08Apr / 2012

River City Bicycles & Team Rose City Present: The 7th Annual Eric Kautzky Memorial Track Race

Track season is almost upon us. I know we have some folks who will be racing this year. Who else will I see at the first weekend race of the season?

Eric Kautzky photo

RIVER CITY BICYCLES & Team Rose City presents
The 7th Annual Eric Kautzky Memorial Track Race
MAY 5, 2012 – Alpenrose Velodrome
6149 SW Shattuck Rd, Portland, OR

Proceeds to benefit the Eric Kautzky Memorial Scholarship Fund at Tigard High School. Get ready to race the first omniums and points races of the season

CATEGORIES

• Junior Women	• Women Cat 1/2/3	• Men Cat 3	• Masters Men 50+
• Junior Men	• Masters Women 40+	• Men Cat 1/2	• Men Cat 5
• Women Cat 4	• Men Cat 4	• Masters Men 40+	• Kiddie Kilo

REGISTRATION

• Juniors — $5	• All Others — $15	• Additional category — $5
• OBRA license required: single day ($5) and yearly ($20 online, $25 day of race) available (juniors yearly license $5). ANSI approved helmets required. • Prizes – Hincapie custom event jerseys (omnium winners)/ Merchandise • Make Checks Payable to Team RCW

SCHEDULE

9:00 AM – 10:00AM Warm-up and Registration

10:00 AM – Kiddie Kilo! Racing Begins!

Cancelled in the event of rain. CONTACT: Darell Provencher; 503-657-0568; darellp@easystreet.net

Promoter discretion to combine categories if min of 5 riders not met. Length & type of race may change without notice to accommodate schedule, rider capabilities, and weather. This is an OBRA sanctioned event. All relevant OBRA rules apply. OBRA and the organizers of this race do not provide insurance coverage for injuries that occur at the race. The costs related to those injuries are the responsibility of the individual participant.

Junior Women: 2/3 mile, mile, pts	Men Cat 1/2: pt-a-lap, miss & out, pts
Junior Men: 2/3 mile, pts, mile	Women Cat 4: scratch, pts, mile
Men Cat 3: unk dist, scratch, pt-a-lap	Women Cat 1/2/3: pts, scratch, m&o
Men Cat 4: scratch, pts, unk dist	Masters Women 40+: unk dist, m&o, pt-a-lap
Men Cat 5: mile, scratch, pt-a-lap	Masters Men 50+: scratch, miss & out, pts
	Masters Men 40+: pts, scratch, miss & out

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08Apr / 2012

Cross up at the Lumberyard recap video

Cross up at The Lumberyard

I received an e-mail from Amanda that James Wilson had finished the video recap on the cross up event she held at The Lumberyard a few weeks back. This video will speak for itself if you happened to miss this awesome event! Thanks again Amanda for hosting all these awesome Backyard Blam events!

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08Apr / 2012

Saltzman to Skyline

Here are a few photos I took while we were on our ride yesterday. Jason, Josh, Justin, Kyle and myself rode up Saltzman to head up to skyline and play around in the west hills. Big ups to Justin for holding it down with the Single speed . My hat is off to you sir!

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23Mar / 2012

The Rose Garden Circuit Race

Now I have never really been interested in road racing but this looks like fun…and by fun I mean a brutal time! I think I am going to make this series my introduction to racing on the road. I have become very fond of the west hills and know the pain they can bring. So who is with me?

The Details

When: Every Thursday evening in April (4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 4/26)

Schedule:

6:10 – 6:40 (30 Mins) Cat 4/5 Men

6:40 – 7:10 (30 Mins) Sr. Women (Cat 1/2/3)

6:50 – 7:10 (20 Mins) Cat 4/5 Women

7:10 – 8:00* (50 Mins) Sr. Men (Cat 1/2/3)

*Race will end at 7:45 on 4/5 and 7:55 on 4/12

Masters will race with their respective senior category. For example, 40+ Cat 4 masters will race with the Cat 4 men, and 50+ Cat 3 women will race with the Sr. Women. We will divide the masters categories up in 10 year increments starting at 40+.

Registration:

Day off registration will be available at the race for $15.

Online Registration Links:

Course:http://ridewithgps.com/routes/955270

Prizes: Product and Gift Certificates from our sponsors will be given out for each race. Overall series prizes will include product and cash.

Help Out: We are currently looking for some volunteers to help as corner marshals. If you are interested in helping out, please email us. (steven@giroevent.com)

Contact: Steven – steven@giroevents.com – 503-272-1710

This is an OBRA sanctioned event, all OBRA rules apply. For more information, visit www.obra.org.

More Very Important Details

Please take the following three points seriously, our continued enjoyment of this venue depends on it.

Washington Park is a public park – It will remain open to the public during this event. The race ONLY has permission to close down the streets during this event. DO NOT block walkways, sidewalks or any other path that may inhibit park guests from also enjoying the park while we are there. We will do our best to have volunteers to help direct park foot traffic around and through the course, but please also help any park goers you may see to keep things safe.

Respect the Neighbors – Washington Park and the race course is surrounded on the North side by the Arlington Heights Neighborhood. They have been subject to many unauthorized “races” that disrupt the park and their neighborhood. Please think about this while attending the event. Use the provided toilets, don’t park in front of their houses, drive slowly through their neighborhood and please try and stay quiet when coming and going. Also, please pick up your trash and leave the park better than you found it.

Parking is limited, please ride there – The race course is taking up one of the parking lots and some street parking at the rose garden. This will limit the amount of parking that is available for regular park visitors and race participants. If you are coming from the Portland area, please think about riding to the event or taking mass transit. If you are coming from out of town, please try to carpool.

Directions

The main entrance to Washington Park via Park Ave may be backed up because of the course detours we will have in place. If riding your bike, feel free to ride up Park Ave. or take the MAX up to the Zoo and ride down through the park.

Please use these recommended routes if you are driving:

From downtown take W Burnside St. west and turn left on SW Tichner Dr then right on Kingston Ave.

From the west side, please exit from Hwy 26 at Sylvan and take SW Skyline north to SW Fairview and then right on Kingston Ave.

From I-5 North, take I-405 North and take the A2-Salmon St exit. Continue north on 14th Ave then turn left on Burnside. Turn left on SW Tichner Dr then right on Kingston Ave.

From I-5 South, take I-405 South and take the A2-Couch St exit. Turn right on Burnside, left on SW Tichner Dr then right on Kingston Ave.

Please park by the tennis courts or the parking lot on the west side of the street by the Japanese Garden sign.

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21Jan / 2012

Team Chthulhu and friends

Our team may not be the fastest but we stick together and keep it brutal

Team Cthulhu has been having a blast this winter so far. We are staying on the bikes and keeping it Brutal.

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21Jan / 2012

Backyard Blam Presents: Cross Up 02/04/2012

The Blam is at it again. If you are not familiar with Backyard Blam …You probably are not worthy of showing up. OK OK OK I am just kidding. Backyard Blam is always a great time with good people, Bikes, Music and usually some good beer flowing. If you need a little refresher on what these events are like please take a moment and check it out here. Well anyways back to the point of this post.

I got an e-mail from Amanda from 21st Ave. Bicycles about the next totally awesome super sweet event she is throwing at the Lumberyard. Imagine this..Brand new indoor Mountain Bike park, Cross bikes, Beer, Great people and oh the winner of the Mens and Womens Category get’s a Raleigh Roper but don’t you worry everyone will receive a high-five. OK I am done rambling..if you do not believe how awesome this is going to be don’t take my word for it show up and race or don’t and miss out on one of the best events of 2012 until the next blam is thrown!

For more info Please check out the Backyard Blam blog.

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Posted by: Kevin

River City Bicycles & Team Rose City Present: The 7th Annual Eric Kautzky Memorial Track Race

Cross up at the Lumberyard recap video

Saltzman to Skyline

The Rose Garden Circuit Race

Team Chthulhu and friends

Backyard Blam Presents: Cross Up 02/04/2012