BEast of the Southeast Volunteers

Teams,

We will be needing friendly volunteers Wednesday May 22 thru Sunday May 26th from 8:00 AM til 6:00 PM. Please see times / schedule below.

Wednesday - we will start the festival set up at 8:00 AM, we will be building tents, transitions and making our local trails a huge topic of discussion for Professionals, age groupers and kids.

Thursday and Friday will be the same until we finish. The first PRO race will be starting at 5:30 PM - You don't want to miss this one, its is going to be insane!!!

Saturday - Our first race will be at 6:45 AM - we will need volunteers from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM - Shifts are available
Sunday - Our first race will be at 6:45 AM - we will need volunteers from 6:00 AM to 3:00 PM - shifts are available

If you have any time to come and support / volunteer please let me know the times you can help!

Discount for all volunteers for the Night 5K!!! And then we PARTY at Streets of Indian Lakes!!!!

Craig and Clif
615-766-7773

2013 Pedal for Paws ride

Well, it was not an "official" race, but many of Team BC attended the 2013 Pedal for Paws ride in Gallatin.
Here are some photos. I heard that they had over 400 riders!

This Weekend

The Aaron Shafer RR and TT are this Saturday. Here is a link http://spartabikefest.com/sparta-bike-fest/

Also, the Pedal for Paws charity ride is on Saturday. http://sumnerspayneuteralliance.org/pedalforpawstn.html

What ever your cycling pleasure, it looks like a great day to ride!

SERC #2 MTB Race

Some pics from the SERC #2 MTB race in Bryson City, NC

Race Schedule Changes

I noticed some more schedule changes for TBRA races. One really sucks because they moved the Hamilton Creek mtb race to May 25th which is the same day as the BEast of the Southeast. And they put all three events (TT, short track, and XC) in the same day!

They also moved the Highland Rim classic to September 7th and 8th! That will be different.

Click here for details http://www.tbra.org/

Tuesday Sprints

Weather looks pretty good for some sprints this afternoon!  I have to be at another event so I can't be there today, but most people who have been there know the drill.

So meet at the Madison Creek Elementary school at around 5:15pm. Here is the Google map link http://goo.gl/maps/lj1Uo. North of Goodlettsville off of Long Hollow Pike, turn on Madison Creek rd. School is on the right.

If you get there later, just turn right out of the parking lot and go down to the 3-way intersection. You can wait there for us to pass or turn right and meet us on the route.

If you are thinking about doing the Cedar Hill Criterium Race this Sunday, it would be some good practice! 

Here is a link to the race flyer if you need it https://s3.amazonaws.com/USACFlyers/FL_2013-1235.pdf

Have fun!

Chickasaw and Hell of the South Races

That was the 2nd worst MTB race I have ever done. (Yes, I did have one that was even worse!) I had mud caked in places where you don't want to know.

But first, Hell of the South. Looks like Schupp dog lowered the hammer with a win in the Elite Masters group! That is awesome! Mike Riley, Nate Lelek, Doug Hardin, Seam Samber, and Josh Cook were also there representing Team BC. Way to go guys!

For the Chickasaw Mudfest, Craig killed it with a 2nd place in the Pro category. Smokin'. Loved the rear fender! Got Milk?
Michael Edens had a nice 3rd in the Cat 1 30-39.
Eric Bateman also took 3rd in Cat 2 19-29 as well as Kevin Ray holding onto 3rd in the Cat 2 30-39 with Mark Chubb placing 4th.
James Buckingham thew up a 1st in the Cat 2 40-49. Awesome James!
And most respectably, Kara Lewis got 3rd and Marsha Williams 4th in the Women Cat 2! Sweeeeeeet! Unbelievable job ladies!

Hopefully I did not leave anyone out.

A special thanks to David Ansel and Travis West for all their support!

Enjoy the Spring weather this week!


Some Photos from Chickasaw Trace Classic Mudfest

This Weekend 3/23 and 3/24

Big racing weekend coming up!

Saturday - Hell of the South road race in Berlin, TN. Here is the link http://hellofthesouth.wordpress.com/
I hear the the Cat 5 race is already full, so unless you can get in another category you may have to sit this one out. But you can always show up for support!

Sunday - Chickasaw MTB Race in Columbia, TN http://www.columbiacyclingclub.com/mtbflier2013.htm
This is always a fun race and very well done. Usually lots of good prizes!

We should have a good turn out for these since they are close to home! Lets do this!

Tuesday Evening Sprints at Madison Creek

Unlike the weather yesterday, today is looking pretty good for some circuit race style sprint action!

We had a good group of riders last week (7 or 8 I think) for the 1st session. I hope everyone can come out again!

So meet at the Madison Creek Elementary school at around 5:15pm. Here is the Google map link http://goo.gl/maps/lj1Uo. North of Goodlettsville off of Long Hollow Pike, turn on Madison Creek rd. School is on the right.

If you get there later, just turn right out of the parking lot and go down to the 3-way intersection. You can wait there for us to pass or turn right and meet us on the route.

And as I mentioned before, you advanced riders can try in on the MTB! Craig about blew his tires up last week!

Might want to throw a blinking light on the back of the bike too.

Pick Your Poison Race (aka Booker T)

Photos from the Booker T race

2013 Pick Your Poison (Booker T)


What a way to start off the the TBRA MTB race series! Looks like we had a great showing with 3 wins and multiple podiums!

Men Pro/Cat 1 (Open)        
1st   Kyle Taylor

4th   Billy Wood
5th  Matt Schupp

Cat 1 (19-29)
1st Cameron Cook

Cat 1 (30-39)
5th  Josh Lewis

Cat 2 (19-29)
3rd   Eric Bateman

Cat 2 (40+)
1st  James Buckingham
3rd Chris Cooper

Women Cat 2
5th Marsha Williams
7th Karah Lewis

Keep up the great effort Team BC! The next TBRA race is Chickasaw!

This Weekend 3/9 and 3/10

OK guys and gals. This Sunday is the 1st official TBRA MTB race at Booker T Washington State Park in Chattanooga. The word is that it will be run backwards this year. Here is a link to the website for all the details. http://sorbachattanooga.org/wordpress/?p=3171

Don't forget, this is Eastern time AND the time springs forward Sunday morning. So you will loose 2 hours of sleep!

Slight change of events!!! There is a BC H'ville shop ride starting at 8:00 am Saturday. This is replacing the Trace Bikes ride mentioned previously.

Also on Sunday is a Trail Work Day (if you are not racing Sunday). This is behind the Sam's Club in the Streets of Indian Lake area from 2 to 4:30pm. This will be the future home of a pump track / trail running course / short track events and 5K trail night run @ www.beraceseries.com. Please bring rakes, shovels, loppers and other trail clearingin tools.

This Weekend

The final Snake Creek Gap race is this Saturday and the weather looks to be typical with some possible snow. All of you guys going are just awesome. Bring back some buckles and trophies!

Sounds like it was a great shop ride last weekend. The weather this Saturday looks pretty rough right now with rain or snow and of course cold. Is there any interest in a shop ride Sat morning? A snow ride might be fun!

I added some photos from the last race http://teambikerschoice.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_16.html

Club support

Time for Bikers Choice Sponsorship work... Below, I have invited two local clubs to come to a tour from Bikers Choice.  Cameron is leading the 30 miler and Kyle is leading the 60 miler.  If any of you would like to help teach how to change a flat clinic at 8 am, let me know.  Otherwise, I would like it the team could make a half way descent showing and hang with our ride leaders.  The routes are listed below.  We also might be able to add a few new riders to the road team 

Thanks

David

Bikers Choice Hendersonville would like to host a bike clinic and self supported bike tour for you club/group Saturday the 23rd.  

At 8:00am. we will host two clinics,  a "how to fix a flat clinic" and a "How to do routine maintenance clinic". 

At 9:00am, Kyle Taylor will lead a Metric Century  Metric Century  

At 9:15 am, Cameron will lead a Half metric century. 

We encourage everyone to ride at their personal touring pace and hope that people will create multiple groups at speed averages between 14-and 19mph.  We recommend parking in the Back lots of the 699 building and anywhere at BC. 

Some good pre-season tips for you to study up on are at 

http://www.bikeleague.org/resources/better/advancedcycling.php

http://www.bikeleague.org/resources/better/roadrules.php

Thurday Night Short Track

Alright race dudes and gals,

It's that time of the year to start lighting it up and I think it's time to start the fire with some Thursday night short track races. Here's the suggested format we will try to go with this week....Use the baseball/football/soccer field on 12th ave south, there is a "hill", flat field and trees to use as course. Do several 3-5 minute efforts. Regroup and recover for a few minutes and do it again. The format is almost exactly like our old crit practice nights, except we will be on the dirt. Bring your xc or cross bike. These will be great training and will benefit everyone greatly for race season and xc starts. ALL levels are welcome, men and women, and feel free to invite others...the more the merrier! I would like to try to get started by seven-ish if possible.

Finally,

I'm calling out "THE SHOP DUDES", get yer power house legs down here and let's do some work! We'll make sure the start time works for you.

This Weekend

Looks like there is a group driving down to Oak Mountain this weekend for some trail time. I believe that some are going Sat morning and some on Sunday only. Contact Josh Lewis or Edens if you are interested. If you have not been to Oak Mountain, it is a great trail!

For the roadies, there is a group going to Chattanooga again for some climbing on Sat. We will be including Lookout Mtn this time, so if you need to get some extra wheezing in on those lungs, this is the ride for you! We will be leaving the Hend/Gallatin area around 8am. Contact me if you are interested, kev-ray@comcast.net

Since most will be out of town Saturday, I don't think there will be a shop ride in Hville, but some of the shop "dudes" may still be around for an early AM ride.

Have a great weekend!

PS - Today is Valentines Day, Kroger's and Publix will be busy this afternoon!

Racing Licenses and info

I was reminded by Steve Capps that if you plan on doing any racing this year, please renew or apply for your 2013 racing license. Most of you probably know the drill.Here is a link with all the details.
http://www.usacycling.org/usa-cycling-license-information.htm

In summary, to get either a Road racing or Mountain bike license, the initial cost is $60. If you want to do both, then the add-on cost is $30.

Beginners can always do a one-day license which is $10 per event.

For those new to Road racing, the categories are Cat 5 (beginner) to Cat 1, then Pro
Here is a link that gives more details
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=580

For Mountain bike racing, Cat 3 (Beginner) to Cat 1, then Pro
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=2134


Note, that the beginner class in both road (Cat 5) and mtb (Cat 3) DO NOT receive any points.
Correction: Mtb Cat 3 racers with a annual license DO receive team points, but not individual points.

In all other classes, you will receive some points for every race. Of course if you place higher you will receive   more points. This is especially important so Team BC will get more points as well.

Sunday Morning Ride 2/10 From Station Camp High School

Is this where we post this stuff so we don't spam everyone on the email list? 

I'm going to try to ride tomorrow before the rain starts.  The plan is to leave out of the Station Camp High School parking lot at 9:00 AM.  Distance will be 40-50 miles, base (aerobic) pace.  If anyone wants to join me, see you there.

This Saturday

So, the weather looks pretty good for this Saturday and there may be a few options for rides.

It sounds like there will be a group going to Montgomery Bell for some trail riding. Not sure of the time. You can contact Michael Edens to verify.

As far as a road ride from the shop, I will not be able to do an AM ride, but I will be able to do a 1pm ride. If you are interested, contact me. We may pick an alternative starting point depending on who wants to go. I am thinking 3 to 3.5 hrs (55 to 60 miles?)

Also, I have heard that there is a "Bootleg" road race down in College Grove, TN that starts at 10am. Here is a link with the details https://twitter.com/hellofthesouth/status/299533724729630720/photo/1

What ever your flavor, get out and enjoy the decent weather!

Results from Snake #2 MTB time trial

OK. Josh set me straight on the results. I missed that it has both races listed. So, going by that

17 Miles
Karah Lewis             #1) 2:52:05   #2) 2:58:02     Women 29 and Under

34 Miles
Billy Wood               #1) 3:02:45                           1st Place Men 18-29
Cameron Cook        #1) 3:29:41                            2nd Place
Eric Bateman            #1) 4:32:15   #2) 3:45:28       7th Place

Matt Schupp             #1) 3:07:28                           1st Place Men 30-39
Josh Lewis                #1) 3:45:54  #2) 4:27:19

James Buckingham    #1) 3:25:40   #2) 3:27:03      8th place Men 40-49
Tim Baker                 #1) 3:57:33   #2) 3:55:09            

Kyle Taylor               #1) 2:47:16                           2nd Place Money Class Men
Craig Evans               #1) 3:06:25                           3rd Place Money Class Men

Michael Edens           #1) 3:32:31                           7th place Singlespeed                                

No photos yet, but here is the website of the photographer for the last Snake race

http://www.onlinepictureproof.com/featherbrushphotography/albums/snake_creek_gap_2013/

Again, you guys are proving that Team BC will dominate this year again!

Also, Edens found this photo on Facebook. The Epic beards of Snake!

Found a few more Feb snake photos. I only found Josh Lewis and Tim Baker. The last one is a good one to show how much snow there was. Not sure who the guy is.

This Saturday, 2/2

This Saturday is of course the 2nd installment of the Snake Creek Gap MTB time trial. To all the racers going, I am sure you will make Team BC proud. Push through it guys!

I will not be able to do a road ride this Saturday from the shop since I am getting over some bronchitis. Hope the weather is not too bad for you all.

Team Kits

Hey Guys and Gals,

ANy comments on these Jerseys.  Do you like the camo thing..  I was thinking we could do two colors, one for MJ and one for Hendersonville,  What do ya think..

David

This Saturday 1/26

It's looking pretty cold for this Saturday with a high of 40, but dry. So hopefully we can still get in a ride.

What I would like to do is lead a "B" pace road ride, but possibly start at 1pm. The "A" pace guys can decide when they will ride or they can join us.
We can try David's 54 mile route. It has all the local climbs on it so we should keep warm.
http://ridewithgps.com/users/112181?referral_hash=-1102841454946044273

Be ready to ride at 1:00 PM from the H'ville shop for a "B" pace ride (16 to 17mpg avg). We will be doing many of the local climbs and stopping at the top to regroup. See you then.

Saturday Rides - 1/19/2013

The weather looks good for this weekend so far, so I would think that everyone would be ready to ride this Saturday.

So, what is the consensus? H'ville shop ? MJ Shop? MTB trail? All three?

I will be attempting to ride Saturday, but I may have do a short route.

I suppose we can try the same routes that I had planned for last Sat.

55 mile route http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2054989

33 mile route http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2054994

I think that David prefers we start at 8am so the "dudes" can get back to work.

**Matt confirmed - 8am start at H'ville shop. One group will be going 4 hrs, but there will probably be a group going shorter as well**

Remember, that you can reply to this blog post in a comment that will not be emailed out to the google groups list.

Hope to see you this weekend.

Blog use

Just some housekeeping stuff.. Post anything you like as long as it is cycling related. Selling bikes or bike gear is fine, just don't make it your own personal ebay! Keep it clean please! When you get the invitation, you will have access to make new posts. For each post anyone can make comments to the post. So you don't have to make a new post every time if it is the same subject. There are lots of links to on the right side that you can check out. Ride routes, websites, photos, etc. Also you will see that there are other "pages". Right now there is a "Team Roster" and "Videos" page. Make sure to make a post with your racing bio and a photo so I can update this team roster list. Thanks.

Biker's Choice Team Roster,

Post your resume as a comment.

David Hardin, Team Director since 1989.  Started taking Team BC to nationals in 1989 in BMX. Moved the team into mountain bike racing in 1992. Former A-Pro BMX racer, Cat 1 Mtn Bike Racer, and Cat 4 Racer.  Hosts 3-6 USA cycling events a year since 1995.  Owner of Bikers Choice Bicycle shops in Hendersonville and Mt. Juliet.  www.thebikerschoice.com

Kyle Taylor, Licensed Professional Mtn bike racer, Cat 3 Road Racer, and a pretty solid Park/Street Rider on his 20".  Kyle was born and raised in Mobile Alabama.  He has been in the bike shop business since he was 16, currently he is 26 yrs old.  Started racing Mtn bikes in 2010, and by 2011 he had blown through the ranks of Mtn biking and Became Mississippi's Overall Number 1 Top Ranked Pro/Open class racer.  In 2012, he moved to Nashville, to Race for Team BC and work at Bikers Choice.  In his first year, he won the TBRA State Championship title in the Pro division.  His kindness expertise and  experience has earned him top spot in the store.  And for 2013 he will be challenging the top pros in the country as he races across the country in the USA PRO MTB Series, and the SERC Series.    

Matt Schupp.  Cat 1 mountain biker, Cat 3 road racer, Cat 2 cx racer.  Born and raised in the "high five" state.  Matt got into the sport to get off the couch and back into shape after a couple of knee surgeries back in 2007.  He frequents the SERC series as a main focus, but you will find him racing the Nashville Crit series and a random cx race here and there.  Schupp has also been known to jump in a couple Pro Open races on the circut as well, just so he can get his ass handed to him by some of the Southeast's best.  He likes to stay out late, have some beverages and wake up early to ride.  Mainly in the sport just to have a good time, but his seriousness can be seen and made fun of through facial expressions during tense races.  Hands down the dude likes to compete.

2012 notable results:

1st:  Snake 30-39 @ 3:04
11th:  Tsali SERC Pro Open
1st:  Nashville crit 123 race
10th:  Fontana Pro Open Short Track
1st:  Open Solo Lock 4 6 hour

Great Kids race this year, at the Lock 4 Challenge.  Almost triple in participation over last year.   This winter,  Charlie Capps is doing an eagle scout project which will identify the kids course for 2013.   And Hopefully, our Kids race will be even larger for 2013.  Thanks Charlie!!

New Team Blog Site

Hey Guys,

Not sure if this would be the best option. But it may be an alternative to always using email or the Google groups mail list.