BigDave
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USA Cycling Regional C Official’s Clinic
Feb 3rd
For those interested in becoming a USA Cycling Race official, our friends in the IN/KY Association are putting one together near Lexington. Below are the details…
USA Cycling Regional C Official’s Clinic
Saturday March 3, 2012
11:00a to 3:00p
100 United Drive, Suite 4-C, Versailles Kentucky 40383
Instructor(s): Mike Hanley, Melissa Shuey
This is an entry level certification clinic for those who wish to become a USA Cycling (USAC) Road, Mountain, Track or Cyclocross race official. Anyone 14 or older may become a race official, and although helpful, previous cycling or racing experience is not
required. The clinic is designed to prepare new officials for their first day on the job. The class takes about 4 hours to complete including an open book test. Participants will receive a 2012 USA Cycling rule book and info packet.
Female Racers Needed
Feb 3rd
BigDaveSports is teaming with girl bike love to do a story on women’s racing in the Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana region, specifically the Greater Cincinnati area. We are looking for one or two women to talk about the past, present and future of women’s racing in this area as well as how to improve it. These women should be planning to race several road races and crits through the Spring and Summer INCLUDING the new Women’s & Juniors 12k race that has just been added to this year’s Ault Park Series presented by Queen City Wheels. In the 25+ year history of the Ault Park Series, the women always had to race against the men. After years of requests, the club is going to give it a chance this year.
Some of the topics you can expect to give your opinion on:
- Categories
- Prize money
- Race distances
- Perception of and from promoters
- Participation from women
- How to get more women involved
- How to grow women’s racing
If you would be interested in participating in this endeavor, please contact BigDave (bigbikerdave@gmail.com) or Sarai Snyder (sarai@girlbikelove.com).
Winter MTB XC Series Race #1 RESCHEDULED… AGAIN!
Feb 3rd
Really? Again? Did somebody forget to order us a winter? The forecast for this Sunday’s RESCHEDULED Winter MTB XC Series race is a high of 50 degrees. We are actually closer to having dry trails than frozen trails, but neither is expected for this weekend. Therefore, we are going to attempt another rescheduling of the first race of this series to Saturday, February 11, 2012 to make a double header weekend of it. For those trying to keep track, here is the current list of dates for the series:
- Saturday, February 11, 2012
- Sunday, February 12, 2012
- Sunday, February 26, 2012
The long term forecast for next weekend does look a little better than this weekend but still may not be cold enough. Maybe the trail will dry up enough to race. Hopefully, we can get these races in before the Spring “thaw”.
We have extended online series registration to Friday, February 3, 2012 at noon.
Winter MTB XC Series Race #1 RESCHEDULED
Jan 27th
Due to the non-wintery winter weather we have been having, we have decided to reschedule the first installment of the Winter MTB XC Series from this Sunday, January 29th to next Sunday, February 5th. We have had excessive amounts of rain with temperatures at or above freezing leaving the trails in less than adequate condition to prevent any damage to the trails. The Cincinnati Off Road Alliance spends many volunteer hours building and maintaining these trails, and it is up to us to follow their guidelines and request for trail use as to not cause long term damage or permanent damage to the trails.
We scheduled these races in late January and February in anticipation of sub-freezing temperatures which would mean the trails would be frozen. This is also why we have the start times for these races set at 8:00 am so that we could be done racing before the trails had any chance of thawing. We did not expect to have such a mild winter and hope that things change soon.
We do hope to get all three races of the series in and have extended online series registration to Friday, February 3, 2012 at noon.
2012 Race Schedule Announced
Jan 13th
It may be a little late getting out, but we wanted to make sure we had things in line before announcing them.
- Sunday, January 29th – Winter MTB XC Series #1 at Harbin Park
- Sunday, February 12th – Winter MTB XC Series #2 at Harbin Park
- Sunday, February 26th – Winter MTB XC Series #3 at Harbin Park
- Sunday, March 18th – OSRS #1: Deer Creek p/b BigDaveSports & Mama Mimi’s Cycling
- Saturday, March 24th – OSRS #2: New Haven Road Race p/b BigDaveSports
- Sunday, April 1st – OSRS #3: Harrison’s Tomb p/b BigDaveSports
- Saturday, April 14th – OSRS #4: Germantown p/b Queen City Wheels
- Sunday, April 22nd – OSRS #5: Lynchburg p/b BigDaveSports & Bishop’s Bicycles
- Sunday, April 29th – OSRS #6: Zanesfield p/b BigDaveSports & Team 614
- Sunday, May 6th – OSRS #7: Lake Hope p/b Team Athens
- Sunday, May 20th – OSRS #8: SERIES FINALE – Vandervort’s Corner p/b Team Dayton
- Wednesday, July 11th – Mainstrasse Summer Race Series #1
- Wednesday, July 18th – Mainstrasse Summer Race Series #2
- Saturday, July 21st – Midwest Regional Masters Championship – TIME TRIAL
- Saturday, July 21st – Midwest Regional Masters Championship – ROAD RACE
- Sunday, July 22nd – Midwest Regional Masters Championship – CRITERIUM
- Wednesday, July 25th – Mainstrasse Summer Race Series #3
- Saturday, August 11th – Caesar Creek MTB Race – State Championship
Other events that we are still trying to put together:
- Thursdays in May – Women’s & Juniors Training Series
- Saturday, June 2nd – Juniors & Masters Road Race in Zanesfield (still verifying State Championship status)
- Mondays, July 30th thru August 27th – Devou Hill Climb TT for both biking and running
- Thursdays, August 9th thru 23rd – Pre-Season CX Series aimed at juniors and entry level racers.
- Saturday, September 1st and Sunday, September 2nd – CX Stage Race
As details develop, we will update the website to reflect those. Please check back regularly.
Bikes 2 Bookbags Funds Get Awarded
Aug 24th
Congratulations to the Mt Healthy City Schools – South Elementary for be awarded the Bikes 2 Bookbags recipient from the Midwest Regional Masters Championship.
Mainstrasse Week #5 Finale RESULTS
Aug 13th
Mainstrasse Week #4 RESULTS
Aug 7th
Caesar Creek MTB Race is CANCELED!
Aug 5th
Due to poor trail conditions caused by a sever storm about a month ago, we will not be able to have the course ready in time for next weekend’s Mountain Bike State Championship at Caesar Creek. The storm laid down about 60+ trees along the trails. A handful of people have been working numerous hours, sometimes daily, trying to clear the trails in time for the August 13th race. Despite making quite a lot of progress, there is still a lot left to clear, and there just isn’t enough time to get it all done to have a safe race. The work that has been done is greatly appreciated and we hope that work will continue to be done until the entire trail system in Caesar Creek is open again for recreational riding. Many thanks go out to those who have been working on these trails.
We are entertaining the idea of rescheduling the race. HOWEVER, we had a difficult enough time finding a date to hold the event to begin with, so looking for an alternate date will be a steep mountain to climb. There aren’t many weekends left before we get into Cyclocross season, and many MTB-ers also race CX.
There is a rumor that Full Service Racing may be looking to do a repeat of either the Harbin Park Race or Hueston Woods Race to fill the vacant spot in the weekend as well as the vacant spot in the CORA Series.
We apologize for any inconvenience or heartbreak this may have caused you and hope that you understand the situation we are in.
