IC3 Colorado

It was a cold Saturday morning when 13 of us gathered in front of Galen’s house.  I could not help but notice the strange looks Galen’s neighbors were giving us.  They had this look on their face like… hey do not you guys know that it is winter and that it is cold outside and that there is snow on the ground…. who rides bicycles in weather like this?

Well the answer is, IC3.  Thanks to Galen and his family for hosting what is becoming a annual event, Galen’s New Years Ride.

Before leaving for a ride down the Cherry Creek bike path Galen lead the group in a prayer.  Galen then let the group put in prayer requests.

We had a great ride down the trail.  We did a short loop out to Cheery Creek Reservoir before heading down to REI.  We picked-up a rider as we headed back from Village Green park.  I have forgot his name but I knew him from the Bicycle Village Aurora rides.  I was amazed at how many other riders were out on the trail.  Denver definitely has some hard core bicycle riders.

We stopped at REI and had some hot drinks and food before heading out.  At REI we ran in to the Bicycle Village ride who was also having their first ride of the new year.  On the way back we did a short loop around the Sport Authority Stadium.  Josh Taylor took a photo of the group in front of the stadium.  See the photo below, Rich Sweeny is the one “Tebowing”.

We arrived back at Galen’s house about 12:15 – 12:30 where Carol (Galen’s wife) had a GREAT lunch ready for everybody.

All in all it was a great morning for a ride, fellowship and food.

Greetings All,
 
Join us this Saturday is our ride out of Bicycle Village in Aurora.  All are welcome.  Bicycle Village is our local shop sponsor and has graciously offered to provide lunch after our ride.  If you’re planning on coming out, you MUST RSVP with me so we can have a enough food for all.  Bicycle Village host 3 rides every Saturday (social, intermediate, and advanced ride), so we’ll join their groups in order to keep things simple.  Their social ride is like our EZ ride group, intermediate is more recreational, and the advance group tends to ride fast with less stopping.  As you can see there’s something for everyone. 
 
Please RSVP with me by Thursday 9/29 so BV can plan accordingly with food.   BV sends out their ride details late in the week (Thursday or Friday morning) so I’ll send those joining us the details of the rides later in the week.
 
Meet at 9:00  Bicycle Village Aurora  2802 South Havana St., Aurora, CO 80014
 
Blessings,

–

Matt Otero
303-601-6869
Road Ride Coordinator
International Christian Cycling Club – Colorado Spoke

Hi All,
 
I’m suffering the effects (and pain) from a sciatica while going for lunch time run.  Unfortunately I won’t be able to lead tomorrows ride.  Fortunately however, our club sponsor Bicycle Village is doing their usual rides.  Their intermediate ride was leaving at the same time and location (it says 9 am but they really leave around 9:30) and going for a simlar distance and location.  Feel free to join them tomorrow.  They can get some large groups so it can be a great time to meet other riders and represent IC3.  Info on their ride tomorrow is listed below.
 
Matt
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Bicycle Village Aurora <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:02 PM
Subject: Sat Group Ride September 10th (9am)
To:
Greetings~

Temps are expected to stay in the mid 70′s…EXCELLENT riding weather!!  Hope you are able to come join us for a spin:
Thank you in advance for checking your
tire pressure, spokes, pedal tightness and computers BEFORE our 9:30 am departure.
INTERMEDIATE: (16-18 mph average)

Advanced Ride Leader Chris, will take you out on his “special” route today: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/64904969
This 48 mile route has 2400′ elevation gain so carbo load and bring some extra legs!! ;)
RECREATIONAL: (13-15 mph average)

Jeffrey will take the Rec group on the well-known 30 mile Sloan’s Lake tour.  If you’ve never been…a great ride with beautiful scenery. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/45902423
ADVANCED: (Go Fast – Go Hard)

NO Advanced ride this week as Chris is helping out with the Intermediate Group.
In fairness to the groups please make certain you are comfortable
maintaining the average speeds suggested…Thank you
Remember spare tubes, plenty of fluids and sunscreen!!

**Rules of cycling parallel those of driving**
Practice Proper Road Etiquette:

Call-out when passing on LEFT
NEVER…NEVER…NEVER Pass on the Right
- PLEASE DO NOT REPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS MESSAGE -
INSTEAD: – [email protected]

 
–
Jacquette Tara
Ride Leader Coordinator

Bicycle Village Aurora
www.bicyclevillage.com
(303) 750-1064
2802 S Havana
Aurora, CO  80014

Mt. Evans is now behind us and we had some amazing riding going on from our Juniors! Not an easy climb at all! Here were our results!

JW 10-12
Julia McKelvy – 7th Place

JM 10-12
Christian Friend – DNF (had some back trouble at mile 8 and had to pull out)

JM 13-14
Gage Hecht – 1st Place
Matthew Judson – 12th Place

JW 15-16
Kirsten Williams – 2nd Place

Nice work everyone! We’ll be in Salida this weekend and hope to see some of you there! If not, we’ll see you at Bannock! Have a great weekend!

The Hecht Family

Thursday August 11th will be “IC3 Night” at the Table Mountain Race Series.  If you can come
out and race on the evening of Thursday August 11^th please do so.  The goal for this date and this
event is to have a strong IC3 presence.  Have as many IC3ers as possible be at the event and racing.

 These races take place on the old Wheels of Thunder course (the Colorado State Patrol Training Facility) and are an absolute blast.  The 6pm Thursday race is about the speed of a slower CAT 4 race.  It would be great fun to race together and we could dominate the race.  The races on this course are safe.  The 13-14 juniors are able to enter the same race as the adults, thus everyone can race together (parents and juniors in the same race along with all other IC3ers).  It would be excellent to have everyone together for racing and fellowship.

Flyer for event -> http://www.americancycling.org/sites/default/files/Site_Files/Race_Flyers/2011/2011Table%20Mtn%20FlyerFinal.pdf

From Erik Judson

The race starts around 6:00PM give or take 15 minutes, and you can’t really start
to warm up on the course until close to 6:00PM.  The best thing would be to bring a trainer and come around 5:15PM.  Sign up starts around 5:30PM or so, and it’s only $17 with an ACA license, can’t beat that!

It would be great to have as many IC3 folks show up as possible, for His glory and have a very strong presence in the race, and for racing fellowship.  13-14 Juniors could hang in the pack too…

I hope everyone has been able to keep dry and dodge all of this lightning.  This weekend we’re riding the Copper Triangle route.  We going to add a new twist on it and do the reverse version of the common route.  Same amount of climbing, just not as bad since we avoid the 3000 foot climb after 50 miles.  The greatest thing about this ride is that it’s FREE.  This route will cost you $130 to do in August as part of the Copper Triangle event.

I received about a dozen responses from those interested in riding.  I’d like to get a final list so if you’re going to come out with us please respond so we can adequately prepare for this ride.  Even if you’ve already responded to my email last month, please respond and confirm if you’re coming out. 

If you’re interested in coming up for a nice drive in the mountains and would like to help as SAG support please let me know.  While this route can be be done self supported, it is long so it would be great to have some vehicle support in case someone can’t finish.

Location: Copper Mountain (Alpine Parking Lot)

Time: 7:30 (it’s early but we want to avoid any afternoon T-Storms)

Distance: Approx. 80 miles

Ride Leader: Matt Otero [email protected] 303-601-6869

Detailed route info: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/40974622

Thank you Cindy Elliott for taking the photos.

Kathy Judson finishing

Maurine Sweeney on the podium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gage Hecht on the podium