2008 YBR Team Kit

Hiya, team:

Thanks to Josh for leading the ride Saturday - that was a lot of fun and I hope that we do it again!

Note that we only have the 2008 cycling gear fit kit for 36 more hours; I'll pick it up from the Y Monday night. I have a rough draft of what the new jersey will look like; let me know if you'd like to see it...

You can renew your YBR membership here: http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=5633

Have a good Sunday,

M.

YBR Annual Meeting Re-cap

YBR Annual Meeting 2008

Intro/team overview – 2000, YMCA program, 3 races/year, all ages/abilities

2007: Y-Riders, Ironmasters TT, Carlisle GP, Iron Cross, Adopt-A-Highway, New Frontiers bikes for YMCA day camp

2008: Y-Riders, Ironmasters TT, Carlisle GP, Iron Cross, jersey design

Thanks to sponsors: Carlisle Family YMCA, World Cup Ski & Cycle, Cardin & Miller PT, Bob’s Salsa, Vanderkitten, and Brian Keich.

Thanks to executive committee – Brett, Chris H., C-Bo, Uncle Don, Laura, Sarah - and sport coordinators – Sam (adventure racing), Zach/me (‘cross), Brett/Tom/Uncle Don (MTB), Laura (road cycling), Sarah (multi-sport).

Key volunteers – Rachel (membership and race reimbursements), Toni (Adopt-A-Highway), Karen (Iron Cross marketing)

Speakers

Chris – team by-laws, financials, law school charity ride 6/7

Dan – TT and HC race series

Josh – Cardin & Miller

Laura – Road cycling, PCA update, Carlisle GP

Sarah – Tri, espoir grant, granola, focus tris (Got the Nerve, Philly, Wilkes-Barre)

Zach – MTB, espoir grant, Y-Riders Race Series, MACDC

Uncle Don - MASS, Michaux series, group MTB rides, do some 12/24 hour racing - it's fun!

Mark – 2008 espoir grants to Z! and Sarah, Iron Cross VI, bike rodeo 4/26, Tour de Cure 5/31

From Brett:

“anyone that's interested in mtn biking should email me if they want to be included on group ride emails . . .include your ability level and any racing history... most group rides will be doubling as training rides so the pace will be set by the ride leaders. rabbitlugboot@gmail.com”

Proposed 2008 expenditures

Espoir grants, Y-Riders series, NF bikes, entry fee for YBR team captains at charity rides, sport coordinator discretionary $ (subject to EC approval), Women’s road series, YMCA transfer, Team t-shirts .

Breakout

Need race sponsors, Adopt-A-Highway, race volunteers, and running coordinator; see me if you’re interested

Meet with sport coordinators, renew membership, order gear

2008 cycling fit kit is at the Y and will be until Monday, Jan. 28. Orders are due by Feb. 14.

Thanks for attending and Go, Fish!

Your YBR Pals

MACDC

Hey, racers!

Learn more about the Mid-Atlantic Cycling Development Camp by clicking right here: http://fastforwardracingproductions.blogspot.com

Rock on,

Mark

What happens when your first race is Michaux...

Great update from Danny Feng below...

(Danny did his first-ever bike race - the Ironmasters Classic - back in the day, on a bike (a GT Zaskar, I think?) that he borrowed, then bought from Cumberland County cycling legend John Bobb...

"Last 2 months has been crazy racing wise for me, in December I did the Tour of Thailand, a UCI 2.2 race, the course was really tough, 3 days of 200+km stages in a role, I started well, but I stuck bad luck half way through stage 4 where I broke my chain on the climb, so I had to DNF, but I mange to get a few pictures on cyclingnews.com!

After the tour of Thailand, I went to Fukushima's train camp in Chiang Rai Thailand for a few days, doing 150KM training ride everyday, it was a lot of fun.

Last Sunday I just finished Tour of Malaysia, another UCI 2.2 race, it was the fastest stage race I have ever done, race averaged 42-44 kph every day, it was like motor pacing everyday! On 5th stage, bad luck strick again with a flat in the last 25km, peleton was chasing down a few break away guys, so the pace was over 50kph and I just could not get back to peleton and end up giving 8+ minutes in that day and drop down to 2nd last in ranking, but I was just happy I finished the race within GC and escaped at least 4 close crashes! http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2008/jan08/jelajah08/default

Happy New Year!! Best wishes!!

Danny"

Go, Danny!

Why can't Fast Albert attend the annual meeting?

Hello Mark,

I won't be able to make the meeting because.....

1) I need to go to the methodone clinic.

2) I'm currently in jail (although I'm innocent even though I look quite guilty on the film broadcast on national tv)

3) I'm going to the Anna Idaho concert (it is a Hannah Montana tribute band)

4) I'm going to Cyclocross Worlds to beat that Nys character.

5) I'm going to see the Royal Scott Dragoons at George Mason University.

6) I'm going dog fishing in New York city (I use Kentucky Fried Chicken for Bait)

7) I'm going to the Malibu Stacey museum with friends.

Can you guess the correct answer?

Can you guess which answer I stole from National Lampoon?

Albert

New Frontiers Night Ride Extravaganza

Mild weather and great trails after dark = lots-0-fun. Zach lead a few of us all over the sprawling New Frontiers estate last evening (Thursday, Jan 10) despite rapidly dimming lights that he forgot to recharge after Tuesday evening's Michaux ride.

Donna, Brett, Dick, and Zach were already meandering about when I rolled in, and Joel (Pa State Cyclo Champ) was prepping his bike. In the photo above, Joel ponders the absence of gears on his bike. Zach and I reminded him that he was actually riding a singlespeed. He just giggled and went back to humming the Spounge Bob Square Pants theme song.

The Weisers decided to head home after a short time as they were feeling the previous night's "workout". At least that is what the spunky couple is calling it these days! Dick left shortly after that. Sadly, I didn't get to hear an Angry Brett weekly rant. Maybe this Sunday?

In the photo to the right, Zach strikes a pose - one of many. Earlier, Zach had flipped over backwards attempting to ride a wheelie off the teeter-totter of death. He must have rung his bell slightly as he was convinced he was modelling for a bike magazine. He kept saying "get my good side, get my good side". We tried for over an hour and gave up when we determined he didn't have a good side. Zach did leave a butt-shaped crater in the dirt where he hit the ground after the ill fated wheelie attempt. It was more like a crater, so it might be there for a while if anyone wants to check out an impressionistic image of Zach's cheeks.

Zach, Joel and I rode about an hour and a half or so, and Zach ended up riding sandwiched between Joel and I to take advantage of our lights' output since his had died. A great time was had by all, and at the precise moment we got back to the cars and called it quits, rain began to fall, signalling a perfectly timed conclusion to a great ride.

For anyone looking for a break from the typically rocky and uber challenging Michaux terrain, New Frontiers offers a nice change of pace. There are a lot of fun trails packed into a relatively small area, and Zach is working on even more. The trails are singlespeed, cross, and runner friendly to boot. Hope to see more of you turn out in the future, you will have a good time - Zach guarantees it. Just don't let him demonstrate the teeter-totter of death.

Uncle Don

YBR Annual Meeting: 1/20/08!

Hello,

The YBR annual meeting will be held on Sunday, January 20th from 1-3pm at Cardin and Miller. Be sure to bring a chair!

You can renew your membership. With your membership this year you will receive a t-shirt. Everyone, regardless of sport, will receive the same t-shirt. You can give us your size at the meeting and then we will order the shirts and distribute them in about a month. We are trying to create a sense of team unity. Please wear your shirts to your events so that we can recognize and support each other.

Each sport coordinator will introduce his or her self and give a quick 1 min speech on his or her sport. During that time, they will also announce their focus events for the 2008 season. A more though explanation of focus events will be given at the meeting.

Hope to see you all there!

One more incentive... I will be providing free granola samples!

Sarah Lanphier