[obc] FW: Remote starts

Last year, Tom Stratton, touring director, coordinated some great remote start club rides on Saturdays. Most began just outside the city limits and offered routes and destinations that some of us would never do if they started from BB. One could go really remote and start from, say, Calebogie,

RE: [obc] got my answer

Sounds like a Yes wheel regs in effect for all sanctioned racing. Opinions? I won't quewstion the reasoning, but my problem is this: I ride on Rolf Vector Comps (which I have now found out are illegal), I do mostly unsanctionned training races and maybe one or two sanctionned races a year.

[obc] Race wheels and participation in sanctioned events

Hello all, I am the organizer of the OBC Grand Prix. Approved wheels has recently become a topic of concern for racers. Note these points: 1) the wheel approval is for mass start racing only 2) this is primarily a risk management issue - in other words, safety and liability 3) the UCI rule

RE: [obc] Race wheels and participation in sanctioned events

4) if your wheel does not fit this description, that does not mean it is illegal No, but what it does mean, is that if your wheels are older than 1-2 years, you are screwed because manufacturers are most likely never going to submit 10 or 25 discontinued wheels for testing. However, at

[obc] Gatineau Parkway?

Can anyone tell me the conditon of the Gatineau Parkway? Is it cyclable yet? Thanks cheers, Philip (member) -- Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [obc] OBC Weekend Rides

- Original Message - From: Avery Burdett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 9:18 AM Subject: [obc] OBC Weekend Rides Saturday 9am - Group Leaders' Ride from the Agricultural Museum, Experimental Farm - welcome returning and new group leaders Sir

RE: [obc] Race wheels and participation in sanctioned events

See the below link for the full story: http://www.bike.com/features/template.asp?page=2lsectionnumber=6lsectiondi rectory=technodate=2%2F27%2F2002 That was a really good article, and gives me incentive to keep all my older wheels (that will 'pass') and keep racing on the old stuff I've got

Re: [obc] Gatineau Parkway?

I was up on Wednesday morning. NOT good. I will be checking again next Wednesday. It should be almost ready. Manny Agulnik Wright, Eric wrote: From: Philip Hannan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Can anyone tell me the conditon of the Gatineau Parkway? Is it cyclable yet? Thanks cheers, Philip

Re: [obc] Gatineau Parkway?

A further caution for the parkway ... Two years ago I did my first ride in the park in April sometime, and the roads were mostly clear ... except under the Kingsmere Rd. bridge, at the bottom of the hill just before Penguin ... whose underpass I was approaching at about 65kph. There was a

Re: [obc] Race wheels and participation in sanctioned events

Yes, i had read that article. While it is a one-sided description, I think it is entirely believable. I wondered to myself that someday, someone will claim that two wheeled cycles are unsafe since they can topple over, and we'll have to buy tri or quad-cycles. I think the UCI has opened a can

Re: [obc] Gatineau Parkway?

Gunter Hauschildt wrote: A further caution for the parkway ... Two years ago I did my first ride in the park in April sometime, and the roads were mostly clear ... except under the Kingsmere Rd. bridge, at the bottom of the hill just before Penguin ... whose underpass I was approaching

[obc] Spokesperson Deadline

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