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June 2008 Archive
6-1-2008 Good Luck Everyone! There is a lot of racing happening this weekend. Good luck to the roadies at the Union City Georgia Cup and Georgia State Road Race Championships on Sunday and to the mountain bikers at BUMP in Birmingham, AL.
Brownwood Bike Rally and Races Trish's note: I am so there! I've missed
this the last few years and can't wait to race it this year!
Trek Demo at Blanket's Creek From Free Flite: Trek Demo truck will be
in town full of cool bikes for free test rides at Blankets Creek Saturday
June 21st. From 9 AM until 3 PM you can stop by and throw your leg over one
of the below bikes for test ride. Tiago Update I pulled this off of a local forum: Tiago DePaula update - May 30th, 2008 "Tiago had surgery on Wednesday - all day. On Thursday, they took him off the ventilator and he did fine. They had told him that 95% of the people who get a tracheotomy panic when they wake up and realize that their breathing is different and will try to rip the tubing out. They feel like they're drowning. Fortunately he was in the 5% who do fine. He was awake and as cognizant as you can be after being under for 12+ hours. The swelling in his face went down quicker than they expected, but he is still swollen a lot. He can see a little bit where the swelling has gone down. He has a board where he can write messages and he was doing that yesterday. He needs practice writing in English anyway, so there's a benefit there too." CNN Story CNN has a story airing this weekend about bike commuting in Atlanta.
6-3-2008 Dog Days
Race Weekend Aaron’s Cycling and Team Cycleworks p/b HDR to host Dog
Days of Summer Race Weekend in Atlanta
Women's MTB Clinic When: 9am-1pm Saturday June 28
Also from Namrita: Due to popular demand.. BUMP Article The Birmingham News had a great article on Bump N Grind. Create a Bio! You can now create your own Bio on the GA Cup website. State Champions Congratulations to all of the new Gerogia State RR Champions. Results are up here. 6-2-2008 Have You Seen This? This is sad, if you haven't seen it: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,362147,00.html Just look at the photos. The driver admitted to taking cocaine before the accident. Cartecay 4th of July Ride Cartecay Bikes 4th of July Ride and Santa Cruz Bicycles Appreciation Day. Come out and join us on a great holiday ride over at the Ocoee Whitewater Center Pavillion Area at 10:00am. A,B,C group rides. Great place to cool off after ride. Santa Cruz owners who purchased their bikes through Cartecay Bike Shop will receive swag courtesy of Santa Cruz Bicycles! All bicycles welcome to join us. Bring a dish to share for the 4th of July Potluck Lunch. For More Details Call Cartecay Bikes: 706-635-2453 TdG Economic Impact The TdG had more than a $38 million impact on the economy of Georgia.
6-5-2008 Blanket's
Creek Work Parties From SORBA Woodstock: We meet with Cherokee County
EPD yesterday at the trail. Good news! They have provided us with the Land
Disturbance Permit to finish the work. Now the rest is up to you! To be able
to open the Mosquito Bite and VMT trails we have to complete the remaining
erosion control punch list items. The more folks that show up to finish this
work the faster we get permission to open the trail! How fast we can open it
all depends on you! Paulding SORBA Work Party From Paulding SORBA: Our next work party will be Saturday June 14 th, starting at 9 AM. Meet at the Paulding Chamber Of Commerce trailhead of the Silver Comet trail. Directions can be found here. This is a two part work party; we will be working on clearing a corridor for trail construction, a bridge, and performing finishing work on some new single-track. We will also be armoring a very muddy section of trail just east of this.
NC Cyclist Killed A
cyclist has been killed in Orange County, NC. 6-6-2008 Cobb County Voters It's time to vote Jim Thompson out of office! Mr. Thompson was the Cobb County Commissioner that railroaded the single file ordinance at Columns Dr. through the Council. He is faced by two challegers in the Republican primary on July 15th, Bill Ott and Ron Sifen. Mr. Sifen appears to be the most friendly towards cyclists. There may be a forum with Bike Cobb and Mr. Sifen, and if there is, I will post it here. Gone Riding There is a nice article on the wonderful Berger family of Gone Riding here. Want to Climb Better? Check out the upcoming FS Concepts climbing camps! I had a few friends do one earlier this year, and they really enjoyed it.
6-10-2008 Brownwood
Bicycle Rally Results Brownwood Bike Rally 2008 Ft. Mountain GSC Race It was announced today that the Ft. Mountain race will use a variation on the Goldmine loop used in year's past, not last year's Cool Springs loop. Bike Auction SORBA Paulding is auctioning off a 1986 Gary Fisher Procaliber signed by Gary Fisher on Ebay to raise money for new trails Woody Gap I have heard from several sources that "tar snakes" have made an appearance on Woody Gap. Be careful when the temperatures are high or it is wet out. They can be nasty can cause wrecks. Photos are here of Woodys. Supposedly, part of the Gap is going to be resurfaced this summer. Here is the original post from a Sportbike forum:
Here's a heads up to all riders in Northern Georgia. GDOT is in the process
of installing a new type of seam sealer on Highway 60 north of Stone Pile
Gap extending to the top of the mountain at Woody Gap. Road maintenance
personnel refer to this new sealer as "rubberized asphalt". It seems to be
more elevated above the road surface than the old style water based product
and seems to me to be MUCH SLICKER than the old product. I have experienced
slides on these "tar snakes" in hot and dry weather. I can only imagine what
cold temps and rainy weather will add to this environment. SEW News For immediate release. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 2008 marks a resurgence in women’s cycling with the introduction of the Southeastern Women’s SEW Cycling Series. More than one hundred women have competed in SEW events in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. With four race weekends remaining in the series’ inaugural yea, racers are looking ahead to the Edgar Soto memorial criteriums in Nashville, TN June 13-15. The weekend kicks off at the Music City Motorplex race track with a one kilometer time trial and a unique “sprint criterium,” an all-out effort over just a few laps where the first person across the line wins. Saturday’s spectator-friendly criteriums will be held in downtown Nashville with the weekend of exciting racing finishing up in Brentwood on Sunday.
Few Problems If you don't see an update for a few days, my provider appears to be having problems with making changes to Frontpage websites. 6-11-2008 Ryan Barnett Update I spoke to someone Tuesday night that saw Ryan this weekend RIDING a bike around Piedmont Park with Mike Scop! Yes, Ryan was riding a handcycle through Piedmont Park! He even tackled the infamous "Piedmont Park Hill." You know you are a cyclist when they finally let you leave of the hospital for an outting, and you ride a bike! Here's to a speedy recovery for Ryan! Tiago DePaula Update I spoke with a teammate of Tiago's Tuesday night at the crit. He said Tiago was home and resting comfortably.
Van Micheal Salons Supports Tiago's Recovery Fund If you go to Van
Michael Salon, please print out this coupon and take it with you between now
and July 6th. You can also make a donation by going here: http://www.tiagodepaula.org. A Paypal link has been set up. Team CTM Podcast Team CTM from SC/NC has a great podcast covering racing in the Southeast. You can subscribe on Itunes. Chicopee Work Party From SORBA Gainesville Join us Saturday, June 21st, for trail work at Chicopee Woods MTB Park. Meet in the MTB parking lot at 9:00 AM and wear work/hiking boots. Bring gloves, snacks, water and a friend. We’ll work until 12:30 then eat lunch which will be provided. We'll be raffling off some nice SWAG for anyone who shows up! You can also join some of us for breakfast at Curt’s restaurant in Oakwood (Behind Sonny’s BBQ) around 8:00. We’ll be working on the new trail. Feel free to call 770-845-8738 if you have any questions.We also have work parties planned for Saturday, July 12th and July 26th.
Blanket's Creek Work Party From SORBA Woodstock: That's right
folks...We are this close!
Thursday Night Time Trials From Gainesville SORBA: ark your calendars
for the Thursday Night Time Trial series at Chicopee Woods MTB Park!
6-14-2008 Rumors about Jody Lecraw and Sid Carter The rumors are true...they are getting hitched! Congratulations to two of the nicest people I know and two o f my dear friends!
6-16-2008 Georgia
Cup News From an email the Georgia Cup sent out. All event
details can me viewed at www.georgiacup.com. Bull Gap TT From COGS: Make plans to participate in the Bull Gap Time Trial held in Sylacauga, Alabama on the morning of July 27th. COGS members enjoy staging events for our fellow cyclists and doing the little extras that make our events special. We think you'll find we have the right combination of physical challenge and hometown hospitality to make you glad you've come.
Van Michael Trail Open From SORBA Woodstock Well folks. It's done.
After 9 months of hard work, 2500+ volunteer man hours, with suprises and
paperwork galore, we have an open trail system! Today's 37 volunteers
finished the reroutes, covered the old access trails and made it all
connect. The Mosquito Bite trail reroute that was done today now makes the
trail start and stop at the same point off Mosquito Flats. The old Big Rock
entrance to VMT was abandoned and is now at the giant switchback on Mosquite
Bite (above the Big Rock) For the second time, Birmingham resident Ron Williams makes a Paralympic team, this time for Bejing in 2008! Ron has only one leg as he lost the other one to cancer when he was a child. He can be seen regularly in the Cat. 2/3 and Pro/1/2 peloton as a member of Team Myogenesis. Congratulations, Ron! New Fork Technology Just look.... From the AJC:
6-13-2008 Junior Race Camp On June 29 - July 4 there will be a USAC sponsored Junior mountain bike camp in Brevard North Carolina (Pisgah). If you have National caliber goals and want to get faster/stronger this is for you. The past several years we have had National Champions and Worlds qualifying racers in attendance with lots of racers from all over the United States. We would love to have several fast Juniors represent from the South East. For more info go to: http://www.mtbcamp.org Pepper Place Title Sponsor Found This year's PPC will be Smith and Nephew presents the Pepper Place Criterium. You may remember Smith and Nephew as the manufacturer of Floyd Landis's hip replacement. Yes, rumor has it that Floyd will be at the crit! (not sure if it's racing or hanging out) 6-17-2008 Endurance Racer Julie Gazmararian (Sorella/Team Emory) recently competed in the Race of the West, part of RAAM. CBS 46 has a nice video about here up. First Glance at Dedicated Athlete Products As some of you know, I had nutrition issues the first few races this year including getting "the shakes" during the race and having a very upset stomach. What I'd been doing for the last 3-4 years was not working. I am using Dedicated Athlete products this month. So far my favorites are the Orange Rapidade and Vanilla Rapid Recovery. I still have to try the Very Berry and Grape flavors. Disclaimer: Vanilla and Orange are two of my favorite flavors of anything, so don't be surprised if they are still my favorites in a few weeks. I used the orange Rapidade in a race this weekend for the first time. I did not cramp or have any stomach problems in the 90+ degree heat. I'll admit that I had a large vanilla milkshake at the Clemson University Ag Sales Center instead of the Rapid Recovery, so I'll try that after the next race. I went to Clemson and worked in the dairy making the ice cream my Senior year. In addition to good memories it brings back, Clemson ice cream is truly the best there is in the country! Back to the nutrition products...My husband is using the Berry Rapidade right now and likes it. I'll review the products more in depth after a few more weeks. Want Your Product Reviewed? Do you want me to review your product? Email me at sttarlite@hotmail.com for more information. Georgia State Single Speed Championships Venue Change With the unfortunate destruction of the Arrowhead trails at the hands of the Macon tornados, The GS has been changed to East Macon Park. Yes, the BMX track will be part of the course! 6-18-2008 Need a Flyer Designed!! Do you want to help me design a flyer to advertise Southeastern Cycling? (This could be a paying job!) Email me at sttarlite@hotmail.com. I am going to start putting flyers out at races and other events. I want something that looks professional. The one I did, well, it stinks! Kudzu.com Team Blog The U23 Kudzu.com has a new blog at http://teamkudzu.blogspot.com. 6-20-2008 Changes to Six Gap From the Organizers: We are pleased to announce that the Six Gap Century & Three Gap Fifty Bike Ride has a Presenting Sponsor this year! Dahlonega Wheelworks is located in Dahlonega and specializes in sales, service, and racing. Be sure to stop by and visit them next time you're in town! In celebration of this year's anniversary, Six Gap is getting a "makeover". We have given the Six Gap Century an updated route - the first major change in twenty years - in an effort to expose cyclists to more of our scenic mountainside and to make the ride safer, both for cyclists and motorists. The new route will cast a special spotlight onto Yahoola Valley and R-Ranch in the Mountains, but will still include the most challenging climbs of the ride, including Hogpen Gap. We have also signed a contract with Buttar, Inc. to provide all of the timing services for this year's ride. Buttar, Inc. uses the AMB Activ System that has also been used in the Tour de France and 2004 Olympic marathon and triathlon. In addition to providing overall times for the ride, Buttar, Inc. will also be timing the climbs up Hogpen Gap and Wolfpen Gap. Photography this year will be provided by ASI Professional Sports Photography. ASI Photo strives to capture an athlete's greatest moments on film. They will be set up on each of the six gaps to give each rider their best shot at a great photo! The Official Six Gap jerseys will be provided by Hincapie Sportswear this year. We have THREE great designs being finalized, including a special, limited-run 20th Anniversary edition. Be on the lookout for another email in the coming weeks regarding order information. For a complete list of sponsors and for information on becoming a sponsor, please visit the Six Gap Century website at http://www.CycleNorthGeorgia.com. If you have any comments, feedbacks, or suggestions about the ride or the website, please feel free to contact me at stefani@dahlonega.org or 706-864-3711. Thank you for your help in making Six Gap one of the best rides in the Southeast! Silver Comet Heads Up! Be aware that there have been two incidents involving teenagers on the Silver Comet in the last 10 days. From the emails I've seen, one woman was robbed near Smyrna. The Cobb County PD has been looking for the suspects in the robbery. I have no further details.
O'Neill Receives Ban From Cyclingnews.com: O'Neill receives ban 6-23-2008 Team Medplan Website Team Medplan has a new website. Check it out! Bike for Sale Travis Sherman has a Blue bike for sale.
Travis's Bike for sale
Cobb County Commissioner Candidates Forum From Bike Cobb The
two non-incumbent republican candidates for District Two, Bob Ott and Ron
Sifen will be present to speak to members of BikeCobb and any other
interested citizens this Wednesday night, June 25th from 7-9 pm at Atlanta
Country Club in Marietta. Joe Thompson has not accepted the invitation. We
have tentatively set up for about 30 people, theater style with a head table
in the front. Water and coffee will be provided.
6-25-2008 Tiago
Benefit http://www.tiagodepaula.org/
From Don Dutson: We have a cycling friend who faces some serious medical
expenses, and he needs our help. Several weeks ago, Tiago de Paula was
involved in a car/bike crash while warming up for a race. The accident
resulted in some serious, serious medical expenses. Tiago needs some help,
and a lot of us need a good meal. Doce Sabor restaurant has agreed to
provide dinner for free in exchange for a $10 per person donation to Tiago's
medical expense fund. Please round up a few friends and enjoy a nice
meal together on Sunday evening, June 29th. How reasonable; we'll be doing
something very positive while enjoying each other's company. 6-28-2008 AJC Article The was an article about Russell Tindol, the Frazier Cycling Junior racer who is battling cancer, in the AJC the other day. New Blog Dedicated Athlete has a new blog. Gwinnetians-Vote for a Cyclist! If you are in Gwinnett County, Doug Stacks, a former mountain bike racer, is running for Gwinnett District 3 Commissioner. LaGrange Cat 2/3 Crash Video Big Scott took this video of the crash at the LaGrange Georgia Cup in the Cat. 2/3 Crit. Jason from the Cannondale Allset Cycling Team is now enjoying his painkillers and healing some broken bones. Heal quickly! Ergo Power Meter Review Travis Sherman has a rather interesting Ergo Power Meter review over at Alabama Cycling News. New Poll
6-30-2008
Charlotte Happenings Wednesday, July 2 The third round of the Charlotte
Mountain Bike Series will hit Beatty Park next Wednesday. A great way to
kick off July 4th The course is in great shape and should be a fast and an
exciting place to race for the Summer Series.
Tiago's Benefit Dinner Chris and I went to the Benefit Dinner for Tiago De Paula Sunday night at the Doce Sabor Restaurant in Marietta. Over 100 people showed their support for Tiago's recovery. Didn't get to go? You can still donate online to Tiago's recovery fund. Tiago was there and looked great! He gave the dinner his thumb's up!
A recovering Tiago De Paula at a benefit dinner Sunday night. Tiago...Email Me Tiago, if you are reading this, email me at sttarlite@hotmail.com. I have some photos for you from the dinner! I can't find your email address. OR if anyone has it, drop me a line. Beginner MTB Clinic From the SORBA Forum: There will be a beginner clinic the morning of July 19 at the Blankets Creek trail system. It is being offered by Outspokin Bikes of Woodstock the same day as their bike demo day. Space is limited so get your name on the list quick. There is a small fee that will be donated to SORBA Woodstock for trail maintenance. Email gibsonra@juno.com for registration and more details. Camp Thunder Closed Word on the street is that the trails at Camp Thunder near Thomaston are closed to the general public permanently. I'll post any updates.
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