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.