Men's Roster

Rob Born

I got my first taste of real road riding in high school thanks to a good friend that was an aspiring triathlete, and needed a riding partner. From there, it just took off! I got hooked on competitive road racing during my first year of college with our collegiate team (Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA), at a time when collegiate cycling was in its infancy and just starting to pick up speed. Five years later, having contributed to several regional championships and a national championship for Cal Poly, I hung up the bike as I graduated and moved on to the "realities" of post-college life and a real job. Almost 10 years went by before I got the bug to dust off the old bike, once again thanks to some adventure racing/triathlete friends that wanted a riding partner. So here we are, trying to balance work, life, an 18 month old little baby boy, and my passion for cycling. As years go by, I'm having less and less time to train, but still enjoy going out on group rides and mixing it up in local road and mountain bike races. And when I'm not out riding in my spare time, you'll likely find me out kayaking the San Juan’s, Deception Pass, or any other relatively flat waters around the Puget Sound.

• Road: Masters C
• MTB: Sport
• Cross: Cat 3

Wayne Brown

Started Cycling about a year ago thanks in large part to the increased exposure to the grand tours here on American TV and my urge to challenge myself in something other than soccer. Huge fan of Mark Cavendish (grew up 50 miles away from me) and since watching him dominate the sprints in 2009 have been fascinated by the tactics involved with road racing at all levels. I was recruited by Blue Rooster after an early season race in 2010 and look forward to a good 2011 after being injured for a good chunk of the 2010 season.

• Road: Cat5

Erik Brooks

After over a decade of racing on XC skis and also biking all over, I had to try bike racing. I focus on cyclocross, and do most of the Seattle cyclocross series, the MFG cyclocross series, and the Indie Mountain bike series. I love the challenge of going fast over technical trails with loose traction. I like variety - jock of all trails, master of none.

• Cross: Cat 3
• MTB: Sport
• Road: Cat 4 (on rare occasion)

Steve Clark

Info to come

• Road: ??

Brendan Connolly

Bicycles are the perfect machine, fusing art and design with energy efficiency, speed and versatility: this serves as a primary inspiration for me as an architect devoted to sustainable high performing building design. I race on knobbies only, because cross and mountain trails challenge me to be in the moment, soak in the ever changing landscape and not let my mind drift to the future or past. Here, right here, nowhere else. Go fast, climb hard, grin alot. ·

I have been racing for 5 years – Cross for 5, Mountain for 3. On a mountain bike for about 16 years, started racing after we had kids so that Jodi and I could continue what we used to love to do together. ·

Goals for the season – have fun, take a stab at the Indie Series and Seattle cyclocross podiums as often as possible, learn something new, share all this with my family.

• Cross: Cat 1
• MTB: Open/Expert SS

Steve Ellis

Information to come

• Road: Cat 5
• Cross: Cat 4
• MTB: Sport

Steve Evans

I've been riding bikes ever since I was a kid, but just started racing in 2009 after moving to Seattle a few years ago. After a season of cyclocross, I'm looking forward to my first season of road racing as a Cat 5. My 4 kids can occasionally be seen at the races, wondering whether Daddy will be able to keep the pace. I love to explore Seattle by bike and have learned to grapple with the hills and thrills that urban riding provide. I also enjoy nearby day-stage recreational rides such as RAMROD. My goals this year are to upgrade categories in road and cross, and to have a great time while doing it.

• Road: Cat 4

Chris Fontecchio

I got hooked on racing from watching Greg LeMond, but have always just loved being on a bike. I give my parents credit for refusing to drive me anyplace as a kid. I especially love longer races with massive hills, even though I'm not well suited to either; and team trials, which are a hoot.

• Road: Cat 4/Masters C

Reeve Geary

Information to come

• Road: Cat C
• MTB: Sport

Josh Gerak

This whole racing thing is antipodal to my exploring nature. Show me some new back roads, trails or challenge and I'm at home. I first entered racing after a knee surgery, and I've grown to love it. Coming into my third year of racing, I'm learning measurement is a means to achieve results.

• Road: Master B, C, Cat 3
• Track: Cat 4
• MTB: Sport
• Cyclocross: Masters

Pete Hall

I started with the team in 2010. Born and raised in the Seattle area. I've been riding bikes for many years. I love going fast, hitting a dip, bump or banked corner that gives that feeling of adrenaline surging through your body. I also like being hands-on and maintaining my equipment. I started racing cyclocross in 2009, MTB 2010. I enjoy the camaraderie found in bike racing. In my experience, it's common to get encouragement from someone you're passing. Blue Rooster has an amazing group of family friendly riders that I continue to learn from, even at my ripe old age. Most of my free time is spent with family and friends outside. I've tried many adventurous sports to include hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, soccer, kayak surfing, sea kayaking and more, but now have narrowed my focus to mostly cycling and skiing. Now get out and ride!

• MTB: Expert(Cat 1)
• Cyclocross: Cat 2

Tom Kelley

I have been riding and racing off and on since I was 5. When I turned 30 I raced road for a couple of years and have since then "fallen" in love with mountain biking. I intend to own the indie series this year. Wish me luck!

• Road: Cat 4
• MTB: Sport

Chris Lagerberg

Chris is an avid cyclocrosser and won the 2010 Seattle Cyclocross series for the Cat 4 master men 45+.ƒ

Rainer Leuschke

I moved to Seattle many moons ago from Germany and stuck around. Coming from track and field, the long run has always been my strength. I have tried my hand (and legs) at a bunch of things from dinghy racing to kitesurfing and x-c skiing to triathlon. Now with a toddler at home, play time is a little more limited and a lot more focused and road racing seems to be a great fit. I have been with the team since 2007 and am enjoying the challenge of learning to race as a team.

• Road: Cat 3
• Cross: Cat 1-2
• MTB: Expert

James Lyon

After years of rock climbing, guiding mountaineering trips and road cycling back in Colorado where I grew up it only took one mountain bike ride with a friend outside Laramie, Wyoming twenty years ago to seal my fate. The instant I hit the dirt on a bike I was 12 years old again. I promptly bought my first mountain bike upon returning to Seattle and entered my first mtn bike race 3 years later. That first race set the hook pretty deep. I'm returning this season from a broken collarbone that never healed properly and eventually needed to be "surgically enhanced" to stay put. When I'm not off on my bike exploring the wilderness nether regions I commute by bike from Seattle to my job as a high school librarian in Lynnwood.

• MTB: Expert

Steve Martin

I went on a bike ride when I was 14 and never really came back. I raced in college for the University of Texas working my way up to class "A" and competed in Nationals twice. I'm an on again off again Iron-Distance triathlete (enjoy swimming / tolerate running) but have a strong affinity to Road Racing as well as Time Trials. I do a bit of mountain biking just to mix it up and I'm most famous for long endurance rides. I've been on sponsored adventure racing teams from time to time mainly because I really like gear. I look forward to adding Track this year as another bike discipline. I have two daughters 5 and 7 who keep me on my toes and prevent me from taking myself too seriously.

David Meyers

I started riding road bikes while in high school in California. Then, a friend of mine let me borrow his 35 lb. Nishiki mountain bike. I quickly found that I loved mountain biking, even if the bike was a tank and I could figure out how to ride in dirt. I raced most of the 90s on mountain bikes with an occasional road ride for training. I took some time away from serious riding while I moved to the Northwest, finished college and started a family. Now I am back and having a great time training and riding.

Dan Milner

I love the way a simple machine powered by my own legs can get me over mountains, through the mud, and as fast as a crappy car! Combine that with the intricies of racing, and I can overanalyze every aspect and detail of a race, whether it is on the road, dirt, or CX. I joined the Blue Roosters, as I came to find out it was a group of similar minded, friendly people that I enjoy hanging out with as much afterwards and in a tent than while sitting on a saddle. When not biking, cleaning one of the many bikes, or buying another niche bike, I enjoy the time I spend with family back east, gaming (no, I will not grow up), and caring for the elderly.

• Road: Cat 4
• MTB: Sport
• Cross: Cat 3

Tyler Moore

Info to come

• Track: ??

Evans Nguyen

Love working on the bike, distance you can cover and see and speeds you can hit. I mean ever try to run or swim 35 MPH?! I very much like the intensity or winning or losing by seconds or inches in a race over miles or tens of minutes. I like the year round riding and the family balance. Traveling, triathlons and readings and staying busy.

• Track: Cat 4

Fabien Pichard

I am an oversized out going French guy. I have been in the Seattle area for 18 years, did my first mountain bike race 92 and my first triathlon long time ago. Raced triathlons for 10 years but most importantly I found cyclocross back in 1998. This has been the best and hardest sport I have done because every race I do my body aches for days after. I hope to be healthy again in 2009 and be able to race…

• Track: Cat 5
• MTB: Sport/Clydesdale
• Cyclocross: 4/Masters 35+

Daniel Rearden

I'm a native Seattleite that has just ventured into competitive cycling within the past few years. My competitiveness began at the age of seven with baseball that turned to softball in my early 20's and just recently retiring last year. During that time I have 10 years of competitive swimming thrown in for good measure. While I have found a nice niche with short burst track sprinting and wheel sucking on the road I really love self-supportive long distance cycling with plans for qualifying and riding the 1200k Paris-Brest-Paris in 2011.

• Road: Cat 5

Bill Reid

I have been racing on Road and Track for the last 8 years, mostly in Masters’ categories. Last year I began mountain bike racing, completing my first Test of Metal race in Canada. When I am not on my bike I help build healthcare software at Microsoft, try to play guitar, and play with my 4 kids (on their bikes of course).

• Road: Cat 4/Master C

Bart Sanderson

I started out racing Mt. Bikes in 1986. I remember when I was in Auburn (AL) the NORBA National came to town, John Tomac, Ned Overend, Daryl Price, Greg Herbold, all those old school mtb’rs. After watching them I was hooked. I continued racing MTB for several years and the owner of the local shop talked me into buying a road bike. I started racing road bikes and continued racing both through grad school at Arizona. I rode a ton while I was in Arizona (great cycling scene there) I worked my last Semester for a company based here in Seattle so I moved here in 1995 after I graduated. Up until a couple of years ago I took several years off when we had our two daughters Grace (7) and Jemma (3). It’s good to be back racing again and I usually race the Indie Series MTB races and sprinkle some road and crit races in there as well. I started racing cross a couple of years ago (still learning) and it is a blast. I never got into track, but you never know.

• Road: Cat 2
• Cross: Cat 2
• MTB: expert

Josh Schmidt (Oberlin, OH)

I enjoy Mountain biking and Cyclocross racing because of the challenge, speed and pain associated with it. For me the best part of racing is to be in the middle of the pack and move your way up to the front or near the front in my case. My wife and I were recruited to Blue Rooster and liked the fact that it was multidisciplinary, family oriented and competitive in a friendly way. Besides cycling I enjoy climbing and working on my bikes or just working in the garage.

• Cross: Cat 4
• MTB: Sport

Ron Sielinski

• Road: Cat 4
• Track: Cat 2

Michael Weaver

I started racing cyclocross last year and really liked the events. I joined the Blue Rooster team so that I could stay in touch with the racing scene and meet new people. My goal for this year is to improve my cyclocross results and race on the track.

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