One of our goals at BTDC is to celebrate the rich history of Minnesota Cycling. We feel that a detailed archive is paramount to the foundation of any competitive cycling community. Therefore, we are implementing a “State Championships Archive.” The “Men’s State Road Champions” is the first part in this series.
The challenge we face compiling this archive, is that much of the history is spoken word and not hard documentation which has been lost or gotten laced with factual inaccuracies. We view this series as a living, breathing production which will only grow over time…
BTDC Congratulates Bjorn Selander for winning the National Championships U23 Race today. This is Selander’s second national title, his first coming in 2004 in the junior category.
Selander took an early lead over the field on the first lap with Jamey Driscoll (Fiordifrutta) chasing at 300 meters. Driscoll fought back and the two exchanged the lead throughout the rest of the race. Coming into the finish, they were side by side with Selander overpowering Driscoll in the sprint.
In 1977, Chuck landed a new sponsor, Hoky Carpet Sweepers - the first real sponsor for the club. The sponsorship would help bring Dudley Hayton over from England and add another good rider, Jim Huff from Detroit to the Red Zinger Team.
…S: Are women’s cycling issues different than men’s?
P: Yes and no. Most of the time we don’t care about the same things; at some level we probably care, but we have different priorities. In the racing scene we only have 2 fields (when we’re lucky) so it’s much simpler - which means we have little or no interest in the men’s ROY categories and that lengthy discussion on the message boards. …
I have to say I’ve always loved the anatomics of the shifters. They were able to maintain a traditional shifter look and incorporate an albeit bastardized 10 speed ergo shifting system that falls way shy of Shimano’s shifting ability. The lead cable heads on campy shift cables are a mouse whisker smaller than a Shimano one. So if you install a Shimano cable it becomes a permanent part of the $300 shifter. The cable housing is stiff and is meant to run tight to the ergo bars. The cables and housing make sharp turns immediately after leaving the shifter.
Pinch Flat News! Congratulations from BTDC on taking the Gold Medal in the Major Wood Production 2007 State Cross Video Content. We are huge fans of PFN and find them a worthy winner.
At the December Minnesota Cycling Federation meeting the preliminary calendar was released. Utilizing the same procedures as in years past, the MCF awarded the preliminary dates to the promoters who had previously promoted an event on that date. However, clubs that failed to promote an event on that date this past season “lose” the rights to that date for future events unless no other event is in place to fill the void. Although this process has some flaws, it works for the most part and working from that rough template we now have a preliminary calendar that we discuss in this article.
