Road Racing

Interview with Lindsey Jean Bishop

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Lindsey Jean Bishop is relatively new to Colorado cycling but in such a short time has really made an impact. Unlike other folks interviewed on 303cycling.com Lindsey is primarily a rider of the dirt and not asphalt and she is a women explaining her story from a women's view point. She also doesn't come from the 303 cycling bubble but resides in Colorado Springs.


Photo by Rob O'Dea

[303Cycling] Explain a little about yourself, where you were raised, what got you into cycling,
college, degree and current job.

[Lindsey] I grew up in northwest NJ and always enjoyed the outdoors. In high school I loved competing in sports, especially track and soccer. I got an academic scholarship to Syracuse University where I studied Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Inclusive Elementary Education. In hindsight, I worked a little too hard and graduated as the co-valedictorian of my college. My dorking-out also caused me to get out of shape and I began to miss feeling like an athlete. The summer before my senior year, in 2005, I did a mountain bike race and was invited to join Team Bulldog, a team out of northwest NJ. I decided mountain bikers were cool people and started doing more races. That summer I met Alison Dunlap at my first NORBA (Snowshoe, WV) and she encouraged me to start riding bikes more. I reinstated a Cycling Club at Syracuse University and began racing collegiate with the ECCC.

The following year Syracuse offered to fund my Master’s degree in Literacy. It made riding and racing very difficult. The many early-morning/late-night trainer sessions paid off when I won my Expert category XC National MTB Championship last June (2007). Two months later I finished my MS program in Literacy and moved out to Colorado Springs to focus more on becoming a bike racer. I was lucky to receive a gorgeous Cyclocross bike from Felt last fall, enabling me to start racing ‘cross and I fell in love with it!

I’ve been living out here in Colorado for over a year now and I’m working as a live-in nanny and a tutor. I just finished my first professional mountain bike season with Mafia Racing where I learned a lot! I also became more experienced with road racing and learned how to train with a power meter. Next summer I’ll be dividing my focus more evenly between mountain bike and road racing. I’m excited to be racing with Mafia Racing for mountain bike and Colorado Bike Law on the road!

[303Cycling] What do you see are the advantages to training in CO springs?

Meet the ACA Board Candidate - Harry Hilgers

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Taken from the ACA site

I have been nominated for Board Candidacy by Schwab Cycles. Per Jon’s request, I am posting below a statement about myself. I have tried to be as all-inclusive as possible in the hope that it will give the clubs the information needed to make an educated voting decision. I will also be more than happy to discuss any issues, your thoughts and opinions either on this forum or personally via direct communications. With that in mind, please do not hesitate to contact me at 303-917-5882, at hhhilgers@mesanetworks.net or via this forum.

See you at the yearly meeting.

1. Who am I?

Lots of discussion on new proposed Categories

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Last week we posted a story about some of the controversial proposed changes up for votes at this Saturday's ACA meeting and since then the discussion has been raging on. Make sure that your club/team and club/team representative understand the issues and know how to vote to best represent your club/team

Meet the ACA Board Candidate - Lynn Taylor

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Candidate #1 Lynn Taylor

As found on the ACA site...

Dear ACA members,

My candidacy for one of the open positions on the ACA board is a direct result of the initiative of ACA's Executive Director, Jon Tarkington, to honor the spirit of the ACA bylaws (Article 4, Section 1), which recommends that at least one member of the Board be an official. I welcome the opportunity to provide perspective to the board from a segment of the membership that is currently represented by Brad Wallace, who is not seeking re-election.

By day, I live in Fort Collins and am a research associate in biochemistry and molecular biology at Colorado State University. I am a former racer (13 years), beginning as a high school student in northern California, continuing through college, and finishing in Michigan in 1985 when I moved to Colorado. I became an official in 1986 in order to give back to the sport, and as a means of staying connected to the sport. A few years after exploring the various facets of officiating, I found my niche as a judge, and am a member of the newly formed ACA Officials Subcommittee.

Concurrent with my ACA membership, I hold a license with USA Cycling as a Category A road and track official, a Category C BMX official, and a
motorcycle passenger. I have the privilege of officiating a broad mixture of ACA and USAC races each year: 3-4 USAC collegiate races in March and April, 2-4 ACA weekend races per month from March through December, and 4-5 national/international USAC events in between. Membership in both organizations allows me to maintain and improve my skills at all levels of cycling, and in turn, to support all levels of cycling.

I believe that the bulk of the proposed policy changes and legislative items are in the best interests of ACA members individually, and ACA as an organization. Furthermore, they demonstrate a cooperative effort amongst members to talk to each other, listen to each other, identify challenges, and offer solutions. That’s the type of effort to which I wish to more fully contribute.

I look forward to meeting you on December 6th, and thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Lynn

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