Deep South Velo-porn

The Giro de Rankin (Rankin County, Mississippi) is a two day, three event race put on by Gary at Pro Bike here in Brandon, MS. It is an individual time trial, a road race, and a crit race for Cat 1-5 racers. I am no where near racing form, I have never raced a Crit, and I'm not on team. Therefore, I did the next best thing. I volunteered to work a turn of the road race and took some pictures.

This year's Giro was May 12th and 13th, and here are some views from turn four of the 20 mile loop. The racers went anywhere between two and four laps.





And, for a quick bike build update:



Here's the newly painted frame just chilling on the workstand. The camera hogging Trek had to flash a little leg (or a Bontrager carbon fork). The parts are in, and all I've got to do now is put this thing together. I'll have the pics of that later.




And for good measure, since I have a triathlon coming up this weekend, here is the Masi hanging in wait in the transition area at the Soak up the Sun Triathlon in Madison, MS.




The answer is yes. The cages are empty because I freaking forgot my water bottles. Luckily this was a very, very short sprint tri. The bike was only eight miles and it wasn't that warm. Still, it was pretty miserable. The one this weekend has a 24 mile bike leg, and if I forget my water bottles again, well... I think I'd be screwed.