Let's Ride! September 1 - 6

Days until LOTOJA: 11

Saturdays before LOTOJA: 1 (Maintenance Week)

All rides depart from the Logan Aquatic Center (LAC) 451 South 500 West unless otherwise noted. 

Wednesday September 1 at 5:45 pm: Hardware Ranch ~ 45 Miles. 

Thursday September 2 at 5:45 pm: Short North Valley Loop ~ 34 Miles.

Saturday September 4 at 7:00 am: Big South Valley Loop ~ 50 Miles.

Monday September 6 at 6:30 am: Mtn. Bike Ride! Meet at First Dam and carpool up to Beaver Creek. About a 3.5 hour ride up to Gibson Basin and down Sink Hollow.

The Hincapie Discount....

The skinny is that Team RYGO gets a 20% discount and free shipping on all retail Hincapie products. I have an email into the gal we have been working with to see how we apply that discount, and I will pass along the info as soon as I get it.

Just an FYI, some of the Hincapie products on Competitive Cyclist had a discount even greater than 20%. With the shipping might be sixes though, just have to do the math....

Ta!

Congrats to Jeremy Dustin!

Congrats to Jeremy Dustin!  He took 4th Place in the Snowbird Hill Climb and Widow Maker in the Mens CAT 4-5.  Ryan Ottley who you might know took 2nd place.  Great job Jeremy.  All those training miles have paid off.

http://www.snowbird.com/imagelib/events/2010_men_4-5.pdf


[Thanks Jeremy Bowen]

Let's Ride - August 25 - 28

Days until LOTOJA: 18

Saturdays before LOTOJA: 2 (the last hard riding week)

All rides depart from the Logan Aquatic Center (LAC) 451 South 500 West unless otherwise noted. 

Wednesday August 25 at 5:30 pm: East Canyon ~ 41 Miles. 

Thursday August 26 at 5:30 pm: Smithfield Canyon + Northeast Valley Loop ~ 45 Miles. If Smithfield Canyon is nasty, we'll bypass...

Saturday August 28 at 6:30 am: Cache Valley Century ~ 140+ Miles. We'll leave from the LAC and ride to the start in Richmond. After lunch at the finish, we'll ride back to Logan. See previous post for registration information.

Cache Valley Century Registration

Register here before Thursday night for a whopping $2 less than day of registration. Right now it's about $38 including online processing fees. If you registered before August 21, you saved about $8.

As usual Team RYGO will make this a 140+ mile excursion by leaving early from Logan, riding to the start in Richmond, completing the century and eating the provided lunch in Richmond, then riding back to Logan. We might even deviate and climb up Little Mountain to Newton again if we're feeling frisky after the stop in Trenton.

Also, as usual, they're still looking for volunteers:

The Cache Valley Century is just over a week away and we still need volunteers.  The century is on August 28th.  We still need volunteers to help with registration on Saturday morning before the ride,  a few more volunteers to help with rest stops, and many more to help as support vehicles.  We could also use a few more to help with parking on Saturday morning.

If you can help or know of anyone that can please let me know!

You can email me at bobert@xmission.com  or call me at 435-757-2889.

Thanks!

If your wives or other family members friends are inclined, please contact Bob.

Look for the full ride schedule for this week a bit later today.

Deer Valley mountain biking

If anyone is interested I am going to Deer Valley Tuesday August 24 for an all day of downhill mountain biking. This is a great way to get your mind off of the stressful roadbike training.

A Little Caution Always Helps

Well, after yesterday, I've reconsidered my Friday ride to Sherwood. Coming home from work (Brigham city) I made my way to Sherwood. There was road construction on the north side of Dry Lake. At the top of the false summit on the north side, I saw a bike, beat up and sprawled on the ground, then a cyclist lying on the ground with construction crew workers attending to him. The cyclist had his helmet on, I didn't recognize him but he looked quite banged up and bloody. It almost looked as if he was hit by a car but I'm not sure if he was hit or drifted off the road and hit the gravel hard. The section the crew was working on had removed the pavement creating 6 inches of missing pavement on the right side of the road where he lay. He would have been going up hill prior and just starting his decent but I didn't see a vehicle pulled off the road having claimed his folly. To me this is just a reminder to be safe, especially in road construction zones... my advice is just to avoid it. I'm new to cycling on the road but it just makes sense to steer clear of road construction it's dangerous enough in a vehicle let alone on a bicycle. Use caution, it always helps.

Aug 16-21

Wed

5:45 North Valley Loop with Little Mtn and a Divide.

Thurs.

5:30 TT is all of Blacksmith. This is also a Team TT meaning a group of three or individual may participate let Rex know if interested.

Sat.

6:15 am Preston and back for those that have other engagements, for the rest who would like the tour of two states yes we will attempt through strawberry first and the garden city climb. However fair warning I will bet Logan Canyon on the way home to be busy hopefully we can make it to the summit around 1:00 to beat the homeward traffic from the lake??!!!

Special Note: Congrats to Doug and Linda there daughter Jessica is getting Married Thursday.

Team RYGO T-Shirts

We'll be placing the order for Team RYGO t-shirts Wednesday morning. Cost will be an estimated $16 per shirt.

Please visit this spreadsheet to enter your quantities and sizes. Add your name to an empty column, then place a quantity in the corresponding size. We need the final tally by end of day, Tuesday Aug 17.

Consider your sponsors in your order; though we will not be subsidizing shirts for sponsors this year.

The shirts will emulate the logo placement as seen on the jerseys.

Any questions? Add a comment...

Matt

Let's Ride! Aug 11-14

Days until LOTOJA: 32

Saturdays before LOTOJA: 4 (just a month away!)

All rides depart from the Logan Aquatic Center (LAC) 451 South 500 West unless otherwise noted. 

Wednesday August 11 at 5:30 pm: South Valley Loop + Mantua ~ 45 Miles. 

Thursday August 12

5:30 pm: North Valley Loop Counter ~ 52 miles. We can hit one of the Clarkston Divides again if time/energy allows.
or

5:45 pm: LRC Time Trial at Blacksmith Fork. 10 miles. Ride to start from LAC. TT starts at 6:30.

Saturday August 7 at 5:30 am: LOTOJA Segment - Montpelier to Afton Out and Back ~ 103 miles. Meet at LAC to carpool to Montpelier. We'll actually ride straight through to Grover,then come back to Afton for lunch before heading back to Montpelier. Don't miss climbing Geneva and Salt River Passes TWICE in one day!