Charity Events - Tour de Cure, 2008! Team Stormcrowe rides again!

We might actually meet at the desk then. I'll be getting there with the wife about 3:00 as well. :DTom,

Check your PM's, just sent my cell # back to you.

I should be arriving Friday, right around check-in time. Feel free to contact me anytime, if you need a hand with anything, or for just getting together.

I'll give you a ring to let you know I arrived once I get myself settled in.

Denny

Vroom, Vroom, Vroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom and then engine go bonk :) Can't wait for Saturday.

Saturday

Jun 14http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-us/saw/4.gifT-stormsHi: 81° Lo: 61°
Slight chance of thunder with light rain showers. High 81F and low 61F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
15%
Looking good!

Saturday

Jun 14http://st.msn.com/as/wea3/i/en-us/saw/4.gifT-stormsHi: 81° Lo: 61°
Slight chance of thunder with light rain showers. High 81F and low 61F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
15%
Looking good!
Wednesday: Got in 66 fast miles with 5 local riders.
Looks like Sat will be the same temps as today.
Has anyone received an Early Packet Pick Up?

They were mailed out to your address of record. Probably sitting in your mailbox in TX. ;)

My wife will be checking in the Century Riders, get there early and we'll get you run through quickly. ;)

Wednesday: Got in 66 fast miles with 5 local riders.
Looks like Sat will be the same temps as today.
Has anyone received an Early Packet Pick Up?

Nice Folks at the ADA office.
Ready to Ride:
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I haven't received anything like that:(

I did receive the emergency information and release form.

That's what I thought he was talking about, Bev, sorry....

I haven't received anything like that:(

I did receive the emergency information and release form.

Dave Detmar gave New Bar Tape for the ride.
All Cleaned up with the junk removed.
Ladies and Gentlemen Start your Engines.
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I called then went up to the ADA Office. Early Package Pick Up ended last week.
They opened back today untill 5 PM.
Received Yellow Band for Track Entry and Free Food.
Track Number.
Nice Indy 500 Tee Shirt.
No Bike frame numbers are being issued.
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Have fun everyone. I wish I was there with you.

Hey, I was going to get that style tape for my bars, except in blue-n-black. Looks good!!

My Secret Ride Set Up:
New 700 X 21 Tires / Tubes 125 psi.
2 Gatorade bottles on frame.
1 water bottle, 1 liquid energy food bottle on seat post.
seat bag, 1 tube, levers, guage, 2 Hex wrenches, pedal wrench.
Frame pump between seat bottles.
4300 miles of training.
Feel Very Strong, Will try for TWO Only pit stops.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh187/10wheels/ReadyEquiped.jpg

My Secret Ride Set Up:
New 700 X 21 Tires / Tubes 125 psi.
2 Gatorade bottles on frame.
1 water bottle, 1 liquid energy food bottle on seat post.
seat bag, 1 tube, levers, guage, 2 Hex wrenches, pedal wrench.
Frame pump between seat bottles.
4300 miles of training.
Feel Very Strong, Will try for TWO Only pit stops.

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh187/10wheels/ReadyEquiped.jpg

VERY pretty! Did you ever name that bike?

I was going to go with a new set of 700 x 23's, but decided against it and will ride my 25's.
2 Bottles (1 with water / 1 with Hammer Perpetuem, and I'll carry a few packets in my jersey).
Plan to carry Hammer Gels also, but the Perpetuem may suffice (one Perp packet mixed with water provides a whopping 260 calories).
Seatbag with all the good things, and a Topeak Roadmorph pump on my top tube.
Training: Too little, but I'm still going to see how far, and how much fun I can have. :D
Ride Plan:
6 segments
7 laps / rest and refill 5 minutes
7 laps / rest and refill 5 mins
7 laps / rest and refill 10 mins
7 laps / rest and refill 5 mins
7 laps / rest and refill 10 mins
5 laps / finish
With this plan I'll have to maintain roughly a 17 mph average :bang: (I should have trained more, ha ha)



My Secret Ride Set Up:
New 700 X 21 Tires / Tubes 125 psi.
2 Gatorade bottles on frame.
1 water bottle, 1 liquid energy food bottle on seat post.
seat bag, 1 tube, levers, guage, 2 Hex wrenches, pedal wrench.
Frame pump between seat bottles.
4300 miles of training.
Feel Very Strong, Will try for TWO Only pit stops.

10 wheels,

Them are some big water bottles, I can definately see you only having to stop a couple times :thumb:
My frame is so small, I don't think I could get even one them on it :lol:

This is going to be great fun, and I can't wait to meet everyone. :D

Get some good sleep, you have a long drive tomorrow. ;)

checking on my final transportation plans in the morning...hopefully nothing falls through, but I'll let you know

I'll see you all this evening - we're planning on leaving around 10:00 & should be there around 2:30 or so. Tom's got my number if anyone needs to get ahold of me. See you all soon!

VERY pretty! Did you ever name that bike?

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh187/10wheels/SwampSpiderBF.jpg

Getting ready to leave my house. Everyone have a safe trip!! See you at the hotel and track. :thumb: :D

:notamused:Missed my transportation up that way and couldn’t find a substitute that would get me there in time to do anything. :notamused: Extremely disappointed, but not going to be able to do anything about it. :notamused: Guess I'll have to do a century down here this weekend - just have to get up early in the day to get it done before it gets too hot.:thumb:

That was fun. I rode the 50k and it was really nice country side and the parts that were in the city were well marked and traffic was not a problem. I do have one question. Did anyone else ride the 50k? I checked with three or 4 others at the first sag stop and my mileage was exactly correct. I got back to the track I had ridden exactly 40 miles. 50 k is like 31 miles aint it? Did anyone else notice this?

Phi, Bev, Tom sign in for The Indy 100 Mile Ride,
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Capt Tom leads some early riders to the 100 mile sign in table.
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The Fast Riders get there numbers and line up there bikes.
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When you see yourself in a photo, point it out so I know who is who...

I guess that's 10 wheels with the swamp spider, but I don't know who that is with the specialized tarmac...

When you see yourself in a photo, point it out so I know who is who...

I guess that's 10 wheels with the swamp spider, but I don't know who that is with the specialized tarmac...

I didn't know everyones names.
That is Jerry with my Brother Bob in front of yellow bike.
I did complete 94 miles, Highest in the team, Bev did awesome with 67 miles.
More info and pics later.

That's awesome 10 Wheels. Congrats. As you probably heard, I was only able to do 65, but hey, that's a lot further than any of the 'normal' people I know. :p

That was a fun ride. I came a little late to the track, somewhere around 7am and therefore missed the photoshoot with the team.
But I did pedal 101 miles in 5h07m. My fastest century ever, I was shooting for under 5hours, but it didn't work out. Tom was not kidding when he announced fastest century you will ever ride. I almost fainted when I got to the lunch table from the exhaustion.

In the first few laps after the riders were allowed to start the ride I was riding on my own, passing up a few Team Stormcrowe riders but then I saw a paceline ahead of me and I latched on. I was traveling at 20.2mph avg speed at that point and was right on target for a sub 5 hour ride. The paceline was going good for a while, I took a few pulls as well, until most of them pulled of at around 30 miles for their first rest stop. Bummer! I continued riding on my own until I found another paceline and latched on again. This was a fairly large paceline of about 15 riders and again I took a few pulls in that paceline as well until the last pull when I was trying wave the next rider through but to my surprise nobody was behind me anymore. Rats! Paceline gone again.
So at mile 55 I ran out of water in my two water bottles and decided it was time to pull in for my first rest stop. At that point my avg was 20.3mph, still on target.
I filled up my bottles, wolfed a banana down, adjusted my shoes a little and gulped down another bottle of water and off I went again.
As I was going my merry way someone closed in on me (forgot his name, met too many people) and asked if it's ok to trade pulls. I agreed, even so two riders sharing pulls is going to be work, lots of it.
So about every half lap we swapped pulls and my avg stayed at 20.2mph. Around mile 70 I told him I can't trade pulls anymore, I was getting too tired and I needed to take a slower pace. We chatted a little on the way around the track and him and me pulled off for another reststop at mile 75. I got some water and Powerade and back on the track I was once again soloing around the track. Now I could really start feeling my butt and my legs. I pushed on, sub 5h century on my mind.
At mile 90 it become torture, I slowed down to 17-18mph and my avg started dropping to 20.0mph. Noooooooo.
At mile 101 I had a 5h07min riding time with an avg. of 19.8mph. Sooo close. I guess I need more training.

So I staggered to the lunch table in my near delirious state and met Beverly and Denny from the Team at the table. Later on more people from the Team joined and we exchanged stories of riding and Formula 1 :D

Tom, next year I'd enjoy to be on your Team again :) And that time I'm trying not to come so late so I can get some more pre-ride chats in.

Thomas

That's awesome 10 Wheels. Congrats. As you probably heard, I was only able to do 65, but hey, that's a lot further than any of the 'normal' people I know. :p

You did Great. Here is your pic.
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Phils brother "The Cameraman" signs in before the ride.
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10 Wheels before the ride.

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10 wheels before the ride.

Lap 28 @ Start / Finish Line
Left: Track Bike Police, so big the don't need guns.
Center: 10Wheels @198 lbs
Right: Tandum Bike S Phuge on front. I rode with them for 2 hours.
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While I wasn't officially on Team Stormcrowe (but I will most certainly be next year!) I did meet Tom before the event started. I brought 2 friends with and we opted for the 75K road ride, and it was fantastic! I achieved several firsts:

1). First collision with another bike. We crossed a hard rail crossing and my hapless victim dropped his water bottle. He immediately panic stopped sideways just past the crossing and sent the group of 10 or so of us who where 2-3 lengths behind him scattering.. Unfortunately, I ran out of space and just nailed him and his bike. We were all fine, however I'm impressed my bike was able to seriously damage 7 of his spokes with no damage and I rolled on.. He was SAG'ed out, since his wheel resembled a dented taco. I felt bad about it, but think it's fair punishment for panic stopping w/o looking over your shoulder only to retrieve a water bottle...

2). 53.2 miles riden, longest distance ever

3). top speed 38.7 mph., if I had known the hill was coming, I'm SURE I could have pulled another 4-5 mph

4). full bibs and riding jersey with no discomfort, no chafing, and no moobie mauling. I felt great!

5). complete Zen moment. We were decending through some tree covered, heavy forest area with the sun poking through in brilliant shafts of light, a marvelous Bocelli piece came up on my MP3 player, I just pedaled hard through it and was at complete peace with the world. I still get goose bumps thinking about it. I haven't had that kind of simple, complete joy and peace on a bike since the first time I actually got away and rode on my own without training wheels for the first time. Just WOW..

After I finished I happened to run into Tom again in the lunch line and shared a wonderful few minutes with him going over some finer points of biking and life. I could see his spirit was raring to complete all 100, but the flesh failed him, and I'm glad he got off track when he did. He was in pain, but ready to keep healing and keep riding.

All in all, it was an amazing experience and I can't wait to do it next year, with the proper jersey!

John

Hey all, I'm home. John, it was great to meet you, as well as everyone else on the team! Absolutely outstanding ride. I made 41.2 miles out of the century, but I was riding with a bum shoulder. My legs had the oomph, but the shoulder just hurt too much! I'll be posting a complete ride report, complete with pics and some prefinal edit video.

I'll definitely be putting Team Stormcrowe together again next year, and we just missed $4000.00 for the team donations. GREAT JOB, EVERYONE!:beer::beer:

not enough photos. :notamused:

How was the after dinner meal? Was everyone like everyone expected, personality wise?

Bev didn't throw a TV out my hotel window or anything like that, did she?

Patience! I'm uploading the pics to Photobucket right now!

No, Bev didn't throw any TV's.....there was that wild party though. ;) :p (Teasing, Bev!)



At the Golden Corral, we demolished the Buffet, I can tell ya! They were happy to see us leave. ;)

OK, first off, my wife did the check in for the 100 mile, so she had to be there at 0500! The sun wasn't even up yet! (She's saying "Is it morning already??")

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Me, Trekden and P1jrevely in the background
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More coming

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and I had to go back to the Pits to get my helmet. I took it off on a break and actually forgot to put it on!

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crazylady got in a lap or two , even!

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The "Agony of Defeat!" My shoulder was just too sore after 41 miles to continue...:(

After Ride dinner pics. momentarily.......

And this is who was at dinner!

Trekden
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Crazylady
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Chad, our cameraman for the ride (These images are mine and the wifes, Chad's video and stull will be along soon.....
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Bev
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box of water, with the last morsel off food on the buffet after we got done :p
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p1jrevely....we couldn't wake him up for dinner, he turned his longest ride ever at 84 miles. He did this under a blazing sun, great job, Jerry!
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and of course, how could I not include the Speedway, itself!
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I'll have more stuff later.

not enough photos. :notamused:

How was the after dinner meal? Was everyone like everyone expected, personality wise?

Bev didn't throw a TV out my hotel window or anything like that, did she?

No TV's out the windows but in addition to the Tour de Cure we did the Tour de Parkinglots:innocent:

I want to thank everyone on the team, especially Tom. I had an awesome time. I will be there next year provided my racing schedule permits.

Solveg, that's me # 504 and my Tarmac. You were represented on the ride since you couldn't make it. I had your picture taped to my front reflector (Bev got a couple shots of it).

My dad will be sending over the pictures he took of the event. I will post them.

Not my fault the Pizza PLace went out of business. :p

They must have heard we were coming for a preride carb load. :DNo TV's out the windows but in addition to the Tour de Cure we did the Tour de Parkinglots:innocent:

Solveg, that's me # 504 and my Tarmac. You were represented on the ride since you couldn't make it. I had your picture taped to my front reflector (Bev got a couple shots of it).

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Here's the pic:)
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Solveg, that's me # 504 and my Tarmac. You were represented on the ride since you couldn't make it. I had your picture taped to my front reflector (Bev got a couple shots of it).

You are so sweet! That is so cool! I was sure you would forget in all the excitement! Thanks!!!!

Well, it was an honor & a privilege to ride with you all, & one of the greatest events of my whole life. You never know who you will run into off of the web, & I can't think of a better group to spend two days with, & the chance to ride beside. Thank you all!

That being said, I'm planning on next years already, & the things I need to do & what not to do...:innocent:. I'm happy with my 75; next year I will divide & conquer that track, & remember to change the friggin clock to the right time zone! Chad I assume is still sleeping right now (bad headache), so hopefully I will have the pics up tomorrow of the group shot, & others. BTW, I think they'll need a street sweeper in front of the hotel for all of the ...:p

box of water is now Philcycle, so there is no confusion. ;)