Medium Giant Bowery (fits riders 5'9" to 6'1") with fancy bits - carbon bars, avid ultimate lever, dura-ace brake, surly cog, Serfas ti rail saddle, Easton stem. New tires, new chain. Bike looks new (almost no scratches).He forgot to mention the Hippies Suck sticker on the seat tube. That seems a clincher to me. If you're interested, send an email to Gianni.
Hanging up at Olympia if you want to take it for a ride. $490 OBO.
Speaking of hippies:
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Way off topic but since I am not allowed to discuss this on the proper blog I'm throwing this out.
Are they joking when they say solo riders in events longer than 12 hours must submit a resume?
As one of the VERY FEW who have done numerous 1 day plus races (running and cycling) I can say in this province that strikes me as crazy. This province should be encouraging growth and a rule like that (which is not implemented anywhere else) is completely back wards.
Other than that abortion the rest of the " rules" seemed pretty obvious and already in place. I guess some people just like to make lists.
Dallas " Thank god there are no 12+ hour races here and hopefully Lindsay will not sanction the redass." Sigurdur
I thought that was odd too. It seems they have confused "better organized" with "more anal" or at least "more rigorously policed." That is unfortunate.
You are always welcome to share your rants with us.
Oh, and if you need a reference letter I would be happy to write one for you.
Perhaps it's just so the MC has something to say about you past hour 13?
those are not the rules, just a suggestion made by someone who polled other rules. what you saw there is a framework on which to build our rules, that item will most likely get tossed out.
i think the MCA has gone a long way to make these types of events possible in Manitoba - the talk at the beginning of the year was not so encouraging - now we have the back 40, assissippi and others on the schedule. we need to develop some rules in order to sanction the longer events so our insurer is happy. if we don't, then we are stuck with the UCI rules. if you want anal, that is the anal. even more so, if we had to follow the UCI rules we could not run a marathon event on our trails in Manitoba, save for reach the beach or similar. thorough the work of the MTB committee we now have the possibility of running races the way we want to run them.
we also need your ideas and comments if you want to these types of events on the calendar. we need your input in order to have them run the way you want them to run. yes, the MCA mountain bike committee blog is limited to those who work on the committee, but that is its intended purpose - still, we put stuff up there for everybody to see so they know what is going on. you have the opportunity to comment all you need to do is talk to your club rep, that is why you have one.
trust us, were on your side.
Very nice city bike, BTW. Have you posted it on the MEC swap shop? Bikes on there seem to sell pretty quickly. At least the ones in Vancouver.
I checked out the Sask cycling site last night and was very, very impressed. Considering they are the most comparable province in the country it was interesting how they approached things compared to how we are doing it.
Just in case anyone hasn't spent a few moments there maybe drop in and look.
Since we have no real forums other than this site it would be interesting to hear what others think of it.
Hal , it is what it is, I just think that making things bogged down in stipulations makes for complications. All that would happen if the events didn't get mca approval is that they would be run " show up and shut up style". It works everywhere else so it would be no different here.
As for longer races, well since Paddy put on the only two 24 hour events in the province years ago and Lindsay didn't require mca licenses for redass it's almost irrelevant what the mca rules are. That is unless paddy comes back and works with the higher power ( not likely) and Lindsay decides that the turnout is to high at redass over the years and wants to cull the herd.
Dallas " I wonder how this year will differ from others." Sigurdur
ok dallas,
i agree that there are too many rules and regulations with the hole UCI / CCA thing, it is VERY frustrating. BUT unless you're willing to put on other races, we have no other options right now.
as far as Sask getting it right... can you clarify what you mean?
from what I can tell...
Sask - 5 mtb cup races, 2 marathons & no provincials. 7 mtb races.
MB - 5 cup races, provincials, 4 or 5 marathons or longer races, 1 downhill, 6 wednesday races. 17 races total.
Costs
Sask License- hard to figure out, but it looks like - $85
MB License - $95
Racing Costs
Sask - I could only find a 2008 fee, it was $35 for pre-reg $45 race day for a cup race
MB - for 2009 cup races $25 for cups and $35 race day
Categories
Sask is following MB by now offering a Citizen category in 2009.
Sask = way less races, higher race fees.
I have never been to one of their races. Can you explain what is better?
I guess what I was pointing at was the clarity of the organization. It was very easy to find the topics such as insurance and it's applicability. Also on line was the clubs and contacts and direction of each.
There are athlete profiles which were a nice touch for the clubs and profiled riders egos . There are new letters and in my opinion a real sense of community in a province which isn't south centric like we are.
It seems to me it takes allot more work to bring a province together then to fragment it and call it whole. I'm not saying we are crap I'm just saying yes they might have less races in Sask but the whole province is participating.
Isn't that the main goal? participation.
Constantly searching for better ways to do things and addressing although painful the shortcomings is how things become better.
As for whether I would ever put on a race, not in this climate. I think sports are for all and participation is the ultimate goal. I wouldn't care if someone showed up late, I'd be happy they came. I wouldn't penalize someone who couldn't plan in advance how there weekend was , life's like that.
What about those who don't have much disposable cash and work long hours while taking care of there kids . Do they deserve to pay more for the same weekend experience?
As for our calender this year, it's awesome. I have always said that. Last years was great also.
Do i think things can keep getting refined, hell ya . We are not even close to perfect. When we can start having races like the Canada cup and cobblestone classic again and 80 over 16 riders show up things will be back on track.
Now that I think of it maybe Olympia should sponsor a few riders of limited income (using club funds) and allow them to see what we see on the weekends.
Then again maybe things are great and all the other races I do out of the province are just Utopian.
Dallas " opinions and options are only worthwhile when exercised." Sigurdur
Oh and I really wish with all my heart I could do the rides with the Fort Garry club but even before I had a child I couldn't imagine riding till 11pm at night then getting to work for 6am.I really believe that this club sums up what biking should be about.
Life , transportation, racing and friends.
dallas
give it time - what you are looking for is coming.
if you want it come faster we are always ready to accept help - we need it.
Profiles, eh? Good idea. Watch for profiles of Team FGBC. Coming soon.
i agree dallas, participation is key. the best thing any of us can do is SHOW UP and support the events (do I sound like a broken record yet?).
i think your idea of Olympia helping lower income riders race is GREAT. go for it.
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