New Team Coming

If you've been following along with TEAM headstrong activities this season, you've seen all the great fun we've been having. I wanted to post some news about our future plans.

We are planning to race and ride in 2014 under the name of Greenville Velo. Most of the team will stay the same with the same riders and lots of fun in and out of the saddle, but we'll have a new name and a new look. Stay tuned for some further information about Greenville Velo. We'll point you to our new blog and show you what our cool new kits will look like. Other than our new look, much of the team remains the same.

greenvillevelo.blogspot.com

We hope you'll follow along as we continue to enjoy riding and competing together.

New team mates score big at Alpine Gran Fondo..

Sunday was the Jeremiah Bishop Alpine Loop Gran Fondo. 107 mi, 11832 ft of climbing around beautiful Northwestern Virginia and northeastern West Virginia. Beautiful early fall day. This Gran Fondo is not for the faint of heart. There are somany double digit climbs that you just lose count. The two most memorable was a 3 mile gravel climb gaining 1500 ft. With 3 ramps of 24%. Beth said it felt great when it leveled off to 15%. The other was a 10 mile endless gravel climb some of which was better suited for a mountain bike in places. Finish times : Jim- 7:50,Beth -8:15, Ken Malas -8:25. But the official timing was combining two hard climbs for KOM /QOM. Beth was second QOM overall and Ken was age group KOM winner and I was second behind Ken. Beth also won age group QOM. Great age group winner jerseys. Gearing was 34x28. We'll be back to ride again-a very beautiful area near Harrisonburg Va.