Back when the weather was warmer… a major Cyclocross event was held out east. Melvin Roldan was there to take in the action (and also snap a few pics)
If you're doing cyclocross, you'll be doing some lifting and running
Close to the action
High-speed downhills
Steep uphills!
Rabid fans
and more crazy fans
And the victory celebration
Sal has sent in some pics from Lou’s 60th birthday bash. As Sal said, “A great gathering by a great bunch for a great guy.” Some of these people may or may not have been there. Alec, Arne, Bob, Bruce, Don, George, Glenn, Karen, Howie, LOU, Mike, Paul, Rich, Terry, Stan, Tracy.
(Since no captions were provided, I will do my best to fill in the details.)
Lou is excited about moving to the 60 and over age group. Looks like he is planning on entering 10 races this next year!
If you close your eyes you can visualize yourself crossing the finishline. Get ready to raise your arms high!
Karen explains how narrow handlebars will help Lou be more aerodynamic and electronic shifting will help him reach his full potential.
The big surprise - a custom built carbon disk rear wheel with Lou's bike team sponsorship logo screened on. That's going to look GREAT going down the road.
As usual Alec finds a way to get his photo in the HBC blog.
Too bad we could not all be there. Have a great year Lou!
Happy B-day,
Arch
Do black tires really wear longer?
A friend of HBC memeber Jesus Hernandez sends the following information:
Interesting information about colored tires http://yarchive.net/bike/tire_color.html. Apparently colored tires lack a polymer called Carbon Black which improves wear resistance and increases wet traction.
To substantiate this claim, Continental bicycle tires on their website state that their colored tires are made from different material than their black tires. Their black tires also have the Black Chili Compound which they claim wears better and decreases rolling resistance. I have a pair of blue conti GP 4000 tires on my blue Trek and they wore considerably faster than the black GP 4000 tires on my Madone. Hence, only black tires for me from here on.
Regards,
Ernest
So perhaps this is the year to add “Black Tires” to your holiday wish list?
Arch
Final Meeting for 2009
11/3/09 Minutes
Commenced-8:05 PM
1. New members-Doug (who rode 125 miles this day) and Peggy, who will!
2. Minutes of the October meeting, were corrected: the annual budget, and a fiscal report will be discussed at the March meeting.
3. Elections of the Officers and Board members:
President: Tony Barone; Vice President and Ride Chairman: Rich Lubasch; Treasurer: Ross Moore; Secretary: Karen Gellert
Board: Bruce Wessinger, and Sal Levy
4. Ride Leader’s report- November is full, unofficial rides will still take place after November, meeting at Smith Street at 9:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
5. Sal announced that the Huntington Ride Route committee meeting will be postponed until after the Yankees win the World Series. :=)
New Business:
1. Barbara requested a more detailed accounting of the Gold Coast proceeds including an itemized list of expenditures. Ross (the treasurer) assured her and the club, that everything is available for review if requested. Perishable food leftovers are usually given to the day laborers, but this year there weren’t many because there was an appropriate amount purchased.
2. Sue mentioned that the cue sheets were not printing out from the web site. Rich would look into that. About the cue sheets, there could always be more routes up on the web, and all members are invited to take a template and input a ride to put on the web.
3. Ross announced a web site- Bikingbis.com that will show Lance in the “Race Across the Sky” in Leadville Colorado on Nov. 16
50/50-$16.00 John
Motion to adjourn, 8:45 PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Gellert, Secretary