The Fifth Annual 50 Mile Ride
April 30, 2011
More info at: http://50mr.com
This ride is near and dear to my heart and put on by some of my dearest friends. If you’re in SoCal, please consider donating or riding.
All proceeds contributed to: http://projectrwanda.org/
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Dear Friend and Loyal Bailey Bikes Customer,
Visit our new website at www.Bailey-Bikes.com and you will see exciting changes to our product offering and special offers to you our loyal customer! First, in the next 90 days we will have three new road bikes. Second, we will only be using Ritchey stems, bars and seat posts on all Bailey Road Bikes. Third, check out our line-up of power meters for sale and rental.
To complement our new road bikes, Bailey will have its own line of Carbon Wheels, the Bailey CR series. The Bailey CR series will come in three sizes 32, 46 and 66mm in clincher rim. The quality and technology is consistent with the 2010 Reynolds Carbon Wheel and is equipped with the best braking performance and heat management technology in the cycling industry!
The Bailey Brand is committed to offering our customers the highest level of quality in customer service, competitive pricing and engineering excellence.
Be the first to ride Bailey CR Series wheels by taking advantage of our Presale!
ü Price $1,400 per pair
ü $100.00 off presale orders
ü One year warranty
ü One time Crash replacement at our purchase costs.
ü Hutchison Tires and Tubes at 30% off MSRP per pair!
We want to thank each one of you for supporting and growing the Bailey Brand.
Sincerely:
Mark Palmer John Bailey
Co Founder and Partner Co Founder and Partner
Mark.Palmer@Bailey-Bikes.com John.Bailey@Bailey-Bikes.com
As a friend of John Bailey and customer who has enjoyed the ultralight SILK Tubular wheels Bailey bikes has distributed in the US I wanted to share this info as they are in a transition period to more great things.
-DSheek
3 reasons to purchase Wooden Bike Coffee
1. It supports Rwandan farmers and the economic development of an impoverished nation.
2. 10% of your purchase helps fund Project Rwanda.
3. It’s the best coffee in the world! From the volcanic hills of Rwanda grows the prestigious heirloom “bourbon” varieties of Coffee Arabica, in short, the flavor is amazing.
The coffee is the best, I’ve been drinking it for years. The funds ALL go to a cause I really care about.
More info at: http://woodenbikecoffee.com/store/specialty-coffee
Don’t forget about the 50 Mile Ride coming up on April 30, 2011. This ride also benefits Project Rwanda.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
And don’t forget the amazing Dream Bike Auction too.
An Explanation of the Dream Bike Auction from Han’s Rey:
Our friends at Crankbrothers Inc. (www.crankbrothers.com) have organized an incredible promotion that will benefit Wheels 4 Life 100%.
They have built 10 Dreambikes that will be auctioned starting Mon. Nov. 15th by Performance Bicycles. Everybody can bid on these bikes, each has a retail value of $6000 – 7000.
Bids start at $ 1000.-, chances are that one can get a incredible deal on their personal dreambike, while each bike sold will make the dream of over 30 persons in the Third World real.
Please spread the word to anybody who is in need of a new bike or wants to support this great cause.
For more info on the auction and all the bikes click here:
www.performancebike.com/dreambikes
Special thanks to Crank …
50 Mile Ride Five
Staging and post-ride party at Cook’s Corner
April 30, 2011
More info at: http://50mr.com
Five years ago my good buddy Doug Grant started a fundraiser mountain bike ride in Orange County to benefit a non-profit called Project Rwanda founded by mountain bike legend Tom Ritchey.
Project Rwanda is committed to furthering the economic development of Rwanda through initiatives based on the bicycle as a tool and symbol of hope. Their goal is to use the bike to help boost the Rwandan economy as well as re-brand Rwanda as a beautiful and safe place to do business and visit freely.
In the last 4 years, the 50 Mile Ride has raised over $150,000 dollars for Project Rwanda.
If you can ride, go ride, if you can donate, please donate! This event is changing lives.
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Once again, contact CFEprPlus asap if you’d like a shirt mailed to you. $40 Donation for T’s, $60 for Hoodies.
-DSheek
Ride 4 the Little Man!
Growing up among the 1,341 people in Taylorsville, Miss., Oakland Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell probably didn’t encounter the best coaches or the greatest competition. Which probably helped him reach the NFL. Studies show that small towns are better breeding grounds for athletes than cities, and sports psychologists are using these data to question our ideas about talent development.
Only one-in-four Americans come from towns of fewer than 50,000 people, but nearly half of NFL players and PGA golfers do, according to two recent studies. The small-town figures for golf and baseball are just under 40%. The studies use 1980 Census figures because they most closely represented the birth year of pro athletes.
A co-author of the studies, Queen’s University’s Jean Côté, attributed the small-town overrepresentation to a number of factors. These include the accessibility of sports role models in little towns, the cultural values placed on sport (think “Hoosiers”), and even the “big fish little pond” effect, which can be a positive reinforcer for young athletes. Dr. Côté also argues that, despite the prevailing notion that kids need to specialize early and immerse themselves in 10,000 hours of repetitive training, small-town athletes excel precisely because they spend more time playing outside of schools and leagues.
“In bigger cities, youth sport is overorganized and overcoached,” Dr. Côté says.
Dr. Côté admits that potential superstars eventually have to move to get superior training, but specialization before age 13 or 14 is more likely to produce a tired-out teen than a Tiger Woods, he says.
Then there’s what might be called the boredom factor. As Jason Campbell once said, in Taylorsville, “you have nothing else to do but sit outside and throw a football at trees.
—Austin Kelley, WSJ.com
Our boy over at VeloDramatic has posted his cycling tab. Yep. The money he has dropped on cycling in the past few years. Lads, check this out then have a sit down with your wife. Your gear needs an update. And no more pearl izumi. Time to grab some rapha, panache or assos.
From VeloDramatic. “No excuses, no apologies. It is what it is. There’s no denying I’ve spent a lot on cycling in the past few years (some of it is my wife’s gear) but I’ve got more enjoyment and payback out of this passion than can be accounted for in mere dollars and cents. There have been one or two purchases that didn’t work out, but almost everything in the closet has its place in the starting rotation, and all the bikes get ridden.
I doubt publishing the Tab will help any of you persuade your spouse your own gear habit is healthy, that’s a line of reasoning that never seems to work. It may point you in the direction of some good kit that you’ve missed though, and it beats gambling and drinking. And if it strikes you as lunacy, and that makes you feel good about yourself, that’s OK too. Enjoy.”
VeloDramatic.com Cycling Tab.
Race Across The Sky 2010 from Citizen Pictures on Vimeo.
More info on the movie: www.raceacrossthesky.com
Andy B
outsideallday.com
Specialized Invitational Finals
The 2nd annual Specialized Invitational Finals presented by H2O Overdrive will take place this
weekend on Sunday September 12th at Bonelli Park, in San Dimas, California.
For this race, all competitors including amateurs will get to race the exact same cross country
course used earlier in March for the H2O Overdrive Triple Crown Pro cross country race.
Also up for grabs on the weekend are two individual titles. The first being the Specialized
Invitational title and the other being the One Day California State Cross Country
championships.
This allows riders to compete for two highly sought after crowns all on the same weekend.
The Specialized Invitational has invited all riders who have raced in a US Cup sanctioned event
in 2010, which includes the H2O Overdrive Triple Crown, the Kenda Cup West Series or a
Kenda Cup Qualifier event. The One Day California State Championships are open to all riders
as well, with no prior qualification necessary.
“Our goal at the US Cup is to simplify the mountain bike race calendar, so racers get more value in
these tough economic times,” comments US Cup marketing director Ty Kady. “Doubling up with
Team Big Bear to present their One Day California State Cross Country champions seems to make
sense to us, and we hope the racers appreciate the merger too.”
All Cat 1 racers will be competing for a custom Specialized jersey courtesy of Primal Wear, while
the Cat 2 and Cat 3 racers will receive a custom certificate suitable for framing. Additionally, a
custom California State jersey will be award to all category champions on the weekend.
In addition, US Cup series sponsors have kicked in a load of swag for all competitors, which will
be divvied up and raffled off during the weekend.
For all event info, go to: www.uscup.net
For race registration go to: http://www.sportsbaseonline.com/events/index.xhtml?
categoryId=31040
