FREEWHEEL'N - October 2009...More Tour de France, Sunshine Foundation, and More!

FREEWHEEL'N - OCTOBER, 2009

TOUR DE FRANCE…POSTSCRIPT! Wow…what a great tour!!! As predicted in the last release of Freewheel’n, Alberto Contador won the Yellow Jersey with Lance Armstrong finishing third. The competition between these two on and off their bikes brought excitement back into this race. Lance announced the formation of Team Radio Shack that he and Johan Bruyneel will run in 2010. This will put Lance and Alberto on different teams. Can’t wait until next July? Go to http://www.letour.fr/indexus.html for a preview of 2010 as well as videos of 2009 race.

If you missed the Tour, there are excellent wrap-ups at Bicycling Magazine at http://www.bicycling.com/tourdefrance/0,6805,s1-7-0-0-0,00.html as well as Versus at http://www.versus.com/cyclysm

SUNSHINE FOUNDATION CHARITY TOUR…did you know about this interesting local ride that benefits the Sunshine Foundation (http://www.sunshinefoundation.com)? This noteworthy group that answer the dreams of chronically ill, seriously ill, physically challenged children. Under bike advocacy and community involvement, RePete participated, supported and successfully lobbied the SJW. An exclusive offer was provided only to riders and support staff of the Foundation Tour. They were allowed to ride the 2009 Devil and become a 2010 member with our club donating $10 to the Foundation for each registration. All of this for the discounted price of only $30. Permission was then obtained to mingle and distribute flyers at the finish of this ride. RePete arranged with Forms and Flyers, a local printer; and with Philadelphia Insurance Company, his employer, to have 200 color flyers printed as a coutersy informing the riders of this special offer. These were handed out at the end of the tour. When you wish to dine, remember the Library IV in Williamstown and the Berkshire Grill in Egg Habor. Ask for either Brian or Tony and mention me to them. Don’t forget to include this tour in your schedule for next year. A full review of this tour is provided separately at http://www.sjwheelmen.org/smf/index.php?topic=566.0.

JERSEY DEVIL!!! What a great day…the weather was perfect with full sun and a blue sky. Unofficially, a total of 281 ridders parcipated...and yes, RePete was the 281st. Can assume some of those flyers circulated at the Sunshine Foundation Tour helped with this number. Once again the club provided great riding over 25, 50, 75 and 100 mile routes. Food was plentiful and so were the goodies. RePete and the Mrs. also helped. RePete pulled sag duty on the newly created second half 25 mile route. The Mrs. helped with general maintainance and clean-up around the food tables at Parvins. All that helped and provided on this September 19th tour need to thanked. This is an awesome event and an equally awesome task to pull together. Here is my personal thank you!

CONVENTION…can you believe it? Our last event of the year is now upon us!! This year we are going to Flemington, New Jersey. Information and details on this event is provided separately at http://www.sjwheelmen.org/Newsletter/Septnews-09.pdf.

FAREWELL…where did the year go? Really seems only like yesterday when the February/March 2009 release of Freewheel’n was being prepared! At that time concerns about my health, and the upconing Peach Blossom. Happy to say my health is stable and the Peach Blossom was successful. Also bitter sweet is the fact that this marks the last regular release of Freewheel’n for this year!! Next month will be my special annual holiday release…with God’s blessing, regular bantering will begin again in late January. Thanks for reading and providing another great year!!!

Safe Cycling…Wear Your Helmet!
RePete
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