I wish I could be there, however I will be in Utah skiing.  Hope all goes
well.

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Here's the "race report" you wanted.  I'm not sure it's fit to print in the
newsletter:

		 MIDNIGHT MOONLIGHT MOUNTAIN BIKE

Twas the night before the New Year when all through the house
The tequila was flowing right into Ruk's mouth.
With mountain bikes poised in the garage with great care
In hopes the full moon would soon warm the air.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds...(NOT!)
But they were banished to the upstairs of the house instead.
And Tom in his kerchief and John in his cap,
Of course with no helmet...can you imagine that?

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter
The partiers grabbed their beer and went to see what was the matter.
The riders were ready to start with a flash.
Julie's alligator horn would signal the great "Midnight Bash."

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave a luster of midday to riders below.
When what to our wondering eyes should appear,
But an expert mountain bike racer flat on his rear!
With an inebriated rider, NOT lively NOR quick,
We knew in a moment this WAS NOT Saint Nick.

Some drunk and some sober, they all looked insane,
The crowd whistled and shouted and called them by name:
"Now Hover!  Now Wilbur!  Now Reynolds and Ruk!"
"Can't we ride faster?  This cold really sucks!"
To the sign in box at Oakley, to the top of the wall
Tim left champagne for the riders they must drink it all.
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane takes flight,
John was way off the front without even a light.
So up to the trailhead the cyclists they flew
With Digital Head Trips, red blinkies and reflective vests too.
In a twinkling they got to the head of the trail,
A crash, skid and smash and Ruk's loud wail.
As they drew their last swigs and were turning around
There was Ruk again with his ass on the ground.
He tried speeding away, falling head over foot,
His clothes were all tarnished with ice, snow and soot.

A camelback he had flung, like a Pro, on his back,
But he looked like a novice nailing each tree with a head-on smack.
Tom's eyes how they twinkled.  "A moonlit ride, how merry!
I'm psyched to be out here, guys, but quite wary...
Can Ruk make it back?  I have doubts, you know.
He's spending less time on his bike and more in the snow!"

The remains of his goggles Ruk held tight in his teeth,
Wrapped his bike around others encircling them like a wreath.
He bruised his poor butt when he smashed into Shelley,
Then he tried to ride straight but his legs were like jelly.
He was smashing and crashing, a right sorry assed elf,
And we laughed when we saw him in spite of ourselves.

His bleary red eyes and his spinning head,
Soon gave us to know we had something to dread.
He sang praises and bragged about his "Big 35 Watts" hard at work,
But his light burned out quickly and he felt like a jerk.
And wishing he hadn't tied on such a load,
Tom gave him a push and up the trail they all rode.

John sprang off the front, to the three gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But the partiers exclaimed as they rode into sight,
Happy New Year to all and to all a good night!

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Pete,

That all sounds terrific.  Thanks for putting in the time and energy!  All the
other women had really positive feedback last year.  The woman who won and I
were both talking about running women and CAT 5 men together to "fill out" the
field a bit.  I haven't a clue what the "regulations" are on that, but I know
some of the big races put women and CAT 5 men together for road races.  I
loved your course, but two riders off the front of a 5 rider race made for a
"long day at the races."

Happy Trails,
Shelley

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   Please join us at the club meeting.  A flyer will go out this week in snail mail but none of you will get it since I just told you.  :-)

    I've attached the agenda below in ugly text format... anyone wanting a pretty MS-Word version send email straight to me.

Thanks!
-jeff
 

 
TVC Annual Business Meeting, 6:00 pm, Thursday, January 28th
Vestal Library
? Free Refreshments!
? Gear swap!
Agenda
? Membership.  The Officers decided to keep the same membership fees; $15 for basic members and $30 for full 
members (full members do not have to pay $1 to join club Road Races and TTs).
? Insurance.  As a benefit of its USA Cycling membership, the club has insurance coverage for its events.  
However, all participants must pay their dues and sign the event waivers for coverage.  
? Collection of e-mail addresses.   For those of you with e-mail, the TVC will start posting more 
announcements on the Internet..  Please send Dan Kane (dtkane@...) your e-mail address!  He 
has set up an e-mail list for the TVC; to send e-mail to everyone on the TVC e-mail list send a note to 
tvc@egroups.com!
? 1999 TVC Event Schedule.   Any comments?  Do you have suggestions for the "fun rides" and Mountain Bike 
rides?  Finally, any ideas for a "Fun TT" in September (e.g., doubles Team TT, mixed-doubles Team TT, etc.)?
? Time Trial Update.  (Jeff/Karen) 
? New points for Time Trials (min score now = 1 point).
? Honor rule: in case of timing difficulties, riders who kept their own time will receive that as their official 
time.
? Everyone gets two "free" weeks off (we'll subtract the 2 lowest scores at year-end).
? Road Race Update.  (Dan/Shelly)
? News from the RR-VPs.
? Possible change to Cornell Hollow RR route?
? Secretary/Treasurer Report. (Norm)
? Balance in TVC account, major expenditures/income.
? Number of members.
? TVC Major Events
? Singer Series.  Update from Mitch.. Will we have one this year?
? ESG Qualifier.  Update from Joe MacDonald, Sr. and Norm.
? Chris Thater, 29 August.  Mitch wants to know if we should have a TVC race that weekend.
? Club Gear.  The TVC has a rear disk for sale and a front wheel for sale/rent.  The TVC also has a brand-new 
IronCase for transporting bikes on airplanes for rent for $10/week trip.
? TVC Jerseys/Skin Suits/Shorts.  We have Jerseys for sale ($55) in all sizes.  Should we order more skin suits?  
Should we order shorts?   Shorts will run $45  (min 18 pair) for black with TVC logo and one-piece chamois; 
we can also get red ($6 extra, min 6 pair) or black with red leg bands ($3 extra; all must have leg bands).  
? TVC Charter.  A couple of years ago Mitch drafted a club "declaration."  We'd like to ratify it as the club 
charter.

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Pete
Thanks for psyching us all up.  Sounds excellent to me too.  I especially like
the idea of an uphill finish.
Hope you had an excellent new year.
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Awsome Pete!!  When you decide on the early date - let me know and I will
forward the info to Glenn Swann - that way we can draw from this area as well.

There used to be a spring series in Wilkes-Barre PA for years that ran in
March - it was cold but somehow we always managed to race...

Possibly the first/ second weekend in april would give us more odds??

Either way - sounds great and I'll be there!

Thanks for your efforts..

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geotoro wrote:

> TVCers,

<snip>

> thinking of uping the distance and including cat. 2's. The categories
> would break down like this: cat 2-3 would do 4 laps, cat 4-5 would do

No reason to discriminateagainst the 1's. Might as well include the 1's also
and make it a cat 1-2-3 race. 5 laps would be even better, more of a chance
to separate the men from the boys.

>   For the other race, I am thinking of doing something very laid back
> and early on in the year.  The date I have in mind is 28th of March,
> weather permitting.  The course would consist of 2 laps of about 10
> miles each which are relatively flat and then finish with a 1 mile tough
> climb.  I am gearing this race towards the more experienced riders and

I think with a date that early,  it would be more likely then not that the
weather would be a problem but if you want to take a chance......

By the way, thanks for your efforts in promoting the race(s).

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Dear Pete:
The races sound fine however the late march date  may be difficult for
some.  We will probably have snow on the ground.  Take care
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TVCers,
   For 1999 I am planning to promote 2 races around New Lisbon. Like last
season, I am going to do a road race within a week or so of July 4th; it
will be on the same course. Fortuneately, they repaved Route 51. I am
thinking of uping the distance and including cat. 2's. The categories
would break down like this: cat 2-3 would do 4 laps, cat 4-5 would do
3 laps and women would remain the same and do 3 laps.  In addition, I am
hoping to have a little more prize money and some KOM primes.  Any
suggestions or comments  are welcome.
   For the other race, I am thinking of doing something very laid back
and early on in the year.  The date I have in mind is 28th of March,
weather permitting.  The course would consist of 2 laps of about 10
miles each which are relatively flat and then finish with a 1 mile tough
climb.  I am gearing this race towards the more experienced riders and
not offering one day license riders and cat 5's.  What I would like to
do is limit the field to about 50 entries and let anybody who shows up:
cat 1 through 4, women, vets, juniors and masters ride in a single pack.
Entry fee will be low, I think about $5; there won't be any prizes, but
maybe a little food following the race. This is just a way to see
how your early season form is coming along.  First, is anyone
interested, other than me, in racing that soon?  Second, what do you
think of the format?
              thanks for any replies and happy new year,
                                     Peter

P.S.  Any news on the spring series at Singer?

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Least you were there - being "the man"  meanwhile I was busy putting on weight
with the Tobbe Nutritional Highway....  I guess I will start training early
this year [out of necessity]..


Later
Boss [tim tobbe]

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> Sun Mistral Aero Tubular Rims,
> Mavic Hubs,
> 28 radially laced bladed spokes,
> 8 speed, 12x24 freewheel
> Nearly new Conti Sprinter 250 tires (not more then about 100 miles on
> the tires)
>
> Nice light aero wheel set.
>
> I'm thinking about $150 for the pair including the tires or a trade for
> something of similar value.
> Let me know what you've got or make an offer.
>
> email: dtkane@... or
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used the service, bike-swap.com to sell a frame. it is a free classified
ad web page; don't know exactly how you go about listing a part for sale
  but I looked at some of  the ads the other day and it seemed well set
up and easy to use.
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Sun Mistral Aero Tubular Rims,
Mavic Hubs,
28 radially laced bladed spokes,
8 speed, 12x24 freewheel
Nearly new Conti Sprinter 250 tires (not more then about 100 miles on
the tires)

Nice light aero wheel set.

I'm thinking about $150 for the pair including the tires or a trade for
something of similar value.
Let me know what you've got or make an offer.

email: dtkane@... or
phone: 786-0289

thanks...
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Everyone,

      Don't forget the annual tradition of starting the year in the saddle with
our "Polar Bear" ride, 1pm on New Year's Day in the old Revco lot behind Ted's.
We usually do about a 10 mile parade, depending on who shows and the weather.
:-)

Happy New Year!
-jeff

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Does anyone want a set of yakima towers? I bought them used only to find out
that they are only for cars that have rain gutters.  Oooooops!!
I would part with them and a set of cross beams for $50.  Anyone interested
let me know.  748-1479

And if anybody has a set for a car without rain gutters, I'd be interested.

Have fun on the polar bear ride.

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Cross' Nats. Big field,90 in the vets. The season of disappointment
continued. I had a good start. Then on lap one and a half I shifted to the
big ring for the pavement and it felt odd. I looked down and the chain was
drooping. So I jumped off to fix it and saw the rear derailleur hanging
there. It broke at the adjusting screws.(weird) I'd alredy come through the
pit so it would have been 3andhalf kilometers to run back to the pit. Day
over. It was a great course. Fast, steep drop ins,steep run ups and long
off cambers. Race day bought high20's with 30mph winds.

So that's the story. KF






At 10:40 PM 12/25/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>Karl Faruzel wrote:
>
>> Dan, It should work. I can't get to the poll though.
>>
>> Were did everyone go during the cross' season?
>>
>> Peter showed up for the Greene race.
>>
>> Late, KF
>
>I think the egroup server was unavailable for some reason earlier, try it
again,
>see if it works now.  (just goto http://www.eGroups.com/list/tvc/ and
click on
>polls)
>
>Can't speak for everyone but I didn't show up for any cross cause I was a
wimp.
>Next Year!
>How'd  the cyclo-cross Nationals go Karl?
>
>later...
>Dan
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OK, I still hit keys I shouldn't so I'll try again...

New Years Eve Fun at Shelley and Tim Reynolds' House

Where:  1874 Dutchtown Rd.

When: December 31, 1998 at 8:30 PM - January 1, 1999 at ????

Dress:  Casual, Athletic, or optional

Events:
MIDNIGHT MOONLIGHT MILE RUN (maybe we'll revive the Annual BA mile...brrrr)
MIDNIGHT MOONLIGHT MOUNTAIN BIKE AT OAKLEY (maybe we'll start a BA
ride...ouch)
THE SORRY ASS SIT (for couch potatoes only)

We will serve:  Champagne, wine, beer, soda, food and floor or couch space for
anyone who needs it!

Please bring:  A dish of your favorite (or leftover) holiday hors d'oeuvres
                                                     AND
                      gear for your chosen event (lights, reflective vests,
etc.)

RSVP, tell other cyclists, runners, or friends, or just show up:  # 748-3641

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Hi!  This is the easiest way to reach most of you, so here's your impersonal
but heartfelt invite to some low key New Year's Eve Fun:
NEW YEARS EVE PARTY WITH THE REYNOLDS

WHERE:  1874 Dutchtown Rd.
When:  December 31, 1998 at 8:30 - January 1, 1999 at ??????
Dress:  Casual (jeans), Sporty (tights, polar fleece, bike shoes, running
shoes), or optional (none)

Events: MIDNIGHT MOONLIGHT MILE RUN (We may revive the B.A. Mile)

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Karl Faruzel wrote:

> Dan, It should work. I can't get to the poll though.
>
> Were did everyone go during the cross' season?
>
> Peter showed up for the Greene race.
>
> Late, KF

I think the egroup server was unavailable for some reason earlier, try it again,
see if it works now.  (just goto http://www.eGroups.com/list/tvc/ and click on
polls)

Can't speak for everyone but I didn't show up for any cross cause I was a wimp.
Next Year!
How'd  the cyclo-cross Nationals go Karl?

later...
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Most of us will need passports.  But they don't allow sandbaggers in other
countries...Steve.

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TVC E groups Members,
   The border between the U.S. and New Lisbon is open; no passport is
requiered.  The only trouble you may run into is that the patrol men
only allow real bikes ( ie. ones made from steel ) across.  The general
feeling I am sensing is that not many of you want to come; this is
understandable since it is an hour plus drive, but beware, the lack of
climbing the mountain passes of Otsego county will result in Nick Suozzo
and myself dropping the entire field on the first climb of the Singer
Race in April.
   If the weather holds, is anyone up for a ride on Sunday the 3rd of
January? Does not really matter to me where we meet.
                                       Pete

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Dan, It should work. I can't get to the poll though.

Were did everyone go during the cross' season?


Peter showed up for the Greene race.

Late, KF




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>Dan,
> I can't say it is the best thing since derailleurs because I never
>shift out of my 53 x 12 since I'm going so fast, but I'm all for the
>idea.  How many people are in the group? Also, is anybody that gets this
>message willing to travel to the far reaches of New Lisbon to do some
>training rides?
>                        Pete
>
>P.S. thanks Dan for putting this together, hopefully we'll get a good
>result.
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In a message dated 12/24/98 9:40:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dtkane@... writes:

<< Travel to New Lisbon?  What country is that in?:-) >>

Will we need to get passports?

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There are about 17 people subscribed to the group when last I checked.
You can goto http://www.eGroups.com/list/tvc/ and click on members to
see the list of currently subscribed email address.  In most cases, you
can figure out from the email address who it is but in some cases, like
yours for instance Pete, its not too obvious.

Travel to New Lisbon?  What country is that in?:-)
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dtkane@... wrote:
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what you all think of this egroups stuff.
>
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>    o Awesome! Best thing since derailleurs
>    o It'll never work.
>    o Quit bugging us and get a life.
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Dan,
  I can't say it is the best thing since derailleurs because I never
shift out of my 53 x 12 since I'm going so fast, but I'm all for the
idea.  How many people are in the group? Also, is anybody that gets this
message willing to travel to the far reaches of New Lisbon to do some
training rides?
                         Pete

P.S. thanks Dan for putting this together, hopefully we'll get a good
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In a message dated 12/21/98 11:06:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dtkane@... writes:

<< o Awesome! Best thing since derailleurs >>

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Excellent idea Dan.  I subscribe to a few list serves and this is a good
way to use the technology.  Merry Christmas
Howard Uhrlass

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Send this to my other email address also
Huhrlass@...

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I just wanted to try out this polling feature and at the same time, find out
what you all think of this egroups stuff.

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Please select one or more of the following:

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    o It'll never work.
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