Cycling Moments to Remember

Tour of the Battenkill - Registration Now Open

TOUR OF THE BATTENKILL; formerly known as Battenkill-Roubaix,
Presented by Farm Team Cycling, in SALEM, NY

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Online Registration Closes
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 9:00 PM ET

Register here.

Men Cat. 4 and Men Cat 5 35+ fields closed a few hours after registration went live on BikeReg.com. And its only December 21st!

This race is highly recommended - it is extremely well run - safe - a great season opener - with ~ 1,400 racers participating. The Farm Team juniors (ages 10-14) have their own short race before the main event. Not to be missed. Will.

Computrainer Time Trial at Incline Training

Any interest in a PBC time trial at Incline Training in Greenfield sometime in February? This is a great way to gauge your fitness in the late winter before riding begins outdoors in March. We could race each other, or have a team (with drafting) and race against the Incline Training team, with the losing team (or last PBC racer if we race each other) having to buy pint(s) of beer at the People's Pint afterward? Let me know if you have any interest. The cost would be $20 per person (or perhaps there could be reduced rate for the entire group). There are sixteen stations (for a PBC time trial) - if we race another team, our team can have a maximum of eight riders. Drafting can be turned on or off. There will be great music to accompany the race. We can choose from a variety of courses, and lengths, all with hills of course. For those of you who have never used a Computrainer multirider setup, the screen projected on the wall displays a graphic of the course, with data about the grade, your speed, your place, whether you are drafting, your wattage, heartrate, cadence, your distance behind the rider in front of you and behind you, etc. There is a fan for each rider, to keep you cool. Water and Accelerade provided. Will
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PBC 2008 Membership Dues

You may now pay your PBC 2008 membership dues online at Bikereg.com.

The link is here.

Or you can drop off a check or cash at the shop.

All members will have to sign a waiver, available at the shop, or I can mail it or e-mail it to you. Let me know.

The Putney Bicycle Club is in the process of becoming a non-profit corporation in Vermont.

President: Will Kraham
Treasurer: Pam Matweecha
Secretary: Pedr Seymour

We may put a PBC clothing order online at Bikereg.com later.

Enjoy the snow.

Will.

Possible PBC/West Hill class at Incline Training

Matt Brewster sent the following e-mail invitation to Pip and Will;

Hi Phil, Will,

I hope you are both well, and dug out from the snow!

The reason I am contacting you is to discuss developing training classes specifically for the West Hill members.

We are offering a new gym-style membership program for our CompuTrainer classes down here at Incline Training. I believe you would have received my email announcement, but if not there is a link below.

The basic structure is membership in weekly training classes which are tailored to the fitness goals of differing groups. On top of that you can add unlimited training time at non-class sessions (e.g. weekend or weekday a.m. sessions). Everyone enrolled in any training session has access to a website where we will post suggested training calendars. This site will also be the interface for session registration.

What I would like to work on with you is developing a class specifically for West Hill. For instance, we could have a West Hill team class for 16 riders on a weekend afternoon. You all could train as a club - indoors and warm; I think Will can speak for the quality and fun at these sessions. To match the calendar offerings of our other classes, we could develop a training plan to support the race plan of the West Hill members. Those are some starter ideas, I would also like to hear yours.

At the very least, I would like to put out the programs you see in the newsletter to the West Hill club. Our underlying purpose for the restructure was to increase our value as a training resource for the local cycling community.

I would prefer to speak with one or both of you on the phone, unfortunately I have to run to Great Barrington today. Please let me know when you are available to talk.

Regards,

Matt

Link here.