(Sam Sampere of the Onondaga Cycling Club on Bridge Street)
The “Media Blitz” for the Syracuse Race Weekend continued this week with co-promoter Sam Sampere setting up an appearance on local talk show Bridge Street. The show follows “Live with Regis and Kelly” at 10am weekdays. It uses a similar format to Regis and Kelly too. I don’t have much of a chance to watch this show as do most working folks, but we wanted to hit the demographic which would include moms to promote the Kids Race at the Syracuse Race Weekend.
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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
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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Here is the first video from the Syracuse Cyclocross Grand Prix. This is the first part of the Open Men race which had a very large field. Dan Timmerman of Fiordifrutta dominated partly due to his mastery of the barriers. He did not dismount his bike until the race was well in hand. Scott Hannan of spokepost.com (formerly of Colavita /Spokepost.com) can also be seen jumping over the barriers.
Syracuse Cyclocross Grand Prix 2006 pt 1 on Vimeo
