FRESNO CYCLING CLUB THE ROUGH DRAFT VOLUME XXXXII , ISSUE 5 MAY 2012 THE PREZ SEZ! SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST: many newbies taking up the part of all things bicycling. sport. We enjoy a lot of To that end the Fresno diversity in the Valley. We Cycling Club is here for all All Level Ride have charitable organiza- bicyclists whether you’re Member Spotlight: Bob tions that recruit and train involved in a specialty Lindsey bicyclists to do Century group or not. The Fresno rides while helping raise Cycling Club is the longest Porta-Potty: Millerton funds for good causes, we standing group of Bicy- Store clists in the Central Valley have racing teams that Western States Ride Cal- serve to foster the appe- and hopes to be here for endar tites of competitive bicy- many years to come. Club clists; there are the tri- membership is important athletic organizations that for uniting the Bicycling build the total athlete Community to provide a where bicycling is just a conduit for communica- INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Happy 50th Anniversary portion of their sport. There tion and education, as well Fresno Cycling Club! are BMX groups, Bike Polo as provide more bicycling ALL LEVEL RIDE 2 We have been enjoying groups and Mountain bike opportunities and a some incredible bicycling groups, all with the same stronger voice when deal- MEMBER RIDE REPORT 3 weather so far this year, it goal - to provide an outlet ing with legislation and is great to see so many bi- for people to get out and infrastructure issues. RAAM UPDATE 3 cyclist out riding and so exercise, have fun and be a When we have a united MEMBER SPOTLIGHT 4 Cont. on page 2 THE BEGINNING—IV 5 APRIL ALL LEVEL CLUB RIDE: MEMBER RIDE REPORT 6 As Club President it is grati- CLUB MEETING RECAP 7 fying to know you’re doing something good for the club SIGHTS FROM THE SADDLE 9 members. I am hearing good feedback from Club LANTERNE ROUGE 10 members enjoying the All Club Split Level Rides. NEW MEMBERS 11 Thanks to everyone for NEXT CLUB MEETING 11 coming out to support your Club, meet some fellow BOARD MEMBERS 11 members and enjoy some great bicycling weather. WESTERN STATES RC 12 Thanks also to the Ride leaders for helping to make it happen. Mike Qs Group taking a break at The Road House Cont. on page 2 VOLUME XXXXII , ISSUE 5 PAGE 2 PREZ SEZ - would have had much more ALL LEVEL CLUB RIDE - CONT. CONT. FROM PAGE 1 severe, if not fatal, injuries had they not been wearing their helmets. Don't be afraid to make your pres- ence in the roadway obvi- ous. It is better to be seen and avoided than to not be seen and run over. Be safe! Our ACSL rides continue to be a big success with April's ride being the largest as well as the hottest. It is 2012 FCC President great to be able to do these Dennis Ball rides as they give us a chance to meet other club Scott Sehm & Brian Glessner leading the way to members and develop new The Col de Voyeur voice within the community riding groups. Spread the we can have a greater im- word and get all your riding This month we started the ride at the corner of Shep- pact on how drivers come buddies to come out and herd and Willow at the Bella Fruita. The PR Farms to understand how to share join us for our great rides. folks have welcomed the bicycling community to use the roads with us. their parking facility to start their rides in hopes that May is National Bike Month riders will stop in for fresh fruits and other goodies. Always ride safe and follow and there will be a multi- the rules of the road, ride tude of opportunities to get Jim Hawe lead the A group for a couple of loops like you would want others out and ride your bike start- around Appaloosa Acres, Nancy Dooley lead the B to ride when you’re driving ing off with the Clubs own group out to the turnaround at Old Millerton Road your car, don't run red Kirch Flat Century and Met- lights or stop signs in front ric Century on May 5. Then of other traffic, and don't the Clovis Centennial Cen- ride two to three abreast tury and rides on May 12th, when traffic is behind you. the California Classic Cen- Be courteous to drivers and tury and rides on May 19, they will tend to be courte- and the May ACSLR on May ous back. Remember there 26th. Plus the ride calendar are always a few bad apples is full of great rides, like the in every group whether monthly Belmont TT on bicyclists or motorists but May 10th. don't let them influence your behavior. Have a great bicycling month, I can't help but notice the increase in Bicycle vs Auto/ See you on the Road! motorcycle/cow accidents The Prez Carolyn Carpenter Murdock and Dennis Ray taking a break a lately. Fortunately most of Dennis Ball The Road House the injuries have been sur- vivable. But it does bring and Hwy 168. Mike Quiroz led the C group and I led up the point that Bicyclists the D group up to Prather then to Lodge Road to must ride defensively and Humphrey’s, Nicolas Road, and Millerton road to Au- be alert at all times and berry road and back to the start. most importantly ALWAYS wear your helmet. Several Be sure to come out for the ACSLR on May 26. of the surviving Bicyclists By Dennis Ball VOLUME XXXXII , ISSUE 5 PAGE 3 BLOSSOM TRAIL CAFÉ TO BALCH CAMP This past month, I had the pleas- ure of riding with a group of friends who are training for the Tour de Cure in Napa. Our group leader, Jerry Ferdolage, decide a ride to Balch Camp would be a great climbing workout, so with- out knowing the exact mileage or the elevation gain, we fol- lowed our fearless leader, up- ward and onward. We started our trek with 10 rid- ers: Diana Durham, Kelly Peb- Left to right: Stephen Lewis, Mike Murphy, Peggy Murphy, Kelly Pebbles, bles, Mike & Peggy Murphy, Nancy Ellis, Jerry Ferdolage, and Nancy Sumaya. Nancy Ellis, Stephen Lewis, Susan Smith, and Lillian. Approx. the snowcapped mountains to the east. Atop one of the longest climbs, we 25 miles into our ride, a few of discovered “Cell Site.” We were all quite happy that Jerry had a signal be- the cyclist decided to turn back cause he was able to call his wife, Katherine, to SAG and bring us some extra due to time constraints. The five water and snacks, as we were unprepared for such a long ride. After 60 remaining cyclist were Jerry, miles in the saddle, Katherine came to our rescue with lots of goodies and Lillian, Nancy E, Stephen, and w a t e r . m y s e l f . This ride will be a memorable one for me because the climbs were great for The ride followed the Kings River training, I spent the day with great cycling friends, the views were amazing, and had some amazing views of and I had the pleasure of riding with Nancy Ellis for her first century!! By Nancy Sumaya CRYSTEL’S GIFT RAAM UPDATE $37,256 Raised So Far! Thank You! The AMGEN Tour Stage 4 finish in Clovis is Third prize is a family four pack of tickets May 16th—Take The Day Off! for a Grizzles game. See any Crystel’s Gift Team Member for Thank you again for your support! raffle tickets for VIP Passes to the Robo- Bank Team Tent. Rub shoulders with the racers and enjoy complementary beverages and snacks. All proceeds from the raffle go to Team Donate Life! Second prize is a RaboBank Team Kit. VOLUME XXXXII , ISSUE 5 PAGE 4 MARCH MEMBER SPOTLIGHT - BOB LINDSEY Brainer, it was different, down at my left calf. “That Humphrey Station, Old wet and fun! I was looking can't be good?” I thought. Tollhouse, Spring Valley, forward to the Climb to It looked like a football! “I Walker Grade, Davis and Kaiser that year after a should probably ask the the Climb to Kaiser, and good climb in 2010. doctor if that is serious”, I just riding with my friends! thought to my self. It was April 2011 I did some Old serious, as a heart attack! Today, I am free of my DVT Tollhouse and 4 lane rides and do not have the DVT with Tom Brainer and Bob My life had just stopped gene. (Thank God) The Hervatine. I was having a o n a d i m e . doctors think I pushed sore left calf but this is myself too hard af- training for CTK, let’s do it. I was diagnosed with a ter pneumonia and dehy- I noticed I was now the Deep Vein Thrombosis dration coupled with my weak link of the group in (DVT) in other words; I had 37 BPM resting heart rate training. I did the a blood clot in my left fe- increased my risk factor Bob Lindsey CTK Climb Trial in less than mur vein. This doesn't for DVT. They don't really 53 minutes in 2010. NOW, Stats: happen to aerobic types! know why it happened to I couldn't stay in my This only happens to me.