Crew News

Hello Crew! 

I am very happy to announce, I'm home. Having arrived back in Somerset last Thursday night (late) I was able to participate in Saturdays and Sundays Team rides!!!  So, I'm gone for just a few weeks, and everybody gets strong as heck!!!  Wow!!

Roger, JT, Adam, Charles and Nick rode the Spring Series Race Course last Saturday and it turned out to be a real slug fest. Nick, having spent most of his fall in India (without his bike), was the only member of the ride to ride conservatively.  It was great having Nick along, because everybody else did not ride conservatively (and he's a really nice fellow). Once the group had completed the Providence Loop and headed back to Stab, the ride opened up into a real turkey shoot. Roger, Charles, Adam and JT took the stretch from Adams Grocery back to the Stab Fire House in an end-game race simulation. 

Somehow, coming out of Adams Grocery, Adam and Roger ended up with a small gap over Charles and JT.  Roger was pulling Adam and Charles and JT worked together to close off their gap.  By the time Charles and JT had closed Adam and Roger off, Adam was the only one of the four who had not "worked" so it was a great opportunity for him to attack.  Thankfully, Adam is to kind of a soul to do that to everybody, so we all got to rest for a few seconds. Then Charles Attacked and Adam and JT went with him. Roger, having just worked for several minutes in an enormous effort pulling Adam down the road in a headwind, was vulnerable and was not able to go. Adam, Charles and JT jabbed at each other for the last three miles with JT riding the most conservatively. When the trio reached the final 400 meters, Adam and Charles were overworked and JT took the sprint.

SUNDAYS ride from Nancy to Cumberland Point saw JT, Adam, Charles, Brad and Aaron jabbing and jockeying in a very niceteam ride.

Kentucky/Indiana Spring Series Race Update
Mr. Brad Herrman, our club president, spent last Saturday in Louisville at a promoters meeting for the series. He came away from that meeting with some great information, and good sense for what our March 22 leg of that event will be like. It seems likely that our event in Shopville will be a well attended event and we are very excited about being a part of this highly acclaimed series!  Thanks to Brad for all of his hard work this winter making sure that everything isready to go.

Brad still needs sponsors and volunteers so be sure to contact him if you can help out in any way!  Remember, we will have several power-house teams showing up for this event, and individual riders will include several national champions and other highly accomplished racers!  Brad may be reached at flyingchicken55@yahoo.com.

Here is the series web site:  Kentucky/Indiana Spring Racing Series

We will be developing a race flyer soon, but if you'd like to preview the race course, here is a brief description.

The staging area is at the Shopvile Volunteer Fire Station (Sam Catron Memorial). The race will leave the firehouse area, proceeding east to Adams Grocery. The course turns right on 1675.  The race proceeds across the ridge to Mt. Victory and turns right on highway 192.  The course descends to Providence Road then Turns right.  Follow Providence Road to highway 1003 then turn right again. The course then comes back to highway 1675.  This completes the eleven mile, Providence Loop of the race course. Based on race categories, the various fields will complete this loop, one, two or three times before turning  back to Stab. It is a grueling course with 1,500 feet of climbing on each loop of the course.

CUMBERLAND CYCLES RACING TEAM 2008 UNIFORMS

We will be in receipt of our uniforms within in a couple or three weeks. Thanks to everybody who pre-ordered team uniforms! We had an outstanding display of support for our club and team based on the number of uniforms we pre-ordered!!!!    Within just a couple of days after we receive our uniforms, we will be calling for an "all hands" club and team photograph!!!  This photo-session should include anybody and everybody who has a team garment.. both new and old!!!!!  Stay tuned for photo session announcements so you can hop on over and get into the photo!!!  The more the better!!! our club and team photograph should include everybody interested in cycling in our area.

RACING
While not every bike race in our area for 2008 has been scheduled, we have published our 2008 Road Calendar.  It may be found on our blog here:

http://journals.aol.com/moonsovrbend/cumberland-cycles-crew-racing-te/

This does not include tours, multi-sport events or tours.

For multi-sport events in our area, please visit this site: 

The American Triathlon Calendar

Cumberland Cycles Cycling Club will conduct a time trial series in 2008 at Barnsburg, and this is open to anybody who would like to post a time. From February until October, the club will conduct one event every month.... The first event will be held Sunday, February 10 at 2 PM. 

Our Cycling Club and Team
The Cumberland Cycles Cycling Club is a full USA Cycling affiliate, interested in promoting cycling of any kind in our community. Our Nuclear Sponsor is The Cumberland Cycles Bike and Skate Shop.  Even though we are just entering the winter season, we have many cyclists who will remain active for the remainder of the year and season. When spring, 2008 comes, our club will become more active in promoting sport and recreational cycling events and activities.

Our officers are:

       Mr. Brad Herrman, President (flyingchicken55@yahoo.com)
       Mr. Charles Senters, V. President (zapodx@newwavecomm.net)
       Mr. Jack Evans, Treasurer (jevans@ehacpas.com)

The Cumberland Cycles Racing Team is sub-unit of the over all club. The only requirement to become a member of the racing team is a desire to ride a bicycle in a completive manner in 2008.  This may include road cycling races, track events, mountain bike races, and multisport events. An individual completive event will include any start (regardless of finish/or non-finish) by any individual in any road, track or multisport event wearing the Cumberland Cycles 2008 Team Uniform.

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