South East Cyclist

This might be more easily done than you think.

     the bicycle industry is comprised of many sectors that may or may not connect. the way i see it is that we all just simply have to exist as cyclists through these hard financial times.
think about it! have you already got a bike? YES well, okay it doesn’t cost anything to ride it. sure it might cost to enter races and events, and if you cannot afford to do so you still need to try to make it to these races and events to spectate and support to help the race promoters and event sponsors through the recession. supporting cycling events through the recession is the only way to make sure some of these great events make it to the other side where we’ll be in a more prosperous economy.

    Sure we may not be in the new bike buying budget these days HOWEVER when you have to buy consumable parts for your bicycle (i.e. tires, chains, brake pads, cables etc…) its pretty damn important to buy them from your local bike shops there by also supporting and stimulating your local economy. lets leave REI and Performance out of these transactions.

    i really feel that it is just that simple, stay on your bike, hold your line, support cycling events of all sorts, and buy local. want to take it a step further? save money on motor vehicle costs by riding more! use your new fitness and saved money to enter a race!

~Drew

   

event photo from last weekends ICYCLE race

repn’ my PISGAH WORKS wool jersey

what a fun cold weekend it was in lovely Fontananananana village NC this past weekend.
Drank a lot, rode shuttles ALL day on Saturday riding my big dumb squishy bike on the really short DH trail. hung out with rachel and archie and fennel and old friends made new friends etc… just what i wanted for my B-Day

i checked the SSWC09′ start list and im in! so now due to that and talks of doing the tour de burg and maybe a few other regional funner races, i am posed with the daunting thought of TRAINING!

i havent really ever truely trained before… when i would have considered my self a better racer (towards the front of the pack in sport class) i was a full time bike messenger. that was decent enough training.
i have a plan. the plan has two parts, broken up into two catagories 1. FUN and 2. track racing season. dont worry your self with what my plan is… just know i’ll be having the most fun possible while i trainhow i will and the other times starting in mid april i will be racing on the track every week. fun + track work out = fast? i hope so.