Have You Scheduled Your Bike Tune Up?

I know it’s been rainy but nice weather will be here before you know it!  It’s definitely time to take the bike off the indoor trainer and get outside!

Has your bike been tuned up this year?  If not, you may want to schedule one now.  The longer you wait the longer the wait time will be to get your bike in the shop.  A tune up now will ensure your bike is running smoothly when race season starts.  Have your parts taken off and professionally cleaned.  A clean bike is a fast bike!

Also, here are some things you want your local bike shop to check:

  • Chain Stretch – I usually need a new chain every year
  • Brake Pads and alignment
  • Tire Tread
  • New tape on the inside of your wheel (I can’t tell you how my flat tires I’ve had that were caused by my spokes!)
  • Wire stretch and rust for both brakes and gearing
  • Drive Chain
  • Derailleur Adjustments – make sure you can get all the gears and you’re not skipping

Take good care of your bike and bike will take good care of you.

The good weather is coming and maybe I’ll see you out on the roads!

Thanks,
Ron P.

Race 16: Hangover Classic

Name Race 16 Hangover Classic Race 16 adjusted time Place Race 16 Points
Hamilton, Greg 32.51 27.35 1 15
McCarthy, Dan 33.33 27.42 2 12
Allen, John 32.27 28.23 3 10
Bishop, Felicia 32.20 28.33 4 9
Troise, Caroline 42.58 29.30 5 8
Shardlow, Ken 36.40 29.45 6 7
Schwager, Mark 38.59 30.48 7 6
Morrissey, Paul 37.24 30.52 8 5
Marak, Teddy 32.42 32.27 9 4
Maude, Jen 39.49 32.33 10 3
Weiss, Yvonne 44.09 33.12 11 2
Grassie-Hughes, Bonnie 41.57 34.45 12 1
Kriz, Sara 40.30 36.37 13 1
Ventura, Ally 37.29 37.29 14 1
McGovern, Adam 39.49 38.28 15 1
Mitnick, Cara 45.51 38.29 16 1
Sedwick, Peter 50.53 41.39 17 1
Scott, Jackie 47.14 44.01 18 1
Varone, Jeff 54.42 44.46 19 1
Lalli, Lorraine 47.23 45.15 20 1
Bruzzi, Kate 46.42 46.06 21 1
Gasper, Mason 52.32 46.19 22 1
Sedgwick, Rose 60.38 50.53 23 1
Sabourin, Andrew 54.40 50.54 24 1
Billings-Litke, Wendy 62.37 58.52 25 1
Billings-Litke, Malorie 62.38 62.02 26 1

Race 15: Newport Christmas 10K

Name Race 15 Newport 10k Race 15 adjusted time Place Race 15 Points
Hamilton, Greg 40.34 34.03 1 15
McCarthy, Dan 41.24 34.10 2 12
Kaufmann, Craig 39.17 36.34 3 10
Troise, Caroline 53.33 37.21 4 9
Wilson, Kate 39.47 39.31 5 8
Patrissi, Ron 45.57 39.52 6 7
Schwager, Mark 50.39 40.01 7 6
Joyal, Mary 40.37 40.27 8 5
Feit-Melnick, Laurie 47.43 40.34 9 4
McCaffrey, Emily 42.24 42.18 10 3
Kriz, Sara 47.01 42.30 11 2
Grassie-Hughes, Bonnie 52.52 43.47 12 1
Auber, Jen 51.21 45.53 13 1
Mitnick, Cara 55.44 46.46 14 1
Kenahan, Peter 73.01 54.07 15 1

Race 14: Downtown Jingle 5K

Name Race 14 Jingle 5k Race 14 adjusted time Place Race 14 Points
McCarthy, Dan 20.36 17.00 1 15
Barboza, Chevon 25.36 25.36 2 12
Johnson, Heather 26.25 26.10 3 10
DeCoursey, Dave 47.26 37.09 4 9

Race 13: Trot Off Your Turkey

These results might not be up to date. Men were supposed to only be accounted in this race to make up for the Women’s Classic 5K. Final results have been corrected.

Name Race 13 Trot Off Race 13 adjusted time Place Race 13 Points
Lawrence, Chris 19.24 16.17 1 15
McCarthy, Dan 20.14 16.42 2 12
Bishop, Mars Jr. 16.54 16.43 3 10
Jankowich, Matt 19.49 17.53 4 9
McDermott, Chris 20.39 18.30 5 8
German, Duane 25.38 19.32 6 7
Horne, Melissa 24.38 19.36 7 6
Bazyk, Jeff 22.55 19.43 8 5
O’Neal, Klaus 24.55 20.24 9 4
Monstream-Quas, Sydney 23.45 20.58 10 3
Bishop, Mars 24.36 21.21 11 2
Grassie-Hughes, Bonnie 26.49 22.13 12 1
Auber, Jen 25.09 22.29 13 1
Sedgwick, Peter 28.34 23.23 14 1
Jankowich, Caroline 25.09 23.41 15 1
Kelly, Colleen 25.37 23.52 16 1
Sedgwick, Rose 34.06 28.37 17 1