Riding in winter? Check.
On trails? Check.
One gear? Check.
Goldsprints? Hmmmm. This might be worth exploring further.
Who's going to volunteer to look into it? The president can talk to Laurence. That's what he does best. But we'll need someone to explore the technological side of the equation. Here's one option [thanks Dave]. The article mentioned below speaks of another more hi-tech version. If Saturday nights at the F&H are karaoke night, I don't see why Tuesday's couldn't be reserved for 20 second indoor sprints. If nothing else, it should work to keep the Earle's crowd away.More info here, from the Star-Tribune. Nice media coverage of the local cycling scene down there, by the way. What do we get? Perpetual talk about paths for commuting, but not much more.
Not into riding on trainers in bars? Those crazy kids in Minneapolis have stumbled on another great winter cycling idea: riding the walkways. We could start at the Bay, ride to City Place, or whatever it's now called, and back. Then repeat for an hour or so. Thrown in some stairs at Portage Place, maybe a barrier or two, and we've got ourselves a Nordic Cross event. We'd have to prop the doors open and pay off some security guards, no doubt. Anyone got well-oiled connections with downtown property management folks?OTT: Sunset Rubdown, Winged/Wicked Things
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http://www.bikecult.com/works/rollers.html
Thanks. Old school. I'll link it.
Assuming they haven't been thrown away, someone in this city has a set of racing rollers - 2 sets of rollers, one red, the other blue, which connect with a worm gear to a cable that runs into a big "clock" that measures distance with a red hand and a blue hand.
Used to belong to the Winnipeg Bicycle Club, but then was gifted to the MCA in about 1994. I've asked MCA Jonny, who couldn't find them, but maybe Marian knows something.
Hmmm.
Sounds like it would be worth exploring.
...nope, those are definitely long gone.
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