Jim's Montville Roubaix Ride

This years Roubaix Ride will be based around lovely Rock Creek, Ohio in Ashtabula County. Rock Creek is the intersection of Rt 45 and Rt 166. The date will be 4/11 and the time will be 10 am. If you know me, we are prompt about getting started. Meeting place will be the Rock Creek Elementary school just north of town on the east side of Rt 45. There is a sign for the school.

The route comes out right at 30 miles of which 13.8 are not paved.

More details: here

Google Bike Paths

Pretty interesting: http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/google-maps-adds-directions-for-cylists/

Google maps added "biking routes in 150 American cities in Google Maps".

Chippewa Creek Road Race 2010

CRC is hosting the Chippewa Creek Road Race on May 16th 2010 at the Brecksville Reservation.

Registration opens at 7AM! The Cat 5, Juniors, and Women's fields get underway at 8AM. The Cat 4 race is at 9:15AM, and the 1-3 and Masters races will start at 10:30AM.

Here's the link to the web site: http://crcycling.org/index.php/Chippewa_Creek_Road_Race_2010

We look forward to seeing you there!

Saturday 1PM Ride: Beartown Lakes Park

CRC will be doing some pre-season training rides out of Beartown Lakes Reservation. This weekend, the ride will include about an hour of warm up and cooldown, and 45-60 minutes of higher intensity efforts. We will be riding around a short loop and regrouping regularly. The rides are open to anyone who would like to participate.

Update from Brad Hansen about Valley Series (aka Covered Bridge)

The roads by the covered bridge are a mess.  To go along with that, Summit County is widening Everett Rd. from Riverview to Revere Rd. effectively taking out 25% of the course.  The work won't be done until Summer and they won't patch the pot holes for obvious reasons.

With that said, I have met with Blossom Music Center.  The meeting was positive with the local mgt. So it is a possiblity we will race in there but I have not heard back from their corporate offices yet.

Cuyahoga Valley Circuit Race Series

Here's a link to the 331 Promotions site. The dates are: Sundays April 11 , April 18,  April 25, May 2.

Daylight Savings Time: March 14th!

With all the snow on the ground, it's hard to believe that DST is less than two weeks away. Before you know it we'll be riding in shorts.