Hot damn! Congrats to Ben Collins of Seattle, my roommate until a year ago. Fastest swim that I can see, third fastest bike I believe and finished off with a 34:20 run to win by a bit more than a minute.
Last year his goals were:
-wait to turn pro until after ITU worlds
-WIN ITU worlds
-Turn pro
Well the first two are down and I just printed him up his ITU pro suits so I guess he’s on his way! Congrats Ben!!!
btw, he posts here sometimes but it’s pretty rare…
His next goals now :
Good luck and congrats on a great race 
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ha, yeah, he’s gotta work on that run. He’s probably already shaved 4 min off in the last year or so though so maybe in another year… hey look at Potts right;)
I’m glad to see he won this year. I met him last year at worlds and it was too bad that he crashed out. He is a nice guy and I hope he does well as a pro.
Potts broke 31 running a season in college.
What kind of bike was he riding?
A taiwanese generic frame with your stickers on.
What do I win for getting that right!?
Unfortunately, your answer is not correct.
Let me guess… you designed the frame but couldn’t afford the exclusive.
The frame that Ben rode on Sunday is exclusively mine.
damn, okay, so give him a few years I’m sure he’s working like crazy on his run!
Yup, it was his new beloved Beyond I’m guessing. Don’t fight too much with Paulo, we love him here and he makes it all the more entertaining;)
Never heard of it. Link?
Refresh the page a time or two you’ll see their ad on the right column: http://www.beyondfab.com/cms/index.php
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Ben rode my Radius carbon road frame at the Hamburg race.
hey, just curious, which wheels he ended up running? last I talked to him he had a plethora of wheels and couldn’t figure out what to do with what. Gotta call him…
He rode my Blink 50mm carbon tubular race wheels.
Next weekend, he will use the Blink 85mm carbon tubular race wheels.
OK, let me clear it up.
AT Hamburg I rode the Blink Carbon TT frame from Beyond Fabrications. No doubt the engine is what made the bike go the 3rd fasted split of the day, and send me off to a victory, but the frame and wheels helped. A lot. My last bike, a Guru Trilite isn’t even worth comparing. I’ve done two races on the Beyond now, and they’ve been my two fastest bike splits. One was part of a course record at Folsom, and the other helped me win worlds.
I was using the 85mm Blink Carbon rims. The grooves are supposed to make side winds less of a problem. The wind didn’t even notice me. (~14mph, and everyone else was talking about it, I really didn’t even give it a thought.)
This weekend, I’m going to be racing my first Pro race in Poland. An ITU Continental cup. I’ll be using the Radius Carbon road frame with the 50mm Blink Carbon wheels for that race.
For more on my travel and results check out bencollins.org
Thanks to everyone for the support!
Ben, great race! Boy we were lucky and it did not rain on us for the race Sunday.
Number 1 Ag grouper across the line! Thanks for representing our country and kicking butt!!
Have you recovered? I am still trying to get my body back into some type of normal mode.
Maybe a little swimming this morning might help.
See you at Vancouver for Worlds if not sooner.
Go Team USA!!!
Dave