Posted 02/16/2010
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Gregg’s Cycle brings back W.O.W. : Women on Wheels – A Ladies Night Out
A special night to help motivate and educate women cyclists.
Seattle, WA – On Thursday, March 4, at 6:30 p.m., Gregg’s Cycle will be holding their second annual Women on Wheels event. It's a great chance to come and learn all about cycling in a fun and friendly environment. They'll have speakers and clinics about cycling as well as factory reps here to answer any and all questions and show off some of the newest gear in cycling. There will also be opportunity for special onetime deals and informational clinics about shoe fitting, training, bicycle maintenance and more. Not only will there be great information and gear but there will be great food and drink to enjoy during the event. They’re working with Theo Chocolate, The Greenlake Bar and Grill and Mac&Jacks beer to make sure everyone is completely refreshed.
Special Guest Speaker – Sally Edwards
This year they're proud to announce featured speaker Sally Edwards, a Triathlon Hall of Famer and competitor in more than 150 triathlons. Sally is a best-selling author with more than 20 books and 500 articles on health and fitness including the popular book Heart Rate Monitor Guidebook and The Complete Book of Triathlons. This professional triathlete is a 16-time Ironman finisher, a member of the Triathlon Hall of Fame, and past winner of the ultra-marathon, and the hundred mile Western States Endurance Run.
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Features
- Excitement has reached the Northwest’s racing scene once more — you can feel it, it’s in the air. Thousands of riders, from the beginners to the top athletes, are watching their calendar in anticipation of what should incontestably be another memorable cyclocross season. Go see one, go race one, you’ll get the bug, I guaranty it!
- Disc brakes ushered in a new era for cycling, but the learning curve was a bit steep for many shop mechanics and consumers. This led to an initial stigma due to a basic misunderstanding of how the brakes were serviced and how they functioned.
- Obesity is a growing problem in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Surgeon General and other health institutions and professionals have labeled it an “epidemic.” Cycling offers a relatively simple and accessible solution for many people.
- Craig Undem has been a professional cycling coach since 1996 and has been competing since the ‘80s, equating to a lot of experience. Kristi Berg is an accomplished road, mountain bike, BMX, and cyclocross racer, and a nationally certified personal trainer and Level 2 cycling coach. Last year, the folks from Seattle’s Cycle University produced an instructional video titled Cyclocross Boot Camp. It contains two DVDs that run about 90 minutes total. In the videos the narrators, Undem and Berg, cover various topics to help current or aspiring cyclocross racers perform at their highest level and to “help you rock your ‘cross” season.
Opinions
- Who would launch a bike book publishing company during a recession when many publishers are closing up shop? It sounds like pedaling uphill in a headwind with storm clouds building on the horizon. But if you’ve towed your sons across continents, outpaced angry elephants in Botswana, been treed by geese in New Hampshire, and reclaimed your possessions in a mountain bike race in the Australian Outback, taking on the challenge of launching a publishing company during “interesting times” is in character.Par for the course, really, my course anyway, that looks like Dr. Seuss designed it, mind you.
- Because your legs, like a car engine, have a happy, efficient operating range, most bikes are equipped with a number of gears. This allows your legs to find a cadence or a pedaling speed that pleases them. Each time you pause, your muscles stop moving the blood in and out of your legs, where it can be cleansed and re-oxygenated. Nothing good happens while you’re coasting.
- In the spring of 2009, the Oregon and the Washington State Department of Transportation and other business interest groups were pushing the Columbia River Crossing project, a 4 billion dollar, 12-lane bridge planned to replace the existing I-5 structure between Oregon and Washington.
- Part two of a two-part conversation between Maynard and his friend Corey. Last month they were talking about club rides and the advantages and disadvantages of participating in them. Many would never ride with more experienced cyclists. They’re afraid they’ll embarrass themselves when they can’t get a wheel off their bike and fix a flat in a reasonable time — while 15 people fidget and watch. If you can fix a flat, you know how easy it is. If you don’t know how, think of how liberated you’d feel if you did know. Why, you could ride with anybody!
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