Evanston Bike Club Featured in Panera Bread Newsleader

Panera Bread has a feature story in their current newsletter about the Evanston Bike Club meeting at their Wilmette location. Although the article is about the entire club, two of the three bike riders in the photo illustrating the story are from our group. Herb is shown on the left and I'm modeling a Sub 5 Hour Century Challenge jersey on the right

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A third member of the Sub 5 Century Team is also shown in a photo in the e-mail with "teaser" information about the article. The photos shows a profile shot of Heidi wearing her Sub 5 jersey.

Show and Go Rides Weekend of 10/22-23

The sun is predicated to come out again this weekend and it should be good (although a bit brisk) bike riding weather. No firm plans, but on Saturday we may head up along the lake and see what is left of the fall foliage after this week's wind storms. Come meet up at Panera Bread at 8:00 am on Saturday and Sunday morning and contribute your vote on where the day's ride should head.

Video Recap Of Our Team Riding in the Sub 5 Hour Century Challenge

If you missed the premier of the video Cons produced about our team's participation in the Sub 5 Hour Century Challenge at last night's Evanston Bike Club meeting, don't despair You can still view the video on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4NPQTnOcPI

Thanks Cons for a job well done, both in producing the video and in MC'ing the presentation last night.

Show and Go Rides Weekend of 10/15-16

Given the uncertainty about the wind speed on Saturday and rain on Sunday, we'll decide where to ride to based on who shows up at Panera Bread at 8:00 am on Saturday and Sunday.  Tentatively, we're considering a ride to Bluffington's on Saturday and from Panera to Panera on Sunday.  If the weather is favorable and the group is in the mood, we can certainly decide to go farther and could consider a Cuba Road or Barrington Hills ride. Meet us at Panera and cast your vote.

Ride Start Moved to 8:00 am Beginning Weekend of 10/8-9

We're moving the start time for the rides to 8:00 am beginning on 10/8. Meeting at Panera Bread in Wilmette. No firm destination selected yet for the rides this weekend. We can come to a consensus on the optimum destinations to take advantage of the nice weather predicted for this weekend once we get to Panera. . Tentatively, the Saturday ride will probably be a medium distance ride (40-60 miles) and the Sunday ride will be a longer ride (80-110 miles).

Ride Recap - Weekend of 10/1-2

The original plan was for a moderate ride on Saturday and a hard ride on Sunday. However, Saturday's 42 mile Panera to Panera ride featured a number of hard sprints, and turned into a fairly energetic training ride. Although, I missed the Barrington Hills segment of the Sunday ride, the early part of the ride turned out to be at a more moderate pace than Saturday's ride

Saturday's group included Charles, Cons, Heidi, Herb, Rich, Felix, Ian, and me. Cons invited the group back to his house after the ride for a viewing of the Sub 5 Hour Century Challenge video. It is a professional quality effort. The official premiere of the video will be at the EBC monthly meeting on 10/18 and after that we'll post a link to the video on this blog.

Sunday's group consisted on Cons, Clay, Felix, Hugo, Herb, a couple of my friends, Tom and Bryn, and me. Clay gets bonus points for joining us on his anniversary. This gave him a pretty good rationale for turning back after a stop about 35 miles into the ride.

10/2 Ride to Barrington Hills will start at 7:00 am

Meeting at Panera Bread at 7:00 am on Sunday morning for a Cuba Road - Barrington Hills ride. Should be 85-90 miles with a quick stop at 30 miles and lunch at 65 miles