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Cycling In Central New York

Now that Spring is here thoughts of young cyclist turn to riding outside. While most of the country has probably had very ridable weather, the Northeast is different. The winter has been unusually persistent. Only a few days of thaw were enjoyed before a return to the deep freeze. Today the weather is starting to turn with a high in the 40s and the weekend looks to have weather in the 50s. This is almost short sleeve weather for Central New York.

One other sign of Spring is that the Onondaga Cycling Club website now has the full list of rides for 2007. I run the OCC site and just loaded the full list of rides. Central New York has some of the best riding in the country with all types of terrain.

Disclaimer: I am also the web developer of the Onondaga Cycling Club Website

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My club has compiled a very extensive list of cycling maps of the area thanks to club member Jeff Palmer.

The maps are painstakingly redrawn in Illustrator and the cue sheet is added. The design of these maps is very clear and easy to read. The cue maps are always diligently updated especially after a ride when a few folks miss a turn or two. Overall the maps are usually accurate. They are not drawn to scale however which can be a bit confusing when looking at the drawing on its own trying to determine a shortcut.

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King Takes Crown at Dave Panella Memorial ‘Cross

Ted King (Priority Health) takes the penultimate race of the 2006 Louis Garneau Central New York Cyclocross Series

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BINGHAMTON, NY (November 13, 2006) – Eventual 8th place finisher, Mike Kumiega (RUUD Racing) took the hole-shot, but Ted King (Priority Health) took the reigns quickly, and never looked back. It’s probably a good thing he didn’t, because he would have seen Cory Burns (Fiordifrutta) chasing within 20 seconds for the entire race. Matt Dickinson (Placid Planet) solidified his position in 3rd after being over-taken by Burns inside the opening laps.

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Central NY Cyclocross Series Announced

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Point series to include 6 races in the Syracuse, Ithaca and Binghamton regions.

Syracuse, NY (August 27, 2006) – A coalition of Central New York cycling clubs including SpokePost.com Cycling, Finger Lakes Cycling Club, Tioga Velo Club, Onondaga Cycling Club and Team SCARR have announced the 2006 Central NY Cyclocross Series. With two races in each of the primary locales near Ithaca, Syracuse and Binghamton, the series is expected to produce some solid competition among regional cyclocross aficionados bidding to become CNY ‘Cross Champions.

The following races will be scored for cumulative points in the series:

October 1st – Swandrome Cyclocross, Ithaca, NY

October 15th – Syracuse Grand Prix, Syracuse, NY

October 22nd – SpokePost.com Wildcat ‘Crossing, Camillus, NY

October 29th – Main St. Bike Shop ‘Cross, Burdett, NY

November 5th – Green ‘Cross, Greene, NY

November 12th – Dave Panella Memorial ‘Cross, Endicott, NY

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