The Morrow Mountain ride series had a fantastic send of this season with some gorgeous weather and a diverse turnout. About 120 riders from all over the Charlotte area came out for what was to be a great ride. One gentleman even came from Wilmington to ride MM!
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Last Wednesday, Nicole and I did another TT at Charlotte Motor Speedway. We did manage to break 30 minutes, unofficial time was 29:48. This was a good effort considering that Nicole twisted something in her back during the day and it caused quite a bit of discomfort the entire time. We still managed to finish last but that is OK. Maybe next month we can move up a bit. We are not last in the point standings but we need everyone in front of us to miss the last two events in order to move up in the standings.
Last evening, Nicole and I experienced our first crash on our Ruegamer tandem. It was a minor incident and not much happened. Here are the details. About 1/4 mile from the start we were rounding a corner and some railroad tracks. Immediately after passing the tracks as we were traveling somewhere around 10mph we had a front tire blowout. Now a blowout or flat is not usually something that is of much consequence if it is on the rear wheel, but this was a front tire blowout. With the added weight of two riders and the sport geometry we have on our tandem suffice it to say it was a bit squirmy as well as unnerving. Instead of crashing in the road and suffering all sorts of road rash I had the idea that we would head straight for the lawn of the house next to us. Fortunately here in our riding area there are few curbs or sidewalks so I did not have any problem rolling into the yard. What we do have here are drainage ditches and we ended up going down one side of the ditch then attempting to climb the other, at least we missed the large bush as well as the mailbox. That ditch is where we finally went down.
Wow, what a shocker, there is doping in cycling. Floyd Landis reportedly sent several emails to USACycling and the UCI outlining systematic doping by US Postal as reported by the Wall street journal. In those emails he specifically names Johan Bruyneel, Lance Armstrong, George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer and Dave Zabriskie.
The article is linked to hear: Cyclist Floyd Landis Admits Doping, Alleges Use by Armstrong and Others
http://www.incidentalcyclist.com/zenphoto/racing/charlotte-motor-speedway-tt/
A few images in our gallery.
Well, thank god that is over!
I knew that the front straight was uphill and that coming into turn one would be difficult, I just didn’t realize how difficult it would be. To get the stats out of the way. We finished the seven laps around Charlotte Motor Speedway in 00:32:15.67 for an average speed of 18.6 miles per hour. We came in dead last in the tandem category.
Last weekend we had a chance to visit Waxhaw and the newly opened Bike Depot. Located in the same storefront as the old Bolt Brothers, you will find a friendly neighborhood atmosphere as well as some familiar faces.
Officially the grand opening is Saturday, March 20. Make sure you take the time to visit and say hello to Scott and Lori while you are there.
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Waxhaw, NC, 28173
- Phone: 704-256-4126
- Mon – Sat:
- 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
As we embarked on our second tandem ride of the season, Nicole and I discussed the fact that we so much enjoy riding with other cyclists. This year our Sunday church services are in the middle of the afternoon and that makes all of the Sunday afternoon rides unavailable to us. We also have one vice, since we all rise early during the week, no one wants to get up early on Sunday morning. That fact precludes riding in the early Sunday rides. Maybe when the weather warms up a bunch we will be more inclined to start early.
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