Cycling in and around Union County, NC
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After much reading and asking questions Nicole and I are confident in the choices that we are making with regard to a custom tandem. We started with the premise that we could improve on our current set up and what we think it would take to do exactly that.
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It seems that some of us never learn. First it was Manuel Beltrán the Liquigas rider who tested positive for the banned blood booster erythropoeitin following the first stage which ended in Plumelec. Then it was Barloworld rider Moisés Dueñas returning a positive A sample for EPO. Now today comes news that Italian rider Riccardo Riccò of Saunier Duval has tested positive for blood booster Erythropoietin.
This is the perfect opportunity to give back to the cycling community in the greater Charlotte area.
The next Morrow Mountain Bike MS training ride is this Saturday. Jeff is still looking for a few volunteers to help with rest stops and SAG duties.
Hours are from 7 AM until 2 PM. Jeff needs someone with a pickup truck to manage a rest stop and needs one more SAG vehicle. The SAG vehicle just needs to be able to carry 1 or 2 bikes. Please let Jeff know if you can help… the sooner the better. Click on Jeff’s name below to send him an email.
Thank you,
Jeff Viscount
Nicole and I have begun the search for our next tandem. We have looked all over for single bikes and know pretty much what we want and what to look for in a single bike. Because of this we have made, what we felt, intelligent decisions on value and practicality with regard to our single bike purchases. Not all of this knowledge is directly transferable to tandems. So we have to start the learning process somewhere.
The folks at our local MS chapter have asked Jeff Viscount to run the Morrow Mountain ride again as an MS Training Ride for the 2008 Bike MS event. Jeff has told them yes but he will need some help… Jeff needs to staff three rest stops and provide 2 SAG’s. If you can help please let Jeff know.
If you want to help let Jeff know ASAP so he can finalize the plans.
24 Hours of Booty is the one and only 24-hour road cycling charity event in the country. The official 24-hour road ride of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, this unique and exciting event is fully supported on a traffic-free loop. The event originated in 2002 when one man set out to cycle for 24 hours to raise money for the LAF. He set his sights on a three-mile loop of roadway, nicknamed the “Booty Loop” by local runners, cyclists and sports enthusiasts, in Charlotte, N.C.’s tree-lined Myers Park neighborhood. He completed his mission and started a movement.
A new magazine for fixed gear riders is now available. It focuses on the UK and the fixed gear scene around the world. The publisher has decided to make the first issue available as a download. It is an 11mb Adobe .PDF file (you will need Adobe Reader to view it). Clink on the image to the left to download your copy.
Like all magazine startups I hope they make it, its a very hard business. It has some interesting writing and some very good photography. Download it and tell me what you think, or better yet, tell them.
If you’d like a real printed paper version – printed on 100% unbleached recycled paper using vegetable oil inks – you can either get it from one of their international stockists for free, or alternatively, buy a single issue or a subscription.
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