2019 Weekend 1 Race Recap: The Philly Phyler in Philadelphia, PA.

March 18, 2019 at 16:04

This past weekend BU Cycling sent quite a few riders down to Philadelphia, PA for the first weekend of ECCC racing. We racked up quite a few omnium points as a result of everyone’s hard efforts.

The weekend started off with the Men’s C TTT, where Anthony and Haiyun came in at a solid 5th place for 14 points. The Women’s D TTT followed, with a 1st place finish by Sara and Isabella for 27 points. The Men’s A TTT squad, David, Yumeto, and Arun, suffered mechanicals but collected 68 points along the way.

The circuit race course was initially thought to have been modified as a result of heavy rains on Friday, however all was cleared up and the Schuykill Scramble proceeded on the quintessential pothole-ridden Philly roads. The Men’s C field started first, with Yumeto coming in 5th. The Women’s D field saw Isabella contest a bunch sprint for 4th place finish. The Men’s Open 3/4  race followed, alumni Ryan Singh (now of ButcherBox Cycling) and Yumeto raced, with Ryan setting all-time power records discovering his talent as an all-rounder and Yumeto pulling out after 2 laps up the road. Last but not least, David raced the Men’s A field which saw a four-man breakaway go five minutes up the road and never return, nevertheless he scored valuable omnium points towards our omnium standings.

All day Sunday, BU riders raced the Temple Campus Criterium. Our first points of the day came from a delayed Men’s C race as Yumeto came in a close 2nd place with the help of Arun and Anthony. In the Women’s D race, Sara made the breakaway, coming in 4th after a well-fought final lap. In the same race, Isabella contested the 2nd prime as well, both ladies getting us even more points towards our omnium ambitions. The Men’s A race saw a break lap the field, and a chase group occupying the rest of the podium. David took 3rd in the bunch sprint, garnering the largest amount of omnium points by a BU rider at this weekend.

The squad will next heading to Bard College next week for the ECCC Teambuilder Group Ride. The following week, they’ll be competing at Ninigret, and then back to the usual ECCC schedule afterwards. As of today, we are 6th in the omnium, and will be looking to improve our placings in the coming weeks.

 

Alumni Ryan Singh ready to rock the 3/4 race.

Alumni Ryan Singh ready to rock the 3/4 race. (Photo: Anthony)

C racers Anthony, Arun, and Yumeto getting warmed up.

C racers Anthony, Arun, and Yumeto getting warmed up. (Photo: Ryan)

The Women's D's riders getting ready for their very first road race! (Photo: Anthony)

The Women’s D’s riders getting ready for their very first road race! (Photo: Anthony)

Men's A rider David warming up for the crit. (Photo: Anthony)

Men’s A rider David warming up for the criterium. (Photo: Anthony)

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2019 Kit Order

December 7, 2018 at 13:16

Skinsuit

The wait is over.

Our 2019 kit order is here! This year we're adding a casual apparel line to choose from as well, including t-shirts, hoodies, and beanies in addition to our cycling kit offerings. All of the apparel and cycling kit is from Craft Sportswear. The cycling kit design has minor changes and updates from last year's, which was designed by Fisher Curran '18. Please take a look at the catalog (attached) to see what's available this year!

Orders are closing in about a week and a half on Sunday, 12/16/18. Again, similar to previous years, we will be collecting payments through MyFitRec (instructions attached), and the specific sizing through an ordering form (also attached) that will be returned to bike@bu.edu.

Please do let us know if you have any questions about the order.

Happy riding! (and holidays!)

 

P.S. We are having a raffle with the order! We're offering bar tape from team sponsor Supacaz in official team colors (see attachment). We have separate raffles for those who are BU Alumni and those who are a part of the community (aka everyone else). An order over 50 dollars will get you an entry! If you would like to enter please specify your affiliation when you send back your order form!

Supacaz tape

 

Attached files:

2019 BU Cycling Kit Offerings

Ordering Instructions

Ordering Form

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White Mountains Training Camp

October 27, 2018 at 21:28

We would like to extend our gratitude to our donors who support BU Cycling year after year, and to our sponsors who supply us with awesome equipment to ride on. Without their support, we wouldn't be able to make cycling accessible to all of our riders. Thank you so much!

Earlier this month, we hosted our annual training camp in the Kancamagus mountains. Over the weekend, we ride 100 miles as a team--up and down the Kancamagus Pass, and around the White Mountains National Park.

This year, we started in Lincoln NH, climbing the Kanc first. The second half of the climb always becomes an impromptu race, with riders either attacking each other and playing bikes, or continuing at their own pace to the rendezvous point at the very top. Following tradition, we take pictures, throw around some banter, and check out the vista points before we descend down to Conway.

We normally stop for lunch somewhere along the route, and this year was no different. At a café in Conway, we stopped for coffee (of course), sandwiches, and soup. Refueled, we began the latter half of our century.  Undulating hills populated the next couple dozen miles, which cumulated with the very, very, very steep and punchy Crawford Notch. We continued on towards Franconia, turning off at the bike path running parallel to Route 93. By that time, darkness had fallen upon us, accompanied by a large amount of rain, contributing to an exhilarating descent through the wooded bike trail. We arrived back at Lincoln some 8 hours after we started, exhausted and battered, yet satisfied.

Some quick stats: Distance: 100 miles. Elevation: 5600 ft. Average Speed: 17.2 mph.

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At the top of the Kancamagus Pass. We were joined by BU Cycling alumnus Ryan Singh, who now races for ButcherBox Cycling.

middle of nowhere

Several miles before Crawford Notch, undulating hills punished our already-fatigued legs. We had the "big guys" go to the front and give everyone some much needed draft.

doggos

We were joined by some puppies at the top of the Kanc--a godsend for a group of tired, dog-deprived college students.

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The morning after, a motivated group of riders went on a short dawn ride on some quiet roads. Beautiful views all around...until it started raining.

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