Dale,

Abrokenshire is in the northwest of Edmonton....pretty close to St. Albert. I get out that way on rides too... You're always welcome to join in with us  We definitely qualify as crazy cyclists

-- Edited by Psycho Mike on Wednesday 9th of September 2009 06:20:46 PM

No worries. I'm more of a dirt rider myself....a cyclocross bike is as close as I get to "high speed runs." I know ABS is working on improving, but she's not into high performance road riding / racing either ;) We're a laid back, crazy group...possibly even crazy enough to pull off the medieval theme we're going with :)

I'll be out and about this Saturday. Perhaps we can meet up with Abrokenshire and go for a small group ride? ABS, if you're reading this thread, maybe you can chime in and let us know if it's a possibility on your end?

Sounds great, Dale. If you're interested, my signature has a link to our team page. Feel free to have a little gander at it and the personal pages for myself and ABS.

Cheers,

Michael

Hehehe...sound like we may be expanding :)

Dale, if you do want to join up with us, just give the Ride office a call....let 'em know you'd like to join the team (there is no password) and they'll take care of that for you.

Man, I sure hope this weather holds all week like they say it should. I went out for a quick spin on Sat. night (night riding can be a lot of fun, btw) and it was beautiful out.

Cool....I look forward to riding, training, fund raising and being a crazy cyclist with you! :D

I would be up for it.  My wife is out of town for the next few days so i will have to talk one of my girls into watching their brother, that shouldn't be to hard.  what did you have in mind?  I'll try and keep up.  let me know.   Dale

Look at that, I answered my own question.  thanks for all your help

Check out the TEAM !!          Yes I might be game as well.  I would need to go at about 10 or 10:30 am   for a couple hours would be good.  Have some commitments outside of that.  Let me know.

hi mike, very sorry but by the time i got home all my plans changed, both my girls are busy tomorrow morning so I'm out.  Sunday morning could be a possibility but it sounds like you guys are busy.  So I may just venture out on my own for a bit.  The +1 as you say is my little sister and I talked to her before adding her so yes we have 4.  good start, now if we can multiply that by 10 we'll be rockin'.  Sorry about the ride tomorrow, it's tough most days, even worse when my wife is not here.  Later   Dale

No prob...I'll hit the trails and see how well the new gearing does on the hills :)

Btw, as another helper for the fund raising/awareness: if you'd like, I'd be willing to do up some business cards. I still had the template from last year and I've modified it to include the team name and shield. It actually looks pretty slick, I just need to track down our card stock to make them a little less flimsy (I'm using a heavy weight letterhead right now)....oh...speak of the devil...just spotted the card stock here in our home office ;)

My deepest condolences on the loss of your freehub Mike. If you feel flowers would be appropriate let me know. Business cards would be a great idea. If you want to send me the template by email I have cardstock that I can print here too.

How is next weekend looking for the team? Any plans? Would anyone be interested in a team meeting for meet & greet of our new teammates, some brainstorming for fundraising (although Dale is doing fab ), &/or a ride. I'm open to either day that works for everyone & am willing to offer my place for dinner/BarBQ/coffee/etc. I have more assignments to mark next weekend so can only do 1 day or the other, but am flexible (at least that's what my trainers keep telling me ).

Saturday sounds good to me & I'll keep it open. Let me know a time & if you want my place or not. I'll phone later this week to confirm. Oh Oh! Why do you need the flowers?

-- Edited by abrokenshire on Tuesday 22nd of September 2009 03:42:53 AM

Oh!!! By the way, we have a Facebook group :) I set it up earlier but forgot to mention it. I am not sure how you need to search for it, but it is officially:

Cancer Crusaders - 2010 Alberta Ride to Conquer Cancer Team

Dale and Ardeanna, I see you've already found it. If you have thoughts on the jersey, please let me know. To offset the cost of the jersey and possibly get some additional donations, I figure we could sell some sponsorship space. Let me know what you think ;)

hehehe...I've received a lot of positive response to the preliminary jersey design at this point. I am on a couple mtb discussion boards and all that have commented have been very favorable.

I also have "business cards" for eveyone....hopefully this weekend I can get them to you (at least Dale and ABS....I figure you've got the better chance of meeting up with Ardeanna, Dale). :)

Well, I'm checking with the locals who do sportswear, but I also have a couple contacts in the US. Other than the headaches with shipping etc. from the US, they seem to be able to do stuff in a timely matter and have no problems with full cutsomizing.

I've been informed that the School of Cross thing was a pass for the volunteer first aid group I'm with (not enough volunteers), so now that I have my rear wheel back for the cross bike I'll likely go check that out on Sat. AM before going to Leduc for the orientation (and shameless recruiting blitz ;) )

On the bike front, I'm rolling agains as I alluded to above. I picked up a cheap-o freehub to tide me over until Shimano decides if they'll warranty the dead one. I still have to drop the wheel back into the frame, but it looks like it is ready to roll. I'm suspecting that I will need to save some pennies and dust off my wheelbuilding skills....build up a custom set for that bike using some hubs that I know will take a beating.

Okay Guys, I feel a little out of it today. Refresh my memory. Is there an RTCC orientation in Leduc on Sat we are planning to meet up at? If so I guess I better sign up.

Yeah, I do some bike building...my mountain bike has been a pet project and very little remains stock on it.   There are a few things I can't do yet / aren't worth getting the tools for with how often one does them (unless you are a shop) :)

I usually bring a good "field" kit with me when I ride (I also volunteer as a Bike Patroller with the IMBA, so I am usually pretty well equipped) and I can generally get things together well enough to finish a ride....that usually makes me a nice guy to ride with ;)

Wheels, though, are an art and a bit of a  passion of mine. I've come to the conclusion that a good set of wheels is a good investment if you're doing some serious pedalling...and at my size, they also seem to hold up better to my *ahem* somewhat aggressive / not very graceful / dang the torpedos, full speed ahead riding style.

Anyway, seeing as my skill are not needed for the cyclocross event (though I may ride over to check it out and flash last years jersey around), I'll see you at the Orientation.  I'll likely be in a shirt of some sort from the '09 Ride.

No need to look....it was one of the bikes I was considering when I was looking for the 2009 Ride.  They sold the last 2009 on me about 3 days before I could pull the trigger Decent bike and good for sport use (not really a racer, but also without the racer price tag). 

For the type of road riding an "average" person would do, it is certainly a decent bike.  Now that Sora is 9 speed, it's that much better.

-- Edited by Psycho Mike on Thursday 24th of September 2009 02:45:52 AM

Sora is the level of the components. Shimano goes (ascending) 2200, Sora, Tiagra, 105, Ultegra then Dura Ace for road stuff. Sora are decent components....not super expensive, but good for recreational riding.

Hey, no problem just thought I was having a brainless moment again (advanced age & all ). I can't make it for 2 pm to Leduc & we got tickets for the football game at 4pm so I guess we will have to hook up later. If you all meet up & decide you want to hook up for a team meet let me know. With any luck & the sounds of it we may actually have a few more team mates to meet up with. Keep me posted & I'll talk to you later.  

Annette

Dale....My appologies! I had 1.2 not 2.1 stuck in my head. The 2.1 is an even more capable road bike than the 1.2 and has better quality components. If you're game, it could probably get you into entry level racing.

A 10 speed cassette with a triple...man! That's a lot of gears ;) I guess I'll have to ride the Cx bike again next year just to keep up :)

Hey Mike, thanks for the little jab, but I have to tell you, I think it's a good job all those gears are there.  Because I'm going to need them to have any chance of keeping up with you. 

I have alot of baggage to shed before the event, and right now I'm really trying to control what enters the tank.  Once I start to see some losses in that depart.  Then I'll have to hit the road hard.  Right now all I seem to have time for is the commute to work and it's only about 12 km's and I don't always have the fredom to do that ride everyday as sometimes I need the vehicle to deal with the children. 

I certainly do believe that some distance rides would do me alot of good, I am just having trouble lately making the time to go.  I know I have to do it, but how does that saying go, " I need to sleep too".  I'm working on it and having the team in the mix will certainly help motivate me to put my riding at close to the top of the list if not right at the top.  Still working on it, it's always on my mind these days.

I will see you tomorrow.


Dale

-- Edited by afewspokesshort on Friday 25th of September 2009 10:15:13 PM

Hey Mike, Thanks for that, but I wasn't talking about weight loss......just kidding. 

All my talk about controlling what goes in, I shot that all out the window last night.  I have to say that last night was bad, I ate more last night than I have in the last couple months, I was bad sooooooo bad.  We went to the Old Spaghetti Factory, to celebrate birthdays for my nephew and I.  I feel so ill this morning, not a good plan.  My wife and I used to frequent this establishment years ago and there is only one item on the menu that interests me in the least, its call Fettuccini Con Polo.  Not sure how familiar you are with the spaghetti factory but this item has to be the best worst item on their menu, it consists of noodles, mushrooms, chicken and an amazing cream sauce.  Very tasty, very bad for everything else.  I'm paying the price for it this morning.  All I can manage is a dry piece of toast and a little jam.

Any way, enough with the confessions!

Later,

Dale

hehehe :) For me, it is Olive Garden and the Steak and Gargenzola fetticcini :)

No worries about having to leave....I saw the little ones getting stir-crazy and I thought you'd likely have to run. We'll get the bikes going next time.

I do have Trevor's info so we can get a hold of him :) He seems like a nice guy too and he's going to try to bring in a few co-workers....maybe even to the team. I think he came in as "inspired by self"...If I end up an ambassador, cool....if not, it doesn't matter. I just want a good sized team so we can show off these great jerseys we've got planned ;)

Annette, I hope you had fun getting blown about at the game ;) Too bad The Eskies lost :(

Cheers,

Michael