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Women’s Skills Clinic – Time Trialing

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Week 3: July 31st – Time Trialing 101
Come learn how to improve your time trial starts, turnarounds, pacing & mental skills just in time for the State Time Trial. Bring your time trial rig for a position critique and put everything you learn together in a practice TT! Stick around for follow up analysis and training suggestions. This clinic will also be held at Sauvie’s Island. See location and directions above.

Content
Each session will start at 6pm and will be 1.5-2 hours long and will include discussion, skills training and practical application through drills and a training ride afterwards. Questions will be answered throughout the instruction. Bring some good ones and try to stump the coaches!

Cost
$20/session or $60 for 4 sessions if paid in advance. You can also sign up at each of the events. Sign up right here on our secure web site shopping cart after June 15th. You may also pay by sending a check to:

Location : Sauvie Island School
14445 NW Charlton Road, Portland, OR 97231

Directions:
N on Hwy 30
R over bridge onto NW Sauvie Island Rd
N on NW Sauvie Island Rd
R on NW Reeder Rd
R on NW Charlton Rd

***Due to limited parking we highly suggest car pooling or riding to the clinics at Sauvie’s Island. We will be riding to and from the clinics so, if you want an escort, simply contact us using the info below to let us know you’ll be joining us and bring a blinking light for safety. We will be leaving at 4:45pm sharp from 1704 SE Ankeny, 97214 and should be back by 8:30pm.

Women’s cycling clinics a popular draw

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Racing at PIR

A Sorella Forte rider at PIR.
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When Colleen McClenahan from local cycling club Sorella Forte (means “strong sister”) contacted Adnan Kadir from Peaks Coaching Group about putting on a women’s cycling skills clinic, Kadir didn’t know what to expect.

After twenty-five women showed up for the first one he quickly realized two things: there was a growing need in Portland (particularly among women) to learn specialized cycling skills, and, perhaps more importantly, that he was going to need some help.

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Portland to host Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships

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Cross Crusade #2 Hillsboro

Portland single speeder
Matt Slaven.
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This coming November, a group calling themselves the Portland Single Speed Collective (PSSC) will host the first “Official UnOfficial World Championship” event for single speed cyclocross racers.

River City Bicycles employee Dani Dance is helping to organize the event and she says, “They’ve got a mountain bike single speed championship, so why not for cyclocross?”

She and other members of the PSSC are working with Cross Crusade promoter Brad Ross to put on the event. So far, plans call for a two-day competition that will feature a unique cyclocross time-trial that will be used to determine the start order for the main race.

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Stolen Schwinn S 40

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Bike stolen from 4th and yamhill in portland oregon. between the hours of 7:30 and 10:00pm. Bike was locked in plain sight with cable lock. gel seat cover, cateye wireless computer full suspension.

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Master Plan Ride will brave southwest routes

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Detail of route map with notes.
Full map here (PDF).

The seventh ride in PDOT’s monthly Bike Master Plan ride series will tackle the sometimes daunting routes in southwest Portland.

City bike coordinator Roger Geller says the focus of August’s ride will be on Terwilliger and Barbur and will look at some of the challenges that exists for cyclists in this area.

At the midway point, the ride will stop for a brief bite and discussion at a brewpub before heading back to downtown.

The ride is scheduled for August 7th. As usual, the ride meets at 5:15 at Terry Schrunk Plaza at SW 3rd & Madison. More information on these monthly rides can be found on PDOT’s Bike Master Plan website.

Pedal Potluck Picnic

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The SIXTH installment of our Pedal Potluck Picnic series will be happening TUESDAY, July 31st!

We’ll be leaving from FOOD FRONT CO-OP, 2375 NW THURMAN ST, around 6:30pm.

Bring a dish to share, if not, drop into the Co-op to pick up some vittles! We’ll ride 3-5 miles to a mystery picnic destination!

THIS RIDE IS RAIN OR SHINE. If it’s gonna be wet (which it shouldn’t since this is July), we’ll end up at a covered destination.

Oakridge base camp: The Trailhead

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Mountain Bike Oregon

A welcome sight for mountain bikers.
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If Oakridge had an unofficial base camp for mountain biking adventurers, it would be The Trailhead.

This aptly named cafe is right at the start of Main Street in Oakridge (which is actually a highway), and I couldn’t think of a better welcome to town.

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