2008 Development Begins now

 

Hello Crew!

2008 Cumberland Cycles Racing Team Development Officially begins now
For the next six weeks, Cumberland Cycles will be promoting team/racing developmental rides on Tuesday and Thursday nights at Barnsburg starting at 6 PM. This is an open invitation for anybody even remotely interested in bicycle racing to come out and join the club/team in our early 2008 foundation/fun period. From now until the time change on October 28, 2007 - the Barnsburg rides will be considered "nobody dropped" and developmental. Please feel free to come out and ride with us as we will turn down the intensity a great deal!!!!  Several of our seasoned racers are now taking some time off from high intensity training and would love to be involved in bringing up several more racers for the 2008 racing season.

Some of our stronger riders will ride away from the group on some of these rides, and that is ok. But we want to develop a steady group, averaging 13-16 mph over 12-20 miles every Tuesday and Thursday from now until the time change (Oct 28).

NOW IS THE TIME TO START!!!  Just get on your bike, ride easy with us for a few weeks and then we will begin to put an edge on the team this winter. Remember, the team will begin more intense training beginning the first weekend in November, so you have the perfect amount of time to take off with us for next year!!  Even if you have not been riding, you can get into shape for winter training!

Saturday and Sunday rides will continue to be a bit intense (length wise) for our 2007 racing team at least for the next couple of weeks. But later in the fall, we will start Saturday and Sunday developmental rides as well.

Annual Dinner!

       Saturday:  October 6th, 7 PM - Lakeside Pizza and Pub - No RSVP necessary! 

Since this is our first year, we will have everybody order and pay for their own meals and drinks.

Show up and eat pizza and drink beer with all the other sport, road or mountain bikers in our town!!!  Marc Travis will be our evenings MC, so whatever he wants to do with us, we'll be at his mercy for at least a few minutes!  We will recognize our 2007 outstanding cyclists!  We will eat pizza and drink beer or soda's and we will integrate and talk about next year!  Weather permitting, the event will be held on the patio - but if the weather is foul, we will have it inside. Please, please join us.

We want to thank our Colorado based, Cumberland Cycles Crew Mate, Debra Fortenberry for negotiating an alternate venue for our dinner at the last minute!  We also want to thank the Doolin House in aiding us in finding a more appropriate venue for our dinner.

The Final Barnsburg Time Trial Event (#7) will be held the day after our dinner, on Sunday October 7th, first rider off at 2 PM!  Come out and join us for our final club event!!!!!  If you come to the dinner, you might as well post a time the next day!!!!!

Remember to support Cumberland Cycles in any way you possibly can!!!