A Rainy NYDLL '09

As the green covered the radar, an uneasy feeling crept into my inards. There will be some crazy bike riding fools show up and ready to ride in the rain around the Lake. As I pulled into the DMV praying that no one shows the cars began to appear through the pines. Guess this means I'll have to man up and ride.

A much smaller group than last year, largely in part due to the precipitation I guess. There were 10 brave souls to start the '09 route. I would spoke up for a shorter hour to hour & half ride that was shot down. No takers. A bunch of bad asses I guess. Out numbered we pushed out the DMV around 10. Luckily the temps were around 50* and little to no wind. This would make the ride more bearable.

Along the route no real problems. It wasn't till the turn on Devils Backbone that some fool decided to past us on a tight bride. The a**hole then ran an on coming car off the road. Later a near miss with the fastest squirrel ever. A stop at the traffic circle. Very foggy along Hwy 391, with traffic.

Navigated the back roads of Western Chapin, to hit the special test. The test put us on Stevens Creek Rd. for some dirt road action. The dirt was more like mud and slick red clay. Overall one of the smoother sections of dirt in the area. Heading into Chapin the group kinda exploded into an everyman for himself fomation. Scattered riders heading home up Hwy 176.

Finishing up with th rain still coming down. No one yelled at me so it was a success for the ride. I think the total came to 65 miles in something like 3:20.

2009 Lake Loop Cue Sheet (Updated 1/1)

Below is the cue sheet for the 09 route. Mileage may very from unit to unit. All roads are in good shape. Please obey all traffic laws when out on this route. Remember there are many local cyclist who often travel these roads. Please respect this and don't piss off the local motorist. These local cyclist could become targets. Respect your fellow cyclist and have a blast.

Lake Loop 2009 (1/04/09)

00.0 Ballentine DMV parking lot

00.0 L -Broad Stone Rd

00.1 R - Broad River Rd

00.3 R - Bickley Road

01.3 L - US 76 @ light (4 lanes)

01.5 R - SC Hwy 6 (N. Lake Dr.) @ light

05.8 R - SC Hwy 6 @ light across dam

09.0 R - Pilgrim Church Rd. @ light

10.3 R - Catawba Trail

11.7 - Straight across Yachting Rd.

11.9 R - Old Chapin Rd.

13.1 L – Beech Creek Rd.

14.5 L – Wise Ferry Rd.

14.9 R – St. Peters Church Rd.

16.6 R – US Hwy 378 @ light (4 lanes)

24.0 L – Devils Backbone Rd.

24.3 - Straight on Ridge Rd.

26.5 R – Cedar Grove Rd.

27.9 - Straight across Union Church Rd.

27.9 L – Ansel Caughman Rd.

28.6 - Saluda County

28.7 L – Holley Ferry Rd.

29.7 R -

30. 5 R – SC Hwy 391 (caution)

32.5 R- onto Traffic Circle

Rest Stop Convenience Store (VFD EMS)

32.6 R- SC Hwy 391

Newberry Co. (2^nd bridge)

38.0 R – Walker Rd.

38.3 R – Ira Kinard Rd.

38.5 L – Houston Rd.

40.6 L – Bethel Church Rd.

41.3 R – Seibert Rd.

44.0 R – Macedonia Church Rd. (VFD EMS)

44.3 L – Wheeland Rd.

46.2 R – Loop Rd.

46.7 R – Stevens Creek (**Special Test**)

47.3 R – St. Peter’s Church Rd.

47.5 L – Westwoods Dr.

48.3 - Straight across Dreher Island

51.0 L – St. Peter’s Church Rd.

51.2 R - Chapin Rd.

51.5 L – Amick’s Ferry Rd.@ light

51.5 R – Columbia Ave. across RxR

53.3 Lexington Co.

54.2 R – Broad River Rd. (US 176 use caution)

59.2 R – Broad Stone Rd.

*Update (1/1) - Cue Sheet is updated from the route map. Due to a reroute the cue sheet will vary from the mapped route. So if you are downloading the route to your GPS be aware.

*Note - the road at mile 28.7 has a name, but I am unable to locate it as of now.

* VFD - Volunteer Fire Dept. w/ EMS

More NYDR 2009

Here's the flyer & here is a route

Winter Bike League

Hey guys, don't forget the Saturday morning Winter Bike League rides in Greenville and Charlotte! They leave at 9:30am each Saturday morning, start at 2.5 hours in length, and steadily increase to 4 hours by the beginning of the Spring Training Series in Greenville (beginning of March). Typically, they have sprint signs, hill climbs, and are 18-19mph average. You'll find all kinds of riders at these things (the first ride in Charlotte had Frankie Andreau, two guys from DLP, and three riders from Jittery Joe's). These are free group rides, but they're NOT no-drop, so be prepared to stay with the group! Charlotte rides begin at Uptown Cycles OR Per4mance Training (check with me for details). Greenville rides start somewhere else (...I'm not sure where it is this year). - Each city is about 1:15 drive time from Columbia. - Hope to see you guys out there!

FATS 12/6/08

Anyone interested in going out to FATS this weekend?
If so, we will be meeting at Harrell's at 7am and leaving by 7:30am.
Roll call includes Leroy and me so far.

1/04/09 Lake Loop

2009 NYDR

When: 1/04/09

Where: Ballentine DMV

Well How Far: 62 (+/-) miles

What Time: Roll out 10 A.M

Why: Why Not? You've been waiting for like 360(+/-) days. The time is drawing closer with every breath you take. Yeah that's right the annual New Year's Day Lake Loop is coming up. Please remember that this is NOT A RACE so get that ego stuff out of your system before you show up - Thanks! Feel assure this ride will have the Tobias stamp of approval - Dirt. So leave the TT bars and 18c. tires at home. Bring your sack of smiles and be ready to start the new year off 3 days late. This is and will be a winter group ride. For the returning riders from past years the highlights will include some County Line Sign Sprints, One stop at the Traffic Circle and at least one section of dirt. I will post up the route here in a few days for those who would like to print themselves a cue sheet.

Happy Holidays
Toby

Race To The River

All right people it's your time to support your local MTB race. No excuses.

If I can come out of bike riding down slide so can you. Get your ass out there.

Columbia-Roubaix (Repost)

Okay folks, this will serve as final warning...

Saturday is the 1st Annual Columbia-Roubaix

8:30am @ the traffic circle...Fort Jackson

Here's the map...

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/sc/columbia/203075179667

It has changed slightly from the map I posted a few days ago. It was changed in consideration of the folks from the N.E. who are riding in, across Ft.Jackson. It's all of 2 miles longer...!

Pass this email on to whomever you'd like...the more the merrier!!! The weather is supposed to be great, so get out of bed and enjoy a nice ride!!!

MM

Columbia-Roubaix (11/01/08)

What: Columbia-Roubaix
90-ish km of fun through Lower Richland County
Including 7 dirt sections and a couple of choppy tarmac bits
When: Saturday November 1 @ 8:30am (Date may change)
Where: Fort Jackson Traffic Circle
Who: The more the merrier, but you MUST be willing to ride the dirt sections. If you aren't, STAY HOME!
Why: Because you may actually have a good time!
How: Road bikes

The ride will be a no-drop ride, but the dirt sections are every man, or woman, for him/herself. We'll ride 30-35kmh between sections. I figure 3-3.5 hours to do the whole ride.
The dirt sections are in good shape. A couple are smoother than some of the paved roads in Hopkins. There are NO hike-a-bike sections, nor are there any sections that will damage your bike.
I wouldn't take us down any questionable sections because I'd never hear the end of it!!!

Race to the River - 11/16/08

Rivers Bridge Ramble 11/08/08

Rivers Bridge Ramble looks to be some good riding in the low country. Stop by the shop for more details

Vista Grind Prix Crit

Job Well Done to all the HBW riders who participated in Sunday's events. If ya got any stories of your race or pics you would like to share - post them here.

Jamie hanging in on the Pro 1/2 Race.
Toby S. & James using some team tactic in the Cat. 2/3 race.

Jalyn H. (15) & Dillon L. (12) lining up for the Kids race.

Cross Race, Salisbury, NC 9/28

I may try to head up to Salisbury, NC to hit the first early season 'cross race. I'm just going to throw some skinnies on the 29er and race the hang out of it.

If anyone would like to carpool to split the cost of going up, let me know. I don't mind driving if we can split some gas money.

Later,

Race Flyer

Saturday Road Ride 7:00a.m. 9/13

Tell as many guys, gals, and Toby Porter that we will have a road ride that starts from O'leary's Ortho Office beside DFMS that will leave at 7:00a.m. Pass the word. Damon, if you get this, pass the idea to some of the guys from the other side of Columbia and let's see if we can get them over here for a change. Or, if you have some email addresses, I'll contact them, since I'm just a teacher and Toby doesn't think that I really "work".

I'm down for any pace that the group wants to do; hopefully, we will have some hammer-time moments. Let's try for at least 3 hours?

****edit to the edit*****
**edit**(removed)
I am not allowed to use certain word combinations, so I will just delete all the original edited info from this section and replace it with random ruminations. And in the first place, it was all in jest.

Hey, have you ever seen that funny commercial that has the jingle, "I've got lance in my pants..." I think it is very funny, yes? What a great jingle!

Also, remember to keep in mind that winners never cheat! Only a loser would do that!
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****end edit to the edit****
Toby P, please be advised that we will not be taking any dirt or gravel roads along the way...sorry brother.

So, take your chamois cream out of the shower, or night stand, and let's plan a good group ride.

Dupont Ride 9-14-2008

That's right, I am back on the bike.

Come out for a big day in Dupont:

9-14-2008 @ 9:00am

Fawn Lake Parking area (contact me for driving directions if you need them)

Bring lots of food, water and beer. (All your beer is for me)

Peace

Sunday A.M Road Ride 9/14

I haven't posted in a while and it looks as though it's been a bit quiet in here.

Anyway, a road ride, about two hours, is leaving from O'leary's Ortho office beside DFMS--7a.m. Come out if you can.

Later,

Oktober Fest

Looks like Charlotte will be host another MTB festival for the fall. Look here for more details.

Wednesday Ride

Anyone riding tonight?
I should be at Harbison around 6pm.

Toot, Toot

12 Hours of Cranky Monkey

http://www.ex2adventures.com/12-hours-of-cranky.php

Memorial Day Massacre

The trip to Pisgah was GOOOOOD!

1-bent chainring(less than 5 minutes into the ride)

1-flat tire

1-lost i-pod shuffle

1-bent brake lever

a few-broken souls

7-hours in Pisgah

Sounds about right!

Let me know when you guys are ready for the West Side.

Pisgah 5/26

Memorial Day Pisgah Trip

It looks like I will be heading to Pisgah on 5/26 for a 5-6 hour ride through God’s Country. If anyone is interested in joining, let me know. I plan to park near the horse stables on FS477 and going Clawhammer -> Maxwell Cove -> Black Mountain-> Turkey Pen -> S. Mills River -> Mullinax -> Squirrel Gap -> S. Mills River, -> Buckhorn -> (Left on and over Black Mountain all the way to the bottom and the road back to the stables.)
This will be 90% single track with a nice little fire-road warm up.

Sounds like we will have a group of 5-6 riders for Monday.
If you are not car pooling and want to meet at the trail head take I-26 to exit40 in NC towared Asheville Regional Airport (Left off exit) Follow NC-280 for about 30 miles until you get to 276. Take a right into Pisgah National Forest then go past the ranger station toward the horse stables. You will see signs to your right. Then there will be a gravel Fire road on your right labeled FS477. Take it until you see the stables on your right. Ride will be leaving around 9:30-10am.
Let me know if you are going.
Best way to reach me is cell: 803-917-5314

Stump Jump 08 Survival Stories

Here are a few pics snapped through the racing on Sunday.
Start of SS race















Toby P. finishing SS race ^^^^^^

Jim finishing the Sport Class ^^^^^^^^
Jason A+ finishing up the Sport Class^^^^^^^^^Toby S. hanging in the Expert Class^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Stumpjump '08?

OK Harrell's racers... who is on for Stumpjump '08? I think Monty is still planing a preride for Saturday, check his blog for more details.

SC State Team Championship
This is not an additional race. Points are accrued from individual team members' races throughout the day. Enter for SC Team Championship at the registration area on Saturday, May 17 or Sunday, May 18.

Harbison 4/16

Meeting up at Harbison Front Lot 6pm for Wednesday night ride

Congrats

To the fellas who made it out for the Race To The River this past Saturday. Thanks for supporting your local race. After a couple of glitches in the outcome, no feelings were hurt and fun to be had by all.
Locals report Monty, Jason, Spokejunky & LeRoy + Joe & Damon
Here's to youins'

Good Luck

To all the folks racing Harbison this weekend - Good Luck.

Warning
If you see any of these items laying on the trail, feel sure Monty is ahead of you.

Harbison 4/09

Anyone up for the Harbison ride tonight? Front Lot 6:30pm.

Ride Update: 5 riders (Damon, Monty,Chris, Jim & Toby) A good ride and the group is still growing. Thoughts of changing the start time for next Wednesday. Meeting at 6:00 pm for next week. This will be to encourage others to join. It seems many other folks are meeting at the park between 5:30 -6pm. Post your thoughts on this if ya have any.

Race to the River - Who's In?

Alright you winter time slackers, who is in on this race? Everybody racing expert? I heard rumor that some of you might be racing SS?

I will be there with bells on so you better bring your A game if you want to lap me.

Harbison 4/02

Mtb ride Harbison SF - Hitting the trails @ 6:31pm front parking lot.

Update: 3 rider group, went to 2 then 3. Thanks for coming out - Monty, Tom, Jim & Clem.

Endurance MTB Race in SC

Two chances at an Endurance MTB Event in SC

April 5, 2008 - Bakers Dozen 13hr Race Hickory Knob SP

April 19, 2008 - Grinding of the Greens 6hr MTB Race Fort Mill SC

Triathlon?

Anyone interested in participating in a Triathlon?
http://www.setupevents.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=event_detail&eventID=892

Harbison 3/26

Looks like this week's weather will be perfect for riding. Planning on Wednesday 6:30pm front parking lot at Harbison SF.

Good ride last night. We had a group of four riders show. Rode an outer loop with a Spider Woman twist, ride time 1:20. Hoping for an additional 10 minutes next week. See ya then.

Harbison 3/19/08

Not sure of the weather for this afternoon. Weather peeps calling for some rain and high winds. So this weeks installment of the Wednesday group ride @ Harbison may be postponed. Lets see hoe the weather pans out.
Update 5:15pm - Passing on the ride for today. Looks like the weather will be hitting the Midlands soon.

Race To The River - April 12, 2008

Rev up the engines folks time change is here. Many weekly rides are starting this week.

Tuesday - Downtown Crit rides/races, 6:30pm 40min + 2 laps (bring your nerves & some skills)

Wednesday - Harbison MTB ride, 6:30pm front lot

Thursday - Urban Ride, 6:30pm Food Lion on Broad River Rd or Riverfront Canal Dam
(bring your lights)

Thursday - Road Ride, Possibly O'leary's Place (roadies help me out here)

Friday - Beer Ride in Downtown Cola Town (check w/ local shops)

Support your local rides

Weekly MTB Ride

Time change is right around the corner folks. Would like to start up a weekly effort for a group ride at Harbison. Looking at Wednesday afternoon 6:30. Anyone interested?

Update: 3 riders showed, rolled out a steady hour ride. Se ya next week.

Winter Race Round Up

Big ups to Team HBW at the Charlotte Short Track Series.

Jamie battled off the Kenda squad for five races to score a 2nd place overall in the Expert Men.

Toby P stayed in the mix for 4 races to score a 6th overall in the Single Speed Class.


Plus Damon, Toby S. & Monty all pitched in on the scare tactics. Helping lending team support to Jamie in the expert field.

To the North, mountain man Leroy "Extreme Tomato" plowed his way through a grueling 36 hour epic in Pisgah. Follow his adventure here

Night Riding at Harbison

If you have not heard, they are trying to open Harbison up to night riding.
http://www.thestate.com/events/story/314461.html
Even if you can not make the ride tomorrow, please email Friends of the Forest and let them know you are interested in riding out there.
friendsofhsf@friends ofhsf.org
It has been a long time since we have done any riding out there....Legally. It sure would be nice to have it as an option before the time changes.
Thanks,

Victory #1 in 08

Congratulations in race 2 & 3 of the Charlotte STXC series to the HBW racers. Saturday and Sunday's races had Jamie battling the Kenda squad from Mt. Airy NC. Out numbered, but managed to out wit and overpower most of there team. Jamie pulled out two bronze finishes for the weekend. This puts him well in the hunt for the overall mens expert series.

Damon and Toby P also made a showing in the singlespeed class. Toby pulled out a bronze and gold for this weekends races. Saturday's race had Toby off the front for the first half and slowly fading back into a battle for third place w/ a Kenda rider. Patience was the key for Sunday, Toby sat on the lead group of 4 till two to go and launched attack after attack till the line. Pulling out Victory #1 for the HBW squad in 2008.

Next STXC race is Sunday

Are U Ready For February

Double Race Weekend - Winter Short Track Series to ramp up Sat. 2/02 in Charlotte. Follow that with Sunday's make-up race. Should be great weather this weekend.

If your in the Fontana area check out the Icycle. It's going down this weekend. HBW very own "Extreme Tomato" will be on hand to sign autographs & breasts. Come one come all to the festivities.
Rumor has it that this is a jam up event in the Fontana area of NC. XC, Night DH & Social events galore. Fear the social event.

FATS Donation Ride

Everybody,

There is a FATS benefit ride this Sunday. It is a 50 miler with a supported sag stop. Bring what you want to drop at the sag and some $$$ for trail donations. The suggested amount is $25.

I will be coordinating a carpool for those who are interested in carpooling from Columbia.

We need to get a head count so Bill and crew can support us, so let me know soon. I will post up more details as I know them.

Check out their site for all the details: http://www.sorbacsra.org/

Edit: Change of plans as I will now be leaving from Greenville. However you Columbia slackers should still come out and give me a head count. . .

Early 2008 Events

Upcoming events in the field of MTB for January & February. Winter Short Track Series to kick off Sat. 1/19 in Charlotte.

Edit: "Well folks, sorry the confusion last weekend with the weather fiasco, it looks like the weather for the kick-off for the EBB & G Winter Short Track on SUNDAY should be great. East Blvd Bar and Grill is cooking up their tasty chili for the event this Sunday. We have postponed the Jan 19 event to Feb 3, Super Bowl Sunday. For the weekend of Feb 2 and 3, we will host two races at the winter short track. Great way to burn a few extra calories so you can party hard during your Super Bowl events on Sunday evening." Promoter


Rumor has it that this is a jam up event in the Fontana area of NC. XC, Night DH & Social events galore. The "Extreme Tomato" will be there cleaning up all events. This man is feared in many areas especially the social event.

Lake Loop 2008 Recap

The 2008 Lake Loop has a huge success. A good move to the Sunday following New Years Day. The biggest turn out of any local club ride with 60 riders. We had riders from all the bike shops represented, a large group from the Columbia area, some Charlotte and Charleston making the trip. The Toby special of this ride treated all riders with 1/2 mile of dirt. A welcomed surprise for all and hated by some. Doug was kind enough to map the route with gps and post it here. I'll follow it up with a turn for turn cue sheet in a few days. For those who showed thanks and I hope you all enjoyed it.

Toby

2008 New Years Day Ride

2008 NYDR (Updated 1/4/08)

When: 1/06/08

Where: Ballentine DMV

Well How Far: 66ish (ballpark 66.7 miles)

What Time: Roll out 10 A.M

Why: Because the Sunday after New Years most folks will be back in town from their holiday getaways and the hangovers will be history. Besides it will give everyone time to install their new bike parts in time for the ride. Please remember that this is NOT A RACE so get that ego shit out of your system before you show up. Thanks

What History: This will be something like 7th annual - Not sure I've lost count. This route will be a traditional loop around Lake Murray in a clockwise fashion. This will be a self supported ride. So plan for one stop. Stay tuned in here for more info to come. Feel free to respond.

Update 1/4/08 11:27am
Looks like the loop will be counter clockwise this year, new loop same idea. The shortest possible route without all the sketchy highway sections. Planning on hitting the station at the traffic circle around the hwy 391 & 378 area. Something like 36ish mile point. Looks like good weather for the ride.

Series Winners

Final race of the Bank of North Carolina Short Track Series comes to a close this past Saturday. At the head of their classes - Congratulations to Jamie Hyatt Expert Series Winner and Clint Harshaw Sport 40+Series Winner. This draws a close on the 2007 season for most HBW riders. Enthusiasm for the winter short track series in Charlotte has already started.

Back in Action

Rumor around the computer fire is the infamous blue socks will be dusted off and back in action for this weekends short track race. Race this week will be in the dark. Guaranteed to be a whole lot of blue on one person. Good thing it'll be in the dark.

Race 4 of Bank of NC Short Track Series Saturday (12/1). Info here, no sense needed apply within.

Update on this weekend's race - Harrell's Team finishing positions in the Sport Men 40+ Clint Harshaw took 2nd place in a tight race for the overall lead in the series. In the Expert race Jamie Hyatt takes another win on the series and Toby P finds the podium in third.

Lynch's Update

Toby and I put in some maintenance work on Lynch's Woods today. Most of the trail is clear now, but there are still some patches that need a little work. I'm headed back in tomorrow for some more touch-up and then get in a couple of loops on the Paragon.

The erosion-prone power line climb got some attention. We're working on a re-route around that that would increase the length of the climb, add a big sweeper around the rim of a natural bowl on the power line, duck back into the woods at the top of the climb and have a really fun section before joining the trail. If you're out that way, look for the flagging at the top of the climb and try it out up to the power line. Anyhow, it's going to take some time and some sweat, but we hope it will both avoid the erosion altogether and be more fun that it is right now.

We're also going to work on a bridge over the small creek crossing before the rock section. The really tough creek crossing is going to be a challenge because it needs either a curve/corner in the middle of it, or it needs to be around 20 feet long, and will probably require some support in the middle. It's definitely going to take some planning.

Interested in MTB ride

Anyone interested in a MTB ride at Harbison on Sat (11/25) in the am?

Win #3

Congrats Jamie on win #3 in the stxc series. With 2 races remaining in the series, Jamie has a great chance of overall victory to close off an impressive season in 2008.
HBW (Monty, Jamie & Toby) grabbing the holeshot of the expert race.


Monty sets the pace for a rapid start and playing a vital role as temmate for Jamie's third win.
Jamie on his own covering the breaks late in the race.

It's Time To RAIL - So Get On THe Horse!!!!!!!!

Just three races left and Harrell's Team rider Jamie "Jan" Hyatt is on a roll. Two WINS in two races Jan is going for number three this weekend - so get on the horse J and give 'em hell!
Plus Clint Harshaw took top spot in the Sport 40+ - Good Luck this weekend fellows!

Bank of North Carolina Short Track MTB Race Series.
Saturdays Nov. 17, Dec. 1* & 8 (* indicates a NIGHT race)

Harrell's Team Rider Jamie "Jan" Hyatt takes the top spot in the expert race.

For more info go here and support your somewhat local race series. It will be tons of fun last year.

Cola, Cross and Short Track

Everybody, Anybody, Somebody. . .

Edit:

Meet at Harrell's at 8:00 Saturday morning for a ride at Lynch's.
I will leave a time for Manchester on Sunday later.

I will be in town again this weekend looking for some good rides.

Does anyone know if there are any cross races in Columbia, Greenville, Charlotte area? I want to try this cross sport. I have heard it is painful and I now have the almost right machine for it. . .

Charlotte Short Track: I am wondering what kind of course this is? Can I run my slicks and 32X15 gearing to smash the field? Are there lots of roots or is is mostly rolling?

I am ready for some races!

Peace

Urban Night Adventure

Date: Tuesday & Thursday evenings
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Food Lion Parking lot on Broad River road, close to the intersection of Greystone. Or most of the time you can find the group on the River Front paved path shortly after 6:30.

Rides can run anywhere from 1.5 - 2 hours. The ride is mostly based on pedaling and not much jumping off of city dwellings. So leave the downhill gear at home. Bring your own lights and a mtb or an urban rocket if you have one.

Cola Weekend Rides

Yo yo,

Later Edit! Rode Harbison today, nice and dry. I am taking tomorrow off and JP and I are riding Manchester @ 9:00 on Sunday morning.


I will be in town looking to ride Friday, Saturday and maybe Sunday. I am thinking early in the morning out at Manchester on Saturday. Or I could be talked into FATS if anyone else can go.



Shout out what times and places are best.



Peace

Harrisburg Short Track Racing

It that time again folks short track racing at the Harrisburg 1/2. Dates listed from the charlottemtnbike.com website: 10/27, 11/10, 11/17, 12/01, 12/08. Rumor has it there could be two night events this year. It was loads of fun last year.

Congratulations Jamie!

Way to go Jamie! Silver-medalist at the SC/NC State Road Race Championship.

Road Racing and Mountain Rides

Peeps,

Lots of action in Greenville this weekend. If you are up for the activities, give me a shout. The Tomato is even going on a (gassssssssssssssssssp) road ride tomorrow to see the time trials.

Big news is the Mountain ride leaving from Kitsuma Monday morning at 7:30. We will be riding up the old Toll Road and bombing Heartbreak. Get in touch with me if you want in.

Peace

Clinton/Laurens Metric on Aug 25

If anybody's up for a metric on Saturday morning, there's one in Clinton, leaving out at 8:00. I've got room for 4 more bikes and riders in the truck if anybody wants to carpool from Newberry.

Here's the link: http://www.laurenscountycyclists.org/fotd.html

Later gators,
Clint

NC/SC State RR

Hey guys! How many of you are planning to race up at Fork Shoals in 10 days at the NC/SC State RR Championships?
Since there are combined categories, I thought we might try some "race tactics" or something. Maybe get Toby in a break... or whoever is willing, really. I might know someone who can hand up drinks, too.

Harrell's rider takes 10th out of 90 at Fool's Gold

Congrats to me at the Fool's Gold 50 miler. I was wearing the Harrell's colors.

Peace

Anybody in NC?

I am leading a ride from the Fish Hatchery tomorrow at 9:00.

Fish Hatchery
08/12/2007
9:00am

Fool's Rides

The EXTREME Tomato will be in town this coming weekend looking to do some rides. Friday, Saturday and Sunday are all on the docket. I will post times and places as I know them. Suggest up if you want to ride or whatver.

Gotta get in shape for the Fool's Gold coming up!

Pisgah Mountain Ride!!!!!!!!!!

Blue People:

Some Cola locals are riding up to the big mountains this weekend.

Saturday 8:30am 07/21/2007 @ North Mills River

If you want to go and need more information, hit me up.

Ride your bikes!

HBW Scores Podium Spot

Congrats to team riders Damon Little on his 2nd place and Toby Porter on 4th place in the 6 hour event at the Cowbell Challenge in Charlotte NC. Both riders went out on the challenging 10 mile course. Both riders completed 5 laps in just after the cut off time, 50 miles in just over 5 hours of racing. Note to all others racing, the HBW riders were running self-supported.

If YOU post on here, PLEASE READ!

If YOU post on here, PLEASE READ!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Please take note that E-Designs will be going live with Harrells Bicycle World’s World Wide Web page version 1.0 very soon.

As we are trying hard to stay community oriented, we have a link set up from the website to this BLOG. What does that mean? It means that this BLOG will be representing the Harrell’s riding community and probably receiving quite a bit more traffic. So we just want to make sure that we think about representing Paul Harrell and his business appropriately when we make posts.

Neither Paul nor I think there has been a problem, we just wanted to make everyone aware of what is coming aboard.

I am also calling out for some information and pictures for those of you who post here on the BLOG. Please leave a comment under this post with the following information:

A list of all the bikes you own and ride.
Pictures of the bikes you own and ride. The best way to get us these pictures is to send them in an email to webmaster@e-designme.com. We will also need your written or verbal consent that you allow us to publish and post pictures of you and your bikes on the Harrell’s website.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to leave a comment and I will answer them the best I can.

Thanks for your time and courteousness,

Jonathon

Sunday MTB Ride 8am

Sunday 6/17
Meet time 8am
Harbison Front Lot
Distance to be determined
Come one come all, bring your mtb one gear or many gears no one counting.

Mt. Mitchell

Hey everybody,

Here are the awsome results from last Monday's Assault on Mt. Mitchell:
(full results at http://www.freewheelers.info/assault.html)

The weather was a moderate 70º - 75º from bottom to top, a bit muggy, and with a slight breeze. The sun barely poked through the grey clouds that blanketed the skies all day, and of course, the last 5 miles were through a dense, rolling fog.

Finishing 108th, Gabe rocketed up the mountain in a time of 6:10:00 - congrats Gabe!

Finishing 161st, I came up next with a respectable time of 6:27:05 - which is 0:02:32 faster than Lynn's best time, so now he has to ride again (little side bet we had going).

Rounding out the top 25%, Kevin came in 250th with a very good time of 6:55:02.

All three of us cracked the 7 hour mark, and that's great!
If anyone else came up, and I didn't write in your time, just post a reply or email me.

Good job everyone!

Where is Everybody?

Did the Blue Man Group suspend their tour?

I will be in Columbia this weekend looking to get some short hard rides in. Most likely Manchester or Harbison.

Saturday and Sunday so just post up if you prefer one time over another. I will post times and such later this week.

This is the last hurrah before the 12 hours of you better drink a ton of water.

Dupont Epic 6-9-2007

Guys and Are there any Gals that look at this thing?

Anyway,

Come up for a great Mountain ride on Saturday June 9th.

We will be leaving the parking lot around 8:30. I can give some directions to the Fawn Lake access if anyone decides to come.

Also, Joe has some camping spots reserved if you would like to camp friday or Saturday nights at Black Forest Campgound call them up and ask for a spot next to the Pelton's.

Leave any questions in the comments and I will get to them.

Peace

mtbr thread for this ride

HBW Training Ride Photos

Pictures are online:


I've posted several pictures from the HBW Team Training Ride up at my website:
http://musicofpeterkay.com/cycling/hbwttr.htm

I'll be adding the map and profile and posting a few more pics thatI need to scan. I might even put some video up if I can get my hands on that, too. For now, here are 19 digital images from May 12.

Enjoy them - we enjoyed making them... right? Just ask my knees. ouch.

Weekend Ride Plans

Anyone have any ride plans for this weekend?

Friday 5/25
Saturday 5/26
Sunday 5/27
Monday 5/28

If you do and need someone to ride with, give me a shout!

Toby

Weekend Dirt

To all:

If anyone wants to hit up Harbison, Manchester or Lynch's this weekend, let me know. I will probably be doing some afternoon rides Saturday and Sunday.

Peace

HBW Team Training Ride! (again)

For all those who I have NOT already emailed, called, and generally pestered to no end: this Saturday, May 12 is the official "HBW Team Training Ride" (for road racing). Hosting this event is what's giving us an official standing with USAC - gives us our team name.

We'll be meeting between 8:30 and 9:00am at Caesar's Head State Park (just north of Greenville) to ride 80-100 miles in the mountains... slowly. It's open to anyone with a USAC race license, so anyone who wants to come, just email me and let me know: pietakay@hotmail.com. We'll have rolling SAG support and lots of pictures.

This ride is "Rain or Shine," so come prepared.

PMBAR Survivors

Check out the PMBAR Reports on LeRoy's and my site. The race was NASTY!

Harbison Ride Wed. 2nd 4:00pm?

I'm headed out to Harbison for a couple of laps if anyone wants to join.

4:00 p.m in the parking lot.

See ya!

Jamie

Tuesday Harbison

Harbison SP 6:30pm - May 1 2007

Lynch's Woods Volunteer Day - Sunday May 13??

Hi folks:

Can we all check our calendars to see about getting together early on Sunday, May 13 at Lynch's Woods for a volunteer trail maintenance day? I've got an 18" bar chain saw, loppers, shovels, leaf blower, hedge trimmer.

I worked yesterday getting the latest trees out of the way, and all is clear timber-wise, except for one log that I can't remember where the darn thing is.

Probably the biggest thing needed is the new vegetation is closing in over the trail and it needs some discrete cutting back. The limbo log on the first trail after the prologue is going to take a bigger saw than what I've got.

I can supply a cookout and refreshing beverages for everybody too.

Clint
Check the date fellows don't forget about yo momma

Stumpjump Race This Sunday

Who's up for doing the Stumpjump race this Sunday? I'm going up for the "You kids get off my lawn" class at 10:30 -- and have room for 4 more riders and bikes in the truck. I need to get back by mid-afternoon, though, so I can't stay for the Expert stuff. If anybody's interested in carpooling, let me know.

C

MANchester ride Sunday

4/29/2007

Trailhead: 9:00
Riding: 9:15

Bring your bike, cus you can't ride without it.

Peace

Saturday Road Ride, 7:30 a.m.

The ride will leave from O'leary Ortho beside Dutch Fork Middle

50-60 miles
Med to High pace, or, whatever pace you want to ride.

All are welcome!

This is NOT a "Harrell's" only ride, nor will it ever be. Invite your buddies to come along!

Now....if we could ever find away to get some fresh brewed coffee out there...hmmmm.

Maybe we can Jed to come on out with the Jittery Joe's traveling cafe..

2 Laps @ Lynch's

Dudes and Duddettes,

A couple of us will be at Lynch's around 9:15 tomorrow riding at 9:30.

Lynch's Woods
9:30 AM
Saturday 4/28/2007

Quote of the ride "LeRoy, hold the nipple and twist"

BURN, The Discussion

Website: http://burn24hour.com/

Dollar Bills:
CATEGORY
EARLYBIRD(prior to 2/28/07)
ENTRY FEE(2/28 to 4/30)
LATE ENTRY(5/1 to Race Day)
Solo
$85.00
$105.00
$125.00
Two-Person
$170.00
$190.00
$225.00
Team Classes
$315.00
$355.00
$415.00

Date:
May 26 - 27

Classes:

Solo Male
Solo Female
2-Person Open
Male Team Open
Female Team Open
CoEd Team Open

So everybody is talking about doing this thing. I cannot decide as I really want to limit my races this year. These 24 hour loopy things tend to get kind of pricey as well. If I decide to do it I am going solo, I just don't feel like putting in the cooperation to making the team thing work. Plus if I ride solo, I don't effect anyone else's race. So there you have it. Now discuss and ride hard.

Quote of the race: "Your going to get dizzy, but not from doing loops." ~Jonathon LaRoy

Peace

2007 ORAMM

http://www.mtngoatepics.com/offroadassaultmt_mitchell.htm

2007 Harrells Kit

Come see Paul at the shop to get your new colors for the '07 season. In stock bibs, shorts, jersey, vest, jackets and thermal jersey. New for this season - arm warmers and knee warmers. Check on sizes, shorts seem to be cut small and the arm warmers cut big. Kit looks very professional out on the road & trail. Support your local shop and show your colors.

Thanks Paul

No Excuse For No Base 4-15-2007

Alright Monty this one's for you. This is the last chance for Team Tripping On Lactic Acid to get ready for the PMBAR.

So off we go to Harbison for a medium intensity 5 hour ride. I am hoping to keep it right at 10 mph so we can get close to 50 miles in. I know there will be some stops as well so plan for as many hours as your kitchen pass can afford.

LATE EDIT!!!!!!!!! Because of the forecast, we are riding Harbison around 9:15 on Saturday and Manchester at 8:00AM on Sunday.

Where: Manchester
When: 4/15/2007 8:00 AM
Why: Because we can
Who: You know you all need to
How: With your bikes duh, for me: one gear so try and keep up

Quote of the ride: "This ain't no painsy loop around Harbison" Tomato

Mountain Goat Epic 4/7/2007

Enduro freaks abound. Look out, Mr. Goat Epics has organized a ride involving some pretty hefty mileage. Approximately 50 miles with 11 grand of climbing.

I will most likely be pulling the caboose on this ride and I look forward to it. We are starting at the Black Mountain trailhead at 9:00 for those interested. If you are truly interested and you want more info, let me know.

Quote of the ride "Ride you bike in the mountain beeeeaaaatches. It is fun" ~ Jonathon LaRoy

Lynches Woods on Saturday 7th?

Since the temp is going to drop this weekend, I'm considering getting a good cup of Joe and heading up for a jaunt to Lynches for a hammer session on the mtn bike.

Edit: Toby and I are meeting at the Publix Parking lot (at the end of Broad River) at 8:40. We are going to head up to Newberry for about 2.5 hrs of riding. I can take one more. Give me a buzz if you want to go or leave a message on this thread. I'll check it in the morning.
Jamie

Any takers to car pool?

I would like to get there fairly early so we can get back.

Let me know!

Quote for the ride: "You get a feeling on certain trails, when you're reacting like you and your machine are like one thing. It's the feeling of physical exertion and speed and technique all wrapped into one." --Ned Overend

Thursday night HBW ride
Leaving from O'leary's Ortho beside
dfms @ 6:30! Pass the word.

Wednesday Road Ride 4:00

Road ride--leaving from O'leary Ortho beside DFMS at 4:00.

Distance: ~30 or so miles. (probably the "Peak" loop)

Pace:~medium to fast paceline tempo work

Quote of the ride: "Enough with this Sunday stroll...let's hurt a little bit." - American Flyers

Jamie
803-603-0567(cell)

Tuesday Night Crit 6:30

Come join us for a little pain management at the Tuesday nigh crit off of Bluff Rd.

Racing starts at 6:30 prompt. 45-50 minutes are so plus 2 laps.

It's a great way to get in some awesome tempo work!

Later,

Thursday Ride

Date: Thursday 3/29
Time: 5:45 Edit 6:00pm
Place: Wachovia (Charleston Hwy. WC)
Pace: Steady Road Ride out towards Cayce, then onto Calhoun Co.
Distance: ? ~ 2+ hours

Season of the Blue Man

Check out Monty's spot for an update from this past weekends XC race and the new threat for the 2007 season.

So go out an represent!

Saturday Road Ride, 7:30 a.m.

Once again, an early training road ride is planned for this Saturday, 7:30 a.m. Leaving out of the parking lot of O'leary Orthodontics beside DFMS, on Old Tamah Rd. We had a really good ride last week. Phil Austin, a seasoned CAT 2 racer, has moved into the area and came out to ride with us.

This is not an all out hammer session; however, there will be times/areas that we lay the smack down if we all feel up to it. We will NOT leave anyone behind and that is not our intention. The route is about 50 miles. We usually get back to the Parking lot around 10:30 or so. By leaving early, we can get back to do other "stuff" around the house.

Join us if you can. The bigger the group, the more time we have to rest right?

Road Biker's Need Not Apply

Pisgah Mountain Bike Gathering this weekend. Lots of riding, lots of beer, lots of firewood. What else could you ask for?

Big rides on Saturday leaving out of the Cove Creek Campground. If you want to come and need specifics let me know, otherwise, I am not wasting my time.

Peace

Which Race, Two Choices?

Let's start getting a head-count for the upcoming mtn bike races:

We have the one in our own backyard, "Race to the River" on April 22nd.

Or, a bigger, more competitive "Tiger Rag" on the same day.

Obviously, we could race here, but would we just be racing ourselves? No fun in that...

I may even NOT shave my legs for that one!

Assault on My Chamois

I don't figure I will get any hits this week since this is the new official roaditude site.

I will be in Cola this weekend, riding Saturday and Sunday. I am thinking Imight make a trip to FATS one of those days. The other will probably be MANchester.

I will post up times and what not as the week goes along.

Ok I guess good luck to the roadies this weekend. Pretend like you are on the dirt and pedal hard or something.

Edit: So FATS is closed until next week. Whoops. I am still up in the air as to where I am riding tomorrow(saturday). Maybe Lynch's, maybe Manchester. If anyone wants to ride leave me a note.

Paul and I are hitting Manchester for sure on Sunday. I am guessing around 8:00 but I will post a confirmation tonight or tomorrow.

Peace

Saturday Road Ride 7:30a.m.

Hear ye, Hear ye,

The powers that be have decided that 7:30 shall be the time. Not 6:30, not 8:30. The Seventh hour and 30th minute in the morning shall be the time that riding shall begin. Be thou wrong if you show up at any hour other than 7:30a.m. (ok...way too much Monty Python and the Holy Grail...sorry!) (The "Holy Hand Grenade" scene)

Saturday Road Ride

Come join us on a longish road ride on Saturday morning 7:30 or 8:00. (I'll post the definite time when we nail it down) The route will be in the 50-60 mile range down to Peak, Pomaria, and then over to Little Mountain. Those feeling a bit sassy are more than welcome to ascend the infamous "goat track", where you will see not one goat but at the top you may see a "yak"...just don't get it on our top tube!

We will meet at Brian O'leary's office parking lot (beside DF Middle).

Hairy legged people and those that show up in mtn bike shoes will be allowed a 10 minute head start.

Lynch's woods @ 5:00 3/15/2007

Join me if you can.

Peace.

Have you ridden the mountains, Ever?

A big group of dedicated masocists are headed to the woods this weekend. We will be leaving from the North Mills Campground area riding from 8:30 - 2. If you want more details, give me a shout.

Why do I even post these here anymore?

Have you ridden your bike lately?

This weekend I will be in Cola. I might head out for a lap at Harbison on Saturday but it will depend.

Definitely doing Manchester on Sunday ~9:00. Chime in if you wanna ride.


Peace.