2010 UA Cycling Clothing Order!

It's that time when you can order a 2010 UA Cycling kit! This year, all orders will be placed online through Voler which makes it really easy to get what you want. You can fully customize your order down to your zipper style.

If you're interested, please send me an e-mail through the 'contact' form on this website and I'll send you a link to the order with pricing information.

The jersey design will be consistent with the past few years. Click on the 'Media' page if you don't know the design I'm talking about.

Please let me know if you have any questions. You have until November 22nd, 12:00am to place your order!

Thanks,

Fall '09: What's Happening?

It's the time of Fall where midterms, bike racing, class projects, and pig flu, have finally come to pass (for me anyway). Those are my excuses for not keeping this website updated as often as it should. Especially, since the club has some exciting news! Here's the summary:

• UA Cycling takes home the 2009 MTB SWCCC Conference Title. Our club had it's largest turnout at a mountain bike race since (ever possibly). With 16 racers, we took 3 category wins, and qualified our team to race at Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals in Truckee, CA.
• Chloe Forsman wins D1 cross-country Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals & Kevin Clegg rides to a 10th place in the men's D1 race with a broken finger! In her last collegiate mountain bike nationals, Chloe unseated the reigning XC champion, Carla Swart, to add to her XC titles from 2006 & 2007. Matthew Jones and Michael Sencenbaugh rounded out the UA nationals team.
• Clif Bar sponsors UA Cycling. This means that UA Cycling members will have access to all the wonderful, nutritious, organic goodies that Clif Bar makes.
• Specialized sponsors UA Cycling. That's right, UA Cycling now has a bike sponsor.
• Planning begins for the 2010 UA Criterium. The race will be the 4th running of the UA Criterium. The race course is one of the best in Arizona and takes place in the heart of central Tucson on the U of A campus. The club will begin a search for event sponsors soon.

Thanks for checking in!

Sports : U of A students post top times at 30th Mt. Graham Hill Climb - Eastern Arizona Courier

Sports : U of A students post top times at 30th Mt. Graham Hill Climb - Eastern Arizona Courier

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Week of Sept 14th

There will be lots happening on campus this week with the UA Cycling Club.

• Tuesday, Sept. 15th (9am-12pm): We'll be out at the Bike Station with Parking & Transportation Services helping out students with their bikes.
• Thursday, Sept. 17th (7pm-8pm, Campus Rec Center): A guestspeaker will talk about defensive biking skills, group riding etiquette, and your rights and responsibilities as a bicycling road user. There will be snacks and time for questions. You will need a CatCard for entry into the Rec Center unless you send me a note with your name using the 'contact' page of this website.
• Friday, Sept. 18th (9am-5pm): Park(ing) Day Bike Fix-It. Volunteers needed! The club will be 'adopting' a parking spot along University Ave. and use the space to provide the local community with basic bike maintenence services for free.

Spring 2009 'Bike Fix-It'

First Race Weekend Coming Up!

Next weekend is the first race weekend of the '09 Collegiate MTB Season. Everybody is welcome to come and race and enjoy some camping Saturday night. It'd also be great to have someone come along who's not racing to help with feeds. From what I've heard, I expect about 8 people to go, but more would be great. We're going to try and leave Saturday with enough time to pre-ride the course, camp, and race Sunday morning. A car could also leave later if some people are working Saturday. Here's a little information about the event, cost, camping, licenses, and carpools.

• Please let me know this weekend if you're thinking of going so we can set up a separate e-mail list.
• General race info: http://nmors.org/
• Map to Las Cruces, NM: http://www.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=E+University+Blvd,+Tucson,+AZ+(University+of+Arizona)&daddr=Las+Cruces,+NM&hl=en&geocode=&mra=ls&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.826758,79.013672&ie=UTF8&z=8
• Trip cost: $25 (registration fees + gas+dinner)
• Camping: Last year we camped at the race venue which worked out great. If you don't have any camping gear, you can rent some equipment from Outdoor Adventures at the Campus Rec: http://campusrec.arizona.edu/outdoor/equip.html . Some of us probably have some extra equipment, so don't let the camping keep you from going.
• Carpools: We'll work this out later, once we know who's going. If you end up driving, you won't have to pay as much for the trip.
• Collegiate race licenses: You need one to race. The license will cost between Free-$30. If you have another USA Cycling license, it's $15, if you purchase another licence you can add the collegiate license on for free, or it's $30 all by itself. Here's where you start: http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=579

If you want to go, or are thinking about it, please e-mail me your name (first and last). Thanks,

Chloe

'09-'10 Membership Interest Form

Thursday, Sept. 10th, 6:30pm, Student Rec Center

That's the next meeting, so make note and come on by. We'll be discussing the upcoming mountain bike season, putting together our members roster and organizing our events for the season. We'll also have clothing for sale, so bring a checkbook!

Here's a quick agenda

• Park(ing) Day, Sept. 18th - Club involvement? Sign up to get involved!
• Horny Toad Hustle MTB Race, Las Cruces, NM - Everyone welcome and we'll talk about race licenses and logistics.
• Training ride dates
• Sponsors/Donations - The club needs your support.
• First Clif Bar order will happen on September 14th (checks due by then)!
• Campus Rec Forms - Turn them in, please.
• Free CarbBoom! gels.
• Officer elections! The club needs a Records Officer, Public Relations Officer, and many ride leaders.

Thanks everyone for joining us on the Labor Day Ride. More than 20 people came out for a casual ride out Mission.

Ride safe,

Labor Day Ride

Let's meet at 6:30 Monday at the flagpole for an easy getting to know you ride. We did this last year and it was a great way to integrate the new Cycling Club members. I know you all come from a great deal of different experience levels (road and mountain), so we'll ride at an easy pace (no getting separated, no running stop signs or stoplights, etc). The route:

1) Ride W of campus on University, end up on St Mary's;
2) Turn S on Grande, take Mission and turn W on Ajo;
3) Turn S off of Ajo and proceed to either Irvington or Valencia;
4) Turn N on Mission, ride back to campus;
6) End up at Cafe Paraiso for coffee, etc.

First Fall Semester Meeting!

That's right, and it's about time this announcement came along. The Cycling Club will hold its first meeting this Thursday, August 27th from 6:00-7:00pm in the North Conference Room of the Student Rec Center. You need a Cat Card to get entry to the Rec Center, unless you fill out the form on the "Contact" page of this website with your full name.

Wildcat Night @ the Rec Center!

Come meet a few cycling club members on Monday, August 24th from 6:00-8:00pm at the Student Rec Center. We will have a table set up among all the other sports clubs in the North gymnasium. Keep your eyes open for some U of A cycling jerseys (but please don't mistake us for the Tricats!).

Find out about collegiate mountain bike and road racing, become a member, and network with some other bike-loving students on campus. Free Clif Bars!

Welcome back!