Friday, June 30, 2006

Saturday's Race Results

Word has trickled back to Maine that Team Columbus has once again performed well. At the KHS 101 Hill Climb, Steve Reed finished 3rd in the M40 category, 12th overall. Peter Langslow finished several minutes back. Kaight Forgie took 3rd in the Women's category. Tom took overall honors.

Results are available here:

Overall
Age category

I managed to track down a couple of photos.

Kate muscles up the mountain

Steve "Maximus" Reed dancing on his pedals

The Captain soars up 101

I'm looking forward to getting back into those hills!

-Bill

Saturday, June 24, 2006

August 6th - 17th Cycling Tour of Taiwan

The Taiwan Cycling Federation is organizing a twelve-day 1000 km cycling tour of the island for a nominal expense. The tour travels the entire island, averaging about 100 km/day.

The cost for students aged 18-30 is US$100 and transportation to Taiwan. All hotels and meals are sponsored by the Taiwan Cycling Federation. Non-students can still ride, but they will need to contribute US$30 per day for hotel and meals.

Full details and registration form are available at http://www.cyclist.org.tw/word/060806tw.doc. Registration closes July 10th.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.

Bill O’Brien

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Beijing Charity Ride in October

Peter forwarded me the flyer below for a charity ride around Beijing in October to raise funds for Regain, a charity which supports people paralysed in sporting accidents. It was forwarded to him by a friend; feel free to pass it along to others.



Click the picture to see a large version of the flyer.

Bill