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Still piecing together Dwight’s report on this trip. Looks like he had great weather and a great time.

Update from Dwight:

These are 4 of the 6 climbs we did.

Garren Creek     http://app.strava.com/rides/343624
Craggy Gardens      http://app.strava.com/rides/345985
Caesar’s Head       http://app.strava.com/rides/348584
Elk Mountain Scenic Highway      http://app.strava.com/rides/350486

Mt Mitchell is missing but as you all know that is a big 25 miles up.  Once you open these if you click on the name of it it will give you the profile. The number means the category it is. The cat 1 climb was a bitch at 8+% for 5 miles. Click on the name and it gives you people that have climbed it. I think Ted King is on One of them…

I started out riding around 8:45 having to be at Park Ave by 10:00am. Of course I was really early so I had enough time to have a nice cup of coffee at Starbucks. This also gave me time to thaw out my feet and glasses. They were again foggy for the majority of the ride. The group started off at 10:05 sharp!!! They do not wait for anyone!!! I felt really good throughout the whole ride and again met some really nice people. They are helpful as usual giving tips and advice. The worst part of the whole ride was the road spray. Between the road spray and fog there were times I had a hard time seeing what’s around. I’m not really sure where we rode and if I was dropped I’d definitely be lost. I made it the whole way with the group and headed on home for a total of 57 miles or almost 4hrs of riding. It took me almost as long to clean my bike as it did to complete my ride today. There’s a lot of junk on the roads. Here’s some pics from riding out and riding in from today. Again thanks to our sponsors for keeping me warm. I’m trying my hardest to get my kit cleaned again

During his participation in the Tour of Hope with Lance Armstrong in 2003, Dr. James Fetten, a partner at Interlakes Oncology and Hematology, PC and member of The Interlakes Foundation, witnessed first hand how physical exercise helped cancer patients and survivors improve their strength and endurance. It was an amazing demonstration of the power of the human spirit. As a direct result of his participation in the Tour of Hope, Dr. Fetten founded the The Interlakes Foundation Wellness Program now The Western New York Wellness. The main focus of the program is regularly scheduled bike rides for cancer survivors, the first of its kind in the Rochester community.

Dr. Fetten came to us wanting to get back into cycling and further our cancer awareness cause. His addition is a natural fit with our team’s connection to cancer survivorship and the Western New York Wellness.

One of which is a name change. Our website will stay the same, but our new name is Quality Care Pharmacies Cycling Team.

We would also like to thank  our new sponsors for making this team a reality:

• Quality Care Pharmacies
• Rochester Drug Cooperative, Inc
• EFP Rotenberg LLC
• Western New York Wellness
• RVE Bike & Skate
• Specialized Bikes

We’re also very excited to team up with the Western New York Wellness Group providing chaperon services for their Monday night group rides to help cancer survivors.

Please click on our SPONSORS page to learn more about the companies that have made our team possible.

Our current team:

• Shannon Case
• Tyler Sweeting
• Dwight Roth
• Kevin Hill

We’re in the process of having our new kits designed by Mike Minerva of Minerva Design.

So I fired up Google and found this ARTICLE and this YOUTUBE VIDEO. This got me fired up thinking I could actually do this.

So I called around and finally got in touch with Josh at Vital Signs and Graphics in Webster, NY. Josh was nice enough to sell me a 4′ x 8′ sheet of corrugated plastic for this experiment.

This is what I ended up with:

Now I still have to attach it to the wheel. I could use zip ties, but that would leave me with a nub sticking out for each zip tie I used. It probably won’t hurt the aerodynamics too much, but I’d like it to look as clean as possible.

If I could find something like this:

I’ve searched online at Lowes and Home Depot and haven’t seen anything. So hopefully I will get it all mounted tonight and can tested it tomorrow before the Jon Dechau TT on Saturday.

UPDATE: (06/19/2010)

I was able to get the disc mounted, but the problem I discovered is 4mm corrugated plastic really is too thick to make a rear wheel cover. It wouldn’t allow my rear hub to spin freely. So I removed everything and will just run my 1996 HED Alps wheelset. I’ll have to source some thinner corrugated plastic (2mm?).

It is a great event and helps support the Jon Dechau Foundation.

From the GVCC website:

Come experience Rushville, Jon’s hometown that he loved and trained in for many years. Time Trial on a rolling ~35 Km out and back course on Route 245 through the Middlesex Valley from Rushville to Italy. Tune up for the NYS TT Championships on the roads that created a TT legend. Chip timing will be provided.

There are currently 30+ riders signed up as of this afternoon. I’ve done this event twice so far. Once in 2007 and again last year in 2009. If you race and you have nothing to do on Saturday please come out and show your support. Nothing beats riding as hard as you can with snot and slobber covering your face for 35Km!

Registration:

http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=11044

Confirmed Rider List:

http://www.bikereg.com/events/ConfList.asp?EventID=11044

I think I did much better this time. I was able to stay with peloton during the warm up lap running pace lines. On the 1st lap I was on the back end of the peloton and then fell off about 3/4 of the way down Cline Rd. I could see another guy up ahead of me though. I think it was his first night as well. I got on his wheel to recover a little and then saw that he was hurting too so I went by him to let him draft me. When I made it to the start of the hill on Blazey Rd and I just kicked it right into my 34 tooth gear up front. I looked back and the guy isn’t there anymore. I felt bad for leaving him, but was thinking there was still a chance I could catch up to everyone on the downhill.

I caught a glimpse of everyone @ turn #1, but just couldn’t get back on with the peloton. Started to pour halfway through lap 3. When I got to turn #1 the marshal said the B5s went by a long time ago and I should just stop for the night.

I was in HR Zone 6 most of the time. It was tough, but fun.