NCS Snowshoe, WV 2002. Currently ranked 6th nationally in Senior Sport
Training time per week: 12-15 hours
Favorite race course: Heritage Park, Athens, GA
Favorite place to ride: Cohutta Wilderness, Ellijay, GA
Longest distance XC ride in one day: 40 miles
Training time on the road: 90% road
Cross training: running and hashing in the winter
Supplements or sport drinks: Diet Coke
Special Powers: The ability to put up with all of the guys on my road team. Just kidding guys!
Favorite part of biking: Having fun with my friends, special memories
Greatest moment on a mountain bike: Watching a sunset in the Georgia mountains
Advice for Beginner racers: Ride fast! Ride with people faster than you and always remember to have fun!

Name: Fred, the Newbie (aka Mitch Askew)
Age: 29
Category: IV
Sponsors: Boneshaker Bicycles
Race Bike: 79' Schwinn Letour and a Pacific Noman
Racing since: Yesterday
Best result: Finished the whole race without stopping for air and water.
Training time per week: watch OLN for 30 minutes
Favorite race course: Silver comet trail
Favorite place to ride: indoor trainer
Longest distance XC ride in one day: 2 miles
Longest Road Ride in One Day: 257 miles
(Brevet) 23hrs and 2 minutes
Training time on the road: 5-10 minutes
Cross training: River Dancing
Supplements or sport drinks: EPO
Special Powers: ability to sit in I-75 traffic without yelling.
Favorite part of biking: getting dropped
Greatest moment on a mountain bike: I have mountain
bikes??
Advice for Beginner racers: Stay in the back of the pack and make sure you have at least 15 to 20 feet of gap between you and last cyclist of the main pack incase they slow down. Never get to close to the main pack. Always wear a camel-pak to crits so you won't risk losing a water bottle and causing a wreck.
Anything else: Drink plenty of milk minutes prior to riding.

Name: Jim Burt
Age: 35
Category: Cat V, TriGeek & Runner
Sponsors: Boneshaker Bikes
Race Bike: Road - Litespeed Tuscany, Mtn - Kona Hei-Hei
Racing since: 2002
Favorite place to ride: 3 Gap and any group going for a 4hr century
Longest distance XC ride in one day: I once drove across country non-stop
Cross training: Lots of it
Supplements or sport drinks: Entran & Endurox
Special Powers: I can bend spoons
Favorite part of biking: Bridging the gap
Advice for Beginner racers: This is my back

Name: George "call me HOR-HAY" Miko
Age: 30
Category: 4
Sponsors: Boneshaker Bikes
Race Bike: Giant NRS Air (ATB); Trek 5500 (road); Cannondale T700 (CX)
Racing since: well off and on for 9 years
Best result: 4 at the Iceman in Michigan, and several second in Canadian Road series
Training time per week: as much as possible
Favorite race course: the Michigan state champion open road course in Harbor Springs MI about 110 miles of bliss
Favorite place to ride: still new to the area- so in MI -Stockbridge Loop, 79 miles
Longest distance XC ride in one day: 32 miles poto, in Dexter MI, w/ waterloo loops
Training time on the road: more than off-road
Cross training: lifting mufflers at work 1000 times a day, and weights too
Supplements or sport drinks: combo- of Cytomax and Guinness
Special Powers: I like to climb - and I am very verbal, freaks out the others in the pack
Favorite part of biking: what isn't there to love
Greatest moment on a mountain bike: doing a wheelie across a bridge during the Iceman last year (4th) and having people say to me later on "you were that guy!" what a cool feeling.
Advice for Beginner racers: please take it easy on me

Name: D. Chris Jackson
Age: 31
Category: 2
Sponsors: BoneShaker Bicycles
Race Bike: Serotta
Racing since: 1991
Best result: 1st place Tullahoma 1996
Training time per week:10-17 hours
Favorite race course: Brooks, Tullahoma, Murphy
Favorite place to ride: Paulding, Polk Counties
Longest distance XC or road ride in one day: ~140
Training time on the road: 10-17 hours
Cross training: Running
Supplements or sport drinks: Pop Tarts, Gel, Gatorade, Guinness, Power
Dream Soy Milk
Special Powers: Zoning out so I won't crack wide open.
Favorite part of biking: Zooming along in a polished pace line.
Greatest moment on a bike: Probably when an old teammate won the innaugral "Two Hours from Anywhere". Worked for 'em all day and felt like I'd won.
Advice for Beginner racers: Be cool for a year, learn from those around you (just ask), then come out swinging.

Name: Darren Cox
Age: 34
Category: Sport/Mountian Bike : Cat 5 road
Sponsors: BoneShaker Bikes
Race Bike: Schwinn Homegrown Racing since: 2001
Best result: 2nd Gainesville College
Training time per week: 10 hours
Favorite race course: Gainesville College
Favorite place to ride: Any good trail
Longest distance XC or road ride in one day: 90 miles
Training time on the road: 10 hours per week
Cross training: basketball
Supplements or sport drinks: Endorox
Special Powers: Ability to hit tree, get up and finish race
Favorite part of biking: Stress relief, and physical benefits
Greatest moment on a bike: Fast switchbacks and tight singletrack
Advice for Beginner racers: Start out slow, and gradually move up

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