New articles in Cyclops USA

The February issue of Cyclops USA points to Charles Howe's "Nevada City
Classic" article about that hilly criterium in California's Gold Country
that has been contested annually since 1961. Greg Lemond showed what he
could do there at an early age and a number of other great riders have
tested themselves in this event.

The March issue features "An Introduction to Bicycle Road Racing", also
by Charles Howe. It is a seven-part slide show with the first four parts
devoted to racing objectives, rules, tactics, hazards, physics,
sociology and organizations and the last three covering history and
lore, under the titles "Classic Races", "Women Led the Way", and
"Contemporary Challenges".

All can be seen at http://www.stanford.edu/~learnest/cyclops/

-Les Earnest

On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:03:19 -0800, Les Earnest
wrote:

The February issue of Cyclops USA points to Charles Howe's "Nevada City
Classic" article about that hilly criterium in California's Gold Country
that has been contested annually since 1961. Greg Lemond showed what he
could do there at an early age and a number of other great riders have
tested themselves in this event.
[snipped]

All can be seen at http://www.stanford.edu/~learnest/cyclops/

I think at least one (former) regular RBR poster is in the lead group
in that opening picture from Nevada City.

On Mar 3, 5:28*pm, John Forrest Tomlinson
wrote:
On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:03:19 -0800, Les Earnest
wrote:



The February issue of Cyclops USA points to Charles Howe's "Nevada City
Classic" article about that hilly criterium in California's Gold Country
that has been contested annually since 1961. Greg Lemond showed what he
could do there at an early age and a number of other great riders have
tested themselves in this event.
[snipped]

All can be seen athttp://www.stanford.edu/~learnest/cyclops/

I think at least one (former) regular RBR poster is in the lead group
in that opening picture from Nevada City.

Roger's all time favorite picture.

In article ,
Les Earnest wrote:

The February issue of Cyclops USA points to Charles Howe's "Nevada City
Classic" article about that hilly criterium in California's Gold Country
that has been contested annually since 1961. Greg Lemond showed what he
could do there at an early age and a number of other great riders have
tested themselves in this event.

The March issue features "An Introduction to Bicycle Road Racing", also
by Charles Howe. It is a seven-part slide show with the first four parts
devoted to racing objectives, rules, tactics, hazards, physics,
sociology and organizations and the last three covering history and
lore, under the titles "Classic Races", "Women Led the Way", and
"Contemporary Challenges".

All can be seen at http://www.stanford.edu/~learnest/cyclops/

-Les Earnest

Thanks, Les. If anyone is interested, multi-time Nevada City Classic
winner "Wild" Bill Wild continues to be active in the BC cycling scene
as a properly fussy commissaire. The sad coda is that due to a heart
problem, he's not allowed to ride a bike.

--
Ryan Cousineau http://www.wiredcola.com/
"In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls."
"In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them."

"Les Earnest" wrote in message
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The February issue of Cyclops USA points to Charles Howe's "Nevada
City Classic" article about that hilly criterium in California's Gold
Country that has been contested annually since 1961. Greg Lemond
showed what he could do there at an early age and a number of other
great riders have tested themselves in this event.

The March issue features "An Introduction to Bicycle Road Racing",
also by Charles Howe. It is a seven-part slide show with the first
four parts devoted to racing objectives, rules, tactics, hazards,
physics, sociology and organizations and the last three covering
history and lore, under the titles "Classic Races", "Women Led the
Way", and "Contemporary Challenges".

All can be seen at http://www.stanford.edu/~learnest/cyclops/

-Les Earnest

I liked the earlier version of the course, with the ridiculous turn onto
Pine Street. You're heading down Broad Street full-throttle straight
into a row of hay bales. I remember one year a guy in front of me just
froze and didn't seem to even try to make that turn. Just went straight
into the hay bales. The year I was 4th as a Junior I won the coveted
"classic" Pedali Alpini jersey given to the top-placing club member in
that race. Guess we didn't have a strong team that year! That 4th place
would be my best at Nevada City; the following two years I was 7th and
then 11th. It was many years before I could watch the race as a
spectator. There was always that voice inside telling you "You're
supposed to be out there, not on the sidewalk!" The voice of unreason.
;-)

--Mike Jacoubowsky
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com
Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA