Tri-State Velo

Nick Roeder's Race Journal

Nick Roader Poadiums at the 2011 Junior PCT Grand Prix

Two TSV juniors completed the Ride of Dreams with Philadelphia based non-profit Neighborhood Bike Works. Saleem Coates and Mark Edens commented on their journey from Philadelphia to Washington DC.

Battenkill 2011 Race Report

A few of us decided in November that is would be a cool idea to race Battenkill this year.  Battenkill is a 62 mile, point-to-point road race in NE New York with a pretty steady cult following.  About 25% of the race is on unpaved roads and you climb about 4000’ over the circuit.  Battenkill starts and finishes in a great little upstate town that looks like i

From bikereg.com 

Bob Wellmon Photography  

Juniors 15-18
PLACE BIB FIRST NAME       LAST NAME    Team                                   State Age Finish Time  

Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday’s end-of-the-season party. I hope the earlier schedule and format was to your liking. We had just great support and attendance and I want to thank everyone that took some time to celebrate this year and each other. Here is the list of Outstanding Riders for 2010:

 The four of us meet at the foot of the base of the stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. We are insignificant: merely four more humans in a crowd of well over 1700 other cyclists!

The past month has been an extremely hectic one for me. I have been hopping on and off airplanes every weekend for the past four weeks. Why am I subjecting myself to such "delicious" ( ahem) "USAirways Meal-in-a-box meals" and "Air-in-a-can" surroundings so often?

I discovered IronSport Gym (www.ironsport.com) back in 2003. I was looking for a serious place to strength train specifically addressing the muscles involved in cycling, and was trying to avoid joining one of those horrible chain gyms like Fitness Planet, etc.

 Dear TSV Members:

I looks like the weather will finally give us a break in the coming days and, hopefully, weeks.