Jeremiah Bishop 2014 Team SHO-AIR / CANNONDALE Framed Jersey to Benefit NICA

USA professional mountain bike racer Jeremiah Bishop’s custom 2014 Team SHO-AIR / CANNONDALE Jersey and autographed 2014 USA Cycling National Championships Mountain Bike number plate are up for auction to benefit the National Interscholastic Cycling Association. The auction is a great opportunity for an organization or individual to support NICA while taking home an outstanding piece of cycling memorabilia.

The jersey features custom “JB” detailing and American Flag on collar, and stars and stripes on right sleeve in recognition of Bishop’s National Championship victories. Also in the framed display is Bishop’s signed number plate that from the 2014 US National MTB Championships held at Bear Creek Resort, Pennsylvania.

Bishop has donated this item to support the NICA, an organization that develops high school mountain biking programs for student-athletes across the United States. NICA provides leadership, services and governance for local leagues to produce quality mountain bike events, and supports every student-athlete in the development of strong body, strong mind and strong character through their efforts on the bike. Through eBay Giving Works, one hundred percent of the final auction price will directly benefit NICA.

Jersey and autographed number plate have been custom archival-quality framed by The Frame Factory of Harrisonburg, Virginia. The value of framing alone is $332.00.

Bishop raced the 2014 Short Track National Championship with plate #46 and the Cross Country with plate #48.

Frame measurement: 27.5″ x 27.5″

The framed jersey and number plate auction is live on eBay through Wednesday, November 19 at 10 p.m. Eastern Time.

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From Team SHO-AIR/Cannondale, July 1, 2013 – Jeremiah Bishop (Harrisonburg, VA, SHO-AIR/Cannondale Team) took a convincing win ahead of Todd Wells and Derek Zandstra in a stacked field for the men’s USA Cycling Pro Cross Country Tour race held at Windham Mountain in New York.

Right from the gun of the six lap affair, Bishop drove the pace with Specialized rider Todd Wells and BMC rider Stephen Ettigner, getting quick separation on the pack. Only two laps into the race, Bishop whittled the forty-rider field down to just Wells with his constant pressure at the front, leaving Stephen Ettinger to dangle off the duo by 10 seconds.

The Bishop-Wells battle continued to rage on, lap after lap on the former World Cup course; with each rider testing one another on different sections of the course trying to expose any weakness. However the two were rarely more than a bike length apart, as they waged their own private battle on the slopes of Windham Mountain.

As the two headed out onto lap five of the six lap race, Bishop drilled it up one of the courses many steep climbs and beat Wells into a very technical wooded section, left wet and muddy from recent rains earlier in the week. From there JB let his Scalpel 29 work the most demanding sections of the course to slowly inch away from Wells.

Heading out onto the last lap, Bishop had broken the elastic and was clear from Wells by over forty seconds. With half a lap to go, Jeremiah backed it down at the advice of team director Ty Kady in order to protect the equipment and insure him and the team the victory, along with the series points leads.

With his win, Bishop catapulted to the top of the series standings taking over the number one plate by sixty points with only two rounds left to go in the series.

Post-race, Bishop had this to say,“Windham is a really good course for me and the conditions today fit the Scalpel 29 and Maxxis tires to perfection. I wanted to rebound strong after dodging a bullet last weekend. I don’t want to win this series by merely taking second’s and thirds, I want to win! A special shout out to team owner Scott Tedro who’s at home recovering from a foot injury. This win is dedicated to him.”

Photos by John Muller. For more from race news and photos, visit Team SHO-AIR.