Re: [Ext] [RBW] Re: OT: Update on ECHS Mountain Bike Racing Team (some Riv content, plus begging for donations)

[Bill Lindsay]

Matt guessed correctly that the NorCal race series has Ben held at Fort Ord 
twice this year. There's plenty of sand for your drivetrain at Fort Ord. :-)

BL of ECHS

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Re: [Ext] [RBW] Re: OT: Update on ECHS Mountain Bike Racing Team (some Riv content, plus begging for donations)

[Mattt]

I used to live in Monterey.  I am guessing the race was on or near Fort Ord.  I 
used to ride around this area and great trails.   A beautiful place to be.  

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Re: [Ext] [RBW] Re: OT: Update on ECHS Mountain Bike Racing Team (some Riv content, plus begging for donations)

[Allingham II, Thomas J. (Retired Partner)]

Awesome!  You must be having a blast, Bill -- sounds like SO much fun

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On Mar 27, 2017, at 4:56 PM, Ryan Fleming 
> wrote:

Great! is that you in the foreground?

On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 3:13:09 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote:
We met our Go-Fund-Me goal and we bought a trailer.  Race #3 was this past 
weekend and our riders got another 5 podium finishes, and we notched another 
2nd place in the team competition.  Interesting note: the team race trophies 
were handbuilt by local frame builder Cameron Falconer.

BL for ECHS

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On Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 7:52:46 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote:
One-thousand thank yous to those who could donate.  I'm really grateful.

Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA

On Monday, March 13, 2017 at 11:44:19 AM UTC-7, Bill Lindsay wrote:
Many of you know I'm the volunteer team mechanic for El Cerrito High School 
Mountain Bike Racing Team.  I have a son at ECHS, but he's a swimmer.  I 
volunteered for the team almost entirely for me.  So far, it's one of the 
better things I've done for myself.  We race in the Norcal High School Cycling 
League, in the Southern Division.  We are one of six D1 teams, and by far the 
smallest.  D1 is dominated by Salinas High School, who regularly field ~40 
riders, while we field ~15.

Last weekend was our second race of the season and our team's best performance 
ever.  The race course was adjacent to Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterrey, CA.  
Our EC Gauchos won three races (JV Boys, JV Girls, and Soph Boys) and we got 
two second place medals and a fourth.  We placed second in the team competition 
behind Salinas, but beat both of our East Bay Rivals Berkeley and Albany.  We 
also hold a strong second place in the season-long team overall competition.  
It's a big challenge for our small team because you use your top 8 finishers to 
make your team score.  When you only field 15 riders, going 8 deep is tough.

My weekend had several highlights.  I solo-camped out at Laguna Seca Friday 
night, and the evening was so warm and dry that I didn't even have to use my 
rainfly.  I enjoyed a very pleasant coffee outside on Saturday morning.  Being 
on site gave me plenty of time to do a lap on the very challenging race course. 
 Grant would possibly approve that I underbiked with no shocks, but would 
undoubtedly disapprove at how much crabon I was running.  Besides personal 
stuff a couple of our kids dug incredibly deep and had best ever results.  
Being around their energy has been a sort of fountain of youth experience for 
me.

Sadly, during the offseason, our team trailer was stolen.  So we've been 
renting a U-Haul for each of these race weekends.  We have an opportunity to 
buy a used trailer now, but are quite short on funds.  If you feel like helping 
out a terrific group of kids with ANY amount, please check out our GoFundMe 
below.  Thanks

Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA

https://www.gofundme.com/help-echs-mtb-team-replace-trailer



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