Buena suerte a todos magana!!!

GO TWJ!!!! ROCK AND ROLL TOMORROW! Get plenty of rest and have lots fun!!!!!

BIKE THE BLUFF

This is a better flier which shows our map nice and big!
Bike the Bluff USAC Official Flier

sorry to say but i wont be riding phx

I have hurt my back and my chiropractor is not working. going to see my doc. hopefully i will be back on the bike soon. will be there to cheer you all on . I know you all have been training hard and will do great. see you all there darrall

Event Weekend of April 24-25

Is any one interested in racing the Wet-n-Wild Crit on Saturday, April 24 and then Ride For The Children (fun ride) on Sunday? Ride for the children is a beautiful ride! I am open. Any takers on this?

South Mountain TT coming up May 8th

To go along with the time trial theme that Jim Vidler is thinking,
there's a real time trial coming up at South Mountain on May 8,
http://www.teamvitesse.com/SMTT1.html has the details. Garrett and I
are signed up, it will be our first time trial on the road bikes,
thought you might want to let the team know about it.

Jim

TWJ -TT Challenge!

Hi Team,

Below is a fantastic ride idea from Jim Vidler . We can incorporate this into our Saturday ride for those of you who want to get some TT practice. We are thinking of trying it on May 1st. So for those of you who have TT bikes bring them to the Saturday ride, May 1st (if you want to).

-Trish

Here's the idea:

I've never done ride planning so this may be a stupid idea, but here it is:

Our normal Usery ride, Usery-Bush Hwy-Kong, whatever that ride is called. But we take it easy to the Usery-Bush Hwy intersection and start there for a some time trial practice. The route would be from there to Redmont, which is the entrance to Red Mountain Ranch. No stop signs, lights, etc. for 6.5 miles. There used to be a time trial that went from the intersection to the canal and back. I think it was the state championship one year. I wouldn't want people doing a turn-around on a course that wasn't patrolled though. So I think just going to Red Mountain Ranch is a better idea for an unofficial ride.

Basically, everybody would time themselves on the honor system. Start your watch when you leave, stop when you hit the intersection. If I remember correctly there is a grass patch right there at Red Mountain where people could wait for everyone to finish.

If someone on the club ride doesn't want to time trial, just keep riding through to the time trial end and wait. Since we wouldn't be real official we could send people off in 15-20 second intervals. It would only take a few minutes to get everyone going. We usually wait that long at the intersection anyway.

If people remember their time we can aggregate them at the end of the ride and post them online so people get an idea where they are at.

Of course there would be some serious bragging rights involved for the fastest time too. Do this once or twice a year for an unofficial TWJ TT Champ.

Maybe it's just me, but I got this idea because I would like some TT practice but I'm still chicken to do a "real" one.

-Jim

Registration now open for Bike The Bluff! Finally! Let me know if you have any questions.
http://www.larouedor.com/20100619-az-bike-bluff.html

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