Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Thirty seconds! "Click, snap... click, snap" goes the sound of bike cleats as I lock both my feet in. I take a deep breath and close my eyes in an effort to gather energy from the early morning sun. Fifteen seconds! I reopen my eyes. The man on the starting block eyes me up and down then checks his clipboard. Inhale, hold, exhale and stop. Listening to the sounds of my breathing gives me focus. My vision narrows as I stare down the windy stretch of road that lay ahead. The race official...
“You’re solo out front with 7 miles to go! You have a 30 second gap over the two man chase and one minute gap over the main group,” shouts the race official over the swirling dry clutch noise of his red Ducati street bike as he rides formation with me. He makes eye contact with me for a brief moment sizing me up. I give him a brief smile, then turn my focus back to passing the pavement beneath my road bike as fast as possible. My eyes are facing forward, but my attention is focused inward. I listen intently to every sensation of my body and f...
Hard working, focused and very talented are the best words to describe Cory Lockwood. Raised in the hills of Tehachapi, California, Cory has spent the majority of his life racing. During his two-wheel racing career he has successfully competed in both motorized and human-powered bike events. His talents for two wheels began with motocross from a young age, where he moved through the ranks to a local pro level. After racing motocross, bicycling became his main focus. He began competing in USA...
March 21 was the USA Cycling Road Race State Championship in Castaic Lake California. This championship level event marks the one year anniversary of earning my way to the pro ranks. In one year’s time I have racked up around 40 USA cycling ranked events under my belt which includes 27 top ten finishes, 19 top five finishes, 17 podiums and 6 decisive victories, as well as five non-ranked victories in TT (time trial), or specialty events, two K.O.M victories in two separate Granfondo events, and a large number of hill climb records in the T...
