Support SGC

Support South Georgia Cycling team by purchasing a raffle ticket for a chance to win a Raleigh Route 3.0 hybrid bicycle (approx $385 value).

$5 per ticket or 5 for $20

Drawing will take place Sunday, March 7, 2010 shortly after the Regions Road Race.

****You do not have to be present to win.****

Raffle tickets may be purchased from Cycleworld or a member of SGC. If you have any questions please contact us at southgeorgiacycling@gmail.comSpecial Thanks to Cycleworld!

EXCUSES ON RECORD . . . .

The excuse "I'm not gonna ride because the roads are wet" can no longer be used. It has officially been used by one of our own.


Submit your best/worst excuses for not riding to southgeorgiacycling@gmail.com. We will publish a link to the cumulative list. An excuse can only be used ONCE throughout the season. If you use an excuse that has already been used or published, you will be fined $1.00 by SGC.


We're just doing our part to keep you ON the bike : )

Snow Daze

This past weekend was one we were looking forward to for quite some time. Vmac and Tiff were coming up and bringing the bikes for some trail riding, and we were really ready to hit the trails. The weather has not been kind to cyclists, so we were hoping for a break. Vonnie foreshadowed the weekend in an email several weeks ago claiming there would probably be a "weather event" this weekend, but he was bringing his bike anyway. It was an epic weather weekend for sure - there was snow on the ground in 49 out of 50 states. I'm not sure when that has occured before, I certainly can't remember it happening in my lifetime.

After a leisurely morning and lunch on Saturday that saw snows melting in our neck of the woods, I told Suzy to get kitted up - we were headed to Jack Rabbit to give the trails a try. I figured there would still be snow on the ground there, and before the thaw and slop got too bad to ride in, we were off for an adventure.



As you can see, there was LOTS of snow on the trails. It's very different riding in snow - you can't see hidden obstacles, or know for sure exactly where the trail bed is. Luckily, there were 2 other crazy guys that were just finishing a loop as we were starting, and I prayed they picked good lines, as I used their tire tracks as a guide. In the spots where the trail was protected under trees, or that was exposed to the sunshine, it was extremely wet, so we got covered in mud, but had a great ride.

I hate that Vonnie and Tiffanie couldn't meet up with us for the ride, but it wasn't in the cards. Their plans were all jacked up from the weather, and we just couldn't connect. If we had waited until Sunday to try and ride, the trails would have been a huge sloppy mess and we probably would have done some damage to the trails by riding them. As it was, I don't think we hurt them at all, and we had a blast. Not very often that we in the South get a chance to do something like this, so it was a lot of fun, and we got to ride our bikes finally!

GLOBAL WARMING MY @$$

Tiff, Cadence, and I headed up to the mountains for a long weekend, hoping to miss the snow that was headed to south and central Georgia . . . ? North Georgia wasn't supposed to get much snow if any at all. I have now officially decided weather-people are wrong 90% of the time and lucky 10% of the time. Long story short, we didn't get to do anything we'd planned to do, but we had a blast doing things we didn't expect to do. Never got a chance to throw my leg over the bike, but it was still a heck of a trip.I've thrown in several pictures of our frozen bikes, the cabin we were trying to get to, and the view from the front porch of the cabin.

North Georgia Jan 2010

In tradition of a couples years past, Steve and I are keeping the SGC man trip alive. We still have hopes that one of these years, we will find a way for the rest of the crew to find a way out of work.

Here's a report of the 4 day weekend. Thursday night arrive in Ellijay at around 12:30 PM. Have camper set up at Mulberry Gap and finishing a beer around 2 AM. That late night helped us get a slow start on Friday. We finally rolled out of camp to go ride Bear Creek to P1, P2 and possibly P3 at around noon. This lead us to a pretty good amount of forest service road climbs but the views and the fog/clouds layer was pretty awesome. Bear Creak was ripping until the creek crossing, Steve got a flat. At this point we realized that we did not have a CO2 cracker which left us with my pump from circa 1993. (1993-2010, does that classify it as an antique?) Well as it turns out my faithful pump let us down that fine day. The seal in the internals was allowing air to release as quickly as it was pumping air into the tire. So after breaking off I think 2 valve stems, we finally tip toed down the remaining section of the Bear Creek. We decided that we would limp home to Mulberry Gap but on the way down Bear Creek road we passed a couple mtn bikers from ATL. They had a pump! But we proceeded to break off another valve stem. ATL guys were cool enough to let us just leave their pump on the side of the road so they could finish their ride and we could deal with our problems. Or at least Steve could deal with his problems as I sat back and laughed.

Flash forward - Steve and I find our way back to camp at Mulberry Gap and work our way into town to get some parts and catch up with the one and only Mike Palmeri at Cartecay Bike shop in Ellijay, GA. If you have not been in to visit or support this guy, you need to on your next trip to the area.

Saturday we decided to stick around and wait for Carebear (Mark Peterson) to arrive with a group of his close friends. Rumor was that they were going to do P1, P2, P3, with a P4 option which sounded pretty good to Steve and I. Started off at 11 AM with them and rode most of P1 with them but they had a big group and regrouped quite frequently so Steve and I rode on. We still got in P1-P3 but no P4.

Sunday, IT RAINED. I should have taken some pictures of the rain but I think I was so depressed that we were not able to ride that I just drank beer and ate. Luckily Mulberry Gap has a barn that is filled with bike paraphernalia courtesy of Bruce Dickman, a huge flat screen TV, surround sound, ping pong, weights, and a dart board. I will let Steve insert a ping pong report because I am pretty sure that I got schooled.

Monday we arose to clear skies and went for a quick forest service road ride so that we could pack up and get back to Albany.

Probably wasn't the most epic of man weekends but it still was a chance to get away and recharge the batteries.

SGC - Recognize!

Dirty Spokes has turned over the majoity of the 6/12hr promotion to Chain Buster Racing. If you visit the site, pay attention to the home page's banner. A very recognizable person in a very recognizable kit will appear.





Click the above banner to vist Chain Buster Racing's website.

TallBoy at Sunset

The weather outside has been frightful, and with more rain/sleet/snow in the immediate forecast, I nutted up, suited up, and tackled the neighborhood climb after work. We've been walking it and partially jogging it, but I needed some saddle time in a BIG way. Not a long ride, but a ride none the less! Cheers!






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