GrandStay Farewell

Well, it’s official. I am leaving MN’s finest elite cycling team and heading to the Wheel & Sprocket pro development team in my old WI stomping ground. The guys at GrandStay are top notch & I want to thank each and every one of them, especially to Matt Williams for putting together a great organization, securing generous sponsors, putting up with clothing orders, hotel reservations, team budgets, training camps, etc.. I am proud to have raced with the likes of Matt, Doug Swanson, Daniel Casper, Dan Swanson, Micah Moran, Andy Minier, Lance B., Steve Cragle, Chuck Jacobs, Jim Bell, Ian Stanford, & Ray Coyle for the past two seasons.

Why join a “pro development team” when I’m 41? Morgan Wiswall, team director was looking for an experienced rider to mentor some of the espoire (under 23) talent at larger races. I still enjoy the sport and love to compete and travel so we decided it was a good fit. A secondary reason involves my father, who still lives in my hometown of Oshkosh. He is recovering from cancer and I plan to spend more time in WI this spring/summer. I plan to compete in more races in WI while I am there so I can connect with my new team.

So far, I’ve learned that we will be riding Trek bicycles (the Wheel & Sprocket shops are the largest Trek dealers in the US). Sun Ringle Wheels and the Menasha Corporation (a huge paper company in WI) are other sponsors.