District Cycling Droppage - AA Style

Hey, isn't that the guy from The Discovery Channel show? He's getting his drop on like he was an anvil. Well, if you didn't know, he's now a part of a two man crew over at the District Cycling Podcast. He knows this is coming.. We love them. They love us. Let's get married...or at least spoon.

(Adam..have a seat).

At this point, Adam is thinking...

"I'll ride one more lap before I get caught on camera"

"Grrrrrr.. Livin' the dream man..livin' the dream but first...MUST. GET. OVER. HILL."

Insert caption here..PLEASE!!

Thanks to the one and only Harry Fang who brought out his new digital camera and took great spy shots for us. Make sure you point at the people riding bikes next week and not the trees!

Out of Town Droppage

It's nice to see that some things are national. We have this gem while everybody is waiting for the photos to start coming in from Walkersville and Tysons (don't be shy photographers). In the meantime, kick back, relax and enjoy some new flavor to yougotdropped. OHIO STYLE...where mullets aren't just for cycling..they fo' yo' MOMMA TOO!!

The masters of smugness related cycling podcasting have been in touch recently. John G from Two Johns Podcast holds certification as our honorary Midwest droppage police. He has submitted a photo bringing us Ohioian goodness with the following photo along with excuse email from a dropped teammate of his (green sleeved kit).

We call it, "Getting Dropped is So Much Better When You Aren't Alone"

(email from droppee)

"Also, you owe me my team socks.........didn't have them last week which is probably why I got dropped on the climb TWICE..........either that or because you sent out a good luck message to everyone on the team who was racing to wish them good luck and didn't wish me good luck, yeah, you forgot about me and I haven't been able to sleep ever since..............damn."

The Drop Heard Around the World

Church was cancelled on Easter Sunday in Flanders. Belgians from all over came to the region to celebrate bike racing and another Belgium victory on home turf. Then... Sparticus drops breakaway companion and Belgie hero Tornado Tom at 10:24 eastern standard time. Waffles were dropped. Beer was dropped. Tornado Tom...dropped :(

It was the biggest drop of 2010...so far

The 2nd Battle of Bull Run Mountain

Jared from Haymarket Bicycles has requested that You Got Dropped help advertise the Second Battle of Bull Run Mountain to be held this Saturday. Looks like a good time. Me and my pink gloves.

The Battle of Bull Run Mountain is back!! With no racing this weekend, we've got a chance for another epic showdown. And this time we have a trophy. The race flyer will be made available this evening.

The last event was great, and this time we're hoping on doubling the turnout. We'll have racers and non-racers alike; everyone is invited. We're only 35 miles West of DC, so it's a short trip on a Saturday morning. (And as of now, the weather is supposed to be in the low 80s, with a zero percent chance of rain).

Date: Saturday, April 3, 2010
Time: 8am
Start: Haymarket Bicycles parking lot
Loop: Map
Distance: 62.5 miles

Generally, this is just an event designed to get a bunch of people out to suffer on some great, tough roads. There will be some nice flat farm roads with tough cross wind sections, some steep pitches, fun descents, and some gnarly dirt. Planning on doing Walkersville, Poolesville, or Battenkill? This will be perfect preparation, so get your teammates and come on out. (We expect the dirt roads to be a little more packed down since we'll have had two weeks of traffic and some rain the roads).

Special notes:
Ride at your own risk.
Rules of the road apply.
You've heard of a "no drop" ride? Well this is just the opposite.
Use the map link and bring a cue sheet (see below), or just don't get dropped.
There will most likely be a sag wagon or two, but bring flat changing gear to be prepared.

Who am I?

Who am I, indeed.

Until any of us are featured in the Wall Street Journal, nobody is saying anything.

We will also accept being featured in New York Times or a laser carving on the moon.

Exciting New Updated AWESOME DROP PHOTOS

You guys make us sick.

What are you guys expecting to see? Ultra droppage? It was pouring out there. Nobody wanted to risk having their precious SLRs get wet. We are giving this one a pass anyway on account that we don't have much material and the weather sucked.

Oh, and Joe D, stop it.

Gonna have a look at Cycling Captured now for Union Grove droppage. Stay tuned.

A Prelude to a Drop

The first 'real' race is less than 48 hours away. Jeff Cup. It's where You Got Dropped got it's inspiration, our muse. This race has a special place in our hearts. Right about now...

Cat 5s are anxiously not even thinking about a bike race right now.

Cat 4s are carbing up and emailing their teammates about how to block once their superstar gets in a solo break at mile 5. (tip..it won't work)

Cat 3s are wondering why the hell they signed up for a 1/2/3 race

The 1s and 2s are licking their chops to throw down

All the masters are wrapping up the workweek a little early to go polish off their carbon fiber wheels and tell their significant other they will be gone for the weekend.

Jeff Cup has been the official start for MABRA for 20 years. Cyclists from all over the land have had the pleasure to drive 2 plus hours into wine and horse country, the home of Thomas Jefferson, and thousands of smart upper middle class white kids only to figure out they didn't train properly over the winter. (the cyclists..not the white kids)

Let's start laying out excuses today before the photo evidence starts hitting our desks on Monday morning.