Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Crew News - Blue Grass Games

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I understand that there is a really nice ride forming at Barnsburg at about 630 on Tuesday and Thursday nights.  This is not a team ride, but consists of athletic men and women who have not been bike racing this year.  I think the group averages from 14 to 17 mph.  This is a great ride forming so we want to encourage anybody who wants a good, fun, moderate ride, to come out and join in.

Our causal riders also ride from Barnsburg on Tuesday and Thursday nights.  Please contact Marc Travis for more information on all these rides.

BLUE GRASS GAMES
Cumberland Cycles Crew Racing team fielded a total of eight racers in the 2007 Blue Grass Games Bicycle Race in Lexington Last Sunday. Aaron Denney, Glen Gridler and Brad Hermann all raced in the open CAT V race with Aaron placing 8th over all.

Mr. Frank Cornett, a Cumberland Cycles racer from London rode in the CAT V 40+ race and was very active and happy with his result. (photo:
PhotoReflect - Mullet Ranch Photography)


Jenny Denney and Lindsey Powell participated in the Womens open (CAT 1,2,3,4) race and did very well.  This was Lindsey and Jenny's first official race and they took 3rd and 4th place for Cumberland Cycles!  Jenny Denny's placement earned her the Bronze Metal in the Blue Grass Games Women's Cycling Race and we are very proud of her.  Wow.  Her first race!  Congrats to Lindsey as well.

Jack Evans, JT and Adam Bourne all took part in the Masters race and they all raced very well. Adam ended up with a same time finish of 6th place and JT ended up with a same time finish of 15th.... But the real story is about Jack Evans.  Since this is the race I participated in, it is the one I can comment on the most. Basically, two masters teams converged on this race;  Pedal the Planet and Pedal Power, both teams are from Lexington. The race was in Lexington. So Cumberland Cycles got caught in a power struggle between these two teams. In order put a man in a two-man breakaway, Pedal the Planet pushed very hard.  Pedal Power reacted very strongly with Cumberland Cycles trying to either get a man up to the break, or bring the break back. We did not succeed in either, but the fighting was fierce. The really remarkable thing about the entire race was not that Adam placed 6th or that JT placed 15th, but that Jack Evans, the only 50 year old rider left in the finishing pack, came to the front in the last ten minutes of the race (after all of the extreme in-fighting between these teams) and attacked!!!!  When Jack launched his attack, the remaining pack split, unable to match Jack's acceleration - and left only about 20 riders for Adam and JT to sprint against!  After Jack's attack, he faded back, but the damage he'd done to the pack certainly benefited JT and Adam. So, Hat's off to Jack Evans!  One of the most impressive efforts, both physically and strategically, we've seen all year!

Jenny Denney and Lindsey Powell were the two top placing members of our team!  Congratulations to both of these women and Thanks for racing for our club and team!

RACING IN AUGUST:
Allanti Classic Next weekend:   Allanti Cycling Classic 2007 - allanti.com
Knoxville:Knox Velo Cycling Club Knoxville, Tennessee
BMW Classic: Scenic City Velo, Chattanooga, TN.
OTHER RACES: Cumberland Cycles Races


Cumberland Cycles

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Thursday, July 26, 2007

News - July 26

Hello Crew!

The team generally rides every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 PM from the Barnsburg Church.  I believe there are other groups that ride from the church as well on the same days at 530 and even as late as 7 PM. Please contact Marc Travis at Cumberland Cycles to find out what group you might be best suited for.

Tonight's team ride consisted of seven very strong riders who rode out to climb the hill behind Adams Grocery (25-30 miles). Even though DR and Dave S. had won a 105 mile running
race just last Saturday, they still showed up for our team ride!  These fellows are assume club/team riders - to show up for everything our core road team can dish out even after participating and winning such a difficult race - well - it is just plain healthy. It makes me proud to have people like this on our team. Hats off to Dave and DR! 

As for the ride to Adams Grocery tonight, Roger, Adam, Jack and JT locked in to brutal road combat and I think our average pace was over 20 MPH. The most impressive rider tonight was most certainly Jack Evans.... He and Adam Bourne were able to neutralize an attack by JT and then they dropped JT...... JT hooked up with Roger, just a few seconds behind and Roger and JT were NOT able to pull Jack and Adam back in!

The Crew is lean and mean and is ready for some racing! Training paces are extremely fast and it is great to see!

RACING:
Blue Grass Games this Sunday:
Bluegrass State Games
Allanti Classic Next weekend:  
Allanti Cycling Classic 2007 - allanti.com

RIDES
There will be a club ride sponsored by Roger Whitock this Saturday starting at Barnsburg Church. 52 miles through the Barnsburg and Quail Communities. The ride begins at 7 AM.

Cumberland Cycles
Be sure to support our shop in any way you possible can!  Not only do you insure that we will havea bike shop in our community, but you will be supporting every cyclist in the community.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Barnsburg Time Trial 2007 Series Event #6

Barnsburg time trial event #6 will be held on Sunday, September 2, 2007.  First rider off at 2 PM.

Crew News -

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We want to congratulate Cumberland Cycles Multisport Athletes DR Swanner, Dave Stewart, Lee Cain and Willis Coffee for their starts and finishes in last Saturdays Red Eye Relay race.

This was a 105  mile running race that our crew finished as a relay team in 12 hours and 24 minutes! (roughly 7 minute miles!) and out of 37 teams, they got second over all and placed first in their age division!!!!!  Hats off to you fellows!  This is an outstanding result!

News Coverage:
Our Barnsburg time trial last Sunday was featured in today's issue of the Commonwealth Journal. Either pick up a copy of today's issue or click here:  Commonwealth Journal - Personal bests fall in Barnsburg Time Trails

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Barnsburg Time Trail #5 - Results

photo:  Aaron Denney.  Taken by Steve Cornelius - Commonwealth Journal

PLACE NAME TIME AVERAGE SPEED AFFILIATION CATIGORY
1 David Hays 18:50 25.5 Ohio Valley Vello CAT II
2 J.T. (Thompson) 19:08***pr 25.1 Cumberland Cycles CAT III
3 Adam Bourne 19:59 24.0 Cumberland Cycles CAT V
4 Keith Cottongim 20:18pr 23.6 Ohio Valley Vello CAT II
5 Aaron Denney 20:44pr 23.2 Cumberland Cycles CAT V
6 Jack Evans 22:01 21.8 Cumberland Cycles CAT V
1 Charles Senters :22:50 21.0 Cumberland Cycles CLUB
7 Gary Rodgers 23:17 20.6 Blue Grass Cycling Club CAT III
1 Rick Rice 23:23 20.5 Cumberland Cycles TRI
2 Glenn Girdler 23:30pr 20.4 Cumberland Cycles CLUB
3 Kerry Fain 23:31 20.4 Cumberland Cycles CLUB
4 Brad Hewitt 23:59pr 20.0 Cumberland Cycles CLUB
5 Trent Pool 24:31 19.6 Cumberland Cycles CLUB
6 Kevin Aker 24:32pr 19.6 Cumberland Cycles CLUB
1 Jenny Denney 25:00 19.2 Cumberland Cycles CLUB
2 Lindsay Powell 27:53 17.2 Cumberland Cycles CLUB

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Crew News -

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Hello Crew!

We've had some racing activity over the past week from several of our crew mates!  First of all, Mr. Aaron Denney raced in two separate bike races over the weekend past and he placed 5th and 3rd (Cat V) and has now taken third place in our club standings!  Aaron came out for tonight's ride and he was not only able to stay with Adam and JT but was able to stir up some @#!% of his own!  Aaron is getting very strong and we are very proud of him!

Jack Evans, Dave Stewart and Eric Rudy participated in the The BMW of Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon Race last Sunday as a team.  Jack did the bike leg, Eric did the swim and Dave did the run. They placed 5th in their division.

Jeff Parmelee and Mark Henry also participated in this event, but they participated as individuals (run/bike/swim). Both Mark and Jeff did very well in this nationally renowned race and we are proud of all five of these crew mates as well!

London Bike Shop Activity

an email from Dave to his crew
Hello Paceliners,

Sunday morning we will ride the tour De London course.(
www.tourdelondonky.com)

As you know its 41 challenging miles with a couple of brutal climbs of ¾ mile at about 16% average grade.

EBC assistant coach Lance Dobbs will be coming up from Marietta Georgia along with a friend of his to join us for the ride.

Meet at The Bike Shop (in London) at 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning for this strong, challenging ride.

Dave (Grigsby).



Organizational Club Points
In addition to awarding the above mentioned racers racing points, at long last, I have also awarded two of our crew members organizational points. These two members are Jack Evans and Brad Hermann. Brad is currently working very hard on the Burnside Festival Bike Race and we have awarded him 25 club points for his efforts in this regard.

Also, Jack Evans has taken on the brunt of the work for our Barnsburg Time Trial Series and we want to thank him as well by awarding him 25 club points as well.

BARNSBURG TIME TRIAL 
 
Be sure to show up for our fifth 2007 Barnsburg Event on Sunday, July 22 - First rider off at 2 PM.  Please check in at the Barnsburg Church between 1 PM and 1:45 PM. You don't have to be a racer to post a time.  Please come on out and post a time for any reason what so ever.... especially to monitor your own fitness over the next few months or years!


Rides

We always ride from Barnsburg Church every Tuesday and Thursday nights at 6 PM.  Please show up for the club or team rides at that time.

The club will begin racing soon on Saturdays and Sundays but please be aware that we have been having a great Saturday Morning ride in the Nancy area. Contact the shop for more information.

Every Sunday afternoon from the Vision Center at 2 PM. Usually 20 - 40 miles.

RACING

The Allanti Classic in Nashville, Tennessee is quickly approaching!!!!! Allanti Cycling Classic 2007 - allanti.com  See our race schedule for more details. There will be several races in August, including a great race in Indianapolis.

We all need to begin to focus on the Tour De London. This is the Kentucky State Road Race and Crit Championships!!!!   Please fix your training here.  Tour de London 2007 • London, Kentucky 
Our good folks from London Bike Shop are hosts to this very excellent event! So not only will we all show up for out District Championships, we will be supporting our cycling neighbors as well.

Year End Celebrations and Focus on 2008 -

GUIEST SPEAKER:  Mr. Robert Brooks, USCF Coach and CAT II road cyclist

We plan to have a year-end dinner on October 6th. We will award the Cumberland Cycles Point Winner a check for $300 and we willhave a great time.  Be sure to watch for details. 

Remember that 2008 racing will begin as early as January, but certainly by the end of February. We will begin training as a team, November 3, 2007 - Foundation riding (senior team members help train new members).  Foundation training will last until about Christmas 2008 - nobody dropped - anybody and everybody welcome. By the new year, the team will need to isolate and accelerate the training level which may begin to exclude anybody not able to stay within 2 minutes of any course change.

If you are a cyclist, please consider racing for us next year! We can get you in shape and help you a great deal.

Remember to support Cumberland Cycles in any way possible!!!!!! As Marc Says, "Ride on" - "Live Strong"

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Fathers and Sons

Hello Crew!

Well I rode one of the most significant rides of my life tonight (this is me waxing poetic - be patient). My 16 year old son has been here all summer, just like every summer. In the past, he and I have camped and hiked and fished and had lots of great times, but over the last couple of years, he's not had a lot of interest in spending time with his Dad (me).  And I know that is normal and OK, but I have been trying to get him to go for a bike ride with me the entire summer.  He's not wanted too, and I don't force him to fish with me, or hike - not even go biking. But tonight, for some reason, he agreed to go out for a small bike ride!  Just up the street and back.

I was so taken aback, I didn't even know what to do, so I quickly pumped up the tires on my Fathers Eddy Merx, quickly lowered the seat and this boy and I set off on a small, 2 mile ride up the street.  At first, he didn't even know how to break the bike!  But he quickly learned. Then he even learned how to shift the gears. My son has never been much of a bike person, and that is just fine with me.  But seeing him on my Fathers Eddy Merx, in the cool evening dusk - well, it was profoundly beautiful.   And this, only because I could tell, he enjoyed not only the ride, but the bike. Heritage is a curious thing.

The experience provided some insight for me into my own fathers interest in my cycling over these years. He always said, watching me cycle was a beautiful thing to watch. I love to watch cycling - it is always a beautiful thing  to me.  But seeing my Son on my Fathers bike.... well.... I understand. Even if this is the only 2 miles my son and I ride together, it is significant to me. 
 

Friday, July 13, 2007

Club Event in Burnside - September

Brad Hermann and Marc Travis (Cumberland Cycles) have been very active in putting together this bike race for the town of Burnside. We are asking everybody to show up and race or help!  Here are the links!

Bike ride

Burnside Kentucky, The Only Town on Lake Cumberland

Burnside Cycling Classic

Thursday, July 12, 2007

July 12 News

Hello Crew!

Since we are an official USA Cycling Club, our officers, Jack Evans and Marc Travis have some powers!  All this will need to be worked out officially in some sort of bylaws or constitution how our club will conduct it's business, but today was a good example of leadership on the part of Jack Evans, our Vice Pres.

Unfortunately, I went out for a fifty mile ride and forgot to put my helmet on.  After ten miles, I realized it, but did not turn around to retrieve the helmet. I honestly left it on my front porch (it was kind of a tough day, and I'm blond). Anyway, Jack was riding out of town as I was riding in, and I stopped to say hi to Jack. He told me, that since he was a club officer, he was going to dock me 10 club points for not having on my helmet!!  What a great idea. I agreed to the punishment and I thanked Jack for his concern!  So I actually added a "penalty" column in our points sheet and I am the first one to receive a penalty!  How Funny!

Obviously, we can not make anybody ride safely, but we can use our club points system as encouragement!  In fact, we can use our points system to do all kinds of things. I think we ought to have Jack or Marc dock Adam Bourne about 150 points for climbing every hill he comes to faster than anybody else!

BARNSBURG TIME TRIAL  
Be sure to show up for our fifth 2007 Barnsburg Event on Sunday, July 22 - First rider off at 2 PM.  Please check in at the Barnsburg Church between 1 PM and 1:45 PM. You don't have to be a racer to post a time.  Please come on out and post a time for any reason what so ever.... especially to monitor your own fitness over the next few months or years!

PROPOSED ANO TIME TRAIL (40k) For August
I think it would be great to conduct one 40K  time trial this year.  It would leave and come back to Shopville School.  It would go down old 80, then turn south on 1003.  The course would go to 1675 and go back north through the Ano area, back to old HW 80.  Then come back to the Shopville School. There would be two unmarshalled crossings of kentucky highway 80 and if riders get stopped by traffic, then so be it. This is a 25 mile course, and it will take even our strongest cyclistabout an hour and 20 minutes to complete it. So getting stopped for a second or two to cross the highway will not add up to much.

This would be a very difficult and long time trial and I would love to see if we could get some interest.

Feedback requested.

Rides
We always ride from Barnsburg Church every Tuesday and Thursday nights at 6 PM.  Please show up for the club or team rides at that time.

THE NANCY 55 MILE RIDE WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS SATURDAY AT THE NANCY POST OFFICE AT 7 AM.

Every Sunday afternoon from the Vision Center at 2 PM. Usually 20 - 40 miles.

RACING
The Allanti Classic in Nashville, Tennessee is quickly approaching!!!!! Allanti Cycling Classic 2007 - allanti.com  See our race schedule for more details. There will be several races in August, including a great race in Indianapolis.

We all need to begin to focus on the Tour De London. This is the Kentucky State Road Race and Crit Championships!!!!   Please fix your training here.  Tour de London 2007 • London, Kentucky  Our good folks from London Bike Shop are hosts to this very excellent event! So not only will we all show up for out District Championships, we will be supporting our cycling neighbors as well.

Year End Celebrations and Focus on 2008 -

GUEST SPEAKER:  Mr. Robert Brooks, USCF Coach and CAT II road cyclist

We plan to have a year-end dinner on October 6th. We will award the Cumberland Cycles Point Winner a check for $300 and we will have a great time.  Be sure to watch for details. 

Remember that 2008 racing will begin as early as January, but certainly by the end of February. We will begin training as a team, November 3, 2007 - Foundation riding (senior team members help train new members).  Foundation training will last until about Christmas 2008 - nobody dropped - anybody and everybody welcome. By the new year, the team will need to isolate and accelerate the training level which may begin to exclude anybody not able to stay within 2 minutes of any course change.

If you are a cyclist, please consider racing for us next year! We can get you in shape and help you a great deal.

Remember to support Cumberland Cycles in any way possible!!!!!! As Marc Says, "Ride on" - "Live Strong"

Thursday, July 5, 2007

July 5

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Hello Crew!

We've had some really nice rides lately and everybody is getting so fit and strong!  I am so encouraged by the level of interest in cycling in our area.  We truly have the makings of a great cycling club and team.

Several of our mountain bikers had a great time camping down at Bandy Creek in the Big South Fork over the holiday. It sounds like it was a blast and a couple of our top road cyclists partook. Maybe this fall, we can get the Cumberland Cycles MT Bike Crew to take all of us on some good rides.

Roger Whitlock and several others rode in the Nancy area last Saturday and it was such a good ride, they are planning to repeat the ride again this Saturday. Everybody is invited to meet at the Nancy Post Office, Saturday Morning at 730 AM for a 55 mile ride!  I plan to show up if at all possible.

The Crew continues to meet every Tuesday and Thursday at Barnsburg. Tonight's ride featured a "show up" on the part of the rare Jeff Ek, one of our clubs strongest, most elusive riders. The Team managed to get Jeff to race once this past year, and he placed very well.  And we all knew that he would. But we've not been able to get him to race for us on an ongoing basis. For that reason, I personally consider Jeff one of our highest recruiting challenges. On tonight's ride, Jeff and JT kept the pace extremely hot and the crew responded as a team - They did not shatter, but they organized some pace lining under the leadership of Jack and Roger and were able to contain the fight between Jeff and JT to less than a minute!  We really are becoming a team!

Kerry Fain - wow. Here's another Aaron Denney. This past week, Kerry survived several team rides and also weathered some fierce infighting between JT and Adam B. Just a few months ago, Kerry was having trouble hanging on to the medial team pace, but lately, after the attacking begins, you look around and find Kerry in the wheels!  Caught in the cross fire of the stronger riders, Kerry is coming up. And it is very encouraging to see.

Rides

We always ride from Barnsburg Church every Tuesday and Thursday nights at 6 PM.  Please show up for the club or team rides at that time.

We also generally ride every Saturday morning from the Somerset Vision Center at 10 AM, but I think we are going to shift this ride to Nancy - every Saturday at 730 AM. For sure, this coming Saturday, Roger will be hosting the Nancy Ride (by popular demand). 

Every Sunday afternoon from the Vision Center at 2 PM. Usually 20 - 40 miles.

RACING

Team racing will officially resume on August 4 with the Allanti Classic in Nashville, Tennessee. Allanti Cycling Classic 2007 - allanti.com   See our race schedule for more details. There will be several races in August, including a great race in Indianapolis.

We all need to begin to focus on the Tour De London. This is the Kentucky State Road Race and Crit Championships!!!!   Please fix your training here. 
Tour de London 2007 • London, Kentucky  Our good folks from London Bike Shop are hosts to this very excellent event! So not only will we all show up for out District Championships, we will be supporting our cycling neighbors as well.

Year End Celebrations and Focus on 2008
We plan to have a year-end dinner on October 6th. We will award the Cumberland Cycles Point Winner a check for $300 and we will have a great time.  Be sure to watch for details. 

Remember that 2008 racing will begin as early as January, but certainly by the end of February. We will begin training as a team, November 3, 2007 - Foundation riding (senior team members help train new members).  Foundation training will last until about Christmas 2008 - nobody dropped - anybody and everybody welcome. By the new year, the team will need to isolate and accelerate the training level which may begin to exclude anybody not able to stay within 2 minutes of any course change.

If you are a cyclist, please consider racing for us next year! We can get you in shape and help you a great deal.

Here are the Crew members who raced for us this year and who we hope to have back in an even more aggressive manner for 2008! (listed by club points standings)

Adam Bourne
Charlie Bailey
Walter Thompson
JT
Dave Zwick
Aaron Denny
DR Swanner
Jack Evans
Dave Stewart
Mark Henry
Jeff Parmelee
Frank Correntt
Rick Rice
Charles Senters
Nic Cabrini
Kevin Aker
Kerry Fain
Roger Whitlock
Carrie Altmaier
Jeff Ekoniak
Glenn Girdler
Louie Childers
Harvey Schleter
Brad Hermman
Brad Hewett
Melenda Senters
Jay Garman
Dave Howard



Remember to support Cumberland Cycles in any way possible!!!!!! As Marc Says, "Ride on" - "Live Strong"

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Monday, July 2, 2007

July 1

Jack Evans snapped this photo at the top of Cannonball Hill - at JTs Barn last sunday

Hello Crew!

Summer Doldrums at an Official End


June and July always bring somewhat of a downswing in cycling activity, at least in the racing scene. However, now that it is the first of July, we may begin to focus our  training efforts to the beginning of the fall racing season. It is only five weeks until the Allanti Cycling Classic in Nashville Tennessee, August 4th and 5th. This is a stage race and is also the Tennessee State Championships. Five weeks of training is perfect for our crew to train hard and micro-peak for this event.  Here is the race link:   Allanti Cycling Classic 2007 - allanti.com   Please, all hands - get ready for this race! 

After Allanti, we will also have a few crtis and the large stage race, the BMW Classic later in August. Then we will all get ready to wrap up the end of the road cycling season in September with the Kentucky State Road Championships at the Tour De London and then we will have a club race that Brad Hermann is putting together for the Burnside Festival on September 15th.

We will also conduct the Barnsburg TT series through September, so look for a late September date for that event.

Team Racing Activity

While everyone else is taking the usual peak of summer off from racing, Aaron Denney and his wife Jenny have been out on a cycling extravaganza this summer, riding in the upper Midwest and doing some racing as well. Aaron and Jenny are currently in Memphis and Aaron has just completed the Marx and Bendorf Stage race with the following results:

CAT 5 Under 35 Results
RR: 16th
TT: 9th
Crit: 7th
Overall Omnium: 8th.


With the Crit Result, Aaron has moved up to take 1st place in the State of Kentucky, CAT V Crit racers!  Yet another 1st place standing for Cumberland Cycles!!!!!! www.usacycling.org -- USA Cycling National Rankings

Mid-SummerTeam/Club Ride Saturday went very well
Roger Whitlock hosted a 55 mile ride in the western Pulaski County area last Saturday Morning. It is my understanding that Roger, Jack, Jeff P., Mark H. and Charles Senters showed up for the ride and the average speed for the 55 miles was 19.8! Blistering!

Way to go Roger!  Sounds like you took the animals out for a walk without a leash!

Rides
We always ride from Barnsburg Church every Tuesday and Thursday nights at 6 PM.  Please show up for the club or team rides at that time.

We also generally ride every Saturday morning from the Somerset Vision Center at 10 AM, and Sunday afternoon from the Vision Center at 2 PM.

Remember to support Cumberland Cycles in any way possible!!!!!! As Marc Says, "Ride on" - "Live Strong"