Your's truly finally joined the Club for a ride. Rob, Jamie, Nick and I rode out East, over the rolling Amish country side. It was all I could do to keep up with the young-ins, but I'd like to think I held my own. Of course the head wind on the way home was a bit of challenge.
So good to see promising riders, and so good to hear that the Club is doing well, and has a bright future. I hope to join you all again someday soon!
Andy
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
The leaves are still green!
Yes the days are shorter, and the temps are cooler, but its still pleasant enough to ride. On the last many rides out East, we've been early enough to see the Amish go to church. Church of course means going to somebody's house. Amish in buggies, push-scooters, by foot and by BIKE. All in their Sunday finest, heading to the host house for that week. The men & boys greet each other through the barn. The women & girls head for the kitchen to drop off their offerings. What a payoff that must be, after a long morning service, to enjoy chicken-pot-pie, buttery corn, and fresh-baked pies!
Friday, July 17, 2009
Posting pictures to the blog
Your pictures can also appear under "Club Pics." Either send photos to me, or you can upload your shots to your own Flickr account. Be sure to add a the tag "fmcycling" to each photo, so the Club blog can find the pictures in Flickr.
Congratulations Rob!
Rob and the Cycling Club and currently (re?)featured on the College homepage. To retain the story, I've duplicated the photo and text below.
Cycling Takes Off at F&M
It may be the most unusual reason for applying to Franklin & Marshall College.
Roads.
When Rob Burnett ’12 of Denver, Colo., was thinking about where to go to school, he heard that F&M was located in Lancaster County.
“They must have great riding there,” he said.
Burnett, 19, has been bicycle racing for nearly five years.
“I met five or six kids who had bikes and were looking to be competitive. It went from there,” Burnett said.
Burnett captains the Franklin & Marshall Cycling Club.
He and his fellow riders petitioned the College to recognize the club and got several sponsors, including Rudy Project, which supplies helmets and glasses for the team. Sports-drink manufacturer Accelerade supplies free sports drinks and energy bars. The Lancaster Bike Shop, owned by Joseph Soldner ’76, provides the team with technical support.
The 22-member bicycle racing/riding squad consists primarily of bike enthusiasts who joined to have a good time riding together, Burnett explained.
Six team members, which includes him, are training to race the collegiate circuit this spring.
The team will race in the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference including teams from Rutgers, Bucknell and Penn State.
“We definitely have some potential. Everyone seems to be motivated, and we keep each other going,” Burnett said. “Lancaster County not only has good roads, but there is a strong cycling community here.”
The team takes regular training rides, even when the weather turns cold, of between 20 and 30 miles. He said the rides average about 18 mph. After winter break, training will begin to pick up with longer, harder rides, he said.
Soon members will be donning their new team kit, a lycra jersey and shorts combo designed for the team by Primal Wear.
Already the team has made its mark locally. Before Thanskgiving, several team members took part in Cranksgiving, a charity race in York, Pa. They raced from supermarket to supermarket, collecting food items for a local food bank.
Team members took second, third, fourth and fifth place in the race.
Next year Burnett plans to seek official recognition from the Athletics Department. Recognition allows the team to access funding for travel expenses to and from races.
Visit the team Web site for photos and information on joining.
Cycling Takes Off at F&M
It may be the most unusual reason for applying to Franklin & Marshall College.
Roads.
When Rob Burnett ’12 of Denver, Colo., was thinking about where to go to school, he heard that F&M was located in Lancaster County.
“They must have great riding there,” he said.
Burnett, 19, has been bicycle racing for nearly five years.
“I met five or six kids who had bikes and were looking to be competitive. It went from there,” Burnett said.
Burnett captains the Franklin & Marshall Cycling Club.
He and his fellow riders petitioned the College to recognize the club and got several sponsors, including Rudy Project, which supplies helmets and glasses for the team. Sports-drink manufacturer Accelerade supplies free sports drinks and energy bars. The Lancaster Bike Shop, owned by Joseph Soldner ’76, provides the team with technical support.
The 22-member bicycle racing/riding squad consists primarily of bike enthusiasts who joined to have a good time riding together, Burnett explained.
Six team members, which includes him, are training to race the collegiate circuit this spring.
The team will race in the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference including teams from Rutgers, Bucknell and Penn State.
“We definitely have some potential. Everyone seems to be motivated, and we keep each other going,” Burnett said. “Lancaster County not only has good roads, but there is a strong cycling community here.”
The team takes regular training rides, even when the weather turns cold, of between 20 and 30 miles. He said the rides average about 18 mph. After winter break, training will begin to pick up with longer, harder rides, he said.
Soon members will be donning their new team kit, a lycra jersey and shorts combo designed for the team by Primal Wear.
Already the team has made its mark locally. Before Thanskgiving, several team members took part in Cranksgiving, a charity race in York, Pa. They raced from supermarket to supermarket, collecting food items for a local food bank.
Team members took second, third, fourth and fifth place in the race.
Next year Burnett plans to seek official recognition from the Athletics Department. Recognition allows the team to access funding for travel expenses to and from races.
Visit the team Web site for photos and information on joining.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Back in the saddle
After taking June off for some outpatient surgery, I am back in the saddle!
I hope to salvage the cycling season with some riding locally in July, followed by some trail/road riding in Wellsboro, PA through much of August.
I did hear from a very enthusiastic first-year student, Rachel Wohl, who intends to join the Club in September. You can welcome Rachel at the follow email
rachael.wohl@fandm.edu
Hope you are all enjoying a relaxing summer, and have been able to get in some good, long miles in these unseasonably cool temps (in the Northeast at any rate).
And, if you find yourself near or around Lancaster, please look me up. Maybe we could take a ride!
Andy
I hope to salvage the cycling season with some riding locally in July, followed by some trail/road riding in Wellsboro, PA through much of August.
I did hear from a very enthusiastic first-year student, Rachel Wohl, who intends to join the Club in September. You can welcome Rachel at the follow email
rachael.wohl@fandm.edu
Hope you are all enjoying a relaxing summer, and have been able to get in some good, long miles in these unseasonably cool temps (in the Northeast at any rate).
And, if you find yourself near or around Lancaster, please look me up. Maybe we could take a ride!
Andy
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Rough Times at the Tour De Ephrata
Hi everyone,
So this weekend the team experienced its first non-colligate race. We raced the two day, three stage Tour De Ephrata.
Saturday was a 26 mile circut race on narrow rolling coutry roads. It was the first truly hot day of the year with the tempurature in the high eighties. From the start we had problems. Dan Rossi had his chain snap putting him out of the race. On the first climb of the day Stephen dropped his chain causing him to fall over and Charlie got caught behind. Both were dropped from the main group. Stephen crashed again going through a gravely corner and Charlie was our best finisher in 47th place.
Sunday things got a bit better. In the morning we had the "Pain Mountain" Time trail. The name says it all. Stephen put in a great ride to finish 12th.
Sunday afternoon's crit is things went very well. Both Stephen and Charlie were active in the Crit. Stephen held a good position all race and sprinted for 13th place. Charlie was in a group farther back but won the sprint from his group finishing 30th.
Stephen finished the weekend placed 15th overall out of 75 starters. Not bad considering Saturdays bad luck.
Next weekend is our final team race of the season, the Eastern Championships in State College Pa. We are fired up and ready to bring home some good results.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
YALE!
Yet another super successful weekend for F&M cycling!
This last weekend we traveled up to Connecticut to race at Yale. Saturday morining started off with a 4.3 mile time trial that finished with a 1.5 mile climb. F&M struggled to place with our best result being at 12th place by Rob Burnett in the Men's B race.
Saturday afternoon the rain came with a vengence dampening our spirits slighty. The Men's D and Intro racers had some bad luck with dropped chains and poor positioning taking them out of contention.
In the Men's B race Rob Burnett broke away from the pack with 3 others with 7 miles left in the race. The four worked well together and never saw the main pack again. Rob finished a fantastic 2nd place for the teams top result so far this year!
In the Sunday morining Criterium the Men's D's stepped up their game. Despite an unfortunate crash of Dan Rossi half way throught the race they were still able to place Charlie Salzer n great position for the sprint. Charlie was able to sprint for third, his best result of the season! Rob was able to light up the Men's B Criterium with two different breakaways lasting four and two laps respectively and winning one prime.
F&M finished the weekend ranked 25th out of 50 teams! Great weekend overall, but we are still chasing that win. We are now hungryer than ever!
This coming weekend we will not be racing and we invite everyone to join us on a group ride Saturday afternoon. We will leave from Buchanan Park at 1pm and ride for around 1 and a half hours. Please RSVP.
Thank you to everyone for your support!
-The F&M Cycling Team
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