CX in DGO

From the Fort Lewis Cycling Team Web Site:

2010 Four Corners CX Series p/b Animas Orthopedic Associates

Fall is definitely in the air now in Durango and we all know that means that cyclocross racing season is just around the corner. New this year is that all the races will be sanctioned by USA Cycling so that means everyone will have to have a USA Cycling annual license (available at usacycling.org) or purchase one-day licenses at registration for $10.

The FCCX series kicks off the season with the Spooky Cross on Sunday Oct. 31 at the FLC Stadium. Registration is from 4-5:45pm on site and the Men’s 3/4 and Open Women start off the racing at 5pm for 40 minutes of pain. The Men’s Elite/1/2/3 and Men’s 40+ race starts at 6pm and will last for 50 minutes. Costumes are encouraged and all racers will need to keep an eye out for the “Ghost Barriers”.

Read More about all the events HERE...

Patti's Luv Ride

Bouré Bike Fweest #5

Friday, October 15, 2010

"Great colors, friends & good times - not 1 mechanical or casualty (Yahooooooooo!)"

Patti Rosenthal and friends meet at the Sale Barn Trailhead.

Hal McLean, Patti, Jimmy Deaton, Brad Roy, Mark Rosenthal and Tino Sonora

Hal's Happy Voyage

Bouré Bike Fweest Day #3

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

"Old School, Big Fun, Nooo Racing"

Hal "The Living Icon" McLean led the riders up Wildcat Canyon, down Hay Gulch, up Cherry Creek and up and down the US Hwy 160 back to town.

"Tough Guy" Chris Tough

Heading back to town on US Hwy 160

"Jammin" Jon Kuchin

"Profesional Predator" Robert Montgomery leads Chris Tough up Cherry Creek Rd

Celebrity rider "Bicycle Bob" Gregorio

All New Fweest

Announcing An All New Fweest
October 10-16, 2010

This year we are making an effort to bring in other cycling friendly organizations who have supported the Boure Bike Fweest in the past - the Durango Wheel Club, Church of the High Pines, Durango Cyclery, Durango DEVO & some Durango Icons.

Sunday, October 10th
Join the All-Inclusive, Non-Denominational Church of the High Pines for their morning "Service". 10am departure from bread (42 CR 250). For additional information contact Larry Goldstein at goldsteins@yahoo.com.

Monday, October 11th
Join Chad Cheney of DEVO and Russell Zimmerman of Durango Cyclery for a Pub-to-Pub evening MTB ride. Meeting at the Irish Embassy Pub (9th and Main) at 6:30pm, roll out at 7pm for a short and sweet night ride in the Test Tracks, then return to the Pub. Lights will be required for this fun adventure ride ending in the dark. For additional information please contact Russell and Chad, respectively, at Russell@durangocyclery.com or Chad@durangodevo.com.

Tuesday, October 12th
Rest Day

Wednesday, October 13th
Join local Cycling Icon, Hal Mclean on a trip to the west side. Hal says, "Cherry Creek or something like it." Additionally Hal says; "Old School, Big Fun, Nooo Racing". Departing at 10am from Christina's Bar and Grill at the Best Western Durango Inn and Suites (21382 US Hwy 160 - west of town). For additional information on this ride contact Hal at hmmclean@gobrainstorm.net.

Thursday, October 14th
Join Wade for a Tour of eastern La Plata County on Road Bike suitable dirt roads chosen for their smoothness and beauty. Departing at 10am from The Upper East Side Deli (28902 US Hwy 160 - east of town). Please park at Mercy Medical Center (on the north side of the highway). For additional information on this ride contact Wade at info@boure.com.

Friday, October 15th
Patti Rosenthal is leading a Mountain Bike Love Ride for pure joy, departing the Sale Barn trailhead at 10am. For additional information contact Patti by e-mail at patti.Rosenthal@active.com.

Or join Drew for the first annual Alferd Packer trail run, departing Needles Store at 9:30am and heading up Elbert Creek to points beyond. Fall colors are expected to be top-notch. Contact Drew at drew@boure.com for more information.

Saturday October 16th
Join the Durango Wheel Club for their group ride to Haviland Lake, Needles or Purgatory. This classic ride is 53 miles with 2600 feet of climbing. Meet at the Durango Recreation Center at 10am. Pace will be fast for some, for others, maybe not so fast.

For more information, contact Wade Moore at:
info@boure.com
888-889-9242
970-247-0339

The Ultimate Gregario

In 1996, Fabio Sacchi of Milram was awarded the Gregario d'Oro by Francesco Moser. In the final stage of that year's Giro d'Italia, the rider from Milano proved his star-studded domestique status by carrying 26 water bottles simultaneously from the team car back to his teammates in the peloton. Yep, 26 little 20-oz water bottles...

Dog Tired

Why so tired? Well, Larry Goldstein (on the far side of the bed) has just finished co-directing the 2010 Durango Fall Blaze with his wife Jana - who is undoubtedly still hard at work when this photo was taken. The Fall Blaze is a fundraising century ride to benefit the Fort Lewis College Cycling Scholarship Fund, and this year they raised a record total of over $40,000. So, a doff of our cycling caps to both Larry and Jana Goldstein for putting on a great event for a worthy cause.

Righteous Lemonade

The Durango Cyclery, longtime and local Durango bike shop, is a driving force behind a great community project called Bicycle Lemonade. They are dedicated to building community and protecting our planet by keeping bicycles out of landfills and encouraging more people to ride them more often. By restoring otherwise abandoned bicycles for a relatively low cost and teaching people how to maintain and repair them, they foster a cleaner, more active and more interactive community. So support them when you can!

From the Durango Herald - September 27, 2010

The local group Bicycle Lemonade spent Sunday afternoon doing what it does best: fixing up and giving away recycled bikes to people who need them, this time to the 22 residents at the Durango Community Shelter.

Rachel Bauske, project manager for the shelter, said about 80 percent of the shelter's residents arrive with no form of transportation. The shelter has a handful of bicycles it loans, though several have fallen into disrepair.

"Durango Transit will help us out by giving us a bus pass, but that's just a bus pass for one person when we have up to 35 people staying here," Bauske said. "Although we work closely with community partners, getting bikes is crucial for our residents because that may be their only means of transportation at times."

Wanting to help, Bicycle Lemonade volunteer Russell Zimmermann approached Bauske about holding an event at the shelter to not only give away bikes but also repair the shelter's current bicycle fleet. Bauske agreed.

On Sunday morning, the all-volunteer Bicycle Lemonade crew arrived at the shelter with two pickup loads of bicycles and the parts and tools needed to make them work. Residents at the shelter each picked out a bike and then assisted in repairing it.

"We try to meet the person who's the prospective new owner of the bicycle before we start fixing it and make them part of the process," Zimmermann said. "Even if they're not a bike mechanic, maybe they can learn to patch a tube or oil a chain properly or something like that."

Bicycle Lemonade volunteer Jon Bailey said the work new bike owners put into their bikes makes them inherently more valuable.

"The value is created through the sweat equity that you put into it," he said. "This way, you're putting in time and learning something, and you're pumped."

The group's primary purpose is to rescue bikes from ending up in landfills. Donated bikes are fixed and given away, not sold. Money has been completely removed from the equation.

"The only way this happens is the community donates their bikes, donates the space, donates the time and then donates the bikes back to the community," Bailey said.

The group currently operates via booths set up at local events with information about dates and times spread primarily by word of mouth. Bicycle Lemonade is looking for someone who will donate space it can use as a base of operations, where someone who needs a bike can get one.

"Right now, bikes aren't an issue for us, it's having a workable spot to invite the public so we don't have to go somewhere and set up every time," Bailey said.

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Ned's Specialized Friends

Ned Overend was recently traveling abroad to work with Specialized's Spanish distributor. As part of his duties, he accompanied Alberto Contador and other notable Specialized-sponsored cyclists on a 110km Specialized public-invited ride in Madrid. Here's the stellar lineup before the ride.

Specialized Riders (Left-to-Right):

Sam Hill (2010 DH World Champion)
Burry Stander (2009 U-23 XC World Champion)
Ned Overend (Cycling Legend)
Daniel Navarro (Alberto's Top Lieutenant in the TDF)
Alberto Contador
Miguel Rojo (Specialized's Spanish Distributor)
Christophe Sauser (World XC and Marathon Champion)
Matt Hunter (Freerider)

Unfortunately, some members of the cycling public engaged in a little too much overly friendly Argy-Bargy with Alberto and he was forced to abandon the ride before the halfway mark. Ned would only dream of dropping out of a public-invited ride!

The Dryside Velodrome Project

http://www.refresheverything.com/drysidevelodrome

Starting October 1st, the Dryside Velodrome will be up for the $25,000 grant in the Pepsi Refresh Project. Please vote daily for the velodrome!

The Bike Fairy

The Bike Fairy - A Modern Fable

"When a child wants his first bike, he closes his eyes real tight and makes a wish. If he's been a good boy, the Bike Fairy grants his wish and brings him a shiny new bike. The man in this photo is the Bike Fairy and this is his workshop. The pool is for Chill-axing on his day off."