News
August 30th, 2010
Pearl Street's Ken Thomas took 2nd place at the 2010 Tour de Toona in Johnstown, PA this past weekend in the CAT 3 race. After catching his pedal coming out of the final turn, Thomas was unable to challenge Steve Wells (Ingram Micro) for the win, but managed to hold onto second for a great result.
August 24th, 2010
Ben Barnhardt took the win in the Cat 4 Rice Hill Road Race on Sunday. The win marked the 13th consecutive victory for Pearl Street's Cat 4 team in the local BBC racing scene. The streak includes 7 consecutive road race wins (3 x Craig Polston, 2 x Barnhardt, 1 x Vince Lorenz, 1 x Adam Trost) and 6 straight Cobblestone Criterium wins (3 x Lorenz, 4 x Barnhardt, 1 x Tom Weichmann,). The next race on the local calen
August 20th, 2010
Pearl Street's Tom Weichmann has played the role of "support rider" to perfection during this season's Cobblestone Criterium B Series...helping teammates Ben Barnhardt and Vince Lorenz collect the wins, primes, points, and for Barnhardt...the championship. On Thursday, the roles were reversed with Barnhardt and Lorenz helping Weichmann get into the winning 4-man breakaway. With his final ki
August 11th, 2010
Cogratulations to Brian Borowiec for winning the 50+ Expert Male Singletrack Stampede MTB Race this past weekend in Sprague Brook Park. In local BBC Racing, Craig Polston took the win at the Chestnut Ridge Cat 4 Road Race in Orchard Park. Teammates Ben Barnhardt took 2nd and Vince Lorenz claimed the last podium spot.
August 4th, 2010
The BBC headed to Corfu, NY to race on the West course this past weekend. In the CAT 4 event, Scott Farrell (Ingram Micro) and Pearl Street's Vince Lorenz made an early move and found themselves up the road with very few in the field committed to bring them back. Fellow Streeter Ben Barnhardt executed a perfect bridge up to the breaking pair and successfully put two PS riders in the break. Lorenz and Barnhardt did the lion'
July 30th, 2010
Congratulations to Craig Polston and the Western team for their strong performance at the 2010 Empire State Games in Buffalo, NY. Western completely dominated the 4 days of racing, winning 10 out of a possible 11 medals. Polston took Bronze on the opening day's 10-mile Individual Time Trial on Grand Island and collected a second Bronze on day three with a strong performance in the Criterium points-race in downtown East Auror
July 26th, 2010
The Buffalo Bicycling Club took to Delevan, NY for the 2010 Club Championship Weekend. On Saturday's 1/2/3 race, hard tempo and attacks scattered the field. Lance Johnson (Handlebars) claimed the club championship honors after breaking away with Jim Doan of Hollyloft. Peart Street's Ken Thomas just missed the podium with a solid 4th place finish, with teammate Mike Cormier claiming 7th.Sunday's 4/5 race witnessed an early attack
June 28th, 2010
On Sunday the 27th, Pearl Street sent 7 racers to compete in the BBC's Boston/Coldon Road Race in Boston, NY. In the CAT 4 race, Pearl Streeter Vince Lorenz took the win after breaking away early with teammate Ben Barnhardt and David Van Horne of Handlebars. Craig Polston (4th), Brian Rohr (6th), and Adam Trost (7th) set the pace for the main field which came in a minute behind the breakaway. In the CAT 5 race, Andrew
June 28th, 2010
Pearl Street Cycling raised over $2,000 while participating in the 15th Annual Ride For Roswell. There was over $2.6 million raised for the event...a new record for the event. The team completed the 100 mile course in 4 hours and 38 minutes...averaging nearly 23 mph. Thanks Pearl Street!
June 25th, 2010
In the featured event of the night, the A-Series race was filled with attacks and counter-attacks for nearly the entire 60 laps of racing. It was a true blood-bathe as one rider after another took their turn attacking the field with riders falling off the pace...and off the back throughout the race. Jay Joslyn made the winning move with 15 laps to go, when on his second attempt to get away, he broke clear and rode alone to take the wi
June 20th, 2010
It was another strong showing by the Pearl Street Cycling team this weekend. On Saturday June 19th, Adam Trost and Tom Wiechmann traveled to Rushville, NY for the Jon Dechau Memorial Time Trail. Nearly 70 riders came out to challenge themselves on the rolling 35k course. Adam Trost clocked a time of 48:57 which was good enough for a 2nd place finish in the CAT 4 event. Tom Wichmann came in with a t
June 18th, 2010
Pearl Street's Ben Barnhardt has raced his way into a seemingly insurmountable lead in the BBC's Cobblestone Criterium B Series. With just 6 races remaining on the series calendar, Barnhardt has over 60 points and is virtually a lock to claim the series' crown. Teammate's Vince Lorenz (2nd in points), Adam Trost, and Tom Weichmann have proven to be reliable riders in the Pearl Street stable...consistently putting Ben in position to cl
June 16th, 2010
June 12-13 2010Hamburg, New York played host to the 2nd Annual Hamburg Race Weekend. The event kicked off with a 58-mile road race on Saturday morning that saw the temperatures climb into the 90s. The hot temperatures, combined with heavy crosswinds, made for some really tough going. In the CAT 3/4 race, Pearl Street's Craig Polston was able to break away with Jim Doan of Hollyloft after 14 miles of racing. The pair w
June 13th, 2010
Adam Trost continued his incredible TT form this past weekend as he traveled to Columbus to compete in Ohio's State TT Championships. Adam fought the wind and wet conditions and posted a time of 55:42...the quickest CAT 4 time of the day! This was a great midyear tune up for Adam as he prepares for the New York TT State Championships next month in Battenkill, NY. Great win Adam!Brian Rohr and Rob Hillyard also ventured to Ohio i
June 1st, 2010
Craig Polston takes 4th overall this weekend in Syracuse with a 3rd in the Crit, 9th in the TT and an 11th in the RR...
