Rides for Saturday and Sunday 9/29 and 9/30/2012

We will start from Panera Bread in Wilmette at 08:00 AM and do the usual loop on St. Mary and around the cemetery. If we feel like it we could do an extra loop back to Old Elm and St. Mary. Total mileage ~50 or ~70. Bring food to eat on the bike. Food stop at the end of the ride at Panera in Wilmette. If the weather is bad I will post a cancellation at least an hour before the beginning of the ride.
Felix

Sunday 9/16/12 Ride

We will meet at Panera Bread in Wilmette at 08:00 AM and do the usual St. Mary Road with a loop around the Cemetery. If we feel like it we can do an extra loop on Waukegan Rd. to Old Elm and back to St. Mary for additional 20 miles. Bring food to eat on the bike. We will stop for food at the end of the ride at Panera in Wilmette. Total distance ~50 miles or ~70 with the additional loop.
If the weather is bad I will post a cancellation before 07:00 AM on the day of the ride.

EBC Group Results From the 2012 Sub 5 Challenge

The group of riders from the Evanston Bike Club who participated in the Sub 5 Century Challenge had a very successful ride on 9/9/12. Although the temperature was near perfect, the windy day made the event much more challenging this year than it was a year ago.

Special thanks go to Trish and Robin who helped out the team all day, the spouses that came to cheer us on and to Melissa and Sharon who rode in the recreational version of this charity ride that raises funds for Parkinson's research

Ride detail can be viewed via Felix's Garmin results and the official result on Active.com

Saturday Sept 1 St Mary Loop and, Who Are We?

Final weekend before the Sub5 and quite a few of us turned out for the scheduled training ride, even with the remnants of Hurricane Isaac threatening to overtake us along the way.  We shortened the ride to a single loop around the cemetery, no stops, with a total of 50 miles starting and ending at the Wilmette Panera.  As it turned out, Isaac brought only a few sprinkles.
It was a good fast ride with welcome sprints down Waukegan and Green Bay for the usual suspects to stretch their legs and have some fun.
As we sat at Panera I thought to myself, we might have matching kits but we are certainly a motley crew even so.  Imagine the typical cycling team, an array of slight and skinny guys with chiseled faces and stern looks.  Not here.  Instead of that we have the Bulgarian former wrestler, the small Asian physicist, the tall Polish body-builder from the south side...the carpenter with a pair of lederhosen, the Capo, the retired insurance agent, the old guy, the woman....our injured teammate from Mexico and a former cycling champ from Colombia....and that isn't even everyone !
4 Scotts, 3 Cervelos, 2 Treks,  2 Specializeds, a Bianchi, an Eriksen, a Look and an Orbea.