May 29th, 2013

Many of our junior riders and parents have emailed me concerning the categories and PA BAR points for the various JR State road events. I apologize for any confusion and I hope this email will help clarify the dates, races and categories for the state TT, RR and Criterium for the juniors. As you know some of these races were not on the race calendar until the past few weeks and while that has been more…

May 14th, 2013

Elite Women Team Points 1 Peanut Butter & Co. Human Zoom 919 2 Team EPS/CCC p/b Shebell & Shebell 405 3 Equipe Vitesse 340 4 CAWES p/b Specialized 246 5 Breakawaybikes.com – QCW Cycling 213 6 Team Alliance Environmental 193 7 Watchung Wheelmen 165 8 Mason Dixon Velo/ The Cycle Works 152 9 Farm Team Elite Women’s Cycling 132 10 North Point Women’s Racing Team 83 11 Sunnybrook Trek/Limerick Chiropractic 65 12 Pallas Athene p/b more…

May 1st, 2013

Race Permit Race Date Race Type Piscitello Law Great Valley Criterium 2013-602 5/5/2013 Criterium Smoketown Airport Criterium 2013-369 5/11/2013 Criterium By The Whey Protein Criterium 2013-640 5/12/2013 Criterium 2013 Philadelphia Amateur TT 2013-2097 6/1/2013 Time Trial Arsenal Criterium 2013-2139 6/9/2013 Criterium Wrightsville Criterium 2013-2248 6/15/2013 Criterium Race Avenue Criterium 2013-852 6/16/2013 Criterium Emrick Boulevard Criterium 2013-645 6/23/2013 Criterium JBN Bicycle Race 2013-644 6/30/2013 Criterium Chesco Road Race Pending 7/4/2013 Road Race Lake Nockamixon TT & more…

April 22nd, 2013

Altra Motion/Vittoria/3T Annapolis Bicycle Racing Team Bicycle Therapy/Melitta Bike King Racing Blue Mountain Velo Breakawaybikes.com – QCW Cycling Bucks County Racing Club CAWES/p/b Specialized Chester County Cycling Chester County Velo Cycledrome D3devo Doylestown Bike Works EBS Racing Club Epic Racing Equipe Vitesse ERA CYCLING Evolution Racing Farm Team Elite Women’s Cycling Functional Endurance Concepts Gotham Cyclist GS Simmeria Guys Racing Club International Christian Cycling Club JVR Sports Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV Amateur Racing King’s Cyclery Kutztown more…

April 18th, 2013

The Clarksburg Downtown Grandprix on Saturday April 13th was the first state road championship event in PA/WV. Thanks to the promoters for hosting the race after the collegiate riders were done and hats off to the top WV racers in each event category: M4-5: Matthew Adams (Team Integrity p/b AV Insight) M3-4: Dusty Arbogast (Pro Mountain Outfitters) M1-2-3: Gunnar Shogren (Appalachian Bicycle Racing Association) 50+: Jon Boggs 40+: Gunnar Shogren (Appalachian Bicycle Racing Association) W3-4: Heather Jones (Team more…

April 18th, 2013

Congratulations to the leaders of the PA Road BAR series after the Naval Yard Criterium and SoYoCo: W1-2: Patty Buerkle (Peanut Butter & Co. Human Zoom) W3: Kimberly Zubris (Peanut Butter & Co. Human Zoom) W4: Camile Durocher (Breakawaybikes.com – QCW Cycling) M1-2: Ross Marklein (Breakawaybikes.com – QCW Cycling) U23: David Dawson (The Performance Lab p/b Caffeinated Cyclist) M3: Dakota Schaeffer (Young Medalists) M4: Aaron Barr (Swashbuckler Brewing Co Cycling) 45+: Bob Grimwood (World Cup more…

April 3rd, 2013

The 2013 PA BAR season opens on Saturday with the Philadelphia Naval Yard Criterium (https://www.bikereg.com/Net/18744) in South Philadelphia sponsored by Tri-State Velo. The agenda for the race is as follows: M5 – 15 miles @ 8 AM W4 – 15 miles JB/JG 15 to 18 – 15 miles M4 – 20 miles M45+ – 20 miles W1-2-3 – 20 miles M55+/65+ – 20 miles M3 – 25 miles M1-2 – 35 miles All races with more…

March 12th, 2013

The PCA Board has elected Jack Poplar to fill the vacant slot for the local association. Jack is very prominent in the cycling community, particularly in the Lancaster area, serving as Chief Referee at many events and is a co-promoter of the Grandview GP Criterium. Six very talented and deserving individuals were on the ballot and the selection of one person to become the fifth member of the board proved to be a difficult task more…

March 6th, 2013

The following races are confirmed for the 2013 PA Road BAR Series:   2013 Phila Naval Yard Criterium: 4/6/2013 SOYOCO Circuit Race: 4/13/2013 Lower Providence Criterium: 4/21/2013 Piscitello Law Great Valley Criterium: 5/5/2013 Smoketown Airport Criterium: 5/11/2013 By The Whey Protein Criterium: 5/12/2013 2013 Philadelphia Amateur TT: 6/1/2013 Race Avenue Criterium:                6/16/2013 Emrick Boulevard Criterium: 6/23/2013 JBN Bicycle Race: 6/30/2013 Bob Rodale Fitness Park: 8/4/2013 Cycledrome Criterium: TBD  

February 21st, 2013

A few weeks ago I included in the PCA weekly email some information on the organization that is assisting in the due diligence and planning for an indoor velodrome to be built in Coatesville. The email included a link to a survey that profiles a rider’s cycling interests and focuses on track riding and racing plus potential utilization of the Coatesville Velodrome. The survey takes just a few minutes and I hope you can take more…