October Youth Ride Saturday 15 October 2005 Golden Colorado Something New!

October Youth Ride
Saturday 15 October 2005
Golden Colorado
Something New!
October 2005
This month Front Rangers will be partnering with
Team Evergreen Bicycle Club. Team Evergreen
has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Front Rangers’ mission for
several years, and many adult FRCC members are Team Evergreen
members as well. Come ride with FRCC on the last youth ride of the
season, and see what cycling can do for kids!
Ride start location:
Lions Park, East Pavilion
10th Street, Golden
In small groups, we will ride the Clear Creek Bike
Path according to the pace of each group. Mountain
bikes or rode bikes are appropriate.
9:00 a.m.
Youth Pick up
9:00 a.m.
Adult Riders and Volunteers Meeting at
Lions Park East Pavilion
9:30 a.m
Kids Arrive – Instructions and Club Pep
Rally
9:45 a.m
We Ride!
11:45 a.m
LUNCH! Served by FRCC
1:00pm
Return Kids home
FRCC welcomes Team Evergreen members to
this unique experience. It’s an opportunity to
Introduce urban youth to cycling as an
alternative activity to drugs and gangs, to
provide a positive role model to urban youth,
and to promote crime-free lifestyles, selfdiscipline, and the value of education through
example and encouragement.
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Hey Front Rangers!!!
The 17th Annual Subaru Denver Veloswap is coming up on Saturday October 22nd.
As usual FRCC will have a couple adjoining tables where old club equipment as well as donated items will
be sold to raise money for the club. This is a great way to help earn some additional funds for the club.
Some members of the junior racing team will be helping me with the event; however, I need some
additional help in the following ways:
• Donations of cycling or outdoor gear, which we can sell.
• Help with setting up the booths/tables on Friday evening.
• Help with selling and manning the booth on Saturday, (pick a time that you can help, even if it’s just
for 1 or 2 hours.)
The first few volunteers will get what available admission tickets that the club receives.
Please, contact me if you can help in any way!
Event Information:
Paul Braun
17th Annual Subaru Denver Veloswap and Sports
1) [email protected]
Expo - Saturday October 22, 2005
2) 303/972-2426 home
National Western Complex, Denver, Colorado
3) 303/202-4381 work
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Veloswap is the world’s largest consumer bicycle and sports expo. It is THE place to see, swap, buy, and
sell every imaginable bike, part, and accessory.
Held every fall since 1989, Veloswap regularly draws thousands of enthusiasts to a fantastic celebration
of everything in the world of bicycling and sport. Veloswap features new and used bicycles and
equipment, cycling and sports clinics, family events, cycling celebrities, product sampling, and much, much
more.
New for 2005 is both a Triathlon and Snowsports expo area.
For more information check their website: www.veloswap.com/expo/
Please I hope you can help,
Paul
Reviews of the September Summit
County Ride
selections (given a specific budget); thank
goodness for ‘Happy Meals’! We should have
had more participants, but those of us that did
make it had a great time. And no ER visits.
We had incredible sunny skies, no threat of
moisture, and 2 vans of energetic youth. The van
approached saved not only money (from the big
coach) but enabled the kids to interact closer with
the drivers and themselves. Riders enjoyed the
trails, the lake, and playing amidst the trees.
And then we enjoyed a nice lunch in Frisco at a
fast food restaurant of kids’ choice. It was
interesting to witness what the kids chose for their
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CYCLO-CROSS
Last month’s newsletter mentioned
great to do some riding on a
of year for cyclocross. There are
December. If you don’t race cross
watch, it’s a great spectator
fairly short, so you see the riders
fun to walk around the course
negotiate the various obstacles
it’s that time of the year where it’s
fixed gear bike. Also, it’s that time
many races from now through
like me, just go to a race and
friendly sport. The courses are
come by every few minutes and its
watching these amazing riders
and technical sections of the course.
Many first timers use a mtn. bike
easier to lift and run past
on the non-technical portions.
can’t run, but I do own a cross
Veloswap. It’s a lot of fun to ride
normally don’t get a chance to
bike. I ride many of the trails at
Creek State Parks, the Highline
many dirt roads S. and E. of the metro area.
but a real cross bike is way lighter,
obstacles with, and is much faster
Personally, I don’t race because I
bike that I bought used at the
the trails and dirt roads that you
ride in the summer on your road
Ken Caryl, Chatfield and Cherry
Canal, Waterton Canyon and the
Looking Back
As the current master of FRCC records, I have
boxes filled with memorabilia in my attic. In a
recent ‘cleaning up’ moment, I came across one
box filled with dated RACING EXPRESS editions,
spanning the days even before ACA was our
governance and BRAC was thriving here in
Colorado. There are announcements of races
that have long fallen from our annual calendar,
shops that have closed their doors. On the other
hand, it is wonderful to see the shops that
continue to thrive and serve dedicated cyclists in
our area, the races that are legendary, and the
changes in equipment. My favourite discovery in
these old issues were the pictures race results,
and articles on our FRCC youth riders. We’ve
come a long way over the years, some characters
still on the road. Well, after spending time with
these old rags, I’m glad to say I’ve placed them
back in the box, sparing them from the trash. I
look forward to passing them on someday, that
we may all remember the great times and see
where we’ve been. If you’d like a look at some
of this history, give me a call! -Jim
Friday Night Social Rides at
Washington Park, 6 p.m.
We’ve had some great turn outs this year and
tons of fun riding and socializing. I hope you got
a chance to join us for one of these. If you
haven’t attended it maybe to late, the days are
just getting short.
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JUNIOR RACING NEWS
Over the Labor Day Weekend we took
a select group of juniors to the Grand
Valley Races near Grand Junction, CO.
They had some great results and had a
really good time! These races for some
of the kids will be their last for the year
and what a great way to end it!!!
After the second day of racing in Grand
Junction we than headed for the Vail
Valley to race the final day of some
USCF races that where also going on the
same weekend.
Grand Valley Road Race 3 Sep-05
Category
JM 10-12
JM 13-14
JM 15-16
JM 17-18
Place
1
2
1
1
Name
Haulman, Joe
Burns, Brendan
Bershenyi, Gabriel
Flanagan, Will
More pictures of the Summit County Youth Ride
Grand Valley Criterium 4-Sep-05
Category
JM 10-12
JM 13-14
JM 15-16
JM 17-18
Place
1
2
3
2
Name
Haulman, Joe
Burns, Brendan
Bershenyi, Gabriel
Flanagan, Will
Colorado Cup 2005 Hill Climb Results
USCF 5-Sep-05
Category
JM 10-12
JM 10-12
JM 15-18
JM 15-18
JM 15-18
SM 1-3
Place
5
7
3
4
5
14
Name
Barney, Ryan
Burns, Brendan
Lawson, Bryce
Bershenyi, Gabriel
Flanagan, Will
Thurston, Robin
O
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