<<<I understand that a National Level CycloCross Championship is to be
> held
> in Baltimore in a little over a month from now around mid -December.
> Will the RICHARD SACHS TEAM be making an appearance at this
> Mid-Atlantic
> venue? e-RICHIE please give us a heads up.>>>
we'll be there takin' names and kickin' butt. can i say that , dale? e-RICHIE <http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1578244&a=13848239&f=0&sp=1& showall=true> cross pics link
On Wed, 07 Nov 2001 20:13:58 -0500 "Martin O. Walsh" <mowalsh@erols.com>
writes:
> Dear CR list members, Especially those in the Washington,DC metro
> area
> who missed the Baltimore RETRO RIDE last weekend I'm extending an
> invitation to join a PPTC club ride/RETRO RIDE. The ride will begin
> at
> 9:30 a.m. Sunday,NOV.11th at the Marshall,Virginia,V.D.O.T. parking
> lot,
> behind the town swimming pool.The ride is 42 miles through apple
> country,passing thru Markam,Hume, and Orlean,Va. "Real men"and woman
> can
> have some great spinach &mushroom quiche at one of my favorite ride
> stop's "THE ORLEAN STORE" or real "Virginia ham" at the break/rest
> stop
> mile 21.The weather should be great!Rider's are encouraged to wear
> modern helmets with their Retro Bicycles.Arrive early to show off
> your
> wheels. From DC Beltway take I-66 West for 36 miles to
> Exit-28(Business
> US-17 north for 0.7 miles into Marshall).Cross Main St.(VA 55) left
> onto
> Salem Ave in 0.1 mile and a right on Frost Ave in a couple
> blocks...go
> behind the pool to the Park and Ride lot.This ride will be a little
> slower pace than last weeks Chesapeake Wheelmen's Retro ride since
> we
> are all not ex-racers.The ride is a little hilly and we'll average
> 12-16
> mph. Some wild machines showed up at The Baltimore Retro Ride but
> better
> still were some of the rider's and their stories and photo's of
> day's
> gone by.The Chesapeake Wheelmen were founded in 1946.Shawn had a
> photo
> albumn loaded with pictures from racer's and their machines from the
> "after the War" era.Lot's of Track racing steel on cinder filled
> tracks
> in Baltimore City.The tracks were cinder roads that circled City
> Water
> Supply-Clifford Lake. I told Shawn there is no "Clifford Lake" and
> he
> said it was "filled in" and now stands Clifford Lake High School on
> the
> site of the former resevoir. The local Baltimore Racing teams still
> race
> at two of the several remaining
> Resevoirs.
> I understand that a National Level CycloCross Championship is to be
> held
> in Baltimore in a little over a month from now around mid -December.
> Will the RICHARD SACHS TEAM be making an appearance at this
> Mid-Atlantic
> venue? e-RICHIE please give us a heads up.I'm sure there are many on
> the
> list who would love to witness some of the top racer's in this
> forum-"CYLCOCROSS" right in our own backyard. Yours
> truly, Martin Walsh in Vienna,Va. USA