Therewere probably 5-7 people involved. I braked but had no where to go. Some dude has a potential broken wrist. Him and Rick were taken by ambulance to Kings County. The guy with the wrist issue had the fork of his carbon bike pulled out of the head tube. The head tube split open. Yikes.

It was windy on two sides so you know to you know people would be sketchy. Plus cones. 

Ugh...so many crashes. Keeping my fingers crossed Rick and others are okay.

Damn, sorry to hear. If you find any more info on Rick let us know.

It's a bummer when you wake up and read this. Heal up quick buddy.

Im in the ICU at Kings County for observation.  I've got 7 cracked ribs. , collar bone broken in two places, cracked vertebrae and a partially collapsed Lin.g. I hurt but don't need surgery
but things could be worse. At least I'm not the guy in tge ER last night w a coke  bottle shoved  deep up his ass

Goddamn that sucks. Heal up, dude.

(These are NOT the "results, bro" I was looking for!)

Really sorry to hear this. Holler if you need anything. I think the team has a decent stash of broken rip/collarbone recovery gear. And we *do* have a beer sponsor now...

Hope you feel better soonest.

Rick, cracked ribs suck, but should eventually be fine. Take really good and patience, you'll be back riding and racing before you know it. All the best!

Rick - that really sucks. Glad your sense of humor is intact. You'll get a lot of mileage telling people the coke bottle story.

You'll be off the bike for a while but they will rebuild you. A buddy of mine took photos of the shoulder x-ray with his phone after his surgery and used it as his Facebook photo for a while.

Hope your recovery is a (relatively) easy one. 

Damn Rick, that sucks. Wishing you quick recovery.

The KCC flag will fly at Floyd again tonight. Vlad and I will be out for sweet vengeance, served orange.

5:45 p.m. GAP meetup. Be there, because racing with teammates is rad.

Floyd did this to my brand new conti gp4000s II. Flatted with 4 to go.

It was me Niall, Jeff, and Chaim in the 3/4 and Vlad in the 1/2/3. Had a little bit of fun bridging to a group off the front after one of the sprints, with Chaim in tow. Just before we got there, the two Rockstar guys bolt from the group. Chaim chases with me in tow this time. Just before we caught them, one of them attacks. Chaim attempts to follow, but i ran out of steam. A train goes up the left side to track him down, and Jeff's on it. A good moment for Kissena as a team.

And a big thanks to Vlad for the extra tube and Niall for sticking around. Good to have teammates and friends.

This was my first race this year when we really gelled as a team in the 4s. It was super cool and unexpected.

Phillip, who I dare say was going SLOW a month ago, raced really well today in tough conditions (and I'm not just talking about the tarmac). As always at FBF there were some wind dynamics and surprisingly the 3s and 4s at the front often had the savvy to force everyone to race in the gutter. Nonetheless, he was around the front during key moments to counter teammates' moves and sit around in the first wheels while we had guys up the road.

Chaim and Niall were super aggressive and strong at the front all night long. Both got involved in moves and did a great job of covering stuff while we had others in breaks. 

I was using this race as my final tune-up for this weekend's crits, so tested out the legs on numerous occasions. I'm pretty sure I made four breaks, two of which looked pretty good. Alas, neither panned out.

I think the next level of teamwork in the 4s is to organize and set someone up for a sprint when that outcome becomes inevitable, which it did tonight. I would not take part in a Cat. 4 leadout train (been there done that), but I could get involved with dropping a designated sprinter off in a good place before the gallop.

Jeffrey White said:

I think the next level of teamwork in the 4s is to organize and set someone up for a sprint when that outcome becomes inevitable, which it did tonight. I would not take part in a Cat. 4 leadout train (been there done that), but I could get involved with dropping a designated sprinter off in a good place before the gallop.

Man, I was totally going to click "awesome" before I read this kicker. Tim and Scott and Amber would be bumming to hear this. Of course, if you will be "dropping a designated sprinter off in a good place before the gallop, I'm cool with whatever you call that.

PS Any of you Cat 4s going to join Jeff for some Rariton and Bound Brook racing action this weekend?

Seriously, I would love to have some support at Raritan

80 degrees and windy.  I'm going to get some summer race training in tonight at 7.  See you out there.

I'm racing FBF tonight. Will be at GAP at 5:45 p.m.

Seriously the promoter should pay you to write these.

If you're looking for inspiration...

https://player.vimeo.com/video/92798747

Bruce, may I present the antidote to your Schwalbe illness...

I rolled off the front during a lazy start and initiated the break. A group of 4 solidified on the first lap and that's all there was to it.

After taking a pull on the backside during the last lap, I got jumped. The chain choked on a bad shift as I tried to jump in a lighter gear and that was it for me. I couldn't close and watched the others play cat & mouse as I rolled in 4th.

I'll take it. This is the best P123 result I've gotten and the best place to get it at IMO, especially after this past Tuesday's gale fest.

It wasn't that windy today. We averaged 27mph.

[edit] Whoops, thought this was the Thurs FBF thread. Also, who cares because 4th place. 

^Fuck yes. Awesome stuff, Vlad.

Right on Vlad. Nicely done.

FUCKING EH!

H U G E ! ! ! A long time coming Vlad, congrats.
Who were your fellow breakaway artists? 

Jesus Martinez, Jose Cruz, and some guy from PA that won the Wilmington GP 2/3 race.

Tonite, June 2nd is CANCELLED.