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New team member – Jim Fetten

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Cycling For Cancer is proud to announce our newest team member Dr. James Fetten!

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.

New team and sponsors.

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We’re going through some exciting changes in preparation for the 2011 season.

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.

DIY Disc Cover

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So I have been wanting a disc wheel for time trialing for some time now. The problem is that I cannot plunk down $795 for a Renn 5ive-5ive-5ive wheel nor did I have time to order the the Aero Disc Covers for $90 at WheelBuilder.com.

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?).

Jon Dechau Memorial Time Trial

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The Jon Dechau Memorial Time Trial is this weekend (June 19, 2010) in Rushville, NY.

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

GVCC Training Race – Victor

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Since there wasn’t a Time Trial this week I decided to give the GVCC Road Race a try again. This week the training race was on the Victor course. Finally got to meet Mike Minerva. Really nice guy. Actually did drills with him as I didn’t have a partner. I never realized how unnerving it is to bump shoulders with someone on a bike or rub wheels. I didn’t fall though and was more comfortable with it the 2nd time around.

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.