Wednesday notebook
Aug 12
2009
2009
- » An update on the Barrington Hills Five: Case dismissed.
» Jessi Prinner (ABD) finished 21st in the time trial and 35th in the road race at last week’s junior world championships in Moscow.
» Here’s a unique, sanctioned road race in Indiana: 140 miles over two days at the Huntington Bicycle Challenge. A teammate highly recommends it.
» Friday brings two great opportunities to meet the elite women of cycling. In Glen Ellyn, The Bike Shop will hostTeam BH USA, including two-time national champion Devon Haskell. Come for a ride, stay for the pizza. And in Evanston, the women of Team Tibco, including defending criterium national champion Brooke Miller, will appear at Turin.
» Brats, beer and bikes: M&M Bikes in Mundelein is having a Storck event on Monday.
» Storck? Elite women? Tati Cycles hosts Storck Patrol this Friday, featuring test rides and the women of Team Vanderkitten. Also: German beer and strudel.
» Online registration is open through Aug. 16 for the Aug. 30 Palos Meltdown mountain bike race.
» Speaking of the dirt, mountain bike pioneer Gary Fisher will appear Sunday at the Trek Store in Highland Park.
» Steve Thordarson (Smart Cycling) is helping out with the Paralympics.
» Cycling Tips has had some good posts lately, including this top 10 list and this discussion of reading a race.
» Registration is open for USA Cycling’s Bill Woodul Race Mechanics Clinic, held Dec. 10-13 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Graduate Julie Popper (Half Acre Cycling) recommends it, calling it “without a doubt the best launching pad into a pro race mechanic career.”
» They sometimes take a few weeks to arrive, but the reports and videos of John Coyle (Wolverine Sports Club) are usually worth the wait, and his accounts of the Chicago Criterium and Tour of Elk Grove are no exceptions.
