Saturday Group Ride

Just got back from a really nice group ride with 6 guys. We headed out from campus a little after 10am, across the Highland Park Bridge, out Freeport and up and over Guys Run. The climb was very nice and the descent through Fox Chapel was beautiful. Here are a few photos I snapped:



Here is a GPS map of the ride.

Weekend Group Riding

School is back! And so is the Tartan Cycling Club. We're holding regular weekend group rides. Anyone is welcome to come. Sign up on our email list to stay informed. Below are a couple photos from the ride today. Look at all those Tartan kits!

Fall Flyer

Friday Night Time Trials

Aaron S. and John H. before the start of the Friday Night 10-mile time trial at the Washington Blvd oval on 8/7/09. Check out those sweet tartan skin suits.

Results:
1) Steve Marlette 22:04
3) John Jeffner 22:22
7) Ben Stephens 23:47
10) Aaron Shelmire 24:05

Featured in Carnegie Mellon Today

NEWS FLASH: The club and club president Benjamin Stephens were recently featured in the Carnegie Mellon Today Alumni magazine. Read the article and share it with your friends and family.

Aliquippa Ride/Race Report

Dan and Ben attended the first race of the Aliquippa crit series this morning. They made a day of it by riding to and from the race from school. 25 miles each way! The weather was amazing, but extremely warm compared to what the guys have dealt since last summer. John Heffner, a former associate tartan cyclist joined the guys for the ride and the race.

The field was small, with 20ish guys. They did 14 laps of the 1.5-mile rectangle. It was fairly slow until about 7 to go when Ben broke away after a prime lap. He proceeded off the front for a while but suffered a dumb mechanical and by the time he got it fixed had missed the group and dropped out. Dan, however, attacked with Heffner with about 3 to go and ended up winning the race!

Some excellent photos of the race have been posted by Fred Jordan. Here are some of the good ones featuring Ben and Dan:







The guys will be heading to Penn State for the ECCC Conference Championships.

Mingo Creek Race Report

Ben, Travis and Chris contested the Mingo Creek road race this morning. The course is a rolling 6-mile loop with two short kickers and a long downhill section. All three of the guys raced in the Men's Cat 4/5 race. Ben joined a breakaway group of 5 during the 5th lap (out of 6) and sprinted to a 2nd place finish. Chris suffered a minor crash after a close encounter with a loose dog on the course. Travis finished in a sizeable chase group.

UPDATE: There are a bunch of photos by Fred Jordan from the Mingo Creek Road Race this past weekend. Here are some of the good ones featuring CMU riders:

Travis

Chris

Ben

Ben gets 2nd!