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Velofest is  a 2-day festival to increase awareness to cyclists and drivers alike about the laws, health benefits, lower carbon footprint, and social aspect of cycling as a past time and as a sport.

I hope everyone will spread the word.
Thanks, Ron CUontheroad

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 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: 2012 Model Year Giant Defy Advanced and Avail Advanced Bicycles

Units: About 900

Importer: Giant Bicycle, Inc., of Newbury Park, Calif.

Hazard: The fork can crack, posing a fall hazard to riders.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported

Description: This recall involves all 2012 model year men’s Giant Defy Advanced 0, 1 and 2 model bicycles and the women’s Giant Avail Advanced 0, 1, and 2 model bicycles. “Giant” and the model name are printed on the bicycle. The bicycles are various colors and sizes.

Sold by: Authorized Giant Bicycle dealers nationwide from August 2011 through November 2011 for between $3,000 and $4,550.

Manufactured in: Taiwan

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop riding the recalled bicycles and contact any authorized Giant Bicycle dealer for a free inspection and replacement of the fork.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Giant Bicycle toll-free at (866) 458-2555 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.giant-bicycles.com

Old business:
Minutes have been posted on the website. Motion to accept and seconded

Treasurer’s report – the Galactic Treasure is now…
Membership at 135 and collecting dues now for calendar year 2012. 15 paid to date. Email will go out to membership asking for dues.

New business: .

Guest speaker: Hugh from Park Avenue Bicycle (changing to Beach St Bicycles) discussed the increase in speed one can obtain with a change in tires. Complete with examples, graphs of scientific studies and his experiences his talk was very enlightening. We appreciate him taking the time to speak at the club meeting.

Charity bike fix up: We have many bikes for this years give away. Saturday we will triage of the bikes. FixUp is scheduled for December 11 at PC Bike.

Annual holiday party will be Saturday, January 14th at 5pm at Minna’s home.
Club will provide mains and sides. Members are asked to bring an appetizer or dessert. Beer, wine and soft drinks will be provided by the DBBC Location is 5 Walnut Circle (in the Village of Pine Run) Ormond Beach 32174. House phone number is 386-673-2844 if need further directions.

Adjourned 7:38 PM
Submitted by Minna Hardesty, Secretary

While the terrain and duration may differ, one thing that’s almost universal across all group rides is the psychological factor. Namely, there’s always someone in the group who is feeling frisky or is just more aggressive (or in better shape), and will attack the group at one or more points in the ride. Of course, when one attacks, the whole group will try to follow. It is this final reality of attempting to match the accelerations of a group which can determine whether a group ride will be helpful to your training.

It’s important to distinguish between two types of group rides. One type I’ll call a group training ride—where the riders have some type of coordination and are working on specific goals together; e.g., a ride your race team might put together. These training rides that have a specific goal are usually quite beneficial.

The other type is the much more common club ride, which is the focus of this article. In the club ride, it is usually not known who and how many riders will show up on any given day, and this creates a randomness and lack of focus that can be a challenge. [The below points are spelled out in the full article just click below.]
1] Races vs. Club Rides
2] Opportunities
3] Harder is Not Better
4] Use Discipline During Group Rides
5] Bike Racing Requires 100 Percent
6] Bridging the Gap From Training to Racing
7] It’s All About Improvement
8] Summary
So what’s the bottom line? As always, it depends on many factors, mainly because each athlete’s fitness level and goals are unique. In general, the earlier you are in your race preparation, the more you should avoid unstructured group rides. One of the primary reasons for training is to prepare your body for racing.

As we end this season and enter the winter months, you must make a decision about how to spend your limited training time. If a rider neglects working on specific aspects of that preparation (e.g. aerobic capacity) during the off-season, they will enter the next race season unprepared. The early races may then have a negative effect on the athlete and will thus cost them more valuable training time. This could set-up a season of disappointment.

If you feel you have prepared sufficiently with your training program, you can effectively use occasional, unstructured group rides before the season begins to sharpen both your pack skills and aspects of your fitness as a springboard into the races that count. If you are fortunate enough to be a member of a group or team that does group training—so long as your goals match those of the training ride—then go for it.
The full story… Click Here
CUontheroad, Ron

Let’s ride… Friday – 7 am – 59°F – Clear – Wind From W @ 2 mph
Do we think that wind will stay at 2-mph. Absolutely you can bank on it.
Great ride last week all riders worked a good pace and rotated with short
steady speed.

On another pedal stroke, Work on your pace-line skills. Try keeping your right bar drop in your Peripheral line of sight with the road edge or white line. This may keep you from wandering from side to side. Do this while looking ahead a few bikes for reaction time. Head up, don’t stare down at the road, remember Peripheral line of sight.     CUontheroad.  Ron
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For more info Please read the article By Gale Bernhardt • For Active.com on group riding.    Click here for the full story