photo by Andy Frye
The man at the helm of the NVGP, Executive Director Dave LaPorte gives btdc his “nickel’s” worth on this year’s edition of the NVGP. Frye and Rookie explore the St. Paul Crit situation, local amateur participation, plans for next year’s race, and much much more with the new “king of the sound bite”.
We also look back on local racing on the track, the Richmond Roller Race, the first night of racing at the Summit/Hollywood Crit Series, what’s on tap this weekend, and whatever else seemed to be bugging Rookie today.Â
How can 48 min of your life be spent better? Only with a beer in hand as you listen away. Tip one back, relax , and enjoy!Â
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I sent some comments to SR after the last podcast I listened to. Here are my thoughts as I listened. Please make a tighter podcast next time!
Please notice my comments about getting U-23s or the best collegiate racers. It would be very easy to do. Maybe Mr. LaPorte will read this
I also hope no one is offended. Sean
Posted 27 Jun 2008 at 9:40 pm ¶1. You don’t know Mr. Laporte’s title. c’mon
2. i stopped listening when you kept blabbing about track without saying anything
3. good points about master’s…but whining about crankiness is annoying
4. Maybe dave laporte should host this. he is good.
5. blah rosemount blah. good point about mr. needs-to-upgrade
6. i like it when mr. laporte chimes in. he might as well say “SR, are you stupid?”
7. Thanks for the northfield shout out!
8. no, don’t make this thing longer. i already got 3 things on my to-do list done while sort-of listening.
9. oooo, nice challenging questions about time cuts and NVGP issues
10. ‘nobody listens to this’ good point
11. finally the important issue– who can get in to NVGP locally
12. ‘The twelve riders that should have got in, did’—- That’s right Jake Boyce!
13. wheelies are sweet
14. stop saying ‘like’!!!!!
15. WHEEL AND SPROCKET DID NOT ADVERTISE TO MINNESOTA U-23S. It would be sweet to put some U-23 riders together. Props to Bianchi/Gp for putting 3 U-23 riders in the race.
16. i think i was sunburned today. i am glad i rode my bike before listening to all of this
17. Ryan collegiate all-stars rock. IT WOULD BE EASY TO DO THIS FOR THE MEN TOO. Just use results from DI/DII collegiate nats
18. super rookie can ride mountain bikes?
Man, and I thought this was one of the better podcasts.
Posted 27 Jun 2008 at 10:46 pm ¶Big thanks to Dave for joining us.
Noo Noo, thanks for the constructive feedback. It is our aim to continually raise the bar, and minimize Rookie’s negative influences. I don’t like using “like”, I prefer umm or uhh. Seriously, we welcome the feedback and strive to bring our readers and listeners what they want.
Posted 28 Jun 2008 at 11:24 am ¶Actually, Wheel & Sprocket DID advertise to Minnesota U23s:
http://www.mcf.net/mboard/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=189
Posted 28 Jun 2008 at 3:16 pm ¶zing.
Posted 28 Jun 2008 at 9:58 pm ¶That message board is not a place for advertising important news. A message board is a place for discussions.
They need to have announcements posted on a major website. Nationally, this would be USAcycling, locally I’m not sure one exists (maybe bikethrow one day)
They could also send out an e-mail to all MCF members. Maybe that’s too easy.
The one (of few) thing that Iowa bike racing has ahead of Minnesota is an organized e-mail list used often for announcements.
Posted 28 Jun 2008 at 11:07 pm ¶http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/apr08/apr18news2
http://www.velonews.com/article/74838/wheel–sprocket-pro-development-team-looking-for-u23-riders
There is an MCF E mail list, but it isn’t read as widely as the message board is.
I’m not sure where else they advertised it. I’m sure that they made a good effort. Google found notices in Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan.
My experience with USACycling.org is that they either don’t post the things that I send to them or bury them where no one is likely to find them.
Posted 29 Jun 2008 at 11:15 am ¶We have or had an organized email list, no-one uses it…
Posted 29 Jun 2008 at 6:51 pm ¶I assure you that my use of the 4-wheeler was all strictly necessary.
Posted 29 Jun 2008 at 9:12 pm ¶I’m travel’n ta Philly!
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