mkadam68

Next Ride
DATE: Saturday, Jan 12
TIME: Roll @ 7:50am
START: 1641 Armacost Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025
PACE: Varies. This will be a team-training ride, from super slow to super fast
VERTICAL GAIN: n/a
ROUTE: There is no specific route. As of right now, we'll head to the beach parking lots and then farther down Santa Monica

DAY'S AGENDA
7:40 - Meet at Liquid Fitness Headquarters (1641 Armacost Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025)
7:50 - Everyone is on their bike ready to ride
8:00 - Quick stop at Robeks (club sponsor) to fuel up on free juice and smoothies
8:30 - Arrive at the Santa Monica Beach Parking Lot for skills session
9:30 - Back on the road practicing pace lines and pack riding
10:30 - Westchester Parkway for lead out and race strategy practice
11:30 - Head back to West LA
12:30 - Back to Liquid Fitness Headquarters for pizza feast ($7/person)

RIDE DETAILS
The main focus of the morning will be improving safety and agility in the pack. We'll start with a skills clinic designed to improve confidence and relaxation and then move on to a road ride to work on pack riding skills, race strategy and team work.

MEETING TOPICS
1. Target races
2. Training rides
3. Ideas for team/ program improvement & development
4. Volunteering to implement #3 above

Also, if you haven't done so, make sure you register & sign-up for the Team 4/5 online forum.

Upcoming Events
Dec 15 -- Sat ride, 61 miles, varied terrain, zone 1-2 COMPLETE
Dec 22 -- Sat ride, 62 miles, 3 steady & long climbs, cruising pace on flats, regroups at summits. Start at Rose Bowl.
Jan 12 -- Team Techniques (criterium, paceline, finishing leadouts & sprints).
Jan 12 -- Brunch, Team meeting (planning for the year, review SCNCA/CBR calendars, etc).

Where Are We?
We have members in Liquid Fitness all over the world. Locally, we range from Apple Valley to Ventura to San Diego. Because of the wide geographic dispersal of club members, our local Cat 4/5 team appears to be centering in swath from Pasadena to West LA.

Communication
The best method of group communication is our online forum (https://www.setbb.com/liquidcycling45/). Please visit and register, bookmark the site, and check back regularly for up-to-date news.

There's the Liquid Cycling club website. And, of course, there's our presence here on BikeForums, although this will be ending unless others pick it up.

Last, there's the original Liquid Fitness' Yahoo! Group at this page that serves mostly as an e-mail notification. There are groups from all over the US, with a couple overlapping, such as West, Southwest, etc... To join the SoCal list, you can send a blank e-mail with "Subscribe" in the subject line to this e-mail address:
LFSoCal-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. You'll have to be approved to subscribe (no big deal), and away you go! Member's post messages directly to the SoCal group by sending e-mail to LFSoCal@yahoogroups.com

What It's All About
First, there is the "Liquid Fitness" club. Any and all are welcome to join and attend our rides. Then, there is within the club, racers who go by the team name "Liquid Cycling". There are beginning racers (Category 5), and more experienced, national-level racers (Category 1/2--the elite team). This topic on BikeForums is primarily about the 4/5 team rides & information but occasional other news may be posted.

Liquid Cycling's primary sponsor is Liquid Fitness, a personal coaching endeavor owned & operated by Josh Horowitz. You'll see him referred to as "Josh" alot.

Beginning Racing
Any and all are encouraged to try racing. As new racers, they would be placed at the Category 5 level and ride with the Cat 4/5 team (Jeff & Mark, Co-Captains).

1. Become a member of the club you want to race for (i.e.: Liquid Fitness)
2. Go to USA Cycling and register for a racing license. List that club as the club you will race for and the 4/5 Team.
3. Register in the races we register in. Carpool if you want, race, have fun, get dropped, whatever.

Benefits
Of immediate benefit to all club members is the discounts with cycling products that have been arranged. See this webpage for details.

VanceMac

Thanks Mark. I think I will join!

ovoleg

I saw them awhile ago, I'm interested but I'm not sure...

ronjon10

The membership costs causing an issue?

ovoleg

no not that, I'm not sure I can devote much time to it.

VanceMac

Just as well, since I think the initiation test is on Latigo.

awiner

Josh loves Latigo....

ronjon10

It's hard to imagine a better climb than Latigo anywhere in the area.

dddave

free jerseys as well?

awiner

No.. 5% discount off the normal pricing for members.

ovoleg

seriously?

ugh

1loudz

I went ahead and signed up.......how can I get in touch with the local guys here to get involved on some rides together?

I've pretty much deemed riding by myself in LA a death trap, so it's time to start riding with a team/group.

awiner

In the members area, look for the e-group lists that are arranged by area. That is probably your best bet.

Also, you may want to join some of our Bike Forums group rides.

1loudz

Thanks, I just finished getting into the e-group.

I'll be looking out for some of the forum rides soon. I just started training again after a knee injury that has kept me off of the bike since January. So far, my riding has been limited to spinning at the gym, and some rides on the beach bike path from the marina to hermosa and back. I don't quite have full strength yet, so i don't really trust my knee in a group or street setting yet, but soon i hope, it's been a long time.

Happytime

No women's bib shorts?!

Stop by the South Bay Fun Ride, If you're not up for the climbing, stop by and say hi at the start and/or join us for the bike path portion to Redondo!

mkadam68

Do you use bib shorts? Most of the women riders I know use plain ol' shorts for the pee factor.

Happytime

I rarely wear regular shorts anymore. But womens XS bib shorts are hard to find.

awiner

You should email Josh if you are really interested. I imagine the company he is using does have women specific items and they more than likely can be ordered.

Maybe he just overlooked it.

mkadam68

That's probably true. I remember seeing a photo of him with the LiquidFitness gloves on, but they don't show up on the clothing page.

Happytime

OK, signed up.

merider1

Okay, I joined. Now what?

VanceMac

Oh great. You guys didn't see the sign up front?

roadfix

I don't know what to do.

herbm

I joined...super sweet deals on Rudy Project stuff...way cheaper than I have ever seen...going to have to get me some new lenses!!

merider1

For a second that looked like: "He-man, Woman Maters here" - and I thought, and? But now I get it.