Hello Riders,

Hopefully everyone is staying warm and getting ready for a great
season in 2008. This Thursday, February 21, at 7:00pm will be the next
meeting of the Northbrook Cycling Committee. The meeting will be held at
the Village Green in Northbrook, Illinois which is located at 1810 Walters
Avenue -- just north of the Velodrome.

Also, the Northbrook Velodrome web calendar has been updated with the full
season schedule. So stop by the website to find out what is going on and
plan your racing schedule.

http://www.northbrookvelodrome.org/webcal

The High School Track Program starts up on April 7th this year. This
8-week
introductory track bike racing program for students in grades seven
through
twelve is for those who would like to experience the thrill of high-speed
cycling on an Olympic-style velodrome. Sessions in the spring will be
Monday and Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 and the lead instructor is USA
Cycling
Category 1 Coach Steve Thordarson. Details can be found at

http://www.northbrookvelodrome.org/programs/highschool

The date for the Women's Track Clinic has been set for early June. Open to
all women, come out to the velodrome and learn the basics for riding a
track
bike and racing at the velodrome. This will include proper track
etiquette,
group skills, track race descriptions tactics, and much more. The
flyer for
the 2008 event will be posted shortly, for now take a look at the 2007
flyer
and get ready.

http://www.usacycling.org/events/getflyer.php?permit=2007-1286

One of the exciting new developments at the Velodrome this year will
be the
improvement and expansion of the Monday and Tuesday night training
sessions.
A variety of non-competitive programs will be held, including pace line
riding, acceleration training, sprinting drills, motor pacing, and
simulated
races. Instruction will be offered in skills such as time trial starts
(useful on the road as well as the Velodrome), match sprint tactics,
velodrome etiquette, track lingo, Madison exchanges, team time trials, and
sprint finishes. Details can be found at

http://www.northbrookvelodrome.org/programs/clinics

Cheers,
Mike Kirby and the NCC