UCC 2012

An interview with Michelle Charameda, organizer of the UCC held every year since 2006 in West Michigan.

The event is a 12 and 24 hour stationary cycle Livestrong fundraiser. Teams ride in a relay format and are entertained throughout the day by local bands, music, videos and special instructors.

Michelle, and her husband Tony, have created an amazing event that attracted over 500 riders and raised over $62,000 for Livestrong and the fight against cancer in 2012. In 2011, they were Livestrong's #1 Grassroots fundraiser in the country.

This year the MTB-Life Racing team participated as the "Fuzzy Love Eggs presented by Soul Cycles" and helped raise over $2000 for the event.

For more information, go to www.ultimatecyclechallenge.com or look them up on Facebook.

We are doing this

The Ultimate Cycling Challenge

www.ultimatecyclechallenge.com

Team members Zandra Hudson, Eddie Dimaguila, Andy Brown and Nate Bush and participating in the 12 hour challenge on February 25th. We will be riding our bikes with guest Dr. Richard Omel in a relay style format in an effort to raise funds for Livestrong.

Our team name for the event is "Fuzzy Love Eggs - Presented by Soul Cycles". If you are interested in making a donation to our team, please click this link.

Thanks!

Why wait for the summer?

The other day my neighbor talked me into braving the cold and getting on the bike. I pulled out the GoPro and recorded the beautiful day and fun ride at Rolling Hills park in Ypsilanti.

New Title Sequence

With the start of our 9th season together as MTB-Life comes a new little title sequence I put together. We're excited for the weather to warm up in the midwest and the racing season to begin. Until then, enjoy.

Christmas time

Hope everyone had a happy holiday and is enjoying the winter months. We've had unseasonably warm weather this year that has actually been good for some riding. It still isn't the summer though.

Nathan got a new GoPro HeroHD 2 for Christmas and put this together for fun. Enjoy.

A Couple More Races

The team has been out and about a lot over this past summer.  In the last few weeks we have done two races and a large group ride with more to come in September. 

Back in August Nate, Andy, Eddie, and Rob hit the Maybury Time Trial.  This was a great event. Well run, and the course was really in great shape.  Andy hit two different classes, showing what a versatile beast he is on a bike, while the rest of the team competed in just one class each.  The results are as follows:



Andy - 10 Elite
Nate - 9 SS Open
Andy - 11 SS Open
Rob - 10 Beg Clydesdale
Eddie - 16 Expert

The team followed that up with a big group ride down in Mohican, Ohio for the "close of summer" Labor Day Weekend. A lot of riding was done and a lot of fun was had. Nate, Andy, Eddie, and Zandra had a blast hitting nearly every section of singletrack there.  Rob, on the other hand, hit some local trails and decided to sample some soil.  No problem, though. Enough steri-strips, and band-aids, and he will be back on a bike soon.

This past weekend Nate, Andy, Eddie, and Zandra also got together to hit the Addison Oaks Fall Classic. They all had a great time and rode well.  The results are as follows:

Andy - 7th
Zandra - 2nd
Nate - 12th
Eddie - 18th

Thanks again to all of our sponsors.  We appreciate all of your support.

 

6-12 Hours of Ithaca

Almost the entire team came out to endure the hot sun and have fun racing together this year for the 6-12 Hours of Ithaca. A total of six of our eight riders raced, with one handling pictures and pit crew duties. With that setup, we decided to race three 2-person teams.  Nate and Eddie raced in elite, while Andy and Zandra teamed up to race coed in the sport category. Jordan, freshly out of a cast on his wrist teamed up with his dad, Rob to race as father/son in the sport category as well.  Nathan and Don helped in the pits and got some amazing shots.

In the end, the team had a blast and we all placed pretty well.
Nate/Eddie 3rd
Andy/Zandra 2nd
Rob/Jordan 6th

Thanks to Soul Cycles, Honest Johns, and all of our sponsors for the support.