Brooklyn
Velo
Force
is
pleased
to
announce
our
new
sponsors
and
new
look
for
the
2010-11
season.
Gorilla Coffee
has joined us as a primary sponsor. Located in Brooklyn, Gorilla
Coffee is an independently owned micro-roastery and roasts daily, by
hand, in 30 pound batches. The shop is located in Park Slope at
97 Fifth Avenue and Park Place. Look for the Gorilla on our new
racing kits... or visit the Gorilla shop, or find the beans at your
local Whole Foods or other grocery!
Combs & Company
is a new supporting sponsor. They are a full-service insurance
brokerage firm for employee benefits, commercial, life and peronal
insurance. Combs particularly serves the hospitality,
photography, and creative professions.
BVF's equipment sponsors have also continued and expanded for the
upcoming season. We are very excited and pleased to have the
support and backup of the following companies:
2nd Place June 20, 2010 Graeme
takes
2nd
in
the
Kid's
Race
at
the Harlem Criterium. Caught
behind and early and the start of the race, Graeme used his pursuit
skills to navigate the full circuit and was clocked at 19.6mph on the
finishing straight missing the win by a only a bike length.
2nd
and
4th
-
TT
and
RR
4th and 6th - Omnium July
25+26, 2009
Pete
and Scott spend a week in the Big Sky of Montana and race the Tour de
Bozeman Omnium. Pete places 2nd in the Time Trial and 4th in the
70 mile Road Race, claiming 4th overall in the Omnium. Scott
placed 6th in the Omnium.
Gold,
Gold,
Gold,
Silver July
25+26, 2009
Christine
D'Ercole races in BVF colors and brings back 4 medals from the Valley
Preferred Cycling Center Velodrome in Trexlertown.
New York Times
Featured
New
York
Times
Video
on BVF team member Rob Mecea.
Housatonic Hills
1st
Place
June 21, 2009
Danny's climbing legs strike again with another win at the Housatonic
Hills Road Race.
1st Place
May 10, 2009
Danny Inoa WINS
Bear Mountain CAT4 race with a solo attack in the final miles!
Brian Breach places 8th in the CAT3 race.
Recent alumni Andrew Bernstein places 3rd in the CAT3 race.
4th Place
April 25+26, 2009
Ray places 4th in the points for the weeeknd omnium event at Kissena
Velodrome Opening Weekend and gets a foot
into the New
York
Times. The opening weekend was co-sponsored by Brooklyn
Velo Force and the Kissena Cycling Club.
3 Jerseys
February 29, 2009 Three jerseys available. Three
jerseys
claimed. Brooklyn Velo Force takes all jerseys in the first race
of the 2009 Cadence Cup CAT4 Series.
Race Win and Leader's Pink Jersey: Sheldon Warner (right)
KOM: Danny Inoa (center)
Sprint: Benjamin Woodbury (left)
November 15+16, 2008
Pete Baiamonte rides the supra-muddy Mercer Cup Cyclocross
course. Part of the 10 race Mid-Atlantic Cyclocross series (MAC),
Pete finished Masters B 35+ category in 10th Place overall. The
points Pete acquired in the series included a 2nd Place finish at the
Nittany Lion race in Pennsylvania.
Matching Support for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation
In
celebration of the team's win of the Pink Leaders Jersey at the 2008
Cadence Cup, Brooklyn Velo Force /
GQ Racing is donating an amount equal to its event winnings to the
Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Join us in our support!
October 31, 2008 After taking BVF's #1 Youngest Fan to school,
Mark gets his photo in the New York Post for an article on the 35% increase in
bicycling commuting in New York City.
Pink
Jersey September
13, 2008 Brooklyn Velo Force /
GQ Racing wins the Cadence Cup. Charlie
Issendorf awards Alessandro Matteuci with the First Place Trophy for
the CAT4 series. With team support, Alessandro was able wear the
Pink Leader's Jersey for the entire 7 race series. Chris Barbaria
finished 3rd overall and Rob Lombardi finished 8th.
5th Place
September 2 and 7, 2008
ChrisB travels to San Jose, California and takes 5th Place in the 1
Kilometer Time Trial (40-44) and Team Sprint (40+).
9th GC
September 6-7, 2008 Four
BVF/GQ riders ride the inaugural Tour of the Catskills and return with
a 9th Place finish in the general classification.
August 22-24, 2008 A bevy of precious metals earned at
the New York State Track Championships by the BVF/GQ "Go Fast, Turn
Left" riders.
Kissena Track 2008 Overall Points Series
2nd Place August
19,
2008
In
his first season on the track, RobL takes 2nd place in the overall
series and upgrades from Category 5 to 4 to 3 in the process.
Gold
August 16-17, 2008 Chris brings multiple medals
back to Brooklyn from the Atlantic Regional Track Championships at
Trexlertown's Valley Preferred Cycling Center Velodrome. One of
those medals is a GOLD in the
40+ Match Sprint.
3rd + 9th Place
August 2, 2008 ChrisB takes 3rd and Danny takes
9th in the CAT4 Field.
Alex
holds
the
overall
Pink
Leader's
Jersey
in
the
series,
ChrisB
is
3rd
Overall.
Team Gold
July 27, 2008 Andrew,
the Brookyln Rider-at-Large, joins the Adirondack Team and helps move
them to an overall Gold Medal in the team competition of the Empire
State Games.
June 21, BVF / GQ Racing sweeps the podium
in Cadence Cup Race #2 with a 1-2-3
finish. < Photos >
Prospect Park and Harlem
June 14+15, another typical
weekend for BVF/GQ Racing:
Win the Saturday morning race
in
Prospect Park, then spend some time with "Fast" Freddy Rodriguez,
3-time US National Road Racing Champion. Fred and the Rock Racing
team were in town for the Harlem Skyscraper Criterium
on Sunday. BVF raced at Harlem on Sunday and took a podium placing in the CAT4 event.
Then pick-up the newspaper on Monday to see our photo in the early morning edition of the Daily News!
3rd Place
June 7, 2008 Andrew continued with his
thriving good form. He drove a
breakaway to take a 3rd Place Finish at the Balloon Festival Classic, a
tough upstate road race in Cambridge, New York. On the same day,
BVF riders were out racing in
force from our backyard in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, to the Velodrome in
Trexlertown, Pennsylvania.
1st
Place
August 14, 2007 Congratulations to Ben Dailey for his win
in the summer-long points
competition at Floyd Bennett Field, a time-honored event of the NYC
race scene!!
June
3,
2007
BVF partners with CRCA to sponsor an individual time trial at Floyd
Bennett Field, with proceeds benefitting Bike for Health Day and the
Youth Ride Club, organized by Woodhull Hospital and Recycle-A-Bicycle.
Those trophies are on-of-a-kind, custom fabricated by our in-house art
deparment and fabrication facility at Art-in-Construction.
BVF contributed $700 to Recycle-A-Bicycle's Kids Ride Club from the
event proceeds.
2006
and
2007
BVF helps
escort Elite wheelchair and handcycle athletes at the New York
City Marathon.
Article printed in the New
York
Times and also here.
