Central Florida Cycling

Rides

2009-10-01T17:53:00.000-07:00

We will be holding practices every Tuesday and Thursday at 8am and every Sunday at 6pm. All rides meet in front of the Rec and Wellness center on the UCF main campus.

Better Late Than Never!

2009-09-30T14:52:00.000-07:00

Hello all,
Welcome to Central Florida Cycling! We are finally up and running for the 2009-2010 school year. Just a reminder that there is a club meeting this Thursday October 1st, 2009 in room BA207. The meeting will be at 8:30pm and we will go over info about club uniforms and water bottles. This meeting will also be used so club members can share new ideas that will make this club more successful. So put your thinking caps on and come with fresh ideas you think will benefit the club. If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me at ramon_banacki@yahoo.com. As always, ride safe and train hard.

Sincerely,
Ramon Banacki

Message from Andrew Joslin

2009-04-17T04:11:00.001-07:00

Hi guys,

I won't be able to join on the mountain bike ride this weekend, but feel free to go without me. I'll suggest the normal 10AM starting time at Snow Hill, but talk to each other and change the time this weekend if you like.

I'll see you all next time,
--AJ

Club Announcements

2009-04-07T12:25:00.001-07:00

1) Tomorrow (Wednesday April 8th) from 3pm to 6pm, the Sports Club Council will have an end of the year banquet. They will host the event at the Leisure Pool on campus. There will be food, games and a DJ and it's totally free.

2) The next event is a volunteer/charity event I believe it would be wise of us to participate in. It's a great cause and will be a lot of fun.

What?: Parramore Kidz Zone Pedal 4 Pride Bicycle Ride
When?: Saturday, May 4. The ride starts at 9:00 a.m. and will continue until we’ve tired out the most energetic kids;
volunteer bike repair begins at 8:00 a.m.

Where?: The ride starts at Jackson Community Center at the corner of Westmoreland Ave. and Carter St.,
and will pick up more kids at four more spots along the way.

Here’s why we need you:

Ride Mentors: the more the merrier. We need plenty of experienced adult cyclists to mix with the kids,
demonstrate good cycling behavior, share their years of cycling wisdom, and just encourage the kids and have a good time.

Route Markers: We need two teams of two to mark the routes the day before and make sure all’s in place the morning of.
There will be three routes: the shorter 4-mile little kids route, a longer 7-mile big kids route, and longer
15- to 20-mile route for the more athletic kids.

Wrenches: Experienced mechanics are needed to ensure the kids (and parents!) bikes are safe and ready to ride.
We are also trying to give away to the kids some old bikes confiscated by Orlando Police and Lynx; those bikes will need
some work ahead of time so they can be ready the day-of.

Helmet Fitters: Those with experience on fitting helmets are needed to ensure the kids have them on correctly.
If you can make this event, let me know asap by replying with at YES!!!!!

3) The third and final event is our year end BBQ. I will host it at my apartment, which is just off campus at TIVOLI. We will be going for a fun ride (nothing fast) for about an hour and then come back to TIVOLI and go swimming and have hotdogs, hamburgers and cookies!!!
It will be on May 1st at 5:00 pm. Please RSVP for this event by April 30th, so i know how much food to get.

Club Meeting

2009-04-06T02:57:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone,
We will have a meeting tonight to discuss some upcoming social events and rides for the rest of the semester. The meeting will be at 8:30 pm in the Student Union Pensacola Board Room 222.

There's still an opportunity if you'd like to purchase a cycling kit. If you want one and do not let me know by the end of this week, you will be unable to get one until next fall.

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Steve Adams

Mountain Bike Ride 4-4-09

2009-04-01T14:46:00.001-07:00

Hi everybody,
We'll be having another mountain bike group ride this Saturday at 10 AM, at Snow Hill. As always just email or call me if you have questions. ajoslin28@gmail.com

--Andrew Joslin

Club Meeting

2009-03-23T06:40:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,
Tonight at 8:30 pm in the Student Union Pensacola Board Room 222 we are having a meeting to elect your officers for next year.
Please be there if you can.
Thanks
CFC

Club Updates

2009-03-17T10:53:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone, I've got a few announcements.
1) There's a race this weekend. Ramon is the organizer for this trip so please email him to let him know that you are going to be there, even if you're traveling by yourself. He also graciously offered his house for the weekend, so no hotel costs!!! His email is ramon_banacki@yahoo.com

2) This weekend is your last chance to order uniforms for this semester. There may or may not be orders over the summer, but we will definitely order again next fall. The cost is 80 for the jersey and 86 for bib shorts.

3) Officers that were nominated at the meeting last night:
President: Ramon Banacki
Vice President: Justin Sanak
Secretary: Bob Soto
Treasurer: Steven DeWitt
Recruiting: Anthony Martley

If there are any other nominations please send them to me via email by 11 pm tomorrow. We will be voting on officers on Monday.

4) Our next meeting is this coming Monday. We will be voting on officers and talking about the future of our team, so if you'd like to be a part of it please try to make it to this meeting.

As always, please contact me if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Steve Adams, steve336@yahoo.com

Mountain Bike Ride - 3/21

2009-03-17T02:44:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody,

The last mountain bike group ride went really great, so I'll be doing another mountain bike group ride this Saturday, starting at 10 AM again at Snow Hill. As always, new people are welcome to attend, and call or email me if you need directions or more info. (321)258-4737, ajoslin28@gmail.com .

Bring lots of water this time, and maybe some suntan lotion! It'll be a warm day!

--Andrew Joslin

Sports Club Council

2009-02-26T08:38:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,
I would like to announce that on 2/25/09 the Central Florida Cycling Club became the 34th Sport club to join the Sports Club Council at UCF. We passed with a 6-0 vote by the executive board and a 26-0 vote by the council.
More updates to come!
Steve

Moutain Biking

2009-02-15T15:24:00.001-08:00

We have a new ride:
Saturday mountain bike ride at 10AM beginning Saturday, 2/28, at Snow Hill.
Plans:

Everybody meet at Snow Hill (call or email Andrew Joslin for directions) at 10AM
Ride till we die!

Andrew's contact info: ajoslin28@gmail.com, 321-258-4737 (cell). Email is best during the week, but use the phone on Friday evening or the weekend.

Rides!!!

2009-02-12T09:25:00.001-08:00

Hi everybody, We will have an A, B and C ride on Sunday, Feb 15th.

They all leave from the student union by the stage.

A ride - 22 mph+, 2 hrs, leaves at Noon

B ride - 18-22 mph, 2 hrs, leaves at 2:15 pm

C ride 17- mph, 1.5 hrs, leaves at 4:30 pm

See you there!!!

Club Updates

2009-02-10T16:12:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone,
We had a great weekend at the Gainesville Cycling Classic. We had a number of members place in the points and ended up taking 8 teammates to race!
Our next race will be on 2/21 and 2/22 and will be in the lake mary/sanford area (which is like 30 mins away). There is no collegiate category so make sure you have your normal road license. You can check out all the details here:
2/21 : http://67.199.38.224/calendar/StageDetail.asp?stageid=78&eventid=45
2/22 : http://67.199.38.224/calendar/StageDetail.asp?stageid=79&eventid=46

Also, our next club meeting will be one week from monday. It will be in the pensacola board room 222 in the student union at 8:30 pm on 2/23. Since we will not meet beforehand, please email me if you are interested in racing at steve336@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Steve Adams

Club Meeting!

2009-01-26T11:12:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,
Just a reminder that our first meeting of the semester will be held tonight, January 26th at 8:30 pm in the Student Union, Pensacola Board Room 222. We will be discussing uniforms, upcoming races, and club dues. Hope to see everyone there!

Armada Time Trial

2009-01-18T17:49:00.000-08:00

Good news!

Central Florida Cycling participated in it's first training race of the season! Justin Sanak, Steven DeWitt, and Ramon Banacki all competed in a 4.1 mile TT put on by Team Armada. Justin posted the best time for the team at 10 min exactly, holding an impressive 24.60mph average pace. Ramon came in 2nd for the team with a time of 10:28 with an average speed of 23.58mph. Unfortunately, Steven's time was not posted on the official results but he did finish the race strong! Great job to all the cyclists who participated in the race and I hope to see even more CFC jerseys out there next time!

Keep riding,

Ramon Banacki

Mandatory practice!

2009-01-17T15:34:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone,
Just to let you all know we are going to start a mandatory practice. It will be held every Sunday at 12pm. The ride will be to Ft. Christmas and back and it will be a no drop ride. If anyone is unable to attend these practices please e-mail me at ramon_banacki@yahoo.com. The practices will start on Sunday, January 25. Also, I would like everyone on the team to e-mail me an action shot of them cycling. It can be a serious shot or just one of you messing around. As long as you are on a bike. Thanks everybody!

Team Armada Time Trial

2009-01-16T09:58:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone,
Team Armada is holding an individual time trial race on Jan 18th, 2008 in the Lake Mary/Sanford area. This is the perfect way to tell what type of shape you are in and see how hard you can push yourself. It is a 4.1 mile one-way time trial that is non-technical. These races are great for beginners and experts alike. It is only $10 to enter online or $15 the day of the race. Sign up for the race begins at 8:00 am and the first rider is on the road at 9:00am. For more information about the race go to http://team-armada.blogspot.com/2008/11/lake-marysanford-2009-tt-series.html and to sign up online please visit http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=7371. Please feel free to e-mail at ramon_banacki@yahoo.com if you have any question about the race or if you are attending. I myself will be there and I would love some company!
Keep riding,
Ramon Banacki

Spring Semester - 1st Meeting and 1st Race!

2009-01-15T11:28:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,
I hope you all had a wonderful winter break and that your classes are going well. We've got some awesome stuff going on this semester so make sure you get to the first club meeting. It will be held on Monday January 26th at 8:30 pm in the Student Union, Pensacola Board Room 222.

The one other thing I'd like you to all take note of is the 2009 Spring Racing schedule. The schedule is posted here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pM8CQiroOANOIGFHh656eVA and is tentative as of 1/15/09. The first race is at the University of Florida on February 6th and 7th. We plan on taking a team, so if you're interested in going please get with me first so we have all our bases covered. You can email me at steve336@yahoo.com

Thanks,
Steve Adams

Club Meeting

2008-11-24T04:14:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone,
We will have a meeting on Monday, November 24th at 8:30 pm. As usual, it will be in the Student Union, Sand Key Room 220.
We will be talking about team goals for the next semester and handing out the uniforms!
See you there!

Club Meeting - IMPORTANT

2008-10-18T06:51:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,
We have a very special guest for the next meeting. Z Buttar, our coach and owner of Buttar.com will be presenting important information about training and racing for this coming year. If you want to be involved in the race team, this is the meeting that you should not miss!
Where: Student Union, Sand Key Room 220.
When: Monday, October 27th, 8:30 pm.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email them to support@centralfloridacycling.com
Thanks,
CFC Board

Meeting Number 2.

2008-09-25T06:25:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone,
We will have our second club meeting on monday, september 29th at 8:30 pm in the Student Union, Sand Key Room 220.

From now on, we will have a meeting every other monday in the same room at the same time.

If you would like to be reminded about our meetings via email, please send your email address to support@centralfloridacycling.com

Thanks,
CFC Board

1st Meeting Notes

2008-09-16T06:15:00.000-07:00

Missed our first meeting?
Check out the notes on our homepage!

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send them to support@centralfloridacycling.com

The moment you've all been waiting for!

2008-09-09T18:20:00.000-07:00

Greetings fellow cyclists!

It is with great excitement that I would like to invite you to the first meeting of the Central Florida Cycling club at UCF.

The meeting will be held on Monday, September 15^th, 2008 at 8:30 pm in the Student Union, Sand Key Room 220.

We will introduce ourselves, describe the mission of the club, collect club dues ($5.00 per semester, cash or check payable to Central Florida Cycling), talk about our sponsors, uniforms, and much more!

I encourage you to share this with anyone who may be interested, as the club is intended for cyclists of all levels and varieties.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Steve Adams

President, Central Florida Cycling

Welcome, Membership, Sponsorship

2008-09-01T12:44:00.000-07:00

Welcome to all new students to UCF this semester and to those of you who have never heard of our club before. We are gearing up for a great year of fun and challenging events.

The executive board has been busy preparing for the launch of the club. We are planning to have our first meeting very soon, most likely within the first three weeks of September (a new post will give all the details about that). We are also preparing our uniforms.

We've got some great sponsors on board including Glory Cycles, Rudy Project, Advocare and Buttar.com to name a few. If you are interested in sponsoring our club for this year, please send us an email (support@centralfloridacycling.com) ASAP, so we can ensure your inclusion on our uniform and website.

We will be posting more information about club workouts, uniforms, dues, and meetings in the very near future, so keep checking back for all the info.

We all look forward to meeting you.
The Central Florida Cycling Executive Board

Mountain Bike Ride

2008-06-28T18:58:00.000-07:00

Hello all,
We are planning a Saturday or Sunday morning mountain bike ride out at Snow Hill. This is going to be a really fun time once a week to get some technical mountain bike riding in together. If you are interested, please contact the ride director, Andrew Joslin at ajoslin28@gmail.com
Thanks!

Some things are worth waiting for

2008-06-26T18:28:00.000-07:00

Attention everyone interested in the club: We are no an officially recognized USA Cycling Club in addition to being and Office of Student Involvement at UCF recognized organization. Thank you for being so patient, and also thanks to those of you involved in creating this organization. We are currently in the process of acquiring a number of sponsorships as well as looking for a coach. If you know anyone or are interested yourself in becoming a sponsor or coach, please contact Steve Adams at support@centralfloridacycling.com !
We all can't wait for the start of the next school year to have our very first meeting!!! See you then.

Official OSI RSO

2008-03-27T05:50:00.000-07:00

I am excited to report that we are now an official registered student organization (RSO) under the office of student involvement (OSI). We have also had numerous responses from the community to be involved with the club.

We will have our first officer meeting to discuss everything that needs to happen over the summer so that we can begin recruiting members in the fall semester. Our current officers have a lot of initiative and the club will become very successful under their leadership.

We also have a bike shop as an official sponsor : Glory Cycles. Their website is www.glorycycles.com They are willing to help us out with equipment, which is a great benefit to all memebers.

We are also trying to get the alumni involved, as there's a high concentration in the Central Florida area. I've even had communications with an Alumni in Tampa who wants some jerseys.

There is much work to be done and much fun in our future!

Habitat for Humanity

2008-02-19T06:19:00.000-08:00

Saturday - 34 mile Road Race
Saturday's race got off to a rocky start. Traffic going to the event site was heavier than I anticipated, so I felt really rushed when I got there, and I didn't get the warm up I had hoped for. The worst part - I totally had the time to, but I was waiting around the start line in case they started the race. As soon as the race started, I could tell that most of these guys had no idea how to ride. The group sped up and slowed down for seemingly no reason. One guy went down in front of me, and I managed to avoid it. After about 10 miles there was a climb into a right hand turn into some more climb. At the right turn, I was hurting and people were dropping around me. I lost touch with the pack and that was it, they just rode away from me.
After that climb, there was another pretty tough one, where I caught up to two other riders who had also popped. We started a chase group, but there was no way we were gonna catch the others. Overall, it was a lot of pushing fun and I now realize that I'm going to have to work a lot harder to win one.

Sunday - 35 minute Criterium
The crit race was so much fun. I tried something new by warming up along the start/finish straight on my trainer, it allowed me to get a warmup in to the last possible second. I'll definately do that the next race.
The cat 5 field was only 15 people deep. I ended up getting lapped 2 times, as the 4 leaders were hauling butt. Myself and two others raced to the line, but I was in a terrible position coming into the last turn, which cost me a sprint. However, I learned where I need to be next time.

Now it's back to training!

Club members now complete

2008-02-12T16:59:00.000-08:00

Today I got all 12 members of the club. I also called USAC to get the forms from them that I need signed. Tomorrow I'll take the papers to Dr. Eaglin, then Thursday I'll bring it to OSI. This is awesome!

February 10, 2008

2008-02-10T16:02:00.000-08:00

Well, I'm back from Gainesville. It was a pretty tough race. Saturday's time trail was really fun. Nice rolling hills, but a strong headwind on the way back.
Sunday was a total slap in the face. I had no idea what to expect for the crit. Warmup was great, and so was the start of the race. I held on to the lead group for 3 laps, then basically stayed in it to finish. With one lap to go, the leaders were coming up on me, so I slowed up and got out of their way.
Fun weekend, now I know what to expect.

February 8, 2008

2008-02-08T05:30:00.000-08:00

So, this is the first time i've ever had a blog. I've seen them in use at work and they are pretty cool. But this isnt the only new thing happening. This weekend is my first criterium race as a cyclist. It's in gainesville, fl and I am really excited. We'll see how it goes.