for races: http://www.ncsccyclingassoc.com/race_calendar.cfm
On Jan 7, 7:58 am, "Tony" <[email protected]> wrote: > JP, > > I am from NY originally and I loved the 4' shoulders. Down here is a > different story. > > If you are looking for information about racing, you need to check out > Simple Green and Allstars. There may be others but they are the main racing > teams here. Some of the Gyros ride with them on some of their weekly rides > but, for most of us, their weekly rides ARE races. > > I am not the person to help you with this but there are others on this forum > that can. > > How about it Andy? > > JP - If you are looking for great rides through the Northern part of NC join > us sometime. We travel as far as Virginia and there are some fantastic > country roads as you will see. Very little traffic and many are getting new > surfaces. It'll be a good prep for getting you started again if racing is > your long term goal. > > Tony > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JP" <[email protected]> > To: "North Raleigh Cyclists (Gyros)" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 11:15 PM > Subject: [Gyros: 12113] Riding / Race Info > > > Hello, > > > I am originally from upstate New York and moved to NC last January. I > > did not do much riding this year and my body is paying for it. I > > really want to get back into riding again and have been reading your > > group's discussions for a while now. I need to get some fitness back > > before I start doing group rides again but I hope to join some of your > > rides in the Spring. I do have a couple of questions that a few of > > you may be able to answer though.... > > > In New York, there were a lot of races throughout the year (when there > > wasn't 10 ft. of snow on the ground!). Some were just citizen races > > and some required licenses but you could race just about any weekend > > from May to Sept. They were just 30-50 mile cat 5 type races, but > > competitive and fun. I have not seen any races like that down here > > anywhere in the triangle area. Do they exist here? > > > Also, how is the riding up where your club rides? I am down near Cary > > and the roads are pretty crowded and have no shoulder (much different > > than NY where there is 4 ft. of shoulder, they need it for snow > > removal). Are there open country roads in North Raleigh that are nice > > to ride on? > > > Thanks in advance for any info you can provide. > > > JP- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your replies. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
