the onset of actual winter weather- many riders have turned to indoor training! Harvey and JT rode about 23 miles Wednesday afternoon and it seemed they rode about one mile for every degree F on the thermometer! It wasn't hardley that cold but the downhills reached windchills less that Zero I'm sure!
NEW BUSINESS
Here are some websites for anybody wishing to get started on the cycling license process:
www.usacycling.org -- Buy a License
www.usacycling.org -- Road Categorization Guidelines - Upgrades
OLD BUSINESS
Did anybody know that our very own team/club rider Harvey S is a former movie star? Harvey is from Indiana and atteneded Indiana University at a very unique time! Harvey and his wife Donna were extras in the famous cycling movie "Breaking Away". As I understand it- Donna was a member of the cheering crowd and Harvey actually participated in "The Little 500" bike race that was filmed for the movie! Harvey is currently an Optomitrist here in Somerset and we meet regularly at his office for group rides (The Vision Center)! I guess Harvey has been a cycling nut for a very long time!
RECENT RIDES:
With the onset of actual winter weather- many riders have turned to indoor training this week! Harvey and JT rode about 23 miles Wednesday afternoon and it seemed they rode about one mile for every degree F there was on the thermometer! It wasn't hardly that cold but the downhills reached windchills less that Zero I'm sure! At the bottom of Wesley's Chapel Hill- Harvey made mention of the perspiration on his forehead turning to frost!
Mark Travis - Tim/Dave and Brad rode last Sunday up on the Science Hill area and I expect that was a nice ride! I hope this ride becomes a habit because it would be nice for our riders to have an alternate ride to go to besides the main team ride (which can get intense). Even though last Sunday they rode road bikes - these fellows have a normal weekend mt bike ride as well. Contact Mark Travis for more information about this.
It would be great to see somebody sponsor a regular beginners ride - perhaps even a regular intermediate ride! (more below)
UP AND COMING TEAM/CLUB RIDES:
Indoor Training at Total Rehab @ 830 PM Thursdaynights
Friday - January 19: Brad and JT will ride 40 - 60 miles starting @1030 AM at the vison center
Saturday - January 20: 11AM @ the Vision Center - course and length to be decided by the group onsite(hopefully 30+)
Sunday - January 21: 130 PM @ The Vision Center - course and length to be decided by the group onsite(hopefully 30+)
Tues/Thurs early evening Barnsburg rides will continue when the time changes in April
TEAM UNIFORM
I need to get myself a Cumberland Cycles Jersey - so when I say that it is time to see if the group would "dress out" on some of our rides - I am talking to myself as much as anybody else. With as many as nine riders showing up for our group rides- we are getting some attention from the community: It would be great to see everybody wearing a Cumberland Cycles Jersey!!! Perhaps we could all begin to accept Saturdays as the official team/shop ride - and dress in the team uniform on that day. Team Jerseys may be purchased at Cumberland Cycles of course -
YELLOW FLAG CLUB RIDE
Hopefully we can get a beginners and intermediate ride going soon! I am sure there are a lot more people out there in Somerset who would ride and train if they could attend a serene group/club ride with no pressure to ride hard or keep up. We could call it a Yellow Flag ride and strongly discourage competitive pedaling - it would be a ride for beginners and intermediates or for anybody who is a cyclist that needs a recovery ride and/or feels compelled to support cycling in our community by actually riding beside new riders and offering advice and encouragement. Folks could have a place to start and then join the general group rides when they feel like it - I know from personal experience that most of the rides in our area end up being much too fast and hard-core for the beginner or intermediate cyclist. (When I started back last September - these fellows and gals kicked my butt!) So we do need an alternative ride for our riders who are just starting up or just starting back!
RACES
::The Tennessee Bicycle Racing Association::
http://www.indianabikeracing.homestead.com/files/2007_Spring_Road_Race_Series_
Godzulla Cycling Challenges
Series Races
TN 07 Races
WHO WE WILL RACE AGAINST
Tortuga Team Profile for Bob Brooks
Curtis Tolson - Wenzel Coaching - cycling coach
Texas Roadhouse
Gran Fondo Cycles, Nashville TN
and many more
IN GENERAL
If you have any questions about bicycle road racing or training - please feel free to contact me or any other active cyclist that you know. We have a great bunch of people riding for us and we are having a lot of fun!!!! And we ain't even racing yet!
AS ALWAYS
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