Crew News -

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"