October 1 (Sat) Saturn Santa Fe Century Registration starts Friday at 6 pm at Saturn of Gainesville. Registration and breakfast open at 6:30 am at the North West Boys Club. October 2 (Sun) Register at the Santa Fe Century, or at Morningside Nature Center starting by 7:30 am or at Flemington Community Park (for the Horse Farm Tours). October 8 (Sat) Standard Club Ride Meeting Time Now 9 AM As always, check email ride announcements to ensure your group is using the standard time October 30 (Sun) Eastern Standard Time Returns Fall back, set your clocks back one hour, gain an hour of sleep. If you fail to do so, you’ll be way early for your ride! November 13 (Sun) Adopt-A-Road Cleanup Meet at 3 pm to get organized for a 3:15 pm sharp deployment. Park on CR 234 just east of Micanopy near our sign. Please don’t be late; it’s hard to get you supplied and assigned after we have started. We need about 14 people for an optimal crew. Please RSVP to [email protected] or call Diann at 378-7063. The club will help pay for dinner after the cleanup. December 10 (Sat) Holiday Party Put it on your calendar! Details in the next newsletter. preparations underway!
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Registration starts Friday at 6 pm at Saturn of Gainesville. Registration and breakfast open at6:30 am at the North West Boys Club.
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Register at the Santa Fe Century, or at Morningside Nature Center starting by 7:30 am or atFlemington Community Park (for the Horse Farm Tours).
October 8 (Sat) Standard Club Ride Meeting Time Now 9 AM
As always, check email ride announcements to ensure your group is using the standard time
October 30 (Sun) Eastern Standard Time Returns
Fall back, set your clocks back one hour, gain an hour of sleep. If you fail to do so, you’ll beway early for your ride!
November 13 (Sun) Adopt-A-Road Cleanup
Meet at 3 pm to get organized for a 3:15 pm sharp deployment. Park on CR 234 just east ofMicanopy near our sign. Please don’t be late; it’s hard to get you supplied and assigned afterwe have started. We need about 14 people for an optimal crew. Please RSVP [email protected] or call Diann at 378-7063. The club will help pay for dinner after thecleanup.
December 10 (Sat) Holiday Party
Put it on your calendar! Details in the next newsletter.
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From The Editor Roger Pierce
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checked in witht h e l a t e s tperson to beprofiled, clubstalwart LeslieF o l k e r t h .Otherwise thisissue may be a
bit sparse as we put our energies intogetting ready for the Gainesville CyclingFestival.
We expect to resume our bike storeseries with the December newsletter.
If you have something that yourwould like to see in print, don’t hesitateto drop it into an email and send it tome: [email protected].
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Record. That is the word that ismost likely to define this year’sFestival.
For starters, we have a recordnumber of volunteers helping us out, 74at last count helping on the weekend,and a number of others helpingbeforehand. We can’t say many thankstoo many times.
Our registration count is astoundingus (and wearing out Lee Edwards’
fingers!). We expect that the Santa Fe Century
will probably break their all time recordturnout (345), and put over 400 riderson the road.
The Horse Farm Hundred has seenrecord turnouts in the last two years(465), but this year it is possible that wecould double those numbers!
Sounds Roger Pierce, Gliders Group Captain
As we ride along with the windroaring in our ears and withother sounds of nature and
industry around us, you may havenoticed that the spoken word isdifficult to understand. Words thathave clearly distinct sounds andmeanings in normal conversationbecome sound-alikes out on the road.
The most important sound-alikesare “car” and “clear.” Not knowingwhich of these is being called can getyou killed. That is why we prohibit theuse of “clear” on Gliders rides, anddiscourage others using it as well.The only sound we want to hearspoken when crossing an intersectionis one of warning; other calls can onlyconfuse or drown out the warning.
Registration forms availablearound October 1 at www.sanfelasco.net
Get your registration form in early!
For more info, contact [email protected] call Leslie at 352-367-3856
����������������Dear Friends:
Iwant to thank all of you who havevolunteered to work the GainesvilleCycling Festival in all its manifold
jobs. Your efforts are key to makingthis event, and in fact all GCCprograms, the successes they are.
At the Labor Day picnic many of ushad a chance to put our wheels on the
new asphalt of the DowntownConnector leading from BoulwareSprings Park into the center ofGainesville. By the time you read this(we hope) the bridge over theSweetwater Branch will have beendelivered, and the rest of the pavingwill have been completed. Now wewait for the construction of the Depotpark, and the last little link on to theDepot Avenue Trail.
And for even more good news, thereis word of progress on the right-of-wayfor the long-discussed 6th Street Trail.The Office of Greenways and Trailsand the Trust For Public Land recentlymet with the Gainesville PoliceDepartment to discuss the routing ofthis trail around GPD headquarters.With some luck, and a lot of hardwork, this trail may also become areality.
Thanks to Craig Lee you areup-to-date on the starting ofconstruction of the Palatka-Lake Butler
Trail. This new rail-trail may seepaving start as early as next year.
Bicycle/Aviation Trivia Department:Tom Crouch, Superintendent ofCollections at the Air and SpaceMuseum of the Smithsonian and majorhistorian of the Wright brothers, oncesaid "their orientation to bicyclesprobably gave the Wrights the insightto aircraft control, which was theirgreat contribution". The Wrights areoften credited with inventing thepowered airplane (they didn't), but theirreal contribution (and their mainpatent) was the three-axis controlsystem, which is what keeps theairplane on an even keel. Drop thatone in your next cocktail partyconversation.
Riding the switchbacks of SanFelasco Hammock under thelight of the full moon, Leslie
Folkerth is enjoying the 20 miles of the"best single track in the United States."Off-road riding at night gives Leslie, onher Gary Fisher Procaliber, anopportunity to see the park's nocturnalwildlife and escape the heat. Shesupports the San Felasco trail systema number of ways-as a board membera n d w e b m a s t e r f o rwww.sanfelasco.net, volunteer with thefundraising tour and general parkadvocate.
One can understand why-thehammock provides beauty and theopportunity to visit unique ecosystemswhile challenging one's fitness andcoordination. From a one-milebeginner's trail (the Cotton Tail) to thefour-mile intermediate level CellonCreek Trail, to the eight-mile Tung NutLoop that features hills, log bridgesand spectacular prairie views, SanFelasco Hammock provides anoutstanding place to ride. Connectorsto other trails provide an extraordinaryopportunity to host the Tour deFelasco-in 2005 over 400 people,riders and volunteers, turned out tomake the event, and its fifty miles of
trails, a big success. Leslie Folkerth is uniquely qualifiedto support the Park. She started ridingher bike as a child on the countryroads near her home, graduating toracing mountain bikes in Indiana andOhio. She met her husband, Doug,through the Ohio State Cycling Club.Instead of an engagement ring, shereceived a proposal and a tandemroad bike. They've covered thousandsof road and off-road miles together,from cross country jaunts to racingevents.
Leslie and Doug moved toGainesville five years ago to retire, butthat never really worked out. Bothfound jobs and places to race. Lesliehas competed in the "Gone Riding"circuit sponsored by the Razorback
Mountain Bike Park. Look her up onwww.USACycling.org and you'll seeher excellent standings. Now Lesliehas left the racing circuit for a while,but she still rides, especially in theearly mornings and on weekends. Shesets her own hours as a fundraiserand database manager for aconsulting firm supporting Greek( s o r o r i t y a n d f r a t e r n i t y )foundations-allowing her time to ride,read, go boating, play the occasionalgame of ice hockey, and enjoy inlineskating. She is enthusiastic aboutGCC, especially for the new riderstarting out, as a way to find people ofsimilar interests and speed, creatingfriendships while enjoying the sport.
Leslie likes off road riding becauseshe doesn't have to worry about traffic,
it's more laid back thanroad riding, and shecan challenge herselfand have a good timeat it. Next time you seeher email across theGCC list inviting you toa night ride at SanFelasco, give it a try!
Tallahassee’s Leon County has sold more Share The Road plates than have been soldin Alachua County. Next renewal, head down to the tag office and pick up one foryourself! Proceeds from the plate help fund the educational initiatives of the FloridaBicycle Association and Bike Florida. By law the tag proceeds benefit (1) Education andawareness programs for bicycle safety and motorist safety, with emphasis on sharing theroadway by all users (2) Training, workshops, educational materials, and media events,and (3) The promotion of safe bicycling.
A Brief and Biased History of Velodrome Racingby James Thompson, Ph.D.
At the turn of the century,velodrome racing was the mostpopular spectator sport in the
United States. Fans and citizens weregenerally fascinated with the clean andinexpensive form of transportationknown as the safety bicycle (versusthe "unsafe" high-wheelers of antiquefame). At wooden velodromes acrossthe country, and in Europe, fans couldwatch the new-fangled inventionsracing at 40 plus mph. Familiestraveled for miles in wagons and trainsto see the races.
Athletic competition has often beenabout heroes and their fans, andAmerican velodrome watchers wereno d i f ferent. There wereA m e r i c a n / E u r o p e a n r i v a l s ,Italian-American/Irish-American rivals,and of course "race" competitions. Infact, the most popular racer was ablack rider by the name of MajorTaylor. Taylor was a great celebrity inthe early 1900s and widelyacknowleged as the fastest man onthe bike. He was a great draw foraudiences of all colors, most especiallywhite ethnics who showed up to seethe latest "Great White Hope" giveTaylor a run for his money. Like manyblack talents of the early twentiethcentury, Taylor found greater fame,tolerance, and fortune in Europe, but itwas always understood that he was an"American" racer. Taylor crossed thecolor line in other ways, leveraging hiscelebrity and wealth to cement anotherwise unacceptable marriage to awhite woman with whom he wasdeeply in love. Velodrome or "track"racing is still the most diverse arena ofcycling competition.
Taylor was arguably the last greatcycling celebrity in the popularimagination until the road racer GregLemond captured the imagination ofthe U. S. public with Tour de Francewins in the 1980s. Velodrome racingdied off not, as popularly believed,because of the automobile. It wasboxing, an even bloodier sport, thatkilled it. Madison Square Garden,originally built with a velodrome (the"Madison" race is named after it) was
turned into a boxing venue afterbookies and the mob becamedisappointed with their ability to "fix"races in such large fields as cycling candraw. The bottom line was, well, thebottom line. It was easier to fix a fightbetween two men, and to play up thecharacter of the individuals involved,than to promote a race between twentymen, some of whom were unknown orunpredictable.
Derailleurs, better tires, and nicerroads later made road racing morepopular in the U. S. than track racing,but cycling in general didn't recover itspopularity as a spectator sport until the1980s. Riding the coattails of 1980sracers like Greg LeMond, Alexi Grewal,and Eric Haydn, 1990s-era American
upstarts like Lance Armstrong, GeorgeHincapie, and Tyler Hamilton havereturned the sport to its former glory.But it is still difficult to "watch" cyclingon the road and off, at least withoutsophisticated cameras, helicopterviews, and satellite feeds.
Despite the popularity of the longTour de France, track cycling is still themost accessible discipline of bicycleracing for young people and urbandwellers. The bikes are relativelycheap (most velodromes rent them orlend them for free to children). Thereare no dangerous cars or pedestrianson the track. Velodrome racing retainsa strong coaching element, essentialfor young riders, that has only latelyresurged in road racing. Steel is still anacceptable material (whereasexpensive materials have become the
norm in road racing). Spectators don'thave to wait for riders to wind up a hillor turn a corner every mile or two.Two or three riders can make a strongteam, whereas you need at least fiveon the road. And, yes, there is a lot ofphysical contact. Often called "boxingon bicycles" (at a rough track likeTrexlertown, PA) or "bicycle racing inthree dimensions" (because of theg-forces and sprinting dives from highon the banked turns), velodromeracing provides more chills and thrillsper kilometer than any cyclingdiscipline. Except, perhaps, BMX ordownhill offroad racing. Oh yes, and,best of all, the riders are stucktogether in a small "infield" after eachrace, so like all good athletes should,trackies are often models ofsportsmanship, even while providingdangerous entertainment in the turnsand "on the rails."
The diversity of races is suited to awide variety of physical characteristics.Brains and experience can often makea mediocre rider into somethingspecial. There are a host of racesgeared to the fast-twitch tendencies ofthe sprinter ("Keirin," or motor-paced,racing and the cat-and-mouse delightknown as the "Match Sprint"). Butroadies and stamina-fiends fare well atthe longer events (the "Miss-and-out"covers several laps at a high sustainedspeed, and some "Points Races" canactually be as long as amateur roadcriteriums). There are also a host ofindividual and team time trial events(from one kilometer solo to the elegantfour-rider team pursuit). Track cyclingis also the sport in which you will mostlikely see mixed-gender racing, aswomen sometimes elect to race in themen's category appropriate to theirspeed and skill.
The majority of the velodromes inthe U. S. are of cement construction,and hover at around 333 meters (aconvenient one-third kilometer),although you will find in the uppermidwest and west coast several indoorand wooden tracks, usually shorter,steeper (to let riders avoid the need tocorner), and more aggressive on the
European model. American 'dromeswere built during prosperous times andsuburban ballpark expansions, usuallyduring the 1970s in areas that nowseem out of the way, semi-rural, ordownright inaccessible. The "new"velodromes of the 1970s often fell intodisrepair during the last quarter of thecentury as urban-spending prioritiesleaned toward glamour projects likefootball and baseball arenas.
Unlike during its inception as aprofessional sport, the best trackprograms now have a stronggrassroots, junior rider, and children'sfocus, with Trexlertown, PA being themodel in this arena. Over thedecades, the children's program at"T-Town" has produced world-classand olympic medal talent. Othertracks are catching on. Its fate almostsealed as a retention pond just a fewyears back, the Dick Lane velodromein Atlanta now has a bustling kid'sprogram. Located in a less-affluentAtlanta neighborhood, Dick Laneharkens back to an early period ofvelodrome glory, as kaleidoscope ofyoung faces cross the color line toenjoy competition in the cement bowl.To honor the devotion of the kids andthe racers, Atlanta promoters andenthusiasts have learned the age-oldart of politics, leveraging the themes of"family" and "urban renewal" to drawbig money, big crowds, and even themayor out to watch a sport that stillhas to be explained to the vastmajority of Americans.
James Thompson, Ph.D., as postedon the Team Florida Training ListTeam Florida/UF Cycling Alum.and Indefatiguable Trackhead
See the complete calendar on the World Wide Web at http://www.floridabicycle.org/fbtc/
October 7-9Mt Dora FLMount Dora Bicycle Festival31st Annual. Attracting 1500 cyclists, this isFlorida's oldest and larges bicycling event! Withrides of varying lengths skill levels, cyclists of allages come and see why Lake County isrecognized as one of the best places in theworld to ride (Bicycling Magazine, March 1998).Sponsored by the Mount Dora Chamber ofCommerce, P. O. Box 196, Mount Dora, FL32757. Phone (352)383-2165. October 8 (Sat)Clearwater FLClearwater Classic Cycling Festival25 and 50 mile beach tours. Also two days ofUSCF racing. YMCA of the Suncoast, 2536Countryside Blvd., Suite 100, Clearwater, FL33763-1507. Phone (727)741-7250, fax(727)442-5810. October 9 (Sun)Glen St. Mary FLSwampman 1007:30 am at Baker County High School.100/71/51/33/10 miles, very low traffic roads,very flat. Lunch after the ride. Baker CountyFamily YMCA, 98 West Lowder Street,MacClenny FL 32063. (904)259-4987 or(904)259-0898. Fax (904)259-0731. LODGINGIN MacClenny: Be sure to mention "Bike Ride".Days Inn (904)259-5400. Econo Lodge(904)259-3000. October 22 (Sat)Miccosukee FLSpaghetti 100The Capital City Cyclists are proud to presentthe 22nd annual Spaghetti 100. We are offeringthe option of a 100 mile or 100 K (68 miles)paved road ride or a 100K dirt road ride. Thereis also a FAST TRACK option at a reduced costfor those who wish to ride but not stop forlunch.. October 23 (Sun)Dade City FLHilly HundredTampa Bay Freewheelers event. Start at PascoComprehensive High School on State Rd 52 inDade City. Ride 18, 34, 63 or 100 miles throughthe beautiful rolling hills of Pasco and HernandoCounties. Mass start at 7:30 am. All routesclose at 3:00 pm. $22.50 pre-registration (endsOct. 11). $25.00 day-of-ride registration. Forinformation contact Ruben Watson by email orphone (813) 404-5721. October 29 (Sat)Ebro FL12 Hours of Pine Log Bicycle FestivalMetric Century Road Ride to Ponce de LeonSprings and back. Pine Log State Forest, SandPond Recreation Area.
October 30 (Sun)Cocoa Beach FLIntracoastal Waterway CenturyWe offer a full 100 mile route and a 100kilometer (62 miles) route. Both routes takeriders along the scenic Indian River, through theNASA Kennedy Space Center, and downthrough scenic Merritt Island along TropicalTrail. Spacecoast Freewheelers, P.O.Box320622, Cocoa Beach FL 32932.(321)868-5106. October 30 (Sun)Homestead FLSpeedway CenturyRegistration the day of the ride will start at 6 AMand the ride will start at 730am. The ride willstart at the start line of the Homestead MiamiSpeedway. You will take a lap around thespeedway and then continue thru rural SouthMiami-Dade. Routes are well marked andSAGS are provided. Rest stops at 20/40/60/80miles are well stocked with the goodies youneed to keep your wheels spinning. Rides are25/62/100 miles. Registration is $25.00 clubMembers and $30.00 Non Members. If youhave any questions contact Steve Klare at305-725-3205. Everglades Bicycle Club, Miami. November 4-6White Springs FLFlorida Fat-Tire FestivalAt Stephen Foster State Park Camping, meals,T-shirt. All skill levels, ride Guides and Sweeps.Sponsored by the Suwannee Bicycle Assn, POBox 247, White Springs, FL 32096.
November 6 (Sun)Cooper City FLSouth Broward Wheelers Annual CenturyBrian Piccolo Park, 9501 Sheridan Street,Cooper City FL. SBW's event features 62- and100-mile rides, plus an escorted 28-mile familyride, through southwest Broward County. Roadsare marked along the entire route and cuesheets are provided. Rest stops are locatedabout every 20 miles and SAG is providedthroughout the entire event. South BrowardWheelers, PO Box 290723, Davie FL 33329.(954) 424-3513. November 6 (Sun)Sarasota FLSarasota-Manatee Bicycle Club's AnnualGulf Coast Cycle FestListed in Bicycling Magazine’s Reader’sFavorite Rides. You will ride mostly on goodcountry roads, with excellent sags and wellsupported rest stops. Continental breakfast,post ride meal with home-made desserts, plentyof door prizes, and high quality bicycle socks forall. This year’s start will be Lakewood RanchHigh School approximately 3 1/2 miles East ofI-75 exit 217A (go 2.3 miles East on State Rd70 to Lakewood Ranch Blvd, then left on LRB 1
mile to LRHS). Contact Susan Hagerman at941-751-6390. Sarasota-Manatee Bicycle Club,Box 15053, Sarasota, Florida 34277-1053. November 11-13Lithia FLAlafia Fat Tire FestivalAlafia River State Park, South of Brandon, FL.With unique topography that offers some of themost radical elevation changes in Florida, theAlafia trails are the most challenging in ourriding area. The ‘Moonscape’ and ‘Gatorback’were specifically designed for advanced levelriders. The less technical ‘River Loop’, ’Bridges’and ‘Rock Garden’ provide a real adventure forany experienced cyclist. For new riders, there is‘Sand Pine’, all the 2-track, plus all the trails atBoyette. Boyette’s trails are forgiving enough fornewer riders while still offering an exciting ridefor more experienced cyclists. The diversity ofsingle-track, technical berm sections, and hillymeadow riding will make for a fun day. Guidedrides will be offered at both locations each day.813-689-5109.
November 13 (Sun)Dunedin FLDiabetes Challenge100K - 8 AM, 50K - 8:30 AM, 25K - 9 AM,Family Ride - 9 AM. Brought to you by SuncoastCycling Club to benefit the American DiabetesAssociation. You'll swear and burn, but mostmostly you'll smile because you will know thatyou are helping more than 17 million Americansaffected by diabetes. Rider Amentites: Pre &Post ride meals, A "really cool" t-shirt & goodybag, Mechanical SAG support, Rest Stops withliquid and Solid Fuel, Well-marked, safe routes,Post ride entertainment and prizes. November 18-19 (Fri-Sat)Port Charlotte FLThe Pasta Bash is Back!After cancelling their annual Pasta Bash lastyear in favor of a Relief Ride to benefit victimsof the hurricanes that devastated the state ofFlorida, the Coastal Cruisers Bicycle Club willonce again pick up the Pasta Bash annualtradition. Rides of 16, 31+ and 61+ miles - fullysupported with marked roads, maps & cuesheets, well-stocked rest stops, SAG support.Wine-and-cheese social on Friday evening,continental breakfast, great rides, andworld-famous pasta lunch following the ride onSaturday. Event T-shirt guaranteed if registeredbefore October 22 - take your chances afterthat. For more information, contact DaveWarren at (941)497-5170. November 20 (Sun)Clermont FL26th Annual Horrible HundredFlorida Freewheelers, P.O. Box 916524,Longwood, FL 32791. 407-788-BIKE (2453) fax(407)788-RIDE (7433).
Paceline Safety Fred Ross with comments by Roger Pierce
It’s been great to see large turnoutson rides over the last month, butwith large turnouts come riders who
haven’t ridden much with the group.Here are a few pointers to help keepus safe:
1) Although I think group rides aresocial occasions, I've noticed a lot ofexcessive chit chat with heads turningthis way and that and riders beinginattentive to what's going on up anddown the road. This happens even atthe front. A little more concentrationon riding would be appreciated. Also,when double pace lining, peopleengaged in conversation are notmoving up to fill in holes as they occur(structural discontinuity in thepaceline). 2) Not everyone is taking their turn atthe front. Pairs of riders are baling outearly, resulting in four or more ridersmoving to the back at a time. This isan inherently unsafe practice.Everyone should take a turn at thefront and stay there at least until the
previous rider or riders have made it tothe back safely. As little as 30seconds is all that is needed to assurea safe interval. 3) A "welfare state" mentality isdeveloping among riders who aregapped. Although Gliders haveagreed to slow down when gaps occur,I think that gapped riders should try tomake an extra effort to get back on.Lately, I've noticed that after fallingbehind, some riders continue toengage in conversation assuming thateveryone ahead is content to waitaround for them to rejoin. If thiscontinues, stronger riders will lose theirsense of obligation to remain with thegroup. 4) At some intersections, andparticularly at Rt 441 coming back intotown, riders are making a mad dashacross the road before it is reasonablysafe for all of the group to cross.Although crossing intersections safelyis a personal responsibility, it's not soimportant to be the first one back that
someone else gets killed. If you enteran intersection and there is a vehicleapproaching, it is your duty to call outthe location of that vehicle.Remember that once one personcrosses the road, “flock” mentality willcompel some others to follow. Amongother species, this regularly results inbirdies in the grill. Over the years, older seasoned ridershave experienced crashes andreceived road rash and broken bones.We know that some crashes areinevitable, however, we also know thatmost can be avoided if people areattentive to what's going on aroundthem and appreciate how their actionsas individuals may endanger the safetyof the group. Being injured in a crashis the hard way to learn to become abetter rider.
Over the years we have hadtrouble from time to timegetting GCCMail delivered via
the Topica service.This past August, the straw that
broke the camel’s back was laid on –I couldn’t get GCCMail any more.
After some research, I found aninexpensive service based in GreatBritain that had all of the bells andwhistles that we need, and a clean,simple interface, Simple Lists.com.
Once of the features of this newservice is that I now get to actually see
all of the bounces, and thus knowprecisely what is causing them. WithTopica, all I ever saw was a generic “ItBounced” which made it impossible todeal with properly.
If you stop getting GCCMail now,either your ISP is putting it into yourSPAM directory (look there first) or itwas bounced outright and I cut you off.
When I cut you off, I add your emailaddress, the cutoff date, and thereason for the cutoff to the GCCMailpage on our web site. That is thesecond place to look.
Once you have your email inboxoperational again, request back on thelist by putting your name and emailaddress in the boxes on the GCCMailpage. If your address is on the database, I’ll send you an invite to get backon.
As with Topica, you cannot get on aSimple Lists list without confirmingyour address, which you do by clickingon the link in the confirmation email.You will need to follow this sameprocedure if you want to get off the list.
Gainesville Brevet Series Dates Announced 200K Jan 14300K Feb 4400K Mar 11600K Apr 1
Brevets are longer, self-pacedrides ridden by randonneurs (tr:ultratourists). A sequence of four
brevets of increasing distance qualifiesthe rider to enter Paris-Brest-Paris, theoldest bicycling event on earth. Inyears when PBP is not held, variouss u r r o g a t e s ( e . g . ,Boston-Montreal-Boston) have similarqualification requirements.
Brevets are not races; publishedresults traditionally list the finishersalphabetically and may not even
include their times. But there is a timelimit. This limit includes the minutesspent eating, fixing flats, and on thelonger rides, sleeping. All but theshortest brevet (200 km/125 miles)require some night riding, and goodlighting is essential.
Along the route, riders are requiredto stop at controls to get anauthenticating stamp on their brevetcards. Each control has its own timewindow within which the authenticationmust occur to avoid disqualification.Riders should also anticipate one ormore secret controls whose locationwill not be revealed in advance.
Unlike traditional century rides whichmay feature rest stops every 20 milesor so, the Gainesville Cycling Clubbrevets are unsagged and minimally
supported. Controls are mostlyconvenience stores, and riders whoabandon will likely need to providetheir own transportation back to thestart/finish.
The course is not marked. Findingone's way is part of the fun. Gettinglost is sometimes part of theexperience.
Randonneurs are a hardy lot.These rides will take place rain orshine, wind or cold, sleet or snow(although the last two are extremelyrare in Florida).
Our Regional Brevet Administratoris Jim Wilson. These dates have beensubmitted to the powers that be inFrance, and they almost always signoff on them.
� Welcome back to a very oldmember (in terms of the club, not him).Tom Sheehan was one of the foundersof the GCC back around 1980. For anumber of years, he operated a bicycletouring company out of Wyoming(Chandler worked for him for severalyears). We have already put hisexpertise to work as Course Marshallfor the Silver Anniversary Horse FarmHundred.
� Former GCC member JohnLieswyn raced for the USA in thep r o f e s s i o n a l w o r l d r o a dchampionships in Madrid, Spain, onSeptember 25. He finished 86th at5:19 back in the final major race of hiscareer.
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The Gainesville Cyclist is published bi-monthlywith cover dates of even-numbered months. Allsubmissions are welcome.Classified ads will be run free-of-charge for clubmembers; email or mail to the editor.Ads are $20 for a standard size ad, $40 for aquarter page ad, and $80 for a half page ad. Aone year (six issue) subscription for standardsize ads is $100.
Giant OCR 1 with Shimano 105group, carbon fork, new gator skintires with tuffy strip liners, acvocetcomputer, and speed play pedals.It's a medium compact frame whichshould fit anyone from 5'4" to 5'11".It has about 3,000 miles on it and isin excellent condition. $650. I havestopped using it because of an oldback injury, and now exclusively ridea recumbent. For full informationand picture contact Lewis Sussman:[email protected]
All of the following items are offeredby Rob Wilt, 380-0561.>>GCC Cycling shorts. Black withyellow side panels, red ‘Gainesville
Cycling Club’ on the yellow. MensLarge. Worn 3 or 4 times. Inexcellent condition, recentlylaundered. $30>>Teac V2-RX cassette tape deck,3-heads, in excellent condition,$100>>Airwalk Chaos casual shoes.Black, dark gray and light gray.Virtually new. Worn a couple oftimes, were a bit too small. Veryclean. Would fit a 9D well. $20>>Books on tape, many titles,murder mysteries, historical,comedy. In excellent condition withoriginal packaging. Most used onlyonce. For a list of titles and pricesemail me and I will forward you the
complete listing of available tapes.>>Panasonic KX-P1123, 24 pin dotmatrix printer. In good shape, withstand, manual, and extra ribbons.$25.>>ScubaPro Fino Mask. High qualitylow volume dive mask in black.Used only a few times, in perfectcondition with original protective box.Originally $90, selling for $50>>Brand New GCC polo shirt:Q ua l i t y Q ueensboro s h i r t(www.queensboro.com), featuredlogo is the sweaty pony on a pennyfarthing bike. White with gold textand red horse. Men's size Large$20.
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