From jimmyl@u.washington.edu Fri Oct 4 11:38:52 2002 Received: from mailscan3.cac.washington.edu (mailscan3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.15]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.09) with SMTP id g94IcjFD071988 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:38:45 -0700 Received: FROM mxu2.u.washington.edu BY mailscan3.cac.washington.edu ; Fri Oct 04 11:38:44 2002 -0700 Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.09) with ESMTP id g94Icing014337 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:38:44 -0700 Received: from mailscan-out2.cac.washington.edu (mailscan-out2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.17]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.09) with SMTP id g94IchOZ030871 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:38:43 -0700 Received: FROM dante12.u.washington.edu BY mailscan-out2.cac.washington.edu ; Fri Oct 04 11:38:40 2002 -0700 Received: from localhost (jimmyl@localhost) by dante12.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.08) with ESMTP id g94IcelL089800 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:38:40 -0700 Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 11:38:40 -0700 (PDT) From: james keith lingwood To: uwracing@u.washington.edu Subject: for the newcomers Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII hi all, here are a few things to rember/keep in mind for team training rides. others will add to this list, i'm sure, but this should be a good starting point. +wear a helmet or you're not riding with us +dress in layers, and bring some sort of rain/wind jacket +make sure you bring water and food. clif bars are nice but i like those hostess apple pies. everyone is different so experiment and see what you can eat while training without throwing up or whatever. oh yeah, 2 bottles are better than one if you have em. +bring a pump, tube and tire levers at the very least. a mini tool with some allen wrenches is nice to have too. practice changing a flat once or twice if you've never had to do it before also. I don't want to fix your flat and don't want you to fix mine but the group will definately wait. +wear glasses. they protect your eyes. +when riding in a group: don't overlap wheels, look ahead a few riders, don't worry about what's going on behind you, and keep a smooth predictable line. don't use the brakes either, unless you are stopping. you can regulate speed by sitting up into the wind or soft pedaling. relax, it will make it easier to ride a smooth line. +bring a couple of bucks just incase the group stops for coffee or something. that's about all i can think of right now. i'm sure randy and anton will add their two cents (one cent each?) :o) see you sunday 10am. jimmy .