Many years ago, when I was still a young lad, I used to race for Schwinn Bicycles.  Every day, I would get up and train from 5:30 till 8am, when I had to be in school.  When school was over, I would get back on my bike and ride till dark;  do my homework and get ready to start it all over again the next day.  Most weeks, I was doing between 5 to 6 hundred miles a week.  I loved bike riding.  There was always something fantastic about the speed and the motion of it.

Well, a long time has passed since then and I am sad to say that I really don’t ride anymore.  But the passion and love of the sport I have never lost.

I heard about the Roswell Criterium (A criterium, or crit, is a bike race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km), often run on closed-off city center streets) this past weekend.  Not only did I want to see the race, but I wanted to capture the speed and motion that I used to feel as a kid in my images.  Below are some examples of the race this weekend.