HISTORY

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Our team has humble roots. Cobbled together from a Sunday morning ride hosted by The Bike Rack, a full-service bike shop located in the Logan Circle area of Washington, D.C., a race team was hastily formed in the cold winter months of 2008 and set off to take on the many challenges of competitive riding in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Training and racing everywhere from the streets of Washington, D.C. to the back roads of Amish country in Pennsylvania, members of The Bike Rack Race Team logged 273 entries in local races throughout 2008 and placed amongst the top 10 finishers in 41 of those. The team raced in six states, rode over 93,000 combined miles, purchased 13 new bikes and generally obsessed way too much about how it looked in spandex. Team members Sam McCadney, Lance Anderson, Timothy Rugg and Timothy Brown won significant races in their categories, often multiple times.

Transformed into District Velocity Racing in 2009, the team had a banner season in 2009, with 17 wins, 47 podium spots and 113 top 10 finishes. Local stage races seemed to be our thing — we took the victory in the Cat 3 GC and took third and fifth in the Cat 4 GC at Tour of Washington County, took third and fifth in the Cat 4 GC at the Tour de Ephrata and won individual stages at Washington County, Ephrata and the Tour of Lancaster County.

Coming into 2010, the team continues striving to compete at the highest level while keeping close to our roots as a group of people who just rode together on weekends.

Community Involvement

In our first year, District Velocity Racing was the only local team to volunteer at the ING Direct Capital Criterium, a professional-level race in downtown Washington, D.C. that drew thousands of spectators and hundreds of world-class cyclists. The Bike Rack Race Team also co-sponsored Juniors’ Day Out, a day-long event in Sykesville, Maryland focused on promoting athletic competition among disabled individuals.

In 2009, we worked closely with Artemis Racing to host the Dawg Days of Summer Circuit Race.

Looking forward to 2010 and beyond, District Velocity Racing is planning on remaining involved in the cycling community by hosting a race and participating in local events.