Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

I’m the promotor/co-promoter for the Syracuse Race Weekend again this year. Since last year we changed up quite a bit of the event including moving the date up one week to May 17th and 18th. I added a longer Time Trial and kept it at Song Mountain. A new Crit course is also a major [...]

The inaugural Inner Harbor TT was setup to replace the Street Sprints from last year. The course winds through a creekwalk area and goes into a parking lot. I had someone (Wagner Construction) build a ramp for the race. The only problem is that the ramp should have been four times bigger than it was. [...]

I’m processing the videos from the Syracuse Race Weekend now. Here is a video from the Song Mt. Road Race. This is taken near the top of the Oak Hill climb around the King/Queen of the Mountain. We botched the KOM/QOM scoring, but we will make sure that everything is smoother next year. Otherwise the [...]

News10Now came out to do a story on the Syracuse Race. My ugly mug was running on the 24 hour local news channel non-stop all Saturday night. Cait McVey the News10Now reporter did an extended story that can be seen on the website.
http://news10now.com/
The Road Race went well which it usually does. The weather was perfect [...]

The Giro is in full flight and Il Killer looks to be in his best form ever. Riccardo Ricco gets angry at Bettini. Ricco experiences his first “complicated moment”, Lemond gives TMI while the Landis camp looks boneheaded. Meanwhile testimony looks good for Landis, but the whole situation is far from over. All this luscious [...]

(video preview of the Inner Harbor/One Mile TT, sorry for the shaky camera)
On Monday a bunch of guys from the MaxPowerCycling Team and I decided to test ride the new One Mile Time Trial course for the Syracuse Race Weekend. Since Sam and I decided to forgo the Street Sprints in favor of a short [...]

(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. [...]

Today at 3:20pm Sam Sampere and I appeared on the Jim Reith Radio show on 570 WSYR Radio here in Syracuse. We were interviewed on the phone to talk about National Bike Month which is May and Bike To Work Day which is May 18th. Sam talked about some rules of the road and helped [...]

Little by little Sam and I are getting things done to make the 2007 Syracuse Race Weekend a reality. Today we met with folks from the Syracuse Parks and Recreation department. These folks were great to talk to as they seem ready and willing to help make dreams into reality. Sam and I suggested a [...]

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