Chico State Cycling Blog

Team Banquet UPDATED

2006-11-17T11:15:00.000-08:00

Here is the UPDATED info for the team banquet.

Date: December 2nd
Time: 7PM-?
Place: Joaquins House (Address will be sent out Thursday night)

Here are the people that RSVP'd for the banquet, # o' guests and food they are bringing:

Name: Guests: Food:
Teresa 1 Casarole
Aaron 1 cookies and stuff
Tom 1 potatoes
Kurtis - stuff?
Brad 1 drinks
Tim 1 chips/salsa
Dustin - 7 layer dip
Taylor multiple salad
Rachel - cookies
Katie 1 dessert
Megan 1 dessert or potato salad
Nathan 1 yum yums
JP 1 ?
John W 1-2 cookies
Jesse 0 chips and dip
Emily 1 dessert
Geoff 1 ?
Mike G 1 meat
John N 1 cake and pasta
Vince 1 meat
Ryan S 1 ?
Kevin ? garlic bread
Joseph F - soda
Cippie 1 ?
Boone ? cookies
Stocks 1 stuff/lasagna
Wes 1 "sausage balls"
Nicole - things
Joaquin - treats and things

Dont bring an excess amount of people, please. The house will be pretty packed as is, about 60-70 people as of now. If you must bring an unusual amount of people, LET ME KNOW FIRST Preferably by Friday! This is because we will only have a certain amount of food and dont want your friends mooching off of our food. Thanks.

OK, if you are not on this list, you will not be attending. If you want to be on the list please contact Joaquin or Nicole via email or phone call. I will turn you away if you are not on the list. Sorry.

We have an idea of having a main course of LASAGNA, RAVIOLI, and GARLIC BREAD. The team will provide the main course, you bring the rest.

For those who signed up to bring dessert or those who didnt sign up for anything, try to bring something else like salad material or some other type of side dish, UNLESS you really have a bomb recipe!

FOr those who dont know what to bring or didnt sign up for something, maybe bring some garlic bread and/or non-alcoholic drink (ie juice, soda, sparkling cider, water)

SOME IDEAS FOR ITEMS TO BRING:
TRADITIONAL ITALIAN PANETTONE (6.99 AT TRADER JOES)
PARTY READY VEGETABLE TRAY W/ RANCH (4.99 AT TRADER JOES) **this would be good**
SPINACH AND SOUR CREAM DIP (2.99 AT TRADER JOES) PUT IT IN THE CENTER OF A ROUND LOAF OF SOURDOUGH **this would be good, maybe a couple of these!**
CASHEWS/ PEANUTS
ICE CREAM

(of course you can go buy this stuff elsewhere than trader joes, this was just an example of the price range; pretty cheap.)

Taylor is bringing salad, if someone who isnt bringing something wants to help out Taylor make a big salad please do it, we need a LARGE salad!

If you signed up for something, make sure you show up with it, there will be a lot of hungry people. If you dont show up with something, we will make you go get something to bring.

Again, we will have a dinner, awards, raffle, a fire, videos, music, overall results review and good times.

IF you would like to help set up and/or decorate, call me (Joaquin) at 7602241035 to let me know you would like to help. I will give raffle tix. Also, I will need help cleaning up probably on Sunday sometime.

For now that is all. Will update as more info comes along.
PLEASE use this message board to communicate, post ideas etc.

Joaquin

Berkley

2006-11-09T06:50:00.000-08:00

I'll be leaving for Berkley on Saturday if
anyone wants to carpool. I can fit one other person and one other bike, or
If we send our bikes with someone else, then I can fit four passengers.
I'll be leaving around 11:00 am if I can get a babysitter for my daughter,
or 5:00pm if I can't. My # is (530)892-9171 Peace
out.

Reno Race Weekend Information

2006-10-26T17:48:00.000-07:00

Heres the deal:

Accomodations:
Andrew is staying at Circus Circus and has a room Fri and Sat night. Call him up to see if there is still room. You will need to throw down some money if you are gonna stay the night there.
Call Andrew for more details @ 559-287-6595

I (Joaquin) have a room at the Sands Regency Resort and Casino for Fri and Sat as well. I have room for some people and you will need to throw down about $15-20, this will cover your stay for both nights, depending on how many people there will be.
Call me for more details @ 760-224-1035

Both of these hotels are less than a half mile to each other so if you wanna hang out at both hotels/casinos they are real close.

DIRECTIONS TO THE HOTELS:
Circus Circus --> 80 EAST, Take exit #13 toward VIRGINIA ST/DOWNTOWN RENO, Turn Right on N SIERRA ST, Arrive at 500 N SIERRA ST

Sands Regency Hotel/ Casino --> 80 EAST, Take exit #12/KEYSTONE AVE onto KEYSTONE AVE, turn Left on W 4TH ST , Turn Right on N ARLINGTON AVE, Arrive at 345 N ARLINGTON AVE.

DIRECTIONS to get to the race area:
Go East on I-80 to Nevada. Exit on Virginia St. downtown and Head north. You will pass campus on the right. Continue to just past McCarran road and make the first left into the Rancho San Rafael Softball field parking lot. The XC race starts from near the far end of the lot.
To get to the Downhill start, follow Virginia Street further north past the softball fields. Just after the Bonanza casino you will turn left onto Hoge road. The road turns to dirt at the top, continue to just before the Forest service signs and head south along the fence line. The course starts at the rock outcropping and will be marked.

Be sure you have a COLLEGIATE LICENSE and bring warm clothes as it will be on the cool side.

Here is the Reno Flyer:
http://www.nevadacycling.com/Race%20Fliers/2006%20UNR%20Race%20Flyer.html

See you there!

PEOPLE WHO WANT TO RIDE

2006-10-11T20:42:00.000-07:00

here are some people who are interested in riding during the next few weeks since we dont have any collegiate races scheduled. give each other a call and ride together.
some ideas to go riding:

whiskeytown unit (XC, DH)
tahoe (XC, DH)
boggs mountain (UC Davis race) (XC, Super D, DH)
upper park here in chico (XC, DH)
Shasta area (XC, DH)

look at www.teambigfoot.net
they are having a race during nationals weekend
October 20-22 Lagrange Fall Classic, Weaverville, CA : Super-D Friday, Cross Country Saturday, Downhill Sunday. Held in the Weaver Basin Trail System,the we have a ton of singletrack to work with---many of the trails are flume trails dug by hand during the 1850's gold rush. Friday's Super-D starts way up Weaver Bolly Mountain and then joins on to the some of the best parts of the XC...last year's winning expert time was over 20-minutes! Yeah, you'll get your money's worth! The Cross-country is mostly singletrack, experts and sports get to enjoy the challenge of the Lagrange Ditch trail. The Downhill starts way up Weaver Bolly mountain and drops over 2500 feet in a 4-mile plunge to the singletrack finish near East Weaver Campground. To enter on-line, click here http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1371758

Team Bigfoot award to top 3 in each category
SUPER D: The course uses some of the upper 2/3 of the Downhill course, then veers onto a 3-mile section of the famed flume trails of our cross-country course for a total of 6+ miles of swooping, speeding, roller-coaster ride fun!!
CROSS COUNTRY: Much of the course is on flume trails dug by hand during the gold-rush days of the 1850's. Start/Finish line is at Trinity High School. The Beginner cross-county course is 16 miles of singletrack and fireroad with about 2000' of climbing. The Sport/Expert/Pro Course is about 21 miles and includes the famous LaGrange Ditch singletrack.. .fun stuff!
DOWNHILL: The Downhill course is about 4 miles and has over 2400'' of altitude drop. We run shuttles from the High School. Course will be open for practice on Saturday after the Super-D to registered riders who have picked up their rider packet and signed their waivers. On race day we shuttle with trucks and trailers, and racers who have appropriate vehicles are encouraged to shuttle themselves to help speed up the day. On Sunday we run downhill practice shuttles at 9am. Each racer gets as many practice runs as they can squeeze in before timed runs begin at noon.

there is also a lot of road rides here locally:
honey run,
sac river loop,
nord/cana highway loop,
table mountain
etc etc...

kurtis westbrook 707-301-7566
nick pavlina 408-691-1379 dh
brad botehlho 925-577-2004
tom fruiht 707-494-7074 xc dh
aaron ruch 209-499-3181 xc
nathan ? 805-760-8052 dh
max hinckley 831-682-4199 xc dh road
meagan yates 530-892-9758 xc road
teresa canon 530-320-2378 xc road
jp bergmann 530-892-9758 xc road
katie troy 510-326-2320 xc road
emily wong 319-389-6167 xc road dh
rachel corey 530-318-3690 xc dh
brian klatt 530-228-1316 xc dh
john wilson 530-301-3007 xc
jesse burr 707-888-9126 xc dh
evan quaco 760-277-4022 dh
mike gandy 530-218-8512
wes brandon 510-673-3797 dh super d
aldo morales 310-940-5796 xc super d
taylor carlin 916-531-1033 xc super d
chris higham 925-389-0751 dh
alex higham 925-683-7178 dh xc
jeff sexsmith 925-699-2050 dh
ryan steves 650-400-3557 dh xc
joaquin garcia 760-224-1035 (except for nationals weekend) dh xc road super d

if you have any questions whatsoever call joaquin 760-224-1035 or nicole 530-228-6112

call each other and ride! 2-3 weeks is a long time to get faster. it is also a long time to get slow if you dont keep riding.

the results from boggs are now up...go to www.csuchico.edu/cycling -->links --> "new WCCC site"

Parkfield Pics???

2006-10-03T11:03:00.000-07:00

What a killer weekend...camping, riding/jumping bikes of all makes and sizes, and cheering for poor souls to eat dirt...what fun...besides the 6 hour drive. Anyways, hope everyone had some fun and hope that some of you have some great pictures!!! Send them my way and maybe we can put something together for the meeting or at least the site. Plus I want to see some of those pixie jumping pics, since I was riding and didn't get to see most of it...

Parkfield!@!@! Ride Post !!!!

2006-09-26T13:54:00.000-07:00

All those down for Parkfield this weekend post here if you need a ride or have extra room in your car and need a buddy!!! If you have room for bikes or other equipment let everyone know by posting here as well.

It's going to go off...so bring your bike(s), including your pixie if you have one!!!

WHISKEYTOWN THIS WEEKEND!!

2006-09-20T19:43:00.000-07:00

Sorry all...but Downieville is cancelled due to a wildfire; roads have been closed making it impossible for us to ride up there.

HOWEVER...we are planning an alternate trip somewhere else...

THE NEW DESTINATION IS WHISKEYTOWN!!!

Joaquin sent out emails so check them. There are important directions and information about this weekend in Whiskeytown. We are staying at Sheep Camp close to Whiskeytown lake and there is Downhilling and Cross-Country riding in the area!

CHECK YOUR EMAILS AND LET JOAQUIN OR NICOLE KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING/NOT GOING.

JOAQUIN 760-224-1035
NICOLE 530-228-6112

SORRY ABOUT DOWNIEVILLE BUT WHISKEYTOWN IS VERY FUN AND SCENIC TOO!!!!

Pixie Shin Dig Sat Night Sept.16th

2006-09-15T17:55:00.000-07:00

Pimp up your pixie bike!!!...cause the Pixie Shin Dig is happenin' Sat. night on 1042 Hobart and West Sac. (first house on the right). So bring your pixie and test your skills...

Afterparty on the corner of West Sac and Warner (Yellow house - 1 block from pre-party)...
**[[This is not related to the cycling team, some of us are just attending]]**

Bidwell Bump Sept. 16th-17th

2006-09-08T19:40:00.000-07:00

If you are willing to help with the race reply to this post.

Jobs are as follows:
Race Course maintaince/marking
Registration (Sat and/or Sun morning)
On-Course Officials
Clean Up

If you want to help with something, but are unsure know what to sign up for just reply with your name and when you are able to help out.

If you want to ride...post here

2006-09-05T11:24:00.000-07:00

Unfortunatly I do not have a bike to ride right now...so I am out of the picture due to an injury partaken in an attempt to fix black beauty's front fork. BUT...for the rest of you krazy bikng wildcats...you are most welcome to post any biking plans or future rides on this post.
As for me...I will probably be getting Shaquisha up and running hopefully sometime this week...HOPEFULLY!!!...

Cycling/Field Hockey - Car Wash

2006-08-31T16:51:00.000-07:00

What: Cycling Team & Girls Field Hockey Collabortive Car Wash
Where: TBA (Possibly Nord Gas Station - any idea's???)
When: Date and Time TBA
Why: To fundraise for the Cycling and Hockey Teams
How: Girls in bikinis and or hockey outfits drawing cars in to be washed /// Girls/Guys washing cars for mucho dineiro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

conflicts and or comments are appreicated...

Monday Ride!!!

2006-08-31T12:10:00.000-07:00

For those if you who don't know or have never ridden the bidwell bump crosscountry ride, here is a good link with some pictures of what to kinda expect: http://www.chicomtnbikers.com/07_30_05_north_and_south_rim.html

This next Monday, I will be doing the whole loop (13 miles) if anyone is interested...just call me up...
760-224-1035
Joaquin

Late Night Bake Sale

2006-08-31T12:09:00.000-07:00

Rummor has it that there might be a late night bake sale fundraiser going on this Saturday night on 7th and Ivy if anyone is interested in helping. We are still figuring out the details.

Message Board

2006-08-30T12:47:00.000-07:00

Here is a place to post messages about riding, trails, ride times, classifides, or whatever you wish...happy messaging!!!
mich