Newletter 9/21

RIDE DEPARTURE CHANGES

Starting Thursday, 9/24, all rides will depart Back Bay Bicycle at 5pm through the remainder of the season. However, tonight’s Monday night ride (9/21) will depart at 5:30.

Greg Fisher will host the last après ride of the season tonight at 10 Belmeade Road, just a couple blocks from the shop. All are welcome to attend.

MONDAY NIGHT RIDES FOR 2010

We would like to split next year’s Monday night rides into two groups for safety reasons and to offer a moderately paced ride to those that are interested. (A-group will remain the same pace and the B-group will be a bit slower and more modertately paced.) In doing so, we are looking for a couple ride leaders that would be willing to help out with this ride. It's fun and not difficult - just be willing to show up on a fairly regular basis and make sure that everyone regoups where needed. If you have any questions or are interested, please contact Kris Clark, Dana McEwan, or Richard Hutchins.

ROBERT ANDERSON

The club has collected $800 for Robert Anderson’s family. This money will be donated to Changing Tides, which will then flow to the family. There is still time to contribute if you are interested. You can send a tax deductible donation/check to CCCP, c/o Kris Clark, 129 Emery Street, Portland, ME 04102 or directly to Changing Tides, 772 Island Ave, Long Island, ME 04050. (If mailing it to the latter, you can specify that the donation is for the family of Robert Anderson.) Kris will be mailing all funds collected to Changing Tides on October 1^st, along with a donation from the club’s account.

CCCP END OF SEASON BASH

We are still searching for a location for the end of season party. If anyone is interested in hosting, please contact Kris (775-0356). Please know that all food and beverages will be provided by the club, you would just provide the location.

Other options include having the event at a local bar/restaurant or at Kris’s house. Any thoughts on these options can be sent to Kris as well.

CCCP GOOGLE GROUP

Don't forget to join the CCCP Google Group as a great way to stay in touch with your cycling friends on the fly. It's free and easy to join, allowing for improptu information and discussions to be generated among members. Check it out: http://groups.google.com/group/community-cycling-club-of-portland!

Wednesday Rides

Tracey Merrill and Robert Oliver would like to start up the Wednesday night ride, leaving from the South Portland High School on Highland Ave at 5:30. Moderate pace, no drop ride.

Email Tracey if you'd like more information!

Trek Team CCCP

Team CCCP has returned from the Trek!

The weather was great, even with the rain we experienced Sunday. We rode, for the most part, together as a team at a casual pace.

Russ, Robert and Greg managed to ride 3 consecutive centuries. Julie joined them Friday for her first century and again for her second the following day. I joined them for a century Friday but couldn't manage the second one Saturday. (Next year!)

Of course there are "no pace lines" at the Trek. So we just rode together as a team in single file. The first day we were dressed all in our new club kit. You should have heard the WOWs we heard as we rode past the many riders. We were very impressive looking and had an organized pace line, er, single file line. We had riders that hopped on to join the train, the green train.

Here's a great picture of the team at the start of the Trek Friday morning:

(L-R: Paul Drinan, Greg Fisher, Tracey Merrill, Julie Botticelli, Dana McEwan, Brian Lewis,
Spencer Reed, Russ Boisvert, Robert Anderson, Laura Buckspan, and Derrick Buckspan.)

This is how great we looked as we came across the finish at UMF Friday.



Feel free to check out all the photos I took. There is also video posted on youtube.