Husky Cycling

The members of the Husky Cycling team thank our generous sponsors and private donors for all their help and contributions this past season. As a team, we’ve had a great time traveling around Washington, Oregon, and Idaho and racing our bicycles in the rain, sun, and sometimes… snow.

The State Championship Omnium in Idaho was a blast. In the Men’s C race, Paul rode to 3rd place with his teammates, Noah and Tom, earning 5th and 6th respectively. Later that day in the Men’s C team time trial, Noah, Paul, Jordan, and Tom showed no remorse and won first place, with each of them earning a State Championship Gold Medal for their valiant ride. In the Men’s B road race, Danny and Joe placed in the top 10 and the Men’s B TTT team missed the bronze by 20 seconds.

Important:

Now that the collegiate racing season is over, many of our members race USCF sanctioned racing events on the weekends. In effect, there will be no official group rides on the weekends until Fall quarter. However, many members use the UWracing email list to call out rides during the Spring and Summer. If you’re interested in joining Husky Cycling, please subscribe to the list and email one of the officers on the contact page. At the beginning of Fall quarter, an annoucement will be made on this website as well as the UWracing list about weekend rides. The team will also have a booth at Dawg Daze in September. 

Michael

Good ol’ Winter has working overtime. This season, two of the races were canceled due to snow: Western’s renown Northshore Circuit Race and MSU’s epic Bobcat classic road race. It’s unfortunate because these teams host the events because they serve as major fund-raisers. Next weekend the team heads out to Pullman and Idaho to compete at the NWCCC championships. At this point, it’s destined to be an assemblage of race deprived racers with really restless legs!

There have been some great results this season. Lisa has been a dominating force in the Women’s B’s, winning the first road race in Eugene and consistently placing in the top 5 throughout the season. Kelly came out for the PSU road race with gun’s blazing, finishing just behind Lisa for third place. And Kristina also placed third at the rainy and slick OSU criterium. At the Husky Cycling criterium at Seward Park, Tony and Dan Harm powered themselves to wins in their respected categories. In the CWU road race, Tony launched a harrowing attack and crushed the field, powering himself to a glorious solo finish. In the Men’s B road race, Danny out-sprinted the field and won his first race ever. In the Men’s C’s, Jordan held on and earned a respectable 3rd. As for team time trials, the Men’s C squad has aced the competition several times, while the Men’s B squad continues to place consistently in the top 3. After the season, full results will be posted on the results page.

As always, the Husky Cycling thanks our generous sponsors and donors for their unwaivering support. Without them, none of this would be possible!

- Michael

Click here to view the race flyer

Brief Details
Location: Seward Park, Seattle
Collegiate Event
$15 for the Criterium only

The calendar feature has been updated and now includes weekday team rides. The weekday rides will have one or two husky cycling officers leading them. Coach Galen has recommended that new and returning racers continue with base miles until the end of January–slow and steady rides with attention to on the bike posture, breathing, and cadence. The more slow riding you get in, the better your aerobic capacity, meaning you’ll be able to train harder and become faster as the collegiate season progresses. At least that’s the gist of it. For a more detailed explanation, contact Galen or post a question on the new team blog…

You’re probably wondering, ”what team blog?” Well, I have created a new community team blog and you can find the link above in the navigation menu or below this paragraph. Any team member can register and post topics about cycling and life. For more details, see the first post on the team blog page.
- Team blog
- Register to post on the team blog

Also, make sure to order 2008 gear by Friday!

-Michael

This year, we will be ordering cycling apparel through a company called Pactimo.

Here is a sizing chart: CLICK

An updated pricing sheet will be sent out on the email list.

Our sponsor, the Essential Baking Company, is having a photo contest. Essential Baking would like too see the most creative, classy, questionable and awkward photos that you’ve got featuring you eating your favorite baked deliciousness from Essential Baking Company. Essential will be awarding prizes for the best photos submitted!

More more information on how to submit photos, rules, deadlines, and prizes, visit the — Official Contest Site

- Michael

Hey everyone, I updated the website design tonight. There is still quite a few things that I have to do such as configuring the new gallery program, constructing an improved roster, and updating the calender… but I should be finished by the end of this week.

- Michael

edit: some events are on the calender

We will be having our first meeting of the year this on Monday October 8th at 6:30 PM. It will be in room 209A of the HUB. We will discuss all pertinent issues regarding the club from waiver cards, member dues, bike and clothing orders and much, much, more. If you have any friends that are interested in joining please bring them along! Remember to bring your checkbooks so that you can pay your team dues and get your waiver cards signed at the same time.

Hey everyone, we’ll be having our first team ride this weekend (Sept. 29 & 30).

Here is some general information and a few nuggets of wisdom from an email Dave sent out yesterday:

Our team rides will start this Saturday and Sunday at 10 am. Each ride will meet at the North entrance to the HUB. On each day we’ll take a route that has several options for length. We’ll have options if you feel like a shorter ride (~15-20 miles) and we’ll also have people continuing along the full route (~40-50 miles). The pace of these rides will be very relaxed. We’ll institute a “no drop” policy where there won’t be any attacks or accelerations along the way. The routes are relatively flat with no significant hills. These first few rides are intended as a way of meeting people and getting to know how our club functions while you’re on your bike.

Don’t feel limited by your level of fitness - it’s the off-season! More formally, our main goal is to introduce people (of many different athletic abilities) to the sport of cycling and foster their growth at a competitive level if they so wish.

Anyone can show up (UW students/faculty/staff) to ride but you MUST HAVE A HELMET. If you show up without a helmet, we cannot let you ride with us. I also highly recommend clipless pedals if you have them as well as wearing bike shorts. You do not want to find out why we wear our über sexy purple Euro spandex the hard way after 50 miles.

Husky Cycling is currently updating and renovating the website for the upcoming 2007-2008 season. Check back often for updates.

I plan to have huskycycling.net fully operational by the beginning of fall quarter. I look forward to reuniting with current team members and meeting new ones this fall. I hope everyone enjoys the last few weeks of summer.

- Michael A.