REMINDER:
Two Time Trials are scheduled this week…
Road Time Trial – Tuesday, July 12th, 6:30pm
Start at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church at 2943 E 400S, Warsaw, IN. Course is 9 miles in length. The same course that was used in this year’s Fat & Skinny Tire Fest Road Race Course. Riders can either meet at Pleasant Grove Church or ride out to the course for a warm-up from Trailhouse, leaving promptly at 6pm.
Mountain Bike Time Trial – Sunday, July 17th, 1:30pm
Registration begins at 12:30pm near the Winona Lake Trails Trailhead. First rider begins at 1:30pm. Riders will leave in 1 minute increments. We will use all sections of trail except “Patience” and “Black & Blue”.
KCV Cycling Club hosts a road and mountain bike time trial once a month between June and September. Take advantage of this great chance to work on your skills and fitness level.
There is no charge for the club time trials, although we appreciate any donations, as they will go right back to the trails and providing continuing opportunities like these.
They’re called the Race of Truth for a reason. Time Trials are a great way to gauge your fitness level and your improvements over time as it’s only you against the clock. Come on out and use these riding opportunities as a great way to set a mark of your fitness and begin to work on getting better and stronger throughout the year.
KCV Cycling Club hosts a road and mountain bike time trial once a month between June and September. Take advantage of this great chance to work on your skills and fitness level.
There is no charge for the club time trials, although we appreciate any donations, as they will go right back to the trails and providing continuing opportunities like these.
REMINDER:
Two Time Trials are scheduled this week…
Mountain Bike Time Trial – Sunday, June 12th, 1:30pm
Registration begins at 12:30pm near the Winona Lake Trails Trailhead. First rider begins at 1:30pm. Riders will leave in 1 minute increments. We will use all sections of trail except “Patience” and “Black & Blue”.
Road Time Trial – Tuesday, June 14th, 6:30pm
Start at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church at 2943 E 400S, Warsaw, IN. Course is 9 miles in length. The same course that was used in this year’s Fat & Skinny Tire Fest Road Race Course. Riders can either meet at Pleasant Grove Church or ride out to the course for a warm-up from Trailhouse, leaving promptly at 6pm.
Let’s end the epidemic of preventable bicycling and pedestrian fatalities.
Tell our Representatives not to sacrifice the safety of bicyclists or pedestrians.
We learned last week, with the release of the League of American Bicyclists Fair Share for Safety from the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) report, and Transportation for America’s Dangerous by Design report, that the federal government and many state departments of transportation have made a dangerous choice by prioritizing speeding traffic over the safety of people.
From 2000 to 2009, 47,700 Americans were struck and killed while walking and another 688,000 were injured. Furthermore, since 2009, only half a dozen states actually dedicated Highway Safety Funds specifically to bicycle and pedestrian projects. This is clearly a national problem, as 67 percent of all pedestrian fatalities in the last ten years occurred on federal-aid roads eligible to receive federal funding for improvements.
Congress is currently contemplating the elimination of key bicycle and pedestrian funding programs in the next transportation bill such as, Transportation Enhancements, Safe Routes to School, and the Recreational Trails program.
Contact our Representatives today and tell them that without dedicated funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects and the Complete Streets Act of 2011, H.R. 1780, to ensure that all funded road projects take into account the needs of all users, states will likely reduce spending for safety features like sidewalks, crosswalks and trails.
Take action on the League of American Bicyclists page by signing the Take Action alert letter.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Local Bike to Work Day Festivities and Specials…
We want to help make your Bike-to-Work Day an enjoyable ride both to and from work, so we’ve put together some enjoyable festivities to celebrate your accomplishment and get your day started right and help you enjoy the ride home that much more.
Thanks to our friends at 1000 Park Bakafe, Cerulean Restaurant and Trailhouse, here’s how we’re celebrating with all our friends who ride to work on Bike-to-Work Day, this Friday, May 20, 2011.
Join us Friday morning at 1000 Park Bakafe at 7am for some complimentary coffee, danishes and cookies to fuel up for your ride to work.
Then on your way home, stop off in the Village at Winona and celebrate with us beginning at 4pm over at Cerulean Restaurant’s Garden. Our friends at Cerulean and Mad Anthony’s will offer a complimentary pint of Mad Anthony’s Harry Baals Stout and a $1 discount on all other beers when you show up on your bike.
And throughout the day, be sure to pop your head in at Trailhouse for some sweet discounts when you stock up on items to help your commute that much more enjoyable and reliable.
Just our way of saying “Thank You” for riding your bike to work and helping make our community and planet that much better. And your wallet will thank you as well!
Happy Bike Month.
The ultimate cycling event for Winona Lake/Warsaw kicks off in less than 72 hours. In it’s eighth year, we’re hoping to celebrate National Bicycle Month in huge style.
Join us for this fun-filled weekend of all things cycling in the beautiful Village at Winona. Our all-size tires shindig has something exciting for the whole family, including:
- Bicycle Indiana funding rides 0f 19/39/65 miles
- DINO-series mountain bike racing,
- Fat & Skinny Circuit Road Race and The Village at Winona Road Criterium
- Kids Activities and Safety Course
- BMX Stunt Shows
- ML Motorsports NASCAR Nationwide No. 70 display, pit-stop demo and Pace Car
And as usual, the festival will feature good food, demo bikes, live music and cold brew from our friends at Mad Anthony’s.
This year, we have over 9 hours of live music to help you get your groove on:
- Funk Park Rangers (Friday night)
- Kingsley (Saturday afternoon)
- Nick Stanton (Saturday afternoon)
- Megan King (Saturday afternoon)
- Plaxton & the Void (Saturday evening)
- Sioux Ste. Marie (Saturday evening)
- Michael Kelsey (Saturday night)
Come early. Friday night is the kick-off party. All are welcome to join us at 6:30pm for our short 2 mile Critical Mass ride from Winona Lake to downtown Warsaw for a BMX stunt show, bike video party and live entertainment. So bring your bikes, your friends and the kids out for what’s always a great cycling weekend.
Visit the Fat & Skinny Tire Fest website for more details.
Our friends from the Northern Indiana Mountain Bike Association will be partnering with us to kick off their NIMBA Mountain Bike Series.
Join us May 7 at 10am for the Winona Lake Mountain Bike Time Trial. This is a great opportunity to gauge where you fitness is at and pre-ride the trails in preparation for the Fat & Skinny Tire Fest taking place the week after.
Enjoy multiple categories, chip-timing, great prizes plus food and music on-site.
Pre-register at BikeReg.com and save $5 off the $25 entry fee.
Come on out and support both our friends at NIMBA and the local Winona Lake Trails, as a portion of the proceeds stay in Winona Lake for our trail maintenance efforts.
ABOUT NIMBA: The Northern Indiana Mountain Bike Association works to locate potential areas for trails, develop new trails, maintain existing trails, help riders find trails and to inform responsible use of mountain bike trails.
NIMBA is involved with the development and maintenance of several regional trails. They have helped to build and maintain trails in several locations across Northern Indiana in the past several years.
They organize rides, special events (such as the Rum Village Annex Spring Kick Off!), Halloween and Thanksgiving rides, the NIMBA Time Trial Series, and more as members are willing to organize and attend.
Check them out online!
And don’t forget to PRE-REGISTER for the Winona Lake Time Trial on Saturday, May 7 at 10am.
We told you there would be 2 great ways to play in the dirt…
Despite some nasty weather on Thursday and a constant mist on Friday, the weather improved and the Winona Lake Trails came through like usual to provide great course conditions and a fun spring atmosphere.
Coupled with the teamwork of KCV Cycling Club and our friends at Planet Adventure, once again we’re off to a great cycling season in northern Indiana.
Thanks to our volunteers and all the folks that came out to enjoy the official event kick-off for the Winona Lake Trails.
Check out the mountain bike race results here. The 10/30/50 mile trail run results here.
And be sure to stop by our friend Daneen’s killer site at Shutter Wide Open for some stellar event photos.
For those of you that visited for the first time, we hope you’ll come back and experience all that Winona Lake/Warsaw has to offer.
Here are a few sites you should check out…
- KCV facebook – become a fan and keep track of the latest trail and event news
- The Village at Winona – shops, artisans and world-class restaurants all within a jog of the trails
- Kosciusko County Visitors Bureau – the best place to find out what’s going on in the area, even beyond the trails
Hope to see you again soon!
