September, 2008

There was a nasty crash at the Manawa Mayhem MTB race today: Doug Larson ended up in the hospital with some serious injuries. Doug is a great guy and rides with the Bike Masters crew. Dale Rabideau explains it better in a reprint of his post on the Bike Masters Blog. Nice to see Duane in there helping, not that its surprising though.

doug's status

So I was thinking of Joe,  but if anyone in or close to Omaha can house poor college student Haley Wood, from Central Plains Cycling,  for a weekend in October so she can ride the cyclocross race that would be super cool.  Let me know and I'll contact her. 

Jamie

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I have to work this Thursday until 10 pm.  YUK!  So I'm going to have a night ride afterwards at Maskenthine if anyone wants to join me.  Just a relaxing ride to clear the mind, nothing too hard.

let me know.

Dan

Raced the Branched Oak Psycowpath today. Legs, check. Feeling good? Check. Bike working as well as an old NRS can? Check. Shoulder pads? Oops, knew I forgot something.

Things were going well. I boogied up the one mile gravel road climb, in site of the leaders and about mid-pack. Into the singletrack no problem. Wow, was that the first (of four) lap I just finished? Cool. I'm right where I want to be. Lap two, still going ok.

Lap three I relaxed. I was keeping my pace, cruising. About halfway though, there is this blind right hander,  with a snow fence catch to keep folks from doing a header into the trees and/or lake. Someone (Kevin Murray but who keeps track?) had hit that earlier and tore it partway down, so I was used to just crusing through the corner with the orange fence on the ground. This time, someone had dutifully put the fence back, Wow, I can blow through here and....

Elkhorn Valley Cycling powered by Monster is excited to announce the addition of two racers to its roster for the 2009 season! Janna Vavra and Kevin Murray, both of Lincoln, have decided to don the blue and orange when racing commences next year. Both are very capable racers and good folks, and will bring quite a bit to the team as riders and people.

Due to popular consensus we are postponing the 9-18-08 MTB race.  Stay tuned for the reschedule date.  We are looking at a Saturday evening after the MTB race season is over with and are trying to coordinate it with the year-end club meeting.  We’ll see for sure but the Saturday evening part after October 1^st is a definite.

PS… It’s night ride season.  Any thoughts

AHH I feel relaxed.  BTW that pesky owl is back, goofy bird swooped at me for nearly the entire south tree section.  Not sure whats up there, maybe baby birds to protect or something.  Oh and thanx for the new log; in the curvy down hill; at 15 mph; in the DARK! nearly got me. thank goodness for the life saving invention known as the bunnyhop!

The 2008 road season is done and the Rider of the Year points are calculated and posted at http://www.nebraskacyclin...

Many congratulations go out to:

Duane Blair 1st Masters 35+

Joe Savoie 2nd Cat 4

Jerry Arnold 3rd Masters 45+

Richard Hake 3rd Masters 55+

John Spray 5th Cat 4

Nick Ziemet 7th Cat 3

Rich Anderson 8th Cat 4

Dan Spray 15th Cat 4

Way to go guys!

One of the nicest guys in Nebraska cycling, and just about anywhere, Joe Savoie (Omaha) has qualified for and taken the upgrade to Category 3 in road racing. Joe, the 2008 Nebraska Road Race Champion, has been cycling for a number of years and is currently training for his Cat 3 debut in 2009.

Joe was instrumental in the partnership between EVCC and The Bike Way and has brought numerous new riders into cycling, including Dan Ertz, Brian Tangen, and Nick Ziemet.

Joe deserves the recognition he gets, and will most likely downplay his abilities if asked. But, make no mistake, a determined Joe Savoie is a hard racer to beat.

Congratulations Joe, you've worked hard and will make a fine Cat 3.

We are working on setting the dates and places for our fall meetings and banquet.

The current thought is to have a club meeting and awards dinner in Norfolk for club members and local riders. This would be shortly followed by a race team meeting at a more centralized location such as Fremont.

If anyone has any suggestions, comments, or date issues please let either Dan or Jon know.

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