Cannondale Capo for SALE! $500

I have a near new 54cm Cannondale Capo single speed track bike for The wheels have sale. The wheels have less then 300 miles on them and the rest of the bike is new. it comes with front/rear Shimano Sora brakes, flip flop rear hub with a 17 tooth freewheel and a 48 tooth front chainring. This is a 2009 model that retailed for $1099.

You can contact me, Rob Y. at: vicepresident@bccutah.org or 801-657-1124

His first ride with the BCC – The Seven Hills Of Park City

The much awaited 7-Hills of Park City ride is history for 2009.  There were about 18 people who showed up today.  Unfortunately, there was one drop-out: ME.  I guess I’d been sniffing too much paint thinner lately, and after only the 2nd ‘real’ hill (there was an additional hill I wouldn’t let them count :-) I couldn’t breathe! What they call a laryngeal spasm.  I ended up bailing out of the ride, but the gang prodded each other to finish the remaining hills, and the ride was a total success.  It was a lovely day, and I wish I could have been there for the full ride.  But here it is late at night, and I’m still a wheezing mess….that old saying “Because when you can’t breathe, nothing else matters” really made sense to me today!

At any rate, we had a new fellow with us today, his first ride with the BCC.  He has asked me to post the following message about his experiences today:

Riding "The Seven Hills of Park City" was by far the toughest and, oddly enough, the most enjoyable cycling experience I've ever had.  My sincere thanks to everyone that was there today (Cheryl, Marcy, Ron, Suzanne, Gary, Andrew, Lila, Jen,...well, I tried to remember everyone's  name) for making my first ride with the BCC such a great experience.  I look forward to meeting more of you and going on many more rides (including the seven hills...)

Sincerely,
Mark and/or Valita Pendleton

LRRH Packet Stuffing Party

Getting ready for Little Red – What a production line!

 

Salt Lake City Bicycle Summit

Well, Salt Lake's first bike summit is behind us and I for one feel it was a great success. There were four different panel discussions; Economic Development, Infastructure, education and Enforcement. sadly, the brevity of the day did not allow me attend all the workshops so I had to choose what I should focus on and that was education and enforcement.
Education - The panel was represented by UDOT, sharing their commitment to the federal safe routes to school program, having spent 3.2 million dollars so far towards helping kids and their parents feel safe and get excited about riding and walking to school. The SLC bike collective explained their role in training and educating a whole new group of proactive cyclists becoming LCI's and using their training to help the cycling community by leading by example and teaching others to do the same. And the Utah Bicyle Coalition spoke or their commitment to bring awareness and education to both cyclists and motorists through the introduction of the Sare the Road license plate and the need to bring education and safety into the schools.
Enforcement - This panel discussion was very interactive and shared many strong views and opinions of how laws and ordinances reflect on both cyclists and motorists and the need for them to be fair and just towards both. There was also a strong overlap of the need to educate everyone on how cyclists and motorists use and share the roads and why both education and enforcement work hand in hand to bring about awareness and change towards building a bike friendly place to live.
The keynote speaker, Gary Sjoquist, opened the summit with some enlightening facts of both good and bad hurdles that lie both behind and ahead of society as we work towards a better and stronger community that includes all modes of transportation sharing roadways and byways and how it will take all of us to commit to working hard to educate and promote the willingness and need to bring about a change in our communities to include bicycles as a viable mode of transportation and lifefstyle that will enhance our communities and lives rather than impede it.
Let us all take the lead and show by example how cycling and cyclists can and will bring about a positive change to our communities, making them stronger, friendlier and safer for all of us.
Pedal Fast and Laugh Often
Rob Y.

Congratulations New Board of Directors

Hello BCC, presenting your new board of directors for 2009! Congratulations Mary Margret, Rob Y, Barbara, Debra, Rob P, Dana, Jay, Doug, Brent, Robert, Don and Elizabeth (not pictured).

While the new board doesn't take office until December 1st we have already begun to work for the betterment of the club. Mary Margret is busy creating our agenda and focus for the board, Don has already been assuming the role of road captain and is very busy with creating a strong calendar of rides for the coming year. Barbara is very busy working on our online presence and I have been overwhelmed with trying to catch up with what is going on in the community. We haven't been present in our communities for the better part of two years and we have a daunting challange to rebuild our presence and involvement.

While we are busy getting everything in order and on track, we have not forgotten that the club is about fun and comaraderie. So we are also looking for ways of bringing all of us together through the cold winter months and beyond in more ways than just riding bikes. And we want to ask you the members what you would like to see from the club and are you willing to pitch in and help make the Bonneville Cycling Club the best d-- club in Utah! So, contact any board member with your ideas and suggestions. Give Debbie a call and offer to help create some social events. GET INVOLVED!!
See you on the road, and remember; Pedal Fast and Laugh Often
Rob Y.

New BCC Racing Blog

Interested in racing? Then check out the new BCC Racing Blog that just got created a couple of weeks ago. There's a nice article over there about The Punisher. According to kratka:

In the last few weeks I have been acquainted with The Punisher. This person who calls himself Bill appears to be quite the training guru; he offered great advice during our Huntsville and Midway rides, and had a great plan on specifically what to work on during the rides.

If you want to get some good "schooling" - ok, training - check out their blog and get involved.

Dave Wiens at the 2008 Leadville Trail 100

There's a great video about Dave Wiens, the winner of the 2008 Leadville Trail 100 this summer on the New York Times - see The Man Who Took on Armstrong. According to VeloNews:

Dave Wiens pulled away from Lance Armstrong in the final ten miles of Saturday's Leadville Trail 100 in Colorado, winning the race for the sixth time, in record time.
"The guy that I raced today was not the guy who won the Tours," the modest Wiens said at the finish.
Armstrong accelerated on the Columbine climb — which tops out at over 12,000 feet elevation at the halfway point of the out-and-back race — and broke up a group of ten that had formed in the first half of the race. Wiens matched Armstrong's pace and in a few short miles the two had a five-minute gap over third place, which grew to more than 20 minutes at the 80-mile mark and more than a half hour at the finish.

Eventually, Wiens won the Leadville Trail 100 in 6:45:45, about 13 minutes faster than the record he set last year when he was being pushed by Floyd Landis. Armstrong finished second at 6:47:41.