This Weekend: Pick your poison...

For the whole weekend, there's the Fat and Skinny Tire Fest in Winona Lake, IN:

Friday, there's the Oaks Day Race in Louisville.

Saturday, there's Sam's B.R.A. Birthday Race right here in Bloomington.

Don't have his flier yet...

I'm going to try to make it to Louisville, with 1 or 2 open seats. Let's hope the weather holds out.

Little 500 & Welcome Back Rachel

After riding their bikes up to Indy on Thursday, Richard and Thomas returned Friday with Mark, Shawn, and Charlie, and their bikes. Mike and Adria also made it down from Indy via auto (missed you Bryan). And, on Saturday we all got together and rode out to Bill Armstrong Stadium for the 58th running of the Little 500.

After the race, we rode to Tom's to cook food and drink drinks.
As always, it was great to share company with the Indy folk.

Oh yeah, and WELCOME BACK TO BLOOMINGTON, RACHEL.
DC doesn't know what it's missing.

Final Lap - Cutters out in front

Cutters take their 10th Little 500 victory.

Joe made it down too, though it did take him a bit longer.

The SHOW UP CLASSIC: Part III - Recap

Thanks to everyone who was there yesterday to help us finish out the Show Up Classic!
Here's how things went down-

Alleycat:

1. Richard (Bloomington)
2. Mark (Indy)
3. Kat (Bloomington)
4. Bryan (Indy)

Tricks:

1. Thomas
2. Bryan
3. Mark
4. Richard

CONGRATULATIONS To The Top 3 OVERALL Points Winners:

1. Mark
2. Richard
3. Bryan

Thanks again to everyone who came out, and to our sponsors!

Photo by Rinzin

Photo by Rinzin

Photo by Rinzin

Photo by Rinzin

Photo by Rinzin

Photo by Rinzin

Photo by Rinzin

Photo by Rinzin

Photo by Rinzin

Mark - 1st Overall - Seagull Bag

Richard - 2nd Overall - Milwaukee Hubs + cog & lockring

Bryan - 3rd Overall - 700c Velocity Deep V Rim

Thanks SEAGULL!!

this bags is awesome!

MANIFEST

"Missions" won't be revealed until you arrive at the checkpoints. But, just to let you know, all 3 total up to about 10 miles.

The SHOW UP CLASSIC: Part III - MAP

Read the description. There will be more to it than just these checkpoints. But, you won't find out what that is until you get to the checkpoints. Manifests will have maps on them, so don't worry about printing this out if you're concerned about getting lost.

VIEW MAP HERE

THIS SATURDAY!

Major Taylor Velodrome 2009 Season Update

I just got home from work, and checked my e-mail. Much to my delight, Marti from MTV (Major Taylor Velodrome, not the Paramount/Viacom pariah) sent me the 2009 schedule...at least up until May, when it closes for maintenance.

Here's the e-mail:

The Major Taylor Velodrome is gearing up for the 2009 season. Check the calendar on our website* for racing & training dates.

*FYI – if you have the Velodrome page bookmarked, you may have to update it. The shortcut www.indyparks.org/velodrome no longer is working; you must start at www.indyparks.org, then select “Park Listings” and “Sports Complexes” and THEN choose “Major Taylor Velodrome”. Once you get there I’d suggest bookmarking it anew.

Please note: Open Riding will be available Saturday, April 18 through Friday, April 24, then again Monday, April 27 through Thursday, April 30 (12:30-3:30; each 3 hour session is $5 per person.) Weekday hours may vary – please call first.

Also: The track will be CLOSED May 1-15, and perhaps longer, for maintenance. As soon as we’re up and running again, I’ll send another note out via this email list.

I'm considering heading up Sunday the 19th, the day after Part III of the Show Up Classic, so if anyone else is down let me know.