Monday, August 31, 2009

LaBiciSquadra "The Bike Team"


Dear Club Members,


As the end of the cycling season rolls around we here at LaBiciSquadra would like to know what you think of the club and the job we did after a full season in existence. Like any start up project there definitely have been a few growing pains and we would like a bit of feedback on what in your eyes we can do to improve. We really do want to provide a great club for you and strive to meet and exceed your needs for next year. Please take a few moments to drop me a line at real.deal@rogers.com and tell me what you liked, disliked and what we should improve on for next year.


Thanks


Ed Veal




Thursday, August 27, 2009

15km Championship TT


Ficko wins!

We had an amazing turnout tonight for our 15km championship TT. 26 riders made it out tonight to try and take home the gold. The course had to be re-routed and shortened a bit but that didn't stop anyone from giving their all trying to take the title. With a north wind pushing the field home to the finish it was an extremely fast night with little or no places to make up time. If you didn't hammer the uphill start you would need to push more than a 58 tooth front chain ring to keep up with our winner. With the provincial TT only 2 weeks away, Darko Ficko came out tonight and showed everyone he is in fine form and ready to rip the heavy weight belt from around Ryan Roth's waist.

Gold goes to Darko Ficko with a 48.6 avg speed on the 12.5 km course and a time of 15.26. Silver goes to IIija Petrovski with a 48.3 km avg and a time of 15:31 and the bronze goes to Ed Veal with an average speed of 48kms an hour and 12 seconds behind with a time of 15:38. Bryan Wolfe had the fastest 15km TT of the entire season and has a medal to prove it but..... was 5 seconds off the podium tonight! Oh ya.....check out Merrill's time too, I see a few provincial golds in this line up!!

Congratulations guys and good luck at the provincial TT!!

Finish First Last Team ET
1G Darko Ficko LaBicicletta/Jlindberg 15:26.0
2S Ilija Petrovski Wheels of Bloor 15:31.0
3B Ed Veal LaBicicletta/Jlindberg 15:38.0
4Best ET Bryan Wolff LaBicicletta/Jlindberg 15:43.0
5 Peter Morse Jet Fuel Coffee 16:05.0
6 Neil Hendry LaBicicletta/Jlindberg 16:26.0
7 Heath Cockburn LaBicicletta/Jlindberg 16:44.0
8 Merrill Collins LaBicicletta/Jlindberg 16:46.0
9 Rod McEwen MCOR 16:51.
10 Dave Frake Midweek 16:53.0
11 Bob Tomsic Norco 17:08.0
12 Peter Kofman Coach Chris 17:14.0
13 Jamie Smith Ciclowerks 17:16.0
14 Frank Stillo LaBicicletta/Jlindberg 17:17.0
15 Mike Steed Norco 17:31.0
16 Joel Cash Wheels of Bloor 17:37.0
17 Steve Pasquill Bicycles + 17:37.0
18 Christiane Knobbe MCOR 17:45.0
19 Marc Cascella Lapdogs 17:48.0
20 Gerard Martineau Above Threshold 17:49.0
21 David Chong Lapdogs 18:20.0
22 Marco Salvati Midweek 18:25.0
23 Charles Gordon Dark Horse Flyer 19:09.0
24 Ayesha Rollinson Trek 19:10.0
25 Mandy Mayo LaBicicletta/Jlindberg 20:53.0
26 Charles Magyar Midweek 21:37.0

Time keeper - Bob Haufler Film Crew - Paul Eekhoff Chef - Merv Veal

We would really like to thank everyone who came out and gave it their all this year. Without you there is no TNTT and we really appreciate the effort you put in and support you give it by showing up and making it what it is. I would also like to thank our sponsors, the Midweek cycling club and LaBiciSquadra cycling club. We will be looking for a title sponsor next year to help out our clubs so if your interested in supporting local cycling or know someone who is please contact me about our 2010 series. The best part of this whole experience was I got to meet some great new people! This season I had a blast running the event and a big part of that was partnering up with Mr Bob Haufler! We are going to keep this thing rolling and are pumped about doing it again next year. So stay tuned to our websites and blogs for info on next season, the off season, coaching and training and what events we will have coming your way for 2010!Next week Bob will be holding our 40km championship TT.

RealDealCoaching http://www.realdealcoaching.blogspot.com/
Midweek CC http://www.midweekclub.ca/
LaBiciSquadra CC http://www.labicisquadra.blogspot.com/
TNTT Times http://www.timetrialtimes.blogspot.com/

TNTT - 15 km Championship



The TNTT 15km championship is..............TONIGHT!!!! We will crown the season champion afterwards and have a BBQ to celebrate an amazing season of cycling in the GTA. Please come out even if it is your first TT of the season, bring a friend, a family member to cheer you on, everyone is welcome and then enjoy and burger or sausage on us afterwards.


We have medals for the top three time trialists in the 15km TT and then next week we will be having a 40km championship to get things ramped up before the provincial time trial Sept 13th.

Get your TT bike measured before provincials


Peter Hurley will be at LaBicicletta on Sept 5th measuring TT bikes before the Provincial time trial the following weekend. If you want to see if your bike is legal or not and have time to make the necessary adjustments a week in advance please stop by the shop. Peter will be there from 3pm till 5pm.


For directions check out the website http://www.labicicletta.com/

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Midweek Tuesday Night Crit

Its the last Midweek of the year, if your able...... try to make an appearance and a few of us can go out for a beer afterwards to celebrate a great season. I will be there tonight with a camera attached to the bike and a helmet cam as well trying to capture some amazing race footage.

Come out, get on film and and be apart of our documentary!

Monday, August 24, 2009

Orillia Sprint Triathlon


I can't run or swim but a solid 33km TT got me a 4th place trophy yesterday. Who knew an over weight sprinter could switch to triathlons so easily? Here is the link to the results http://www.sportstats.ca/display-results.php?lang=eng&racecode=44476