 pre-race chitty chat |
 new Bella Ryan gets the star treatment from her fella, Tyler |
 PAB bonks from all the star treatment |
 Soni shows off her comfy TT position |
 Sabine shows off her fabu bag ... and i don't know what's going on behind her |
 shoes? check |
 shade ... necessary |
 well, not for some |
 Lisa Hunt ... za terminator |
 blurry fast |
 hello Monica! |
 hello EMC chickas! |
 ooohhh ... EMC chicka go fast |
 ooooh ... seagull helmet go faster |
 minty Hi! |
 say it again ... |
 Minty Dance! |
 no dancing allowed ... |
 well, maybe a little disco |
 that's some serious disco |
 others where serious, too ... well, i think they were |
 oh, Ryan is serious |
 Lori is serious |
 Bob ... are you serious? |
 that is some serious backdrop |
 quiet! my knee is telling me something ... |
 well, back to the racing ... PaloAltoBikingWomens |
 MintyWoman |
 moPABW ... presented by something'er other |
 presented by bunnyX |
 presented by ... money |
 Linda presents herself! |
 Julie and Sabine are pretty close to getting warmed up |
 well, maybe not Sabine |
 Starter Mike calls order to these comments |
 too bad, silliness must remain the VeloBella way ... even when hijacked by VanderPoop |
 StarterMike says go that way ... and don't get run over by that dumptruck |
 she won't get run over |
 see? |
 Monica runs over all competition |
 except nice pinkey-types like this Firestone rider |
 ok ... or these nice MintyMafias |
 but Liz ... looks like she got run over ... by the fashion police |
 helmet police? |
 Liz ... pay attention! |
 that's better |
 hi bellas |
 hi mo' bellas |
 fast bellas |
 powerful bellas! |
 cutey bellas!! |
 national (almost) bella |
 driving EMC ? |
 fierce Minty finishes off our TT day ... and remember, these comments were by Olaf - poor Sabine may edit them when she sees. |
 DAY 2 - we begin with a shot of scenic Bakersfield |
 ahhh ... nature |
 this place needs a shyte-load of flair |
 it's been brought-en |
 Tyler brings the wrenchin' |
 oh ... Linda has brought-en it, too |
 VeloGirls bring something else to the party |
 da'PAB ... flair monitor |
 wheel monitor |
 what i love is that Sputnik is the focal point of this pic |
 ok ... down to bidness |
 takin' care o' bidness |
 Lori's all bidness |
 sabine is not doing bidness today |
 bidness is serious stuff! quite it with the happy-go-lucky smilins! |
 pink is bidness |
 screw this bidness ... hot, barren, hard |
 but Ty-Ty doesn't mind |
 here we have the bunnyX finishing her race |
 fierce effort from these two behind her |
 big sprint by these two ... too |
 afterwards, we all chitty-chatted and goofy-goofed |
 talk about goofs ... |
 our favorite goof! |
 jane despot vs gabby dog-a-lot ... ouch |
 overall p1/2 winner, Bev Harpy |
 here's the field sprint for the p1/2 |
 Tracy would win the field sprint on the final day ... Jen would win a few sprint primes, too |
 Here's Ryan winning the field sprint in the 3's. What is so uber-coolio is how the Bellas and Mintys are cheering their girls |
 whew! i think she won it! |
 YAY! she won ... now get rid of the bottle-boob, dang it |
 one more pic from Day 2 ... good racing on a very difficult course |
 DAY 3 begins! in the right way |
 "I'm more sore" ... "no, I'M more sore" |
 "don't talk to me, I'm too sore" |
 anyway ... the fans really came out in force for the final day at Kern this year |
 the races were hotly contested and results poured over |
 and people even warmed up! |
 well, not everyone |
 these Firestone riders did, though ... and they're all so damn tall they can barely fit in their tent |
 Bev Harper is so game |
 Liz describes where she will put her competition |
 GirlRyan says, "TUMS is the best race food, ever!" |
 bunnyFu ... "hi-ya!" |
 Linda is under attack! |
 oh ... i mean, Linda is attacking! |
 Monica ... always the intimidator |
 Bev doin' a little lobbying |
 and yes, Jeff is applying glitter |
 while Bob hulas |
 and Pinkies go strolling |
 and horseys go ... mosey-ing? |
 But there was racing! |
 the p1/2 break sprints for the win |
 ... cut to awards |
 everybody piled in and hunkered down for some goofin' off |
 it wasn't too long of a wait, either |
 and Bob started givin' out the yummies |
 Liz won a ... thingie |
 Bob describes in-detail how the ... thingies were made. every damn one of them. |
 the thingies were prized!!! |
 see? |
 and Linda got a thingie, too |
 ohhh ... THAT'S a thingie. Cool. |
 Even the drivers got thingies |
 and the red lanterns |
 all the red lanterns, actually. Double cool. |
 that dog 'bout got the boot, though |
 and I got a smoochie from my hoochie |
 gratuitious 'boy beater' shot |
 the Minty Mafia |
 Ali gives us the 'come-hither' Minty commercial |
 i do bad things with this picture |
 ... Heathers |
 boy stuff |
 IV ... stat |
 and Monica does a smash n' grab to end our Kern County pics. Thanks for the great times, ladies. Top-notch racing. ~Michael |