DIY Bike Snow Tires

Pretty awesome and cheap solution if you're a die-hard winter biker: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20026081-1.html?tag=mncol;txt

X-Skiing

Going up tomorrow around 8:00 for about an hour up at sink hollow if any one is interested

Saints to Sinners Relay

Registration is now open for the Saints to Sinners relay race. The race takes place on July 30-31. As the name implies, this course starts in SLC, travels through rural and scenic Utah/Arizon and ends in the Las Vegas valley.

There are 30 legs divided between 5 or 10 member teams (my math says 3 or 6 legs per racer). The legs vary in length and elevation.

Registration fee for the Saints to Sinners Bike Relay 2011 is $1,250.00 per 10 person team ($125 person), $750.00 per 5 person team ($150 per person). A portion of all proceeds will go toward researching a cure for ALS – Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Visit the site for more info...

Personally I'd prefer a 5 racer team, so if we have more than 5 that want to race, let's try and get two 5 racer teams going. If we come up short on the second team, I'm sure we can recruit others in the local biking scene or place an ad.

So who's in? Leave a comment with your commitment or questions...

After Dark Ride

Green Canyon Friday 7:30pm Rex's House or 8:00pm at Green Canyon Mtn bike ride Make sure you bring you light and this is a nice trail that even the Huffy Mtn bike could handle and do really fun. October 22

Wear your orange because the hunters are getting ready for the early morning deer hunt. They should have enough alcohol in their system to where bike handle bars look like deer antlers. They may want to get an early start.

Saturday

East Canyon Meeting at the tracks in Nibley at 9:00am

MTN BIKE

It is that time Friday evening about 8:00 pm ride from Rex's and do the River trail. It will be dark and even the huffy mtn bike can make this ride. It is a good first time dark ride

Tour De St. George

I'm really thinking about traveling to St. George this fall. If any of you want to get away to the South for the UEA weekend let me know. I would like to participate in the Tour De St. George and I need a good excuse to start the winter out with one last ride before the snow flies. This is a ride not a race... and it is fun. It has some challenging terrain. It is not a flat course but it is a fun course.

This was my first ever organized ride last year. I participated in the 30 miler... and in the spring I did the century. The century was tough but that was my second organized ride and my very first century. I did it by myself. If I were to rate the difficulty it would be similar to the Tour of Wellsvilles. With all of our training and a few pickup rides between, the century can be done. If your don't want to do the century you could always do the metric century or if you just want a good excuse to dust off your bike you could do the 30 miler... I promise I won't make fun of you, remember I did this last year... you have to start somewhere. The food and beverages have been well stocked in the past with plenty of rest stops and lunch provided. It took me 7 hours last spring to complete the century but there were a lot of factors... there were wind gusts up to 30 mph, it was my first century and I was doing this alone, just to name a few.

Let me know if you are interested. I plan on going down with my family. We have typically made a weekend of it. You can get more details here:

http://spingeeks.com/falltour.html

LOTOJA

Well congrats everyone. What a Blast!!! That was a lot of fun. I know for those that were sick not as much but it was great to ride with each of you. Congrats to Jeremy Dustin for Second Place!

Dinner

So a Dinner for us that have been riding? If interested please reply with how many would come (yes kids) and see if we can get it worked out. I need to know today and then we will decide time and place it will be Friday Night at 5:00 at Rex's House. I will provide something of a baked chicken alfredo pasta. Please bring your own chairs.

Thanks

I just wanted to thank all you guys for the training this past season. All of you have been great encouragement and inspiration to me. I've felt like I've been warmly welcomed and then some. I honestly don't know what I would have done if I hadn't been invited out to your group. The schedule synced up quite nicely and I got an education on cycling I just don't think I would have gotten without the experiences I gained while riding with the group. I don't think I ever would have dared to do the TT if it hadn't been for the encouragement to do it (peer pressure at its finest.) It's been a summer of fun, hard work, a ton of time and a lot of memories. When you all catch up to me on Saturday I'll be happy to catch the train called team RYGO.

We'll see what the next season brings. Even if I don't do the LOTOJA next year for one reason or another, I know where I can find a good weekly workout and I'm glad I got to know team RYGO.

Are you ready for this? "Now get out there and ride your gut off!"

Thanks!

Jeremy B.