Submitted by roadskater on November 20, 2009 - 11:47pm.
I'm still not ready to write about the Carolina Century in all its glory, but I have published almost a thousand more photos from both the 2009 Carolina Century and the Today We Ride for Dave 2009 David Sherman Memorial Ride, so I wanted to share those links.
I can promise better weather for the 3rd annual Carolina Century! It was epic. The Carolina Century photos are a good way to see part of the route, with trees, barns, horses, llamas, a few people and lots of mist inside and outside the lens.
Submitted by roadskater on September 18, 2009 - 4:29am.
We had a super time at the Bicycle Toy & Hobby Sales Tour to Tanglewood training ride inline skate. This year there was an improved long route of 43 miles. There was some additional gatorback to do on roads familiar from previous Tours, but after this, the rest of the day was on supersweet asphalt, with some challenging uphills and fun and safe downhills too. When we got back to the shop there was so much food we really didn't need to have lunch (though later on we went to Sir Pizza for small versions of their awesome pies).
Submitted by roadskater on June 19, 2009 - 1:38pm.
Sep 12 2009 - 8:30am
US/Eastern
Location
Bicycle Toy and Hobby Sales
2000 N Main Street bicycletoyandhobby.com
High Point, NC
United States
35° 58' 53.2236" N, 80° 1' 18.5016" W
Part of a series of excellent free skrides (bike rides where skilled inline skaters are welcome) put on by the NC Central Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The rides are well-supported, marked, and free to all, including those who may not end up participating in the annual Tour to Tanglewood for MS (but you will love the training rides so much you'll be more likely to do the tour after trying most training rides). These rides are for beginners who've trained a little and everyone else on up to experts. SAG and rest stop and bike support team are great.
Submitted by roadskater on June 18, 2009 - 11:26pm.
These are the best free skrides and some of the best skrides in North Carolina, especially if you are on your way to getting into shape for the fall season of longer distances and weekend tours, like the awesome Tour to Tanglewood for MS. The support from the veteran rest stop heroes, Valerie and Elaine, is a good start to any ride. When the bike shops pitch in (some more than others) it can make it an incredible day out on the road with the bikes.
This is year two for the Tour de Youth in High Point. The fee is reasonable at $25 ($30 day of event). This is to raise money for a youth mission trip to Tennessee to help with "building restoration, yard work, and community activities." With lunch and door prizes, it's an affordable way to get support for 20-mile, 30-mile and 50-mile routes.
I haven't asked about skilled skaters doing the event, so here's contact info if you don't feel good showing up to skate without asking first...
http://www.sportoften.com/events/eventDetails.cfm?pEventId=3987
Submitted by roadskater on February 9, 2009 - 9:17pm.
A few years ago at the US10K I met Heather Richardson from High Point Speed, just briefly, not a long chat or anything. But it was clear she was a powerful skater even at 10K, which is lots longer than most indoor types really want to do very often (that's a lot of laps on the tiny indoor inline circuits). The Greensboro News & Record has a nice story on her, point out that...
Richardson, a 19-year-old from High Point, is the reigning U.S.
champion in long-track speedskating's sprint events and recently
finished 20th at the World Sprints.
Submitted by roadskater on August 25, 2008 - 3:36pm.
Bicycle Toy & Hobby Sales gaves us a great skate and ride last weekend, even considering some rough road (not the worst gatorback by far, but not as great as the rest) on the spur out to and around Abbotts Creek. We had nice skaters, 4 veterans of T2T and 5 who have yet to experience the glorious weekend...but most plan to.
Submitted by roadskater on August 8, 2008 - 2:50pm.
Here are the photos for the Spinz Bike Shop training bike ride and inline skate in Archdale, High Point and surrounds. Hope you love 'em. Here are the links to Roadskater.net Classic (http://RSN1.net):
Submitted by roadskater on July 28, 2008 - 11:51pm.
Here's the speed map from the Spinz bike shop training bike ride and skate in High Point, Archdale and Sophia, almost up to Caraway Mountain. We maxed out at 35 or so but some of it felt faster because of the country side, lay of the land, and curve of the roads. There were some stiff climbs and it was a fun day of skatey company even if we weren't all at the same speed all the time. The rain at the end gave eebee a little spark since that's childhood weather for her methinks. Jack, eebee and myself cruised in after the others had departed...I think that was Andrew, Kim and Amy and I hope I'm not missing anyone here...we were not all really together before the start!
Submitted by roadskater on June 20, 2008 - 1:02am.
Jul 19 2008 - 8:15am
Jul 19 2008 - 12:30pm
US/Eastern
Location
Spinz Bike Shop
3029 S Main St
High Point, NC
United States
35° 55' 4.386" N, 79° 58' 30.126" W
Spinz Bike Shop is a relatively new sponsor but they did a lot last year at various charities, not just the Tour to Tanglewood. I went to their skride last year and met Andy there. We had a good time on some nice roads. Of course any ride starting in a town named High Point ends with some kind of uphill run! We had a great time and they were mighty friendly to us at the shop.
The training rides for "Tour to Tanglewood" are about to begin in a couple of weeks. These rides are all well supported, generous rest-stops, sag wagons, and of course great people. It is a good way to hone your skating or biking skills depending on your particular preference, and you are supporting a great cause and helping people who can't skate/ride like we can.
Below is a list of upcoming rides from the National MS Societies web site listing the events. Mark you calenders and come out and meet some wonderful people in our community.
Submitted by roadskater on September 26, 2007 - 2:42am.
This is a quick first hack at getting some 2007 photo links over to the new Roadskater.net from RSN Classic (rsn1.net). There will be much more later, and I won't even go into it all now. It's been "in the works" (meaning in my brain) for almost two years now. I don't want to do it until I can do it "right," and the way I want it to look.
Submitted by roadskater on August 31, 2007 - 3:50am.
The Bicycle Toy & Hobby training ride is usually the last one of the year, barring rain dates, and its a great time to pick up packets for the Tour to Tanglewood, so lots of riders show for this one. It's downhill out of town and uphill back into town along mostly five-lane and four-lane roads with mostly good natured motorists along the way. Out in the country, the route followed familiar Tour to Tanglewood roads in some places. A rougher surface loop proved a tough blend with the hottest temps of a T2T TR this year, but we made it fine.
Yesterday morning, I joined Blake and Andy to skate the final training ride for the 2007 Tour to Tanglewood. After several warnings that this would be the hottest weather of all the training rides this summer, we set off from downtown High Point at very nearly the official starting time of 8:30 AM.
Submitted by roadskater on August 14, 2007 - 7:02am.
I enjoyed the Spinz Ride a lot and had a chance to share a nice sunny morning with our newest local Roadskater in the hills around High Point and Archdale, NC. Sunflowers brightened the day significantly, and we made our way along well enough. Spinz did a great job of hosting and we appreciated their welcoming us. Hope you love the photos, and if you do, let us all know which ones! Here's a link to the RSN classic photo page:
Submitted by roadskater on July 24, 2007 - 11:33am.
No, this is not about healthy eating, or training, or skating, except that I'll need to think about those things later in the day. I just got back from enjoying an amazing anachronism: breakfast with 2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon and 2 large pancakes for $2.32...and the food was good!
Submitted by roadskater on July 12, 2007 - 4:23pm.
Aug 25 2007 - 8:30am
US/Eastern
The last Training Ride before the tour is always fun. Come on out for a free skate ride with the Tour to Tanglewood riders. Get to know the core group of MS Society volunteers and riders. Free, with great rest stop support! Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and rollout is usually 8:30 a.m, but be there a bit early in case they're eager to start.
Submitted by roadskater on July 12, 2007 - 3:31pm.
Jul 21 2007 - 8:30am
US/Eastern
Check out Spinz Bike Shop and enjoy a free skate ride with the Tour to Tanglewood riders. Get to know the core group of MS Society volunteers and riders. Free, with great rest stop support! Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and rollout is usually 8:30 a.m, but be there a bit early in case they're eager to start.
Spinz bike shop is at 3029 S Main St High Point, NC 27263 (336) 861-6480. http://spinzbikeshop.com.
Submitted by roadskater on October 10, 2006 - 5:01pm.
I have just published my photos from the August 26, 2006 Tour to Tanglewood Training Ride at Bicycle Toy & Hobby in High Point NC. Please take a look, and if you have any comments, reply by clicking "add new comment" below. Here's the link for the photos:
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