This past week 4 Wheelmen traveled to Madison, WI this past week not just to spin their legs and wave, but instead to take 1st, 3rd, and 20th in the Mens Division I Nationals Road Race! Out of 160 starters, 68 finished, and topping that was Wheelman Blake Anton out of a two man break away, Menso de Jong closely behind in 3rd, and John Bennett closing out the trio in 20th. Representing the Wheelwomen of the team was Katherine Hicks who finished out the Women's Division I Road Race in the lead of a strung out group of 3. All four made strong showings in the Nationals Criterium the following day To quote an article from USA Cycling, "Cal Poly was the story of the morning’s men’s Division I contest."

View the full event recap here.
View the full resultshere.

Last weekend the Wheelmen had another strong showing at the UCLA Road Race and Time Trials.

In Saturday's Road Race our Men's As field brought back the Poly Pain Train going 1, 2, 4, and 7, with current Omnium leader John Bennett Taking the win, followed by Menso DeJong. Our Men's Bs battled a tough field with Brian Funk finishing 6th, Aaron Alino in 7th and Josh Marcum Rounding out the top ten. Nik Goodell and Patrick Edziak raced in Men's C's and took 6th and 8th respectively. Unfortunately we had no Men's D's because let's face it... Cal Poly is just too fast. The Ladies this weekend also had a great Road Race. Kathryn Hicks finished 5th in the Women's A's Field while in the Women's B's field Soquel Schaffer took 3rd, Christie O'Hara 8th and Stephanie Pollard 10th.

Sunday morning started out with Team Time Trials in a brutal head wind. The Men's A's team finished second by a meager 6 seconds... if only they had work shoe covers. The Men's B and C teams both rode strongly to a first place finish and The Women's A's team finished third. Later on in the day, battling and even stronger head wind, Blake Anton took second in the Men's A's, and Keith Thompson took 8th. Aaron Alino impressed us once again in his first season of racing with a second place and Jim Feliz was right behind him in third. Josh Marcum and Brian Funk took 6th and 7th. Nik Goodell and Patrick Edziak took 5th and 7th in the Men's C's. As for the Women, Kathryn Hicks took 4th in the Women's A's and Soquel Schaffer and Christie O'Hara took 1st and 3rd in the B's.

In an effort to keep club members and the general public informed, we'll be making an effort to put a synopsis of ongoing events and news on a weekly basis following the Officer's Meetings.

1) The Wheelmen have returned from a successful road race weekend in San Diego this past weekend. Check the WCCC site for official race placings.

2) Practice Crit this Sunday at 8AM. Be there and get some 'crit'ical practice in before our home race.

3) Upcoming women's social on Wednesday at 6PM. Talk to Tara for more details!

4) Bike Fix on Thurday at Dexter Lawn (11AM-2PM). Show up and get your bike running in tip-top condition. Tools and bike stands are available, as well as the help of some awesome club members.

CCCMB is having one of their [bi]annual big Trailwerks events in Montana de Oro this Sunday, February 7th.

With the huge turnout we usually get we will probably be doing a lot of work on a lot of trailsand possibly starting on a major reroute. There will be a light breakfast (coffee, OJ, and pastries) plus a cool free raffle with awesome prizes.

Arrange for a carpool or meet above Spooner Cove at 8AM in Montana de Oro to help improve your local community's trails.

Go toCCCMB.orgfor more info.

CCCMB has issued the following statement concerning the recent weather and the conditions of trails in the SLO area:

"All trails in San Luis Obispo have been hammered in the rain! The ground is scoured and saturated. Please give wet trails time to dry out before going for a hike, bike, or gallop. Staying off wet trails until they have time to dry out for a couple of days will prevent additional damage from occurring."

Riding the trails after the rain may be good fun, but try to keep in mind that you aren't the only one using them and all the hard work that goes into maintaining them for the entire community.

More information and updates can be found here.

After a long and arduous voting session where an entire 22 jersey designs were put at the mercy of the collective club's opinion, we have our new jersey design for 09-10! If you're interested in ordering one of these new snazzy jersey's designed by our own Rachell Newburn, be sure to contact team vice president Sally Hermansen before Sunday, October 11th at wheelmenvicepresident@gmail.com.


Click here for public prices. Team members please contact Sally Hermansen at wheelmenvicepresident@gmail.com or Robert Nealan at wheelmenweb@gmail.com for discounted pricing.