Booker T. Sunday Aug 22nd

UTC had a good weekend overall as James Eubank and Kym Fasczewski both won at Booker T's mountain bike race this past weekend.  For James this was his first race and beat the number two guy by 21 mins!!! Congrats James!!  As for Kym, she WON the Woman's pro field racing under her team Grace Law-Trek-Vantiago and is leaving this wed to race in the World Cup Finals under the USA National Team!!!! GOO KYM!!  Collegiate Mountain bike season is just around the corner and things are looking GOOD!

Oak Ridge Omnium

We had a great weekend at Oak Ridge!  Don came in 6th in the State Championship RR, Rob competed in his first ever cat 5 race, and Stephanie came in 6th for the RR.  Later that day Stephanie competed in the TT finishing with a time of 22:3something. On Sunday, Stephanie finished 10 th in the crit putting her at a 8th place for the omnium.

Southern Heat Results

Thank you to everyone that showed up at our First Southern Heat 400 M Sprint Tournament.  It went very well we got MANY useful things!!!  Everyone had a blast and I believe there will be many more of these to come!!!

Highlights include Jack sprinting on a 47 cm bike, Matt beating Bert for the mens win and 6 women showing up to race!  Many showed just to watch as well!

Oak Ridge Race-Taken from Daniel Price on SCV Forum

I took a little drive up to Oak Ridge to check out the RR course shown on the Oak Ridge Velo site. I’m not sure if there is a neutral roll out from the Flat water grill where registration is or what, but I didn’t see any markings for the Start/finish line. The course is on good pavement, but there are some narrow roads, specifically Marlow Cir and Marlow Rd. The roads are gently rolling and a bit twisty…. Mostly big ring hills except for the single one mile climb that starts around 9.7 miles into the course on Sulphur Springs Rd. The climb starts out fairly gradual, then actually drops down a bit, then climbs back up and gets a little steep in a section with 9 or 10% grade maybe. The top of the hill is at the interstection of Sulphur Springs Rd and Black Oak Rd. You immediately descend back down. The descent is a little curvy, but no switchbacks. Most of the curves you should be able to take at speed. I’m afraid to speculate on how the finish will be since I didn’t see it marked, but the course is a little over 15 mile long laps so you’ll get to see the finish a few times before the end. Below are a few spots to take note: 

-Use caution on the right turn onto Marlow Cir about 1.5 miles into the race. You’re going downhill and that turn can sneak up on you. 

-Shortly onto Marlow Cir you will go under a railroad bridge. The road is very narrow there. Watch for a bottleneck. 

-Just before you turn onto Marlow Rd from Marlow Cir you will cross some railroad tracks. Also, that intersection has a lot of gravel at the moment. Hopefully that will be gone by race day. 

-While on Marlow Rd you will cross the railroad tracks again. This time at a bit of an angle… suck creek rd style. 

-On Dutch Valley Rd I saw a couple ankle biter dogs out in a yard…. Roughly 5.5 miles into the course 

-About ½ mile before the climb, Sulphur Springs Rd makes a hard left turn. You cross railroad tracks just before this hard turn. 

-Watch for the turn onto Laurel Rd from Sulphur Springs Rd. You are going downhill, and it sneaks up on you fast. 

-Also watch the turn from Laurel Rd back onto Oliver Springs Hwy. You’ll be going fast down that road and will have to break pretty hard for that turn. 

I think this is an awesome course (except for all the railroad tracks), and definitely a huge possibility for a breakaway to win this one. This will be a great tune-up race for our hometown race the following weekend. I can’t wait! 

Summer Heat- Our first Hosted event

Join us for a blistering fast 400 Meter Match Sprint Tournament to benefit the UTC Cycling team!

Date: Thursday August 19^th

6:00pm @ Pineville Rd. (between Hospital and Golf course)

Surprise awards for Bracket winners!

Entry fee to race is simple: donate any unwanted new or used bicycling equipment to UTC Cycling

(Tubes, Tires, CO2 Cartridges, Helmets, Lights, Energy food, cash ok too, Etc.)

Categories include: Mountain bikes, Road Bike, Fixed Gear with Women and Junior categories

Free Bike checks from the Main St. Bike Coop!!

Easy 10 mile ride to follow hosted by the Main St. Bike Coop. (helmets & lights a must)

Parking at GreenLife, Across from hospice on Manufactures Rd. and Moccasin Bend Hiking Trail parking lot on Pineville

The purpose of this event is to help support local collegiate racers and better prepare the team for fall training & 2010/11 season

Rules: 1) Have fun! 2) Knock out rules apply, if you win you move on/lose you’re out 3) HAVE FUN!!!