The Green Mountain Stage Race, Vermont's most prestigious cycling event, is coming up this weekend and the GMBC is looking for volunteers to help out.
Details below:
We are still needing help with the 2010 criterium. If you have had fun this summer on ANY GMBC event, the time trial, Sunday tours, Wednesday or Tuesday training rides, anything at all, here is your chance to give something back.
Some people are concerned about devoting a whole day to the event, but this is absolutely NOT the case. We have three shifts, noted below. Just give 3 hours or so. What will you get?
1. You will provide MUCH NEEDED help in Vermont's biggest cycling event.
2. You get a cool t-shirt
3. You get the best seat for the wildest bike race you've ever seen (if you have never seen a criterium, you absolutely MUST see this).
4. You get a cool t-shirt
5. You support the GMBC in providing this stage of the Green Mountain Stage Race
6. You get a cool t-shirt.
It's easy. You will simply make sure that people are able to cross the street in a manner that is safe for them and the riders. You don't need ANY knowledge of bike racing at all. We will show you what to do and how to do it. You will be busy enough that you won't be bored, but it's not too stressful.
The bottom line is; we need you. We really do. Please consider taking a few hours to watch this amazing race through the streets of Burlington, and help out YOUR club. To sign up, please contact:
1st shift 8:00-11am Larry Colletti- larryc@ebpabenefits.com
2nd shift 10:30 am to 2pm David White- whiteknight@burlingtontelecom.net
3rd shift 1:30 to 5pm Sandy Dupuis - dupuiss@us.ibm.com or srdupuis1@yahoo.com
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Upstaging Copenhagen in the bike-friendly category? Dream big:
Bicycle City
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In 1892, Frank Lenz, a young American cyclist, started his journey to bike around the world with his camera. Traveling east to west, he got as far as Turkey before he vanished. Author David Herlihy brings to life not only this great story, but the early days of cycling and the wonders of adventure tourism.
The Lost Cyclist: Slideshow and Presentation by author David Herlihy
Wednesday, August 11th, 7-9pm in the Fletcher Room
Fletcher Free Library, College Street, Burlington
Directly following the talk: Meet the author for a post-event party at Stone Soup, 211 College Street.
Herlihy has traveled coast to coast giving this presentation. To learn more about him and his book, click here. This event is sponsored by the Old Spokes Home and Local Motion, and is free and open to the public. For more information contact: adele@localmotion.org
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I finally made it into the sub 30min club! It appears that there have only been a handful of guys that have made it up in under 30min on the GMBC TT course that starts a few miles east on Rt.2.
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The Burlington Water Front (yup, TWO words...) redevelopment takes no prisoners, and though easy issue can be taken with the fact that this crew considers it a "bike polo court" rather than a hockey rink (or flatground skate spot. -Ed) the fact is that the local bureaucracy is planning on dozing the bike polo gang's spot. Info on the big send-off here:
THE LAST STAND
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Holy Moses, it was a scorcher today. A dry heat, near on a million American degrees, winds from the south blowing hot, dusty, nasty. Was going to ride in the early afternoon but decided to wait to see if the temps got any better. This bit of intelligence did not work.
Did a loop that included pock marked hell RT 125. The upside of the heat was that the shit pavement ceased to be the main concern.
Hat's off to anyone that rode today...felt good, didn't it?
PS_I didn't take any pictures today, but here's a little sign for you to dig on...
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Total Mileage: 448
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Did a good mixed-surface loop today. Farm country happens to be pretty gridded out, making for very scalable rides, with the only downside being that some of the configurations you create can end up involving dirt roads. This ride included a couple dirt sections seen below:
Franny emailed me this photo the other day, straight from the Rapha Continental. Same weird scene, riding a road bike on dirt, except the dirt he was navigating happened to be the last seven miles of the Leadville 100 course.
One of these days he'll update us on this adventure as well as the race he won a couple of weeks ago.
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Total Mileage: 434
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Yeesh, did my morning ride to the bus in the quickest time ever. The bus stop is a weird scene. Tallboy of Steel Reserve, unopened?
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Total Mileage: 418
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A few years ago, I gave a presentation to my peers about how "I think" trick-track will do to fix gears, as to what freeriding did for mountain biking. At this time the only videos on the in-turrr-net were the Mash kids. Going fast and skidding. Then on Cadence we saw Tom LaMarche airing out over pallets. I knew right then riding a fix gear would forever change.
Think about mountain biking. It was fucking boring to see or watch until Freeriding was born. Kids were hucking 10-15ft drops to flat concrete on DH bikes. Then the mountain bike industry got wise and started making freeride specific bikes. Now 10 years later...BOOM. If you don't know what I am talking about, you shouldn't be reading this.
Don't get me wrong, I love riding single-track (I am not a freerider), I ride a fix gear, but I don't do tricks (It's a great commuting bike). But I understand why cycling needs to evolve. It will get boring with hardtail xc bikes and $12k road bikes...
Well, it seems like the bike industry has been answering the demands of the riders. Smaller frames are being constructed, some kids are running 26inch wheels with 42+ width tires! Seats are lower, handlebars are higher and gear ratios reduced. Is this a good thing? Yes. For the people who are still watching this scene prrogress, here are some interesting new builds (yes, they are fixgears):
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Because of it's functionality. It was my turn to get beer for my kickball team. Say what you must about kickball, but 200 people having fun seems okay by me.
Also, say what you must about the Giant Transport. I love it. Sorry. It's an 8-speed.
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