there ya go John Scott Gilger!

I think this weekend in Athens, EVERYONE needs to meet
together and voice their OPINIONS as a GROUP so we all
know whats on the Up and Up!!

Warren
was111@...



--- SGILGER@... wrote:
>
> I too am soured with my limited experience. I
> have never heard of a
> national championship in April, "laugh." I would be
> happy with a little
> information on up coming races so a individual could
> make reservations.
>
> Some day I'm sure the USHF will be a success,
> because of the amount of
> people buying bikes. My suggestion is that if you
> want to do USHF races
> then buy all means do them, but if you really enjoy
> the sport just be a
> ambassador, show your sport to Rehabilitation
> Hospitals, Pt ,Ot's , try and
> have a local rehab centers offer it as a sport. I
> am doing a 300 mile
> bike ride in two weeks, over 3000 regular bikes with
> over 20 handcycles
> there is more out there then racing.
>
> That's my 2 cents, get out there and crank.
>
> JSG
>
>
>
>
>
> edaptive@...
>
> om To:
> handcycling@yahoogroups.com
> cc:
>
> 04/21/2003 Subject:
> Re: [handcycling] Upcoming Races
> 10:00 AM and Camp
>
> Please respond
>
> to handcycling
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I agree with Craig's comments. My God what is wrong
> with me? We need two
> champions, one for the Championship Race and one for
> total points over a
> season. This is how most sports in this country are
> organized, whether team
>
> or individual. I do think individual Championship
> events are important to
> showcase elite athletes and the sport.
>
> As you all know, with a difficult economy sponsor
> dollars are harder to
> find
> then ever. The USHF has little or no money. How many
> people reading this
> have
> given ANY DOLLARS to the USHF in the past few years?
> It is hard to run a
> series of quality events without funding. Only
> through the monetary support
>
> of Adaptive Adventures, Ian Lawless, and Fred Hecht
> have we been able to do
>
> any Championships over the past few years. Adaptive
> Adventures focus is on
> the grassroots development of adaptive cycling and
> handcycling around the
> country, not just competitive racing.
>
> Handcycling is an awesome, growing sport that
> deserves more dollars from
> the
> grassroots to the elite level. It is up to US, the
> people on this group and
>
> handcyclists around the country, to figure out a way
> to take this sport to
> the next level. I have no doubt it will eventually
> happen. It's just hard
> to
> say when?
>
> For now, let's just all enjoy a great season of
> cycling!
>
> All the best,
> Joel
>
> PS The US Paralympics is now "in charge of" elite
> handcycling, and it is
> unclear to me whether this will be good or bad for
> the development of the
> sport. To date, I am very disappointed with their
> efforts and actions.
>
>
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