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August 2011 8-1-2011 Calendar Update I updated the 2011 Race Calendar. I've had an inquiry about cyclocross. All of the schedules I have are up. NCCX has dates but no venues, and TBRA has not released the cyclocross schedule. I'll update the calendar as I get more information.8-2-2011 Cycle For Hope From the promoter: The Cycle For Hope 2011 ride begins on the Silver Comet Trail Head in Hiram, GA. Riders have the option of a 15, 38 or 75 mile round trip route. Breakfast, Lunch and 4 rest stops are provided. Your minimum pledge financially supports an orphan for a full year. Where else can you make such a difference and have such a great time doing it? www.crossinternational.org/cfh cycleforhope2011@gmail.com David Wadsworth - Coordinator Pensacola Stage Race The Pensacola Stage Race will be Sept. 17-18 in Pensacola, FL. There will be over $12,000 in prizes.
8-3-2011 A cyclist was killed in Augusta on Monday. Dr. Daniel Dickison was struck by 76-year-old Charlie Bussey at 6:30 am.
Grant Park Crit The Grant Park Criterium is again hosting a Women's
Beginner race. No race license is required. If you ever wanted to try
criterium racing, here's your chance! Prizes will be awarded to the top 5 in
each beginner category. This race is also part of the WE RACE Women’s Racing
Initiative (https://www.facebook.com/WERACE).
Register here:
8-4-2011 Quote of the Day I found this quote and love it. "I'm not
riding a bike. I'm gliding across the ground in an invisible cocoon of
bliss."-James Huang
Labor Day Charity Ride From the promoter: "I am writing to
you in regarding our Inaugural Atlanta Labor Day 5k, 10k Run and Metric
Century Cycling (25 and 62 mile) Event to benefit StandUp For Kids (www.standupforkids.org)
on Monday, September 5th. Our Labor Day event will start and end at
Perimeter Mall on Ashford Dunwoody Road. Our Labor Day run and ride is being
sponsored by Roswell Bicycles, Be Bike Friendly, Frazier Cycling, Big Peach
Running Co. and the Atlanta Triathlon Club. Jim Miller CX Practice Jim Miller Park CX practice starts up Wednesday 8/17. People start trickling in about 4:30-5:00. Practice goes until close to dark. Park in the big field.
Tribble Mill Work Party From GATR: When: Sunday, August 21st - 8:30
am ~ 12:30 pm WE Race Women's Beginner Race Clinic The WE Race Women's Series will host a road race/crit clinic at the Grant Park Crit. Meet under the tents at the start/finish line on Park Ave. in Historic Grant Park for a clinic geared toward beginning women racers before the 10:00AM Beginner's race. Leigh Hopkins (Women's Cycling Project) and Iona Wynter Parks (fmr. Colavita Sutter-Home professional cycling team) will be on-hand to give personal instruction, answer questions, and offer advice to new racers to the sport of cycling! WE Race will also be holding its 2011 series podium awards on the start/finish line at 5:30PM, after the P1/2/3 Women's race. Big thanks to Boyd Cycling and Blue Competition Cycles for providing this year's grand prizes!! RSVP to the clinic here: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=23051673031753 8-8-2011 Georgia Rider to MTB Worlds Former Georgia resident Krista Park (Cannondale-No Tubes) has been nominated by USA Cycling to represent the US at the Mountain Bike World Championships in Champery, Switzerland, from Aug. 29-Sept. 4. Go Krista! 8-9-2011 Regional Track Championships The
Regional Track Championships are this weekend at the Dick Lane Velodrome. Dog Days 100 The Dog Days 100 Century will be Aug. 20th in Griffin, GA. Proceeds benefit the Salvation Army Community Center Boys and Girls After School Scholarship Program. Family Fun Day includes an obstacle course and bicycle safety for the kids; Experienced riders may choose from a 20 mile, 32 mile, 50 mile and 100 mile ride options. Georgia Single Speed Championships! From Faster Mustache: We're
hosting the GSSSC!
Put it on your calendar for Sept. 24. 8-10-2011 Laptop Died My beloved Macbook Pro died a horrible death sometime overnight. I am trying to get it resurrected. Since it's a hardware problem, it may be a week or so. Chris is being kind enough to let me "borrow" his laptop. I'm kicking it Old School and am editing Southeastern Cycling in Notepad. If I take an extra day or two to get back to anyone or post news, please be patient. Pine Mountain Challenge The Pine Mountain Challenge will be held on Oct. 29th. All of the details are on here. One Love Century The MAAC One Love Century is Sept. 3! This is a great ride! I'll be there! Bikes, Beer, and Breaking Away This Thursday Peachtree Bikes his hosting Bike, Beer, and Breaking Away at the LeFont Theater in Sandy Springs. Come kick it old school with us as we cheer the Cutters and boo the Italians at a screening of Breaking Away! Raffles! Giveaways! And, true to Peachtree Bikes form, we'll have the beer ON TAP! So, come share a brewski with your pals and wax nostalgic with us. Pre-screening reception starts at 6:30pm; movie is at 8:00pm. Bikes, Beer, Buds, Breaking Away, 15 bucks per person. Un vero affare! Event proceeds benefit the MS Center of Atlanta via the Drummond Foundation. Buy your tickets here. Freedom Ride Kick Off PartyJoin us to support our Georgia Firefighters and First Responders as they embark on an epic
cycling journey of more than 1,000 miles from Atlanta to New York City to commemorate the
10th Anniversary of 9/11. What will you do to remember? 1035 Miles. 16 Days. 13 Cities. 2 Wheels. 1 Memory. 8-11-2011 Trek Demo From SORBA Gainesville: The Trek factory demo bikes will be at Chicopee Woods Mountain Bike Trails in Gainesville, GA on Saturday, August 20th from 9 AM til around 2 PM. Come out and test ride a new Trek mountain or road bike! Gainesville SORBA will have hot dogs and hamburgers available for a small donation starting around noon. 8-12-2011 Horse Park Work Party There will be a work party at the Georgia International Horse Park August 20th from 9am to 1pm. This is a lopping party so bring loppers, hedge clippers, weed whackers, etc. There will be free food Facebook event page. Martin's Landing in Roswell I've received it on good authority that police are stepping up their patrols of the Martin's Landing neighborhood in Roswell. Cyclists have been running stop signs and will be tickets.
8-13-2011 GBRA Meeting Set The Annual Georgia Bicycling Racing
Association and Preseason Coordination Meeting will be held at 4:00 PM on
Sunday, September 25 at the Hiker Hostel in Dahlonega, GA (map). The annual
meeting includes the election of directors. This year nominations will be sent
to John Patterson (email) from Tuesday, August 9 until Saturday, August 27.
Candidates accepting nomination will be given 48 hours to submit information to
be posted to the GBRA website regarding their candidacy. A new online voting
procedure will be implemented and online voting will begin on Saturday,
September 10. Clubs should review the online copy of the GBRA Bylaws, as there
are a number of rules concerning their nominations and votes. Directors will be
elected by majority from on-line votes, absentee ballots, written ballots,
proxies and votes from members present at the meeting. The Officers (Treasurer,
Secretary and President) are elected by the new board at the annual meeting.
Pedal with a Purpose In Memory of Johnathon Tisdale,
Bike Ride and BBQ Event Wildwood Park, 3780 Dogwood Lane Appling, GA 30802 8-15-2011 Event Submissions Reminder Promoters and Event Directors, please remember that when you submit an event for listing, I need some basic details. Please do not just send me a link to registration or the event's website. I need WHEN the event is (Date, Time), WHERE the event is (City, State, Address, if it's at a particular place like a park, school, church, etc.), WHAT the event is (Century, mountain bike race, road race, charity ride, fun ride), WHY the event is happening (self explanatory with a race. If it's a charity/fun/century ride, please include who the event is benefiting/who the charity is), OTHER details (prizes, prize money, special events/guests, how often are the sags stops? Does one of the sag stops have hot chocolate chip cookies? What makes your event unique?), WHO to contact (riders need a way to get a hold of the promoter/director if they have questions), WEBSITE (the event/race website, so riders can get further details). Without basic information, I cannot list the event. If you have a press release, feel free to send that along. Thanks for understanding! 8-17-2011 Cross Clinic The invitation to the Sorella Cross Clinic is now available. If you are not on Facebook, please RSVP to me at sttarlite@hotmail.com.
Silver Comet Closure Trish's note: This is unconfirmed. It's from
Facebook. I can't find a link anywhere, but I'll take it for what it is since I
know the repairs were supposed to start soon. "The Silver Comet and Silver Comet
Side Trail from the Hiram Trail head to Weddington Road and Weddington Road
itself are closed the rest of this week, 8/14/2011-8/20/2011.
Northlake and Pizza Ride Updates
Raisin Hope Ride The 2011 Raisin Hope Ride is coming up soon!!! For
registration please visit:
http://www.active.com/cycling/dalton-ga/raisin-hope-ride-2011?int=29-6 8-18-2011 GIHP CX Practices
Pre-season CX practices Georgia International Horse Park Due to GIHP calendar
scheduling we will use two venues for our practices, Bald Rock Meadows and The
Steeplechase. *These practices are not on the GIHP calendar, do not call asking
about them, call CTown Bikes if you need
more info* Book Signing Phil Southerland will be having a Book Signing at UGA Book Store (100 Baxter Street, Athens) at 4 pm on Thursday (August 18). Come support Team Type 1 and buy an autographed copy of Phil's new book Not Dead Yet. The Mission of Team Type 1 is to instill hope and inspiration for people around the world affected by diabetes that with appropriate diet, exercise, treatment, and technology anyone with diabetes can achieve their dreams! 8-22-2011 Peachtree Battle Ride? Does anyone know if the Peachtree Battle ride on Wednesdays still happens? I have word that it doesn't. If someone can confirm that for me, I'd like to remove it from the Atlanta Rides list. Grant Park Crit Based on all of the pictures on Facebook, everyone had a great time at the Grant Park Crit! I wish I could have made it, but I've been in Asheville, NC mountain biking the last few days. I also heard that Fool's Gold was a huge success despite some rain. Atlanta Cycling Sale Atlanta Cycling is having a HUGE summer bike sale! Check out the deals at the Ansley and Vinings stores! Florida CX http://www.floridacx.com/ has the Florida CX schedule up.
8-23-2011 NC CX Clinic National Champion to Lead Cycling Clinics in Boone
Ashley James to host Cyclocross Clinics Sunday, September 11, 10AM-4PM at the
Boone Fairgrounds
8-25-2011 Dog in Bartow County This was from a mailing list I'm on: "Most
of you know I was thrown from my bike and severely broke my femur on Aug. 6 when
a dog came at my bike head-on and knocked me off (sadly, a teammate fractured
his collarbone, as well). We were on the 56 mile loop from the Bud Plant;
specifically, near 171-184 Cagle Road, which is around Mile 12 on the route. Two
of my teammates were out there today in a car and were able to capture pictures
of the dogs. The black/brindled one lives at 184 Cagle and the hound at 171
Cagle. 8-26-2011 Free Flite Sale Free Flite huge end of summer sale starts Aug. 27th! There are closeout deals on MTB, 29ner, Road, and Tri wheels as well as up to 35% off in-stock Colnago Road bikes (hmmm...wonder if they have a candy apple red steel one...love the one a friend of mine owns). Summer clothes are up to 50% off. http://www.freeflite.com Bike Shanty Bike Lanes Bike Lanes are coming to the Big Shanty Connector in Cobb County. Tumbling Creek Rumble From SORBA Gainesville: Mark your calendars! The Tumbling Creek Rumble XV - 6 Hour Mountain Bike Race is scheduled for Saturday, October 29th, 2011. This is a 6 hour endurance race with Solo, 2 person, 3 person and Kids classes held on the scenic campus at Gainesville State College in Oakwood, GA. We're in the fnal stages of getting the website and online registration setup which will have all the info.
Freedom Ride Big Dawg (Mike Palmeri, owner of Cartecay Bikes) and the
fireman are ready to start the Freedom Ride. It will honor the fallen heros of
9-11. The
AJC had coverage today. 8-27-2011 Intermediate/Advance Women's MTB Skills Clinic On Saturday, September 24th, Lisa Randall will be conducting a women's intermediate/advanced level skills clinic from 9am-noon at Blankets Creek. This clinic will work on skills such as cornering, braking, climbing, and riding obstacles, and a group ride on South Loop will be included. Participants should be able to ride South Loop in at least 45 minutes, and space is limited to 20 women. The clinic is being presented free of charge by Lisa Randall, but a $20 donation to SORBA Woodstock is requested. Email events@sorbawoodstock.org to reserve a spot.
8-29-2011 Atlanta Morning CX Practice From Loose Nuts Cycles: Just
wanted to let everyone know who is interested that a few friends and I have
started a morning CX practice ride/super informal race series in Grant Park,
Atlanta. We are currently meeting up at Loose Nuts Cycles (452-A Cherokee Ave,
Atlanta, GA 30312) Tuesdays and Thursdays at 730am (roll out at 735) for about
an hour of high intensity training. Fridays, if enough interest plays out, we
will have an informal race series that will result in someone winning beers. Or
whiskey. Or maybe a tire or something.
Labor Day Century From Atlanta Cycling:
Labor Day Century, Monday, September 5, 2011 @ 9:00 AM
Northeast Georgia Rides There are several rides in Northeast Georgia
coming up.
Good News For Gainesville Bike Ride Saturday October 1, 2011 8-30-2011 New Bike Patrol Cherokee County has a new bike patrol consisting of firefighters and first responders that can help those in need at Rope Mill Park according to the Cherokee Tribune.
8-31-2011 Georgia Cross The Georgia Cross Series announces the 2011
cyclocross schedule. Promoter Dan Coy has been with the series since the
beginning. "Cyclocross in Georgia has grown exponentially since it's inception
in 2000, probably because this series organization delivers top-notch events
while keeping the "fun factor" high. The 2011 Georgia Cyclocross Series begins
in October and runs through December featuring the best 'cross courses, exciting
venues and all levels of competition. Start practicing now and get ready for
some of the most memorable and challenging races in the Southeast US."
Sosebee Cycling Park Sosebee Cycling Park is now open near the Bud Plant
in Cartersville. Run by cyclists, riders are welcome to park there for a
voluntary donation. Cyclists are also welcome to use the Cycling Park as a stop
on their ride. Water and a port-potty are available. It is located at 465
Simpson Rd. White Ga. 30184 (click to view in Google Maps) on the corner of
Cass-Pinelog and Simpson Rd. (where the 15 and 30 mile rides meet). Email
soswade@yahoo.com for more information.
Please support this new cycling park! Calendars Updated The 2011 Calendar and the calendar at the top of the page have been updated. It's that time of year when road races start to dwindle and cross and mountain bike races begin to dominate the weekends. There have been quite a few changes to most of the cross calendars in the last few weeks, so be sure to check if you have a favorite race coming up. (Ah, CROSS!!!!!!! Ya'll know my heart lies with CROSS!)
KENBIKELAW The Madison From the DLV: Latest DLV News KenBIKELaw.com
presents 'The Madison' Trans North Georgia Mountain Bike Adventure From the "promoter:" The 2011 Trans North Georgia Mountain Bike Adventure starts this Saturday at 8AM. The riders will be pedalling, pushing, perhaps even crawling their way across the 350 mile route over countless mountains adding up to over 56,000 feet of climbing. You can watch their little blue dots move across the state at http://trackleaders.com/tnga (currently it still has last years riders listed but it should be updated soon) You can listen to them call in and describe their tribulations at http://mtbcast.com A bunch of riders will be camping out at Mulberry Gap this Friday. You could grab a cabin up there for the weekend, hang out before the start and watch them come through later. Let it begin. Spin for Kids Camp Twin Lakes is a nonprofit organization that offers year-round recreational, therapeutic, and educational programs for children and young adults facing serious illnesses and other life challenges. Spin for Kids is an annual fundraising bike ride that invites riders to raise money in support of Camp Twin Lakes. Spin for Kids also gives our Camp Partners a unique opportunity to raise funds to offset their camp fees to Camp Twin Lakes. This year Spin for Kids will take place during the weekend of October 22-23, 2011. Riders have the option of participating in the Mountain Bike Ride, the Road Bike ride, or both. On Saturday, the Mountain Bike ride will take place in beautiful Ft. Yargo State Park. On Sunday, the Road Bike ride will offer multiple routes for riders of all skill levels to ride through scenic Morgan County and the historic town of Madison. Day Camp option will be provided for children ages 5-12 to enjoy supervised camp activities while their parents ride or volunteer. After Sunday’s ride, participants and their families are invited to enjoy a community day at Camp featuring lunch, camp activities, live music and fun for the entire family!
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