The ABC game

The ABC Game - Object to complete the alphabet first. When on your next trainig ride, as you see the letters on billboards & license plates you shout out your letter and point. Once a letter has been claimed other riders cannot use the same letter. Make it harder by limiting to only license plates or billboard signs.

Saturday Team ride

Photo credits - Bill Cordero


7th & SV



On the PCH 25 plus

 

Pepperdine Hill Regroup


The Rock

Bike Fit, Ballence, Carving a tighter corner

Bicycle Mag articles
Good Bike Fit
Better Balance Drills
Carving Tight Turns

Epic Video

Courtesy of our man from Amsterdam, 'Epic Editor' Byron Smith.

Epic hwy 39 - our man from Amsterdam from Marc Thomas on Vimeo.

Skills

SPORTIVE SURVIVAL GUIDE 1 - Climbing from CYCLEFILM on Vimeo.



SPORTIVE SURVIVAL GUIDE 2 - Descending from CYCLEFILM on Vimeo.

PEZ articles:
Skills Clinic
Toolbox: Climbing Skills 1
Toolbox: Climbing Skills 2

From Bicycling Magazine
Skills
Descend like a Rocket
How to Get Low and Fast

Cadende Cycling Frontal area watts.


TT and aero positions

boonen moment

this is what happens when you become a cat 2...

bad service at races suck

another great freakin' quote from steve tilford...

"Anyway, when I checked the results driving home, they had left myself and a Nick Coil out of the results. Had us down as DNF’s. I don’t care, but I do have an issue with bad officiating. Nature Valley two years ago they said I DNF’d and I was in the top 20 overall. On a hilly criterium. I had a photo of the finish with the finish time on it. Then Cyclo-X Nationals in Kansas City last year there were officiating screw ups in lots of catagories. Including the Elite men. Now again. I think that in events of this caliber, the best officials should be there and the errors shouldn’t occur. It is more common than not. These stage races cost around $200 to enter. This money is to pay for a service. The service is to provide the venue and infrastructure to compete in a bicycle race. But this service hasn’t been performed with they don’t have correct results. Even worse, when they say you didn’t finish the race when you obviously did. Maybe a good remedy would be for the race to have to refund the entry fee of the riders that haven’t been given the results they deserve. For alot of the Pro riders, it doesn’t matter. But, for the weekend warrior, it is very important and something that needs to be addressed. That’s my 2 cents worth."

Track Daze - Encino Keirin Class - Velo Club La Grange

Erik's photos

Joe's photos






We have a full roster for the Saturday, May 9th Keirin Class and Team LG event.
Please wear you kit, bring a smile, and let's grab a coffee or some food afterward if time permits. there is a SB is on Havenhurst / Ventura bl. with lots of parking & a Ralph's grocery store for an alternative food, and fast snack.

I do need some help on two fronts getting the waivers filled out (in advance hopefully). We need lots of pedal wrenches, your own pedals, and be on time (big groups move slowly.)

Keirin

Keirin videos

Encino velodrome 17301 Oxnard St Encino, CA 91316 (818) 881-8571‎

map

Tour of Turkey Final Spint

What is Theo Bos doing? Somebody should have been penalized. Don't take your hands off the handlebars. Leave that to the other guys at the Rose Bowl.

Who's Racing - March, April, May

March Who's Racing Form
Results Sorted
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April Who's Racing Form
Results Sorted
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May Who's Racing Form
Results Sorted

LA Circuit Pics, circa 08 (via Rob)

The classic Bubba Fist pump:

Ian 2nd place finish:

Stratton:

Cat 4 boys:

More:

LA Circuit, circa 07

The Pack -- out in the wind

It's a looong backstretch...

Pulling the field to keep the pace high into the wind -- don't do this

My favorite photo of all time -- courtesy of Josh Horowitz's article in pez on what not to do in a race.

What the finish looks like -- one big mess

Crit tactics

Gentlemen,

As I sit here thawing from a 28º, 30 mile ride (that's all I can do before the water in my bottles freezes solid), I'm thinking of all the racing that's yet to start for me here on the East Coast. One of the things I do regularly is check up on Rashan Bahati's blog. Of special interest to me is the 2nd to last paragraph. Give it a shot, let me know how it goes. Meanwhile, I'll be flying the LG colors starting in late March at Milport RR in Eastern Pennsylvania. Blow their logs off kids, particularly this weekend in Nevada.

Andres

Who says the new shorts aren't transparent?

Last year...
The new "and improved" kit...

Race Reporting

Team,

I've really appreciated the race reports that came out in he last couple of days. In fact, race reports and photos are some of what I love most about being part of this team.

Here's just a quick reminder about the format, and also where we should be sending the reports.

Format:

Subject Line: [date][event][category]

Email:

[event]
[location]
[brief course description]
[cat]
[field size]
[who raced]
[places - top finisher sends the report, so for ex: Me (3rd), Rob (6th), Gary (10th), Haus, JT, etc (pack), Marc (dnf - sorry, Marc :)]

(you can abbreviate this if necessary, but the essentials are the where, cat, and who finished. A lot of times you won't know where everyone finished, but you can usually wing it)

Report:

[a description of what happened. Your description can be funny, clinical, brief, long winded, bizarre, poetic... just keep it clean please]


Where to send it:

From now on, send race reports directly to the "VeloClubLaGrange@yahoogroups" mailing list. If you are not on that list, you can sign up via the "lagrange.org" website.

Race Results:

Also, for top 10s, podiums, and wins, please fill out the race results form online at lagrange.org. Last year we had very few results posted online, and if we are going to be a dominant racing club in the future, we will need to do this.

Thanks is advance,
Matt