No there is one more worse than the Pathlete, it is the Sidewalk Jock. Those who are strong enough to ride on the road but for some reason (assumed to be safety) they choose to ride on the sidewalk completely aware within themselves that the sidewalk was made for them.
I recall a case in New Mexico where a cyclist was riding well off the beaten path up behind Cochiti near the tent rocks area and a local clown sent his dogs after the cyclist. The cyclist used his handgun to scare off the dogs but the owner heard that, jumped in his pickemup truck then tried to run down the cyclist wherein the cyclist used his handgun for personal defense and won. If the dog owner was still alive I'll bet he would think it was probably a stupid idea in hindsight to send his dogs to attack a cyclist that was just out riding along.
RMRC has been hard at work on the race this year. We've had a bunch of feedback on races past and based on that we thought it was time to change things up just a bit. I'm sure some people liked things the way they were, but others didn't. We hope this pleases as many people as possible.
For 2013 we are re-introducing the long course for as many races as possible (all races before noon). As many know, this race is one of the oldest bike races in Colorado, and we've run the long course many times in the past. It changes the character of the race from fast, tight, and technical to laps that are twice as long and possibly more tactical.
The city only let us run this course until noon because of Jazz In The Park, so for races after noon we've gone to the shorter course, but we've changed all of the roundabouts to go around the inside of the roundabout instead of the outside. This will hopefully mellow out the turns and keep things safer for those races after noon.
In order to help make these changes possible, we've teamed up with Team Cycleton to add enough manpower to course marshal the longer course. Cycleton has also added significantly to the prize list, which is growing by the day.
We look forward to a fast and fun day of racing on June 2nd.
No there is one more worse than the Pathlete, it is the Sidewalk Jock. Those who are strong enough to ride on the road but for some reason (assumed to be safety) they choose to ride on the sidewalk completely aware within themselves that the sidewalk was made for them.
You could, if you were so inclined, click on the link above to go to the website, then click on the "directions" tab at the top. Or,...
Is this like a psychic fair, do we need to summon the ancient pedaling spirits to ascertain the secret location?
I recall a case in New Mexico where a cyclist was riding well off the beaten path up behind Cochiti near the tent rocks area and a local clown sent his dogs after the cyclist. The cyclist used his handgun to scare off the dogs but the owner heard that, jumped in his pickemup truck then tried to run down the cyclist wherein the cyclist used his handgun for personal defense and won. If the dog owner was still alive I'll bet he would think it was probably a stupid idea in hindsight to send his dogs to attack a cyclist that was just out riding along.
From the Steamboat newspaper
http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2013/may/17/rob-douglas-these-people-...
I'm in the minority that likes the short course, but I'll be there regardless.
Am I blind? I'm not seeing the 35+ on the flyer...
This footage is great.
Just like the first stage of the "Hell of the North" in the Kevin Costner movie American Flyers.
RMRC has been hard at work on the race this year. We've had a bunch of feedback on races past and based on that we thought it was time to change things up just a bit. I'm sure some people liked things the way they were, but others didn't. We hope this pleases as many people as possible.
For 2013 we are re-introducing the long course for as many races as possible (all races before noon). As many know, this race is one of the oldest bike races in Colorado, and we've run the long course many times in the past. It changes the character of the race from fast, tight, and technical to laps that are twice as long and possibly more tactical.
The city only let us run this course until noon because of Jazz In The Park, so for races after noon we've gone to the shorter course, but we've changed all of the roundabouts to go around the inside of the roundabout instead of the outside. This will hopefully mellow out the turns and keep things safer for those races after noon.
The best place to check out the courses is on the flyer, which is linked here: http://www.coloradocycling.org/sites/default/files/Site_Files/Race_Flyer...
In order to help make these changes possible, we've teamed up with Team Cycleton to add enough manpower to course marshal the longer course. Cycleton has also added significantly to the prize list, which is growing by the day.
We look forward to a fast and fun day of racing on June 2nd.
Cheers.
Team RMRC