Changing Gears - Cycling Connection
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Changing Gears - Cycling Connection
www.cyclingconnection.org June Issue - 2010 Changing Gears From the President’s Pen July marks the end of service for 3 members; Tom and Marylou Logsdon and Bryce Tish. Combined they have over 30 years of leadership with Cycling Connection. Their wisdom and hard work will surely be missed. Filling their positions will be Pete Figueredo (PT Hammer) as our Communications board member and as our Equipment board member Bill Day will be stepping in. I’m positive that the transition will be smooth and both Pete and Bill will be great additions to our club leadership. We are also starting our Christmas Bike Giveaway fund raiser. Yes I know we have been doing our monthly 50/50 drawings but that only gets us part of the monies needed to purchase the 50 bikes we donate each year. We will be working again with Fontana Police Dept and Fontana Schools to select the 50 fourth grade students to receive the bikes based on teacher recommendations as to good students that are in need. If you would like to sponsor all or part of a bike please see me. The cost is approximately $65.00 per bike. This year we will be keeping track of progress towards our goal by adding bike icons as purchased to a poster for all to see at the meetings. In this economy providing for children in need is more important than ever and why not give them what is so important to us a new bike. Please if you can help in any way let me know. See you soon, Tom What’s Happening? Tour de France Party July 3rd Tom & Sue’s House More info in this newsletter and email. Three Harbors Tour July 10th http://www.venturavelo.org/id3.html El Tour de Tuscon November 20th http://www.perimeterbicycling.com/!ETT/ETThome. html Quote of the Month What do you call a cyclist who doesn't wear a helmet? An organ donor. ~David Perry Cycling Connection on the WWW Did you know that Cycling Connection and its members are in several places on the Web? Be sure to check out these links and see for yourself! If you haven’t seen it lately, take a look at the new Club Home Page: www.cyclingconnection.org Cycling Connection also has a Yahoo Group! You can get there by selecting the link from the club’s home page or directly here: http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/cyclingconnectionIE/ Cycling Connection is also on Facebook! In addition to several club members maintaining active Facebook pages, and Cycling Connection has it’s own Facebook page. You can join for free, and it’s easy to get started. Here’s the link: http://www.facebook.com/ This website is the place to see many Cycling Connection ride photos (and a few others), maintained by your humble Newsletter Editor! http://www.pbase.com/salbano/cycling_01 Don’t forget to post your miles here, and make Cycling Connection your main club: http://www.bikejournal.com/ If there are any Cycling Connection related sites I’ve missed, be sure to mention them to me and I’ll include them in the next newsletter! B y the way, check out YouTube for cycling related videos! There’s everything from organized rides to bike repair. The derailleur adjustment videos were especially helpful! Check it out and see for yourself! Cycling Connection on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAyMeLUC6iI NEWSFLASH! BOB CROWNED KING OF THE MOUNTAIN By Les Schoenfelder Smilin’ Bob (my handlebar buddy) is sporting a new look lately. Having completed all three events of Planet Ultra’s King of The Mountain Challenge, Bob qualified to wear the KOM jersey. If you haven’t seen him lately, check out Bob proudly perched on my handlebar in his polka‐ dot jersey. Are You Ready to Ride? Newbie, Commuter, or weekend Club Rider – everyone needs to be ready to ride. But, what exactly does that mean? Here are some guidelines: • Show up on time Always wear your helmet Don’t forget your flat fixers: o Spare tube o Pump or CO2 o Tire Levers ID Card (Road ID is a good idea) • Bike in good working condition • • • http://www.roadid.com If you get a flat on one of our rides, but don’t know how to change it, don’t worry. This is one of the benefits of riding with a bike club. There is always someone (usually several someones) that is happy to help! Cycling Etiquette For safety sake (yours and those riding around you), here are a few suggestions for an enjoyable (and safe) ride: More Late Breaking News! Cycling Connection has another club member crossing the country on his bike. Andy Lieberman is making his way from Seattle to Washington DC! Andy started his journey on June 11th, and is following Route 90. The 5 week tour is scheduled to conclude on July 23rd. Follow along with Andy as he reports his daily adventures on his blog: Andys2009rideacrossamerica.blogspot.com Race Results Due to unforeseen circumstances, Race Results will not be available this month. Be sure to check back next month for the latest info! • • • • • Stay in the bike lane (when there is one) Don’t make unexpected moves while riding with the group. Let others know your intentions. Don’t run lights or stop signs! When passing slower riders, call out “On Your Left” or “On Your Right”. Always expect the unexpected from cars, and you’ll never be disappointed (or caught off guard). It’s been said before the start of our Saturday rides that we are all “riding with friends”. That means while it’s fun to ride strong, go fast on the flats, climb well, and scream downhill, we need to be mindful of other riders around us. We want everyone to enjoy themselves, and come back for another ride. The Rides: New Members Lizette Dinsay & Alex Yanez Paul & Taylor Vicarri The Grind Saturdays Renewals 23, 30, & 33-mile options The Grind Sundays Always something different be sure to see the ride calendar! Mark, Cyndi and Vanessa Browne Kent Lawrence Kevin Unck and Liesel Lemay Othaniel Gonzales Jr Jack and Caroline Pichardo Women’s Ride Every Sunday at 4:30pm Meeting at Grapeland Elementary School 7171 Etiwanda Ave, Etiwanda CA 15 miles It’s Movie Time! This month’s cycling movie is called The Flying Scotsman. You may or may not be familiar with bike racing indoors on a track, but should find this subject interesting. It’s based on a true story about Graeme Obree, and his battles with cycling politics and his own inner demons. Rent it, or buy it, either way be sure to see it! Birthdays Les Schoenfelder July 1 Richard Mayo JULY 3 Jennifer Dorgan July 4 La Von Short July 4 Shaelah Suchey July 8 Brent Feller July 11 Eric Girod July 11 Victor Urena July 11 Moe Saurenman July 13 Jarrod McDonald July 14 Bryce Tish July 14 Paul Vicarri July 14 Jeff Manion July 15 Warren Hawkins July 18 James Purvis July 19 Thomas Moonan July 21 Katherine Tish July 22 Diana Morningstar July 25 Kent Lawrence July 27 Tom Tisler July27 Lisa Feller July 27 Lizette Dinsay July 27 Attention Club Members If you don’t already have one, be sure to get yourself a RoadID. And, so the Club gets credit, select the link from the Club’s website. Each RoadID is made to order with your important information. Don’t ride without it! Board Members • • • • • • • • • • • • Tom Tisler, President Greg Armstrong, Vice President Laura Armstrong, Social Director Paula Gutierrez, Secretary Tom Logsdon, Equipment Cyndi Brown, Membership Steve Albano, Newsletter Billy Corn, Webmaster Mike Basica, Ride Coordinator Bryce Tish, Member at Large Debbie Zwerner, Treasurer Mary Lou Logsdon, Communications Bike Journal – Club’s Top 15 (As of June 30th, 2010) 1. Socalspeedsk8r – 5017.7 2. CKC2008 – 4286.6 3. Gregjg5 – 4204.6 4. Rantingdave – 3997.0 5. Superfly – 3924.9 6. Fredwina – 3595.9 7. RCLESMAN – 3392.0 8. Fastguy72 – 3284.0 9. Sambill – 3284.0 10. Moe566 – 3187.0 11. Alexsuchey – 3124.2 12. Pthammer – 3052.9 13. Jiffer – 2824.8 14. DawnG – 2703.5 15. Usc1979 – 2515.0 Cycling Connection is still THE Number 1 California bike club in total miles traveled in 2010. Here are the numbers – Cycling Connection miles 107,968 and the Sacramento Hiker Biker miles 68,613. If you haven’t heard, logging your miles on Bike Journal is The Bent Perspective – by Steve Albano Hey Cycling Connection, Guess what? We are over the hump, and Christmas is just around the corner! What does that mean to you? Well, you may or may not have heard that Cycling Connection in conjunction with the Fontana Police Department is involved with a bike give away program. While this event has happened for the past 3 years, last year Cycling Connection was able to purchase 50 bikes for some very nice kids in need! Tom Tisler (your club President) worked hard last year to pull this off, and with the Club’s help raised the money for the bikes, put them together, and working with Fontana P.D., gave them away. So, here’s what you can do to help out this year. Make a donation. Each bike costs about $65, and while it would be great if you could donate enough for 1 bike, any amount is appreciated and will be used for this worthy cause. Go in halves with another club member, ask your friends and/family if they’d like to donate. Again, any amount ‐ $5, $10, $20 will be fine. I know times are tough, but as tough as you may think they are, there are folks having a much harder time of it than we are. I won’t just sit on my comfy recumbent seat and preach, I’m going to donate enough for 2 bikes. What are you going to do? Looking back on The Bear… Club members Pete, Fred, and Les share their experiences of one of the most challenging rides on the West Coast! A Bear of a Ride! I did my first Ride Around The Bear in 2001. It was a really crazy thing to do, but I have always been attracted to mountain riding. By then I had done tours in Yellowstone National Park, Glacier Park, and the Canadian and Colorado Rockies including Mount Evans, Vail Pass, Squaw Pass and Loveland Pass in one week. So I felt cocky – I had already been on world class climbs and carrying gear no less. So how bad could this local mountain be? Well, it kicked my a….! I began to cramp before the first rest stop at about 5,000 feet. By the second rest stop at Snow Valley I just about fell off my bike. How was I going to finish this ride in that condition with 65 more miles and at least 3,000 more feet of climbing ? I thought briefly about bailing, but decided to throttle back my effort and see how much farther I could get. I found that if I kept my heart rate under 145 bpm I could keep motoring and I did eventually finish in a time of 9:47. Not a great time, but I had done it! I have now done 6 Bears, and with one exception my time was shorter each year, with this year, 8:33, my personal best. That’s still not great by the standard set by several of my homies, but not bad for an old man, and I’m glad to say the rides are not as painful now as the first three were. So why do it at all? Part of the reason is the sheer challenge. It’s tough, but I’m still tougher even though I am 9 years older. Another reason is the look I get when I tell my non‐biking friends what I am training for and they ask “how many days will it take?” I do it because I never feel more alive than when I survive that ride. If the ATF knew what a “high” it is to just finish, they would outlaw it! I’ll be there next year, but next time I will have done intervals as Scott of Don’s Bikes suggested – It’s under 8:00 or BUST! Fred It has been categorized as one of the all time great centuries. Is it the beautiful sceneries, the closeness to nature, the challenging climbs? Maybe it’s all the above. The day started out overcast and cool. Perfect weather for climbing and did we have to climb. Les, Fred and Pete headed out at 6 am with a mission to concur this Century ride. Les decided to ride his mountain bike. Fred and Pete rode their road bikes. After a 12‐mile warm‐up through Redlands, we found ourselves on Hwy 330 with a constant uphill challenge. The air was crisp and the hwy winded around the majestic mountains. We arrived at the 1st Rest Stop (RS) called pirates cove and were greeted by some belly dancers dressed like pirates. The food and ambiance was great, but we were only a quarter of the way to the finish line. We had climbed to 4500 ft. We proceeded to the next point on the route. The climb became more challenging and we had spread apart. I arrived at the 2nd RS cramping. Les and Fred were doing just fine. After a short stop for releasing and reloading fluids, we were back on our bikes. Les continue to leave us in the dust when it came to climbing. When we past the last major climb Snow Valle ski resort (~7000 ft), we felt relieved that we had some down hills to Big Bear Lake. When we arrived on the North shore of the Big Bear Lake the view was spectacular. But a head wind challenged us all the way to RS3 on the shores of the lake. I continued to cramp, but Les rescued me from my pain when he offered me some Hammer Electrolyte pills. Les and Fred left RS3 ahead of me. I ran into Frank on his way out of RS3. After a short ride (~10 miles) through Big Bear Lake, it was time for the grand climb to Onyx Summit. This is a slow and long 7‐mile climb to 8443 ft. Glen past me on this climb effortlessly. When I arrived at Onyx Summit, I was so excited I almost kissed the ground. Now it was time to prepare for some long down hills. After refueling my Camelback and putting on the cold weather attire, I started my decent down Hwy 38. It was somewhere between 8000‐7000 ft that I realized I had forgotten my Camelback with car keys, cell phone, etc. After flagging another cyclist for getting some water, I started climbing back to Onyx Summit. After climbing to 8000 ft I flagged down the SAG wagon and was able to get a ride up to Onyx Summit and recover the Camelback with car keys, cell phone, etc. By that time Dave past the Onyx Summit crossing, so I started chasing him. But those small hills at Barton flats kept me from catching Dave. Les, Fred, Pete and other Cycling Connection members all completed the ride. Pete Just a few comments from Les about the Bear: I rode this on my mountain bike mainly for the long downhill after Onyx Summit, since the MTB is so much more stable and safer‐feeling than my road bike on the descents. The only changes I made were to add about an extra 10 psi to the tires for less rolling resistance and lock out the rear shock for the climbing. With plenty of gears to choose from, I spun a nice cadence on the climb and never really exerted too much effort, so this wasn't any kind of extraordinary feat. The descent was quite enjoyable as I unlocked the rear suspension, sat up pretty straight and didn't worry about the bumps in the road or gusts of wind. I was happy for Pete who rode this really well in his most difficult ride ever. Thinking about doing a Century with over 9,000 feet of climbing can be quite daunting, but Pete really rose to the challenge. Also, in a victory for the old guys, Fred Roth turned in his best time ever in this event. I guess that proves we're not getting older, we're getting better, right Fred? Les The Tour de France is coming soon!!! So come celebrate at Cycling Connections fifth annual Tour de France Party. You are all invited so be sure to save the date! When: Saturday, July 3rd at 3:00 p.m. Where: Tom & Sue Tisler’s 463‐0075 What: Pot‐luck , swimming and of course sharing the events from the Tour. Bring your towels, swimsuits, drinks and favorite dish to share. Tom and Sue Tisler 12816 Colonnade Rancho Cucamonga, CA Bike safety, you hear it all the time on our club rides. In past issues of the newsletter there were some articles on different cycling vs. car situations. Some of us take all of this for granted, thinking perhaps that it won’t happen to me, or I’m safe since I’m riding with the club. Unfortunately, IT can happen to anyone, anywhere. Accidents can and do happen, even to the best of us. So, do we all “tuck tail” and hide? No, that’s no fun. What we can do is be aware of our surroundings and recognize some of these potential situations before they occur. In an effort to provide information of Bike Safety, I came across a website devoted solely to this topic. The link below will take you there. Please take a few minutes and look it over. Some of this may be repeat info, but there may still be something of benefit here. Be sure to share this site with any of your other cycling friends or family (especially kids and new riders). http://BicycleSafe.com/ For Sale 2009 Cannondale Six Carbon 54cm Road Bike $1500. All carbon frame, Cannondale factory custom team bike. This is a one year old, used bike with very minor scratches. The no‐nonsense, thoroughbred race bike that's the choice of competitors around the globe. SixCarbons are full carbon down to the dropouts, and share the pro‐Tour features common to the Elite line. The massively oversized tubes on the front triangle deliver outstanding performance, while the hourglass‐shaped seatstays give the vibration‐ damping comfort racers need to keep a competitive edge. Wheels: Mavic Askium Race Crank: FSA BB30 Gossamer (38/45) (Junior gear can easily be switched out) • Cassette: Shimano 105 CS‐5600 10 speed 12/25 • Derailleurs: SRAM Rival • Shifters: SRAM Rival • Brakes: Tektro R580 Duel pivot • Seat: San Marco Ponza Power • Seat Post: Control Tech • Handlebars: Control Tech Schwinn Ranger 2.6FS - Mountain (2006) $35 Contact: Eric Colvin eric.colvin@gmail.com 3 Speed Tricycle $ 350.00 Contact: Tom (909) 463-0075 I bike PRO Cycling Computer/Power Meter New and never used! $ 200.00 Contact: Tom (909) 463-0075 Shimano XT Shifter Brake Lever pods. Brake Calipers & Rotors/Front and Rear Derailleur’s. All New in the boxes. $ 300.00 Contact: Tom (909) 463-0075 For Sale - Continued Used set of Neuvation M28 Aero Wheelset with Continental Attack/Force tires. Shimano or SRAM compatible. Total weight 1760 grams and these wheels are fast, aero and bomb proof. Purchased the wheels in February 2010 but upgraded. Low mileage and well maintained. $200 OBO. Please contact Conrad at hucklesgood@yahoo.com for more information or pictures. Thanks Brand new, never used Mavic Zxellium size 10 (Euro 44) $220 OBO. These shoes are stiff and lightweight. Includes original box and carrying bag; they retail for $300+ tax. Please contact Conrad at hucklesgood@yahoo.com for more information or pictures. Thanks 24" Gary Fisher Tyro, (kids specific design) Sram rear derailer and grip shifters Shimano front derailer Tektro Brakes Excellant condition 90.00 OBO Contact: Al Godinez (909) 275‐5193 Great climbing wheels : Bontrager Race XXX Lite Carbon Clinchers. Freakishly light : 1190 grams according to Bontrager. Paid $4000 for the wheelset brand new. 2007 Scott CR1 Carbon road frame/fork Like new…only about 400 miles on the for sale. 58cm and is in excellent condition. wheelset. $795 OBO including 12/27 Dura Ace Includes FSA headset. Cassette and New Brake Pads. $450.00 Scott ‐ socalspeedsk8r@yahoo.com Rick Reddell 909‐569‐4228 For Sale - Continued De Rosa Avant 53.5 for sale.1250.00 with fork. Bought from Rock Racing going out of business sale. Mike - mountainbiker52@yahoo.com Got some bike parts or a bike you’d like to sell? Send a description, and to make your add pop be sure to send a photo of your stuff! Send your for sale add to ‐ kf6ybl@gmail.com Mavic Aksium racing wheelset (New) Compatibility: Shimano/SRAM Color: Black Asking Price: $199 Pete Figueredo ‐ ptfigueredo@charter.net Cycling Connection, With Christmas being less than six months away, it's time to begin planning for the 2010 Bike GiveAway. Last year was extremely successful, and we look forward to meeting our goal of purchasing 50 bikes. Who knows...we may even exceed our goal for this year! For those of you new to Cycling Connection Bike Club, for the last couple of years, in association with the Fontana Police Department, the Club has received contributions to purchase bikes for boys and girls living within our community. The bikes are distributed to the kids before Christmas. With our Country's economy in recovery mode, many of us are still feeling the pinch. You may ask, with things so tight, how can I help contribute? It's easy...you have until the September's Club Meeting...scheduled for September 2nd. So, you have time to tuck away a few dollars here and there. How? Simple...forgo buying coffee out each morning. Instead of eating lunch out, brown bag it a few days a week. Instead of going out to the movies, and buying popcorn and nachos, stay in; rent a movie, pop your popcorn and enjoy the company of family and friends. Have a yard sale! Or better yet, get neighbors involved, and have a block garage sale, pledging a portion of all final sales to the bike giveaway! There are probably many more things we can do to collect a few extra dollars for such a worthwhile cause. Get creative! Things may be rough for us, but others have it rougher and tougher. And, at Christmas time, every kid should have a smile on their face, right? Each bike costs only $65.00 (tax/shipping included). If you can't purchase one bike, that's ok. Any amount will be accepted and appreciated. Your contribution will help in making Christmas special for a boy or girl, when they receive a bike of their own! Imagine the joy those kids will experience...can you feel it? Imagine the smiles on their faces...can you see them? You know the fun you and your family have in riding bikes. Let's share that fun with some boys and girls, who without our help, wouldn't be able to experience that fun. So, won't you share in the joy of giving? Payments may be made by check, made payable to Cycling Connection. You can send your check to the Club's President, Tom Tisler, 12816 Colonade Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739. Thank you so much for your contribution. As witnessed in years past, the smiles on the kid's faces is reward in itself! Sincerely, Aggie Albano Project Coordinator Don’t forget, show some love to our friends and sponsors!