Chili Dawg Rides From Cartecay Bicycles: Hang with the Dawgs! Starting Sat. November 1st at 10am! Back to the Grind! THE CHILLY DAWG's will ride the gravel roads of Blue Ridge WMA and more. Rides
will be A & B groups of 20 & 40 mile that will build in mileage weekly. We will start the rides as we did last year from the Big Creek Fire Station. Shower, Bathroom, Warm place to eat mouth watering CHILI! We
had a great turnout for these rides last year 20-50 riders per week. Many different levels of riders from beginners to pro's. A FUN and FREE way to get into shape and meet some good people! We will have these
rides weekly through FEBRUARY 2009, many different routes. Any Questions call us at the shop 706-635-2453.

From cyclingnews.com Cheerwine to take 2009 hiatus

Cheerwine Cycling Team Owner and financial sponsor Anne Bolyea has announced the she and the team will take a hiatus for the 2009 season. The Cheerwine team was started as a grassroots effort to give riders the opportunity to gain experience as racers. Within five years, Cheerwine became the number one team in the United States. Since its inception in 2003, Cheerwine has supported over 40+ riders in the US and foreign peloton.

"It is time to sit back and enjoy the results of our efforts and hard work as the number one team in the US," said Bolyea, the sole financial sponsor for the Cheerwine team. "It was a tough decision to take a year off, but it is something I needed to do personally," she said. "I have something in the works for 2010. There were talks of merging this year, but I am just not quite ready for that. "I want to re-group and have the best team in the country again. It would be very hard for my girls to settle for second best so this is the best decision for everyone." "I have been very blessed to be able to do this for as long as I have and this has been a wonderful ride. I want to thank everyone who has ever been involved with this program," she said.


Joe's professional status looking Jittery
By Mark Zalewski
From: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/sep08/sep03news
The state of the economy and many other factors are making it difficult for Jittery Joe's to keep a professional status with just one title sponsor. And the search for an addition co-title sponsor have come up short, according to manager Micah Rice.

Cyclingnews reported last week that the squad is among the US professional teams enjoying a multi-year sponsorship contract. The coffee distributor has been a long-time supporter of cycling, and is not changing its mind.

"We had some cash sponsors pull out and the cost of travel has gone through the roof," Rice told Cyclingnews. "We have been searching hard for a co-title sponsor and have been unsuccessful. The deadline for me was September 1. I have a few Hail Mary's out there that could happen and we will wait and see."

Rice said he has released his riders to seek out alternative options for 2009. "I talked to the riders after the race on Sunday and told them to go after what they can get," he said.

However the team itself will not disappear, regardless of finding a co-sponsor. "Jittery Joe's is still in it until 2013 but the probable thing is that it will be an amateur team," said Rice. "We have always been a developmental team and it will continue.

"We had a Jittery Joe's alumni in the Tour de France this year and we were very proud of that," he added. "And I expect we will be back as a professional team, but we are taking a step back to stay healthy. We do not want to try to force something just to have the 'pro' in our name. That ends up not being good for our sponsors."
 

Outspokin Rides Road Group Rides Changing Due to the impending time change, reduced daylight hours, and cooler weather, our road ride schedule is changing. Effective immediately: Wednesday Nights:
HIckory Flat Ride *6:30pm*A/B/C/"SAM" Groups
-Ride WILL NOT START AT 6PM!
-We will shorten routes as needed
-October 1st will be the final Wednesday ride of the season.

Saturday Mornings: Hickory Flat Ride *8am* Beginner and Intermediate Rides

-The Beginner ride moves to 8:00 am and will be lead by Joanne Hamilton -Rides will run all winter long -Only cancelled if weather drops below 25 degrees F.
 

9-6-2008 Charlotte News

Sunday, September 14
It's the Historic Downtown Wake Forest Criterium on Sunday 9/14/08. www.hdwfcrit.com has the race flyer and other info about the race.
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Saturday, September 20
$5,000 will be up for grabs at the inaugural Dylan Mitchell Memorial Criterium in downtown Ft Mill, South Carolina on September 20.

For more info, Online registration at www.Pre-reg.com

Or the race flyer go to www.ncsccyclingassoc.com
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Sunday, September 28
Can’t Wait Till Cross Starts Race # 1
Presented by Carolina Masters Cycling & Windsong Bike Shop
Salisbury, NC
Racing starts at 9:30 am at Salisbury Community Park with all categories. Can e-mail me at shieldssign@bellsouth.net Check www.carolinamasterscycling.com for details.
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Saturday, Oct 4 - NEW DATE

The 3rd Annual Tree Shaker 12 Hour Mountain Bike Challenge will once again take place at Anne Springs Close Greenway. Anne Springs Close Greenway is home to some of the sweetest singletrack in the southeast. Located in Ft Mill SC, the beautiful ASCG is conveniently located just off I-77.

The event will be from 9AM to 9PM on a 9 mile loop of singletrack. We will have a large neutral support area loaded with fruit, food, water and sport drinks. We will also have full mechanic support provided by BikeSource. After the event, we will have a pasta dinner, music, bond fire and awards ceremony.
Online registration is now available at www.charlottemtnbike.com


We are going to have live music at the event with Streetwise School of Rock. The event start and finish will be held at the Field Trial Barn on Springfield Parkway.
Make sure to put this date on your calendar.
www.charlottemtnbike.com
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DLV News Team Type 1 vs Jittery Joes Battle Shapes Up  Team Type 1’s Emile Abraham and team mates Dan Holt and Joe Eldridge look to repeat their dominating performance from previous Festival of
Speed

East Point, GA (September 5th 2008) – The battle between July’s Festival of Speed winner, Trinidad & Tobago’s Emile Abraham and his Team Type 1 squad
and Jittery Joes riders Trent Wilson and Tim Henry looks set to be a real fiery
one. The 2 squads have battled it out all season on the US road and criterium
circuit and now they will be bringing the heat to the Dick Lane Velodrome for the
Festival of Speed.

Said Abraham of the coming challenge “I felt like we rode well as a team in the
last Festival of Speed, but the addition of Trent Wilson to the field really gives
Jittery Joes a good shot at us. We feel like we’ll be pushed all the way to the end
this time.” Jittery Joe’s Tim Henry had this to say “Adding Trent to the mix is a
real plus for us and I think we can really give Team type 1 a run for their money.
Our advantage is going to be in the longer races so hopefully we can take
advantage of those races”

Amateur racing and the crowd favorite Bicycle Little Leaguers will also be part of
the action for the evening. Professional racing begins at 6pm and entry for
spectators is just $5 and families cost $10. www.dicklanevelodrome.com for
more info


If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview, please
contact Jeff Hopkins, via phone 404 769 0012 or email
jeff@dicklanevelodrome.com

CoEd Century Clinic From Sorella Cycling: Co-ed Ride-a-Century Clinic
September 11th 2008 7:00 pm
Peachtree Bikes
Presenters: Sorellas Julie Gazmararian and Anne Ledbetter
http://www.sorellacycling.com/calendar.htm

Mark your calendars!

Want to ride a century? Now is your chance to learn how.

Julie Gazmararian and Anne Ledbetter will be at Peachtree Bikes, Thursday September 11 at 7:00 to speak and answer questions on riding a century, supported or on your own. We will discuss what and how much you need to eat and drink, training methods for your body and your brain, what supplies to bring to keep yourself relatively happy and rolling until mile 100.


Julie Gazmararian is an enthusiastic endurance rider/racer-completing several 12, 24 and 48 hour races. Most recently, she competed in the 1,000-mile Race Across the West.

Anne Ledbetter is an avid touring cyclist having done numerous long distance bike trips in Asia and Europe. She also worked for Adventure Cycling (then called Bikentennial) leading trips including their northern tier self supported cross country bike trip. Questions and RSVP to: anne@barkphotography.com

Blanket's Creek Work Party From SORBA Woodstock: For our September Work Party on 9/13, we will be helping out with the lake-wide Great Lake Allatoona Cleanup.

http://www.allatoonacleanup.org We will be cleaning up the shoreline of Lake Allatoona that butts up next to the trails at Blankets Creek. This will be an easy work party and will help clean up our trails and the Lake. Work party is from 9am to noon. Lunch will be provided afterwards. Meet at the Blankets Creek Trailhead. Come help us clean up and preserve the lake for future generations to come!

Chicopee Work Party From SORBA Gainesville oin us for a work party on Saturday, September 13th at 9:00 AM at the Chicopee Woods MTB parking lot. We'll be working on the new Zig Zag reroutes. Please dress appropriate for the weather and wear closed toe shoes (Hiking/work boots recommended). Bring gloves, water and snacks for 4 hours of work. All tools will be provided as well as lunch.
 

No More TdG? http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/sep08/sep06news

Tour de Georgia unlikely for 2009 By Mark Zalewski

One of America's biggest stage races, the Tour de Georgia (2.HC), is unlikely to be around next season according to multiple sources involved with the race. The failure to secure consistent sponsorship combined with financial losses have made the race questionable over the past few years, and it appears these problems have finally caught up with the event.

Chris Aronhalt of Medalist Sports, the original promoters and current logistics provider for the race, said that the board would be meeting soon to discuss the future of the race. Contacted by Cyclingnews the race's executive director Elizabeth Dewberry said that there were ongoing discussions about postponing the race for 2009 in order to reorganize. However, Dewberry would not return calls for additional details.

The race began in 2003 with Medalist Sports, the promoters involved with running the Tour of California, Tour of Missouri and the last three years of the USPRO championships in Greenville, South Carolina. The Tour de Georgia laid the groundwork for the Tour of California and Tour of Missouri. However, the race has run under three different title sponsors in the past six years, including Dodge, Ford and most recently with AT&T. The Georgia Partnership Economic Development took over formal ownership of the race from Medalist in 2007 and the 2008 edition also found support in Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle as chairman of a newly formed board of directors.

The race was touted as a stepping stone to the Tour de France, a tag line helped along by the attendance of one Lance Armstrong in the final two years of his Tour de France victories. Record crowds attended in those years, but the numbers have not sustained since.

9-8-2008 Raisin Hope Dear Friends,

Because last year's Raisin Hope Ride was so much fun and such a big success, plans are
being put together to make this year bigger and better. Last year, with your help, we were
able to give over $40,000.00 to organizations helping with brain injury.

Please join me on October 4, 2008 for the second RAISIN HOPE FOUNDATION RIDE. A
metric century has been added. It and the 50 mile route will include the beautiful ride up
Fort Mountain. The 15 and 35 mile options will not go up the mountain, but still very nice.
Moes is hosting the post ride meal and you must stay in town for the evening dinner and
silent auction.

The festivities don't stop there. On October 5, 2008 with the help of my home town, we
are having a 5K FUN RUN/WALK. After the walk and run CRITERIUM RACING for all ages
will begin. In my teens, I did pretty well in crits and had a blast doing them.

Go to www.sporstbaseonlin e.com and search for Raisin Hope to register.

Thank you and I hope I will see you in Dalton on October 4th and 5th, 2008.

With Warm Regards, Saul

No Beer at BBC Yes, the rumor is most likely true. There will be no beer at the Beautiful Backroads Century this year. A change in brewery management (not related to the Budweiser buy out) is the reason why. Oh well! It will still be a great ride with wonderful rest stops and good food at the end!
 

Goodbye Sunlight by Trish Albert
Greenville Weekend One by Big Scott (Atlanta Pro Bikes)
Kudzu.com Albany Georgia Cup by Team Kudzu.com
Perry and Hoover Crit by Team Myogensis
Kudzu.com Perry Georgia Cup by Team Kudzu.com