Cycle Flagler

The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach’s Century is coming up in less than 3 weeks – the 6th of May. It’s a great ride and you get to hang out with all the local cycling dudes and dudettes. Register soon to make sure you get a t-shirt – the early years’ are already collector items!

Check out the PC Cycle Group FB page to see who’s gonna be there.

Below is an excerpt from the book “The No-Drop Zone: Everything You Need to Know About the Peloton, Your Gear, and Riding Strong” by Patrick Brady. The 250-page book outlines all aspects of road cycling for beginners, from riding skills to bike gear to the cycling lifestyle. Learn more about the book here.

The first step toward riding in a group is learning to draft another rider. Drafting can cut your effort by a third—sometimes more—depending on how close you follow the rider ahead of you and how large that rider is. The bigger the rider, the better the draft. The best way to learn how to draft is to ride in a paceline—and they come in three flavors.

Single Pacelines

The simplest form of group riding to learn is the single paceline. Single pacelines are usually made up of a small group of riders—they can be hard to keep organized with more than 10 or 12 riders. Your turn at the front is like playing locomotive to a train and it is called “taking a pull.” This isn’t literal, of course, but your effort is referred to as your “pull.”
Click Here for the full article

More: Riding in a Paceline is a Basic Cycling Skill

Only 2 days until the prices go up and 2 weeks until our inaugural event. . If you were planning to ride in Wrigley Ride be sure to get your reg in sooner rather than later!

Discount Code For DBBC… (LASTMINUTECYCLIST) $10 Off

If you were curious about Velo Fest, please check out our website www.velofest.org. We have so many great events, be sure to come check them out!

21st  Annual Tour De Forts Ride
Online registration for the 21st Annual
Tour de Forts is underway, but it’s different
this year. No more Active.com fees
or emails! Registration is done on the
Club’s website, www.nfbc.us. The Club
can now accept credit card payments,
with no surcharge paid by members.
Registration for members and non-members
online (with a t-shirt) ends Monday,
April 16. Late online registration for members
and non-members (without a t-shirt)
ends Wednesday, April 25. Day-of-ride
registrations are accepted (with no tshirt).
Members pay $30 through April 25.
Non-members pay $45 through April 25th. Day of ride registrations are $55 for both
members and non-members. In addition to the $45.00 paid by non-members registering online, a $2 transaction fee will be added.

The event will be held at First Coast High School with mileage options of
18/30/62/70/100 miles. The Club will provide pre-ride snacks, rest stops, a post-ride lunch, mechanical support, motorcycle safety escorts, marked routes, maps and SAGS. More info  Click Here

Don’t miss out on this extremely popular
and fun event!   CUontheroad, Ron

Great YouTube video on bicycle bearing replacement. By Boca Bearing Company

The Boca Bearing Company have been an industry leader in ceramic bearing technology for over 15 years. Reducing rolling resistance and conserving energy has been our hallmark. We offer a full line of full ceramic & ceramic hybrid bearings specifically suited to bicycles. Various ABEC tolerances, radial plays, retainer styles and seal/shield configurations are available. To make things easier for you we have compiled bearing kits and listed them according to the manufacturer and model of the bike component that the bearings will fit. Just click on Search By Bike Brand or use the Brand Search at the top of any page.

Some very useful info on the site. CUontheroad Ron

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Name of Product: Bicycle Brake Cables for Road Bikes

Units: About 9,700 in the United States and about 200 in Canada

Manufacturer: W.L. Gore & Associates Inc., of Elkton, Md.

Hazard: When the brake cables are installed on Campagnolo® style brake levers, they can detach, causing the brakes to fail and posing a fall hazard.

Incidents/Injuries: The company is aware of one report of a brake cable detaching. No injuries have been reported.

Description: This recall involves GORE® Ride On® Low Friction System brake cables for road bikes and GORE® Ride On® Professional System brake cables for road bikes. The cables are silver and are available with housings in black, white, blue or red. “GORE Ride-On” is printed on the housing for the Low Friction cable. “GORE Ride-On Professional” is printed on the housing for the Professional System cables. The cables are being recalled only if they were installed on road bikes that use a Campagnolo-style brake lever. The ends, or attachment heads, on the Campagnolo systems have the letters “C” “CC,” or “RO” imprinted on them. The following UPC codes are listed on the back of the brake cable boxes and are included in this recall: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml12/12125.html