Saturday morning 5th Street Bagel Shop 8am. Pocatello, ID.
Ride will LEAVE at 8am sharp.All Riding is NEUTRAL except for KOM CLIMBS.
This is the first annual Un-supported and UN-Official Gran-Fondo in
Pocatello. Please come ride at your own risk. The roads are OPEN and the
course is NOT marked. Please bring map or ask any questions. I will try and
put a few ARROWS on the road at Major Turns, but I don't promise.
I am tentatively calling it Bagels to Brewery. This is a RIDE at your OWN
risk ride. I take NO responsibility for anyone getting lost or suffering.
It is my favorite ride here in Pocatello. There is water at the Gas Station
in INKOM and at the BASE of Scout Mountain and Summit. Bring a few dollars
if you want to buy something at the Gas Station.
KOM will be scored by Strava so bring a GPS or your smart PHONE with the APP.
Please feel free in invite anyone and come along. It will be an amazing
ride. You can't get dropped because the group will stop briefly at the
summit of each major climb (3-5 minutes) and also on Pebble, Crystal, and
Scout you can just U-TURN when the group comes by. The ride can easily be
shortened by skipping 1 of the major climbs or by just only riding a partial
climb or taking a shortcut. You can skip PEBBLE and wait, You can skip
Crystal, You can skip Scout. Honestly you could just ride Rapid Creek and
skip all of the major climbs. It shouldn't be that hard to get back in the group.
The ride Will Travel over ..AMI HILL and DOWN Rapid Creek over ..HOOT
OWL(TAX-Day) hill.. To PEBBLE.. but we will use the climb on the left to
approach and the gravel road that cuts over to PEBBLE(see map).... Then we
will head back down to INKOM stop at the Gas station. Next we will ride to
Crystal and Finish with Scout.
I will have a very special prize for the KOM, QOM, and KOM (Masters 45+)
Sam Krieg
208-232-2054
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
From Bart Miller. An Invitation to Sam Krieg's Birthday Ride. Saturday May 25th. Pocatello
Monday, May 20, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Rebecca's Private Idaho
Just wanted to bring to your attention that registration for Rebecca's Private Idaho http://www.rebeccasprivateidaho.com is open to the public for registration. It looks like a killer ride and I imagine there will be a lot of good riders there plus it is right in our back yard. It originally started as a invite only and this is it's inaugural year.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Tar Warning for Websters' Road
As many of you know, the county was very generous in their application of tar when they resurfaced Websters’ Road late last summer. This was not a big problem over the winter, but now on warm afternoons, the east-bound lane is almost unrideable. At the least, you will be dealing with heavy-duty tar removal project from that shiny bicycle.
Friday, May 3, 2013
A Couple of Links from Matt Allred
From KSL.com, bike crash by motorcyclist:
Complaint story on KSL.com on law-breaking cyclists.
Matt is the Western Editor for snowmobile.com
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Love it or Hate it, This is the Safety Letter
Cyclists: Long term recipients on the distribution list have seen variations of this letter before. It usually draws a range of feedback from “amen to every word you said” to “don’t tell me how to ride a bike”. Our goal for the Rexburg TNR is to accommodate a range of experience and abilities. Safety has always been a top priority.
Over many years of Tuesday rides in Rexburg, we have maintained an outstanding safety record with only a handful of serious accidents and injuries. We have never had a mass pile-up. To keep a big group reasonably safe, there are a few issues of basic cycling etiquette and courtesy to keep in mind.
If the group is riding in one line, ride in that line. If there are two lines, ride in one or the other, not in between the two. If there are two lines and you are on the left, at the end of your turn on the front drop back on the left. If you are on the right, drop back on the right. Don’t try to cross over. Don’t drop back through the middle of the group. When your turn is over, get out of the way. If there is a single line, you generally want to drop back on the side which is more exposed to the wind. If you don’t know which side that is, you are fine to drop back on the left.
The efficiency of a paceline comes from finding an optimum pace and maintaining it. If riders accelerate every time they hit the front, the group expands and contracts like an accordion. It burns a lot of energy for no good reason and lowers the average speed. If you are in a paceline, accelerate gradually if at all (generally not at all) when you go to the front. Don’t pull too long. If you are slowing down, you have pulled too long. A short pull at a constant pace serves the group much better than a pull that accelerates at the beginning and fades at the end. Use common sense whatever you are doing. Be aware of the riders around you. Ask questions if you are not sure about something.
Don’t cross (overlap) wheels with the bicycle in front of you unless you have to do so very briefly to avoid sudden braking. (I am not talking about an echelon in a cross wind, which is a different situation). Hold your line. Don’t weave, swerve, or dart in or out. Don’t brake suddenly. If you are at the front and have to traverse a busy crossing like a divided highway, make sure the entire group is across before you resume speed. Point out obstacles (potholes, road debris, dogs) especially if you are at the front.
If you believe your own riding is above reproach (mine is not) do what you can to help other people to be better riders. There are many fine cyclists among the Tuesday riders, but for a group ride to be successful, you have to be able to trust every single member of the group. The skills you develop riding in a group will improve every aspect of your cycling.
Please help by passing on this message. Dave
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Spring Turnout
A great turnout tonight for the TNR. Hopefully all had a good time and will spread the word.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Sagan apologizes, gives flowers to podium girl after Flanders incident.
Is this the end of the story? George Hincapie married a podium girl…
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Tate's Hell of the North Recap
This last weekend I had the opportunity to race one of my most feared races “Hell of the North” in Salt Lake City, Utah. The course was designed in honor of Paris-Roubaix which by tradition is the Sunday following the race. My race was 50 miles long on a 4-cornered circuit where each lap has a 2-mile long section of pave. The race started with a neutral roll out at 18 mph, and as soon as we crossed the start/finish line the pace jumped to nearly 30 mph. I nor anyone else was expecting the increase in speed and as a result several riders were caught off guard. The turn before we hit the dirt section was insane everyone was jousting for position at the front of the peloton because it was the safest place due to everyone’s nerves and the pace at which we were traveling. After the first lap I sat up and relaxed that I was in a 3-man break away and we had a decent gap on the shattered peloton. Little did I know that my fellow companions in the break were none other than Tommy (a pro from team Bissell) and Chris Mckay (pro from team Competitive Cyclist). These guys were the real deal and made it very clear from the begging that if I wasn’t committed to the survival of this breakaway that I need to get off their wheel and ride with the peloton. I told them that not only was I committed but that I was willing to work and give the break all I had. We hammered the pace so hard that after each pull I had a hard time sitting in the draft. The pave was insane holding a line while bouncing over a dirt/gravel road at 25 mph is a nightmare. The race official on lap 5 of 10 rolled up next to our break and told us that we had opened the gap up to nearly 2.5 minutes. Thinking that this was a good sign I expected Tommy to sit up and tell us to ride hard but at steady state. I was wrong in fact the two pros said the opposite and dropped their heads and increased the pace drastically. I stayed with the breakaway for almost the entire race until lap 7 when I almost got bucked off my bike on the pave sector which caused me to slow down for a split second which way just enough room for a small gap to open up between me and my other two breakaway companions. I ended up soloing from then on until I crossed the white line. I finished 3rd overall, with a time 1:45:16 we averaged over 25 mph. It was a great race super hard and intense and it made me have a greater appreciation for the cobbled classics.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
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