Bent Crank Racing is looking to grow its numbers and you’re invited to join us!

BCR is a small, local team that was started in 2001 to be different from other teams in the metro. We may not have large corporate sponsors to offer you free stuff, but we do have cow bells. While we may not have a team vehicle, we have a small number of people willing to give water handouts. We like to think we’re different in that we’re more fun than your other options and we like to give back to the community.

The majority of our members are MORC members and each year we host a time trial to raise funds for MORC. As a member you’ll have unrestricted access to any events we offer up, which could be anything from barbeques, team rides, or game night. Several members also drive MINIs and I bet you could get a go-kart ride anytime. Occasionally we come across some deals on bike-related goodies and that gets passed along to team members. We’re looking to offer a fun atmosphere focused on friends, beer and fun. We’ll have team rides throughout the metro as well as some form of support for racers that wish to participate in the MNSCS. For those not interested in racing, the beer and game nights are well worth the price of admission.

Here are some of our goals for 2008:

Increase members

More team rides

Bring the BCR newsletter back

Our own race videos

Leb TT

Volunteer at local races – cx, Thursday night races, etc.

MORC trail work

Group parties

Regular visits to Pro-Kart

Repair clinics

It all comes down to riding and friends. Everyone on BCR likes to ride, whether it is road, mountain, cx, double-deckers or unicycles. We also like hanging out and having a good time. We welcome all sorts of skill levels and riding styles and hope you’ll give us a thought. If you have questions about us or would like to pull the trigger and hang out with us give me holler and I’ll help ya out. There’s no contract if you decide to join. We just ask that you grab a jersey and wear it proud (and not while blowing through stop signs).

Thanks!

Grizzly Adam

 aemanoff@gmail.com

The MNSCS has their 2008 calendar out (tentatively) and it's something we'll be participating in again. We also created a list of the races on a Google Calendar so you can get info and reminders easily. Click the button to check it out.

From the MNSCS site