Team Meeting December 7th

Instead of going to the Crofton Italian Market, the team went to the Annapolis Bike Doctor for the monthly meeting (December 7th). The owners -- Mr. Jack and son Andy -- rolled out beer, wine, cheese and fruit, which was very much enjoyed by the riders, even some who looked a little over their racing weights (unfortunately this last group includes the wheelsucker).

In addition to President Waring filling us in on various club activities, we had the legendary John Howard in to speak (BTW, he looked fit enough that he could eat all the fruit and cheese he wanted too).

Bobby Stu and John set up a bike for John to demo his FITTE system on

John also spoke about some of his experiences cyling.


This image is of the first cycling training camp in the US; that is some of the Raleigh Team on the porch in the image.

Three guesses as to which one John is ...

With a little rearranging Bike Doctor Annapolis turns into a very useful space.

An Evening with John Howard

If you don’t know who John Howard is, among his accomplishments are:

Gold medal in the 1971 Pan Am Games Road Race
Olympic team member
One of the Raleigh boys
Won stage in Tour of Ireland
Helped develop the first carbon fiber bicycle
Second in the RAAM
Won Ironman twice
Set multiple bicycling speed records including world land speed record (152.6mph)
Helped other riders break those records
Lead out man for Bobby Phillips
Helped put cycling in the public and USOC eye

So when Bobby Phillips invited the team and then MABRA to come up to Baltimore for dinner with John Howard, I jumped on the opportunity.

While dinner with John Howard and other cyclists discussing some of his achievements and some of the history of cycling might be interesting, John is probably more interested in talking about cycling here and now including training, drugs in cycling, can Lance win the Tour and his FiTTE System.

We had a great evening at Johnny Dee's -- a Bobby Phillips hangout.

http://www.johnhowardsports.com/

http://www.viddler.com/explore/jhps/videos/2/?secreturl=62493230

Thanks to John for a fascinating evening, and thanks to Bobby for organizing this.

Original Snow Valley Women's Team

Debbie Dudas brought this picture to the Saturday ride today. Evidently, it is the original Snow Valley Women's Team from the 90s. Since I'm new around here, can anyone identify the riders and the date?

Update from Arch:

"It was actually circa 1993. Prior to 1992, I think the 'women's team' consisted of just Debbie Dudas. That photo was taken for an article which ran in the Capital. Left to right: Deb Dudas, Debbie Neilson, Nita Settina, Margy McArdle, and Megan Bilodeau."