June 20

 

Hello Crew!

Club Points Run
Mr. Aaron Denney has charged up from 8th to 5th in our club points and will probably soon over take several other club members.  Aaron and his wife, Jenny, are currently out in the Midwest taking advantage of some good summer racing. His participation in these summer events wearing CCC Colors is much appreciated, and I anticipate that he will collect a lot of points on this summer tour of racing they are on.

Barnsburg Time Trial
Just a reminder that we plan to conduct an individual time trial at Barnsburg on June 26 (Tuesday) starting at 7 PM. This is an eight mile time trial along Barnsburg Road - out and back (4 miles then turn around).  Staging and parking will be at Barnsburg Church, but the start/finish is located one mile west of the church on Barnsburg Road. 

We are hoping for a good turnout.

Somernights  Cruise 5k Cool Run and Walk
As a cycling club, we don't generally award points for non cycling or multisport events.  But any individual participating in June 23, Cool Run at Somernights Cruise wearing a Cumberland Cycles Jersey will earn the large sum of 20 points in our club standings and then will be awarded additional placement points based on our usual schedule.  Here is the event link: Somernites Cruise 5K Cool Run & Walk .  As a club, we are supporting this event, because several of our club members are on the commitee for this event and will be participating.

2008 Uniforms and Preparations
We are looking for a crew member who might take the lead on our 2008 Uniforms.  This would include scheduling a meeting to discuss our 2008 uniform design. This volunteer would take ideas from the rest of the crew members, look at other teams uniforms, work with Marc Travis and ultimately provide Cumberland Cycles with suggestions on what our needs might be for 2008.  We are behind so we need to move quickly.

The Crew needs to redesign the current uniform - and we want to do so with input from as many individuals as possible. We want to look great for our 2008 season... so if you are interested in this kind of service work for our team, please let me or Marc Travis know!

As For Me
With my 16 year old son home for the summer, it is a busy time for me. I am training every day, but my LSD (weekly) miles have caved in considerably, and my fitness is suffering... But that is ok.  I have some obligations that are difficult to coordinate with my cycling life and this is the way it has to be. I will try to compete once more in June and once again in July, but then return to "full-bore" racing in August in preparation for the Tour De London in September.

After the Tour De London, I plan to hike up Mount Leconte and fish for trout until the First of November when I will begin to prepare for 2008!  I think it would be nice if we could arrange for a club hike up Mount LeConte this fall!   LeConte Lodge

Your Racing or touring
If you have competed in a cycling tour or race, or a multisport event, please be sure to let me know so I am enter your results into our club points data! 

Remember to support Cumberland Cycles in any way possible!!!!!!  It is time to get started on 2008!!! 

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I don't believe I've ever known a summer, at least as an amiture cyclist, where the cycling did not cave in a little bit during June and July. With the Rush of the Spring Racing over, the summer racing always seemed unimportant and unexciting to me... Not that there are no races... Our own Aaron Denny is going to be racing a lot this June and July. But it seems that the really important spring races are done now.... and the next really important races will be in August and especially September.  As for me, It seems I have always taken June and July "off" from racing - it never seemed to matter as much as spring or fall events.

Which isn't to say that we can take the summer off!  No not at all. We all need to race as much as we can or at least train in order to maintain as much of our spring conditioning as we can for the fall and the following year. It seems to me, now is the time to have fun on our bikes... tours - club rides and the occasional weekend crit.

The numbers are down for our club and team rides at Barnsburg and that is expected if not normal. Summers are busy for our team club members - and we can't always show up in the numbers that we did in the spring... and this is just fine. It doesn't mean that our club and team is caving in... it simply means that we are normal! 

With that said, I would like everybody to focus on two things.... The Tour De London in September and the 2008 Spring Racing Series. Some of our riders need to spend the summer putting down good foundations for the fall and next spring racing seasons. Others of us need to focus on maintenance. I don't care who you are or what your experience is.  We can get you ready to race for next year and with some success!!!  Now is the time to get motivated about 2008!

We will continue to meet at Barnsburg every Tuesday and Thursday at the established times and on weekends as well. Cycling is a summer activity, but it seems that racing is an activity best served up in the cool of spring and fall. But we certainly want to wish our summer die-hard racing fans (Aaron) great luck!


Somernights  Cruise 5k Cool Run and Walk
As a cycling club, we don't generally award points for non cycling or multisport events.  But any individual participating in June 23, Cool Run at Somernights Cruise wearing a Cumberland Cycles Jersey will earn the large sum of 20 points in our club standings and then will be awarded additional placement points based on our usual schedule.  Here is the event link: Somernites Cruise 5K Cool Run & Walk .  As a club, we are supporting this event, because several of our club members are on the commitee for this event and will be participating.

2008 Uniforms and Preparations
We need to schedule a meeting for 2008 planning. Please look for a posting and plan to attend!  We will be having the meeting during the month of June.

Remember to support Cumberland Cycles in any way possible!!!!!!  It is time to get started on 2008!!! 

Here is the Cumberland Cycles Road team who raced in the Spring 2007 Cycling Circut

NAME	USA CYCLING LIC #
Jonathon Thompson	258785
Aaron Denny	256356
Roger Whitlock	258600
Charlie Bailey	264675
Jack Evans	256036
Adam Bourne	257630
Brad Herman	262392

Cumberland Cycles Racing Results and other info

Hello Crew!
 
We want to congratulate Cumberland Cycles Multisport Athletes Mark Henry and Nick Cabrini for their starts and finishes in last Saturdays Shelbyville Chiropractic Triathlon in Shelbyville Kentucky!  Nic got 4th place in his division and Mark Henry got second in his, with the fastest bike split!  Now that's what we love to hear!

Road cyclist, Aaron Denney participated in the ABR Red River Gorge Stage Race last weekend as well, but after winning a prim lap in the crit, he was caught behind a bad crash and went down and was knocked out for a few moments! 

All three of these Crew Members made large leaps up in our club points standings!!!!

Somernights  Cruise 5k Cool Run and Walk
As a cycling club, we don't generally award points for non cycling or multisport events.  But any individual participating in June 23, Cool Run at Somernights Cruise wearing a Cumberland Cycles Jersey will earn the large sum of 20 points in our club standings and then will be awarded additional placement points based on our usual schedule.  Here is the event link: Somernites Cruise 5K Cool Run & Walk .  As a club, we are supporting this event, because several of our club members are on the commitee for this event and will be participating.

2008 Uniforms and Preparations
We need to schedule a meeting for 2008 planning. Please look for a posting and plan to attend!  We will be having the meeting during the month of June.

Remember to support Cumberland Cycles in any way possible!!!!!!  It is time to get started on 2008!!! 

Cumberland Cycles Crew gets News Coverage

Commonwealth Journal - Road Warriors

Cumberland Cycles First Battle Wound

(Guest Entry from Aaron Denney)

Family, Friends, and Clients:

Before the word gets around that I was in a bicycle wreck yesterday, I
want to give you the details first hand.

Yesterday afternoon, I was in a some what of a scary accident during the
last three laps of a criterium race in Stanton, KY. According to
witnesses, the accident occurred when one or two riders went down 1-2
seconds ahead of me. I did not have a chance to avoid them and instead
ended up hitting the wreck at 23 MPH (based on last entries in my bike
computer), going airborne off the bike, and landing on the pavement.
They say that I was out for 10-15 seconds dead still before I came to.
The only pain I had when I came to was my finger was bleeding under the
fingernail but nothing else was hurting. I was checked out at the scene
by EMS personnel and was declared OK, but they advised Jenny to get me
checked out if I became sick. The wreck was bad enough that it cracked
my helmet and broke the plastic adjustment strap on the back. As of this
morning, I have not developed even a sore spot on my head nor swelling
of any type. I can remember everything up to the point of impact even
what was going on during the lap. My only issues right now are a sore
left knee, sore left foot, sore right thigh, and a small case of road
rash on both shoulders. The wreck is only an example of why it is so
important for people to wear their helmets.

It is a fact that crashes are a part of bicycle racing. It is not a
matter of if they occur, it is when they occur. This is a risk that I
have accepted and know it will occur at some point and time as it did
yesterday. I just have to do everything I can to make sure I am safe as
I possibly can be. This accident will not stop me from riding as I have
plans to get back on the bike as early as this afternoon or tomorrow
depending on how I feel. Cycling has changed my life as most have seen
in my 60+ pound weight loss. There is no way I can give it up nor the
racing.

I want to thank my coach Robert Brooks for preparing Jenny. He told her
it would be worse for her than it would be for me as she would witness
it and in fact it was. She handled the situation fairly well considering
the circumstances..

Again, I am sore, but OK. I am just looking forward to next weekend's
race which kicks off  three months of hard racing for me.

Pictures:
http://blogs.accessextreme.com/aaron/extra/2007_06_09

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Best regards,

Aaron Denney, CNE/CCNA/Network+
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http://www.accessextreme.com/

News - June 4

Hello Crew!
 

Here are some photos from the Edgar Soto Stage Race!

 - edgar soto photos

This is a reminder that Steve C. with the Commonwealth Journal will out at the Barnsburg Ride tomorrow night to talk to everybody about the spring racing and riding and to get some photos. He has asked that everybody wear Cumberland Cycles gear, so he can get so good shots.  If we could have our causal riders stick around until 6 PM or a little after, he can get some  good info from you all as well!

We have had an excellent spring racing season.  We have several riders ranked in several different points series. Adam, JT, Charlie B., Jack and Aaron.  All of these riders are ranked in the TBRA system, and are also all ranked in Kentucky. JT and Charlie are both ranked #1 in their categories in more than one road discipline (Stage, crit, road, TT) and Adam is ranked #2 in his category in Kentucky. All of these riders also have national rankings. The highest is Charlie B. at 121st in the Nation, Women's CAT V rider (Stage Race). 

I've been very busy with my son arriving this weekend for the summer, so I've been a little out of commission. I do plan to race if at all possible this coming weekend down in Johnson City, Tennessee!  This should be a great race.  I think Jack, Adam, Charlie and I are planning to attend. Here is the flyer. settlerslifeomnium

Remember to support Cumberland Cycles in any way possible!!!!!!  It is time to get started on 2008!!!