Fort Lewis Cyclocross Series Schedule

The Fort Lewis Cyclocross Series schedule has been announced. The Dolores CX Race is race two in the series. The races are included on our ride calendar above. Go race. Go watch. Go support local cycling events.

CX Course Design

2008 Olympian, Todd Wells, shared his time and expertise with Ciclistas on Friday to tweek the Dolores CX course. The Specialized mountain bike and cyclocross racer added some twists and turns to the course from last year. It will include sand and stairs, a spiral section, a trip through the pavilion, and a few more drops off the levy to break up the long straight. Big thanks to Todd for his help and John Gilbert for making it happen.

Rebecca Much @ Dolores CX

Women's pro, Rebecca Much, has confirmed she will be making the trip down from Boulder for our CX Race. Nice to have a USWCDP celeb coming in: silver medal in World's Junior TT back in the day.

Fall Clothing Order

I forgot to mention –

Please e-mail me the items you want to order. I’ll still need you to mail or drop off the paper order form with your check for 50%, but if you can e-mail me your items before Monday morning, I will get the order placed on Monday. If I can get the order to Champion on Monday, we should be able to have clothing by Sept 30.

Fall Clothing Order

This year’s jersey has been a runaway success – Sol Cycles has sold out. Well, it’s not like we had a huge inventory, but still. Scott has also been selling through the CdR gloves. Not surprising, really, given the top quality of the gear and rock-bottom prices.

So it’s time to place another order, and you can get in on it, too. Clothing should be here by the end of September, in time for late summer rides, and for ‘Cross season (don’t forget your long sleeve jersey and knickers!). Attached is the order form. Print it, fill it out, add it up, and send it with a check for half the amount to:

Michael Henderson
Ciclistas del Rio
PO Box 8
Dolores, CO 81323

You can also drop off the form with your check at Sol Cycles (10a-6p Tues – Fri, 10a-2p Sat).

Don’t forget, if you were a member in 2008, your jersey this year is at cost!

New Clothing Has Arrived!

Hola Ciclistas,

The first clothing order is finally here, and the new jerseys and shorts look great! A big thanks to Doug for designing the new "CdR" logo that replaces the Sol Cycles logo on front and back. A smaller Sol logo is now on the shoulder and left pocket. Dolores Food Market has joined as a sponsor, on the right pocket (thanks to the Osprey marketing department for helping me create that logo from scratch). The US Women's Cycling Development Program has a really nice, legible logo across the bottom of all 3 pockets. Finally, the Dolores River brewery logo was reversed so that it stands out clearer against the navy of the sleeve. For the shorts, Sol Cycles is still prominent on the thigh, with the new CdR logo added at the bottom of the leg near the elastic. Check the archives of the blog for a mock-up of all the clothing.

New for 2009, we have added CdR gloves and cycling caps. The caps are one-size fits all, and feature the new CdR logo as well as the full Ciclistas del Rio logo. The gloves feature the CdR logo on a navy background, and are available in sizes S - XL. We have 3 extra jerseys (M, L, XL), too. All of these items are available at Sol Cycles. Club member / non-member prices are:
Jersey - $50 / $70
Gloves - $17 / $25
Caps - $10 / $15.
Stop in and check 'em out! We don't have a lot, so get 'em while they last!

If you placed a custom order for clothing, you will have received a separate e-mail from me with your order detail and any amount due. You order is available for pick-up at Sol from Tuesday, June 30. Please give Scott any balance due when you pick up your order (checks made out to Ciclistas del Rio).

I've already had inquiries about the next order, so please let me know what you would like. As soon as we have 10 items, I will place the order, and we'll have it in 60 days. For sure there will be a second order going out around the end of August.

If you see me on the road posing in my new skin-suit, don't laugh too hard...

Tues Ride and Wed Bike-to-Work

Tues evening hill ride out to House Creek again, 5:30 at Sol/Flanders.

And don’t forget that Wed 24th is Colorado Bike to Work day! For those that have been waiting for a good excuse to get out on the road, this is it!

Tues Eve Ride, 6/16

Doug is away in the Gila NF for work the next couple weeks, so couldn’t get this ride on the calendar in time.

For those interested, we’ll leave Sol Cycles at 5:30pm, warm up to the RV park on 145, then back for some hills out to House Creek.

Tues Ride - House Creek

Weather permitting (!), this evening’s ride will leave at 5:30 from Sol Cycles, Dolores. Check the calendar for details…

Sat 6/6 and Sun 6/7 Rides

I added a ride to the calendar for this Saturday (June 6): Lizard Head Century, 6AM at Flanders Park in Dolores, (hope to be done by noon as I need to be on the river for the River Dog contest at Dolores River Days at 1:30). Honestly, I’m not expecting anyone to come out for this, but I wanted to use it as an example for the ride calendar. BUT, if anyone does want to join me, you know where and when. Alternatively, if you want to ride up 145 on Sat morning, I’ll see you on my way back down and we can ride back to Dolores together.

Sunday ride, 9AM as usual. Should be a nice day, avoiding the afternoon thunderstorms. I’ll be doing a recovery ride nice and easy. But others can go further or harder if they wish – we’ll see who wants to do what at Flanders Park.

Good weekend for a ride!
Michael