Submitted by roadskater on March 10, 2010 - 3:07pm.
You know, even when we do things for charity, it's easy to get competitive. It's easy to think you shouldn't make an effort if it can't be a big one. It's easy to forget that the desire to help is enough. Do a little, or do a lot, but do it when you are inspired!
Submitted by skatey-mark on January 15, 2010 - 12:31pm.
Apr 9 2010 - 6:00pm
Apr 11 2010 - 6:00pm
US/Eastern
Location
Greensboro, NC
United States
36° 4' 21.486" N, 79° 47' 31.11" W
Eddy's coming back to Greensboro for his legendary skating workshop! April 9-11.
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We managed to get Eddy Matzger to add us to his schedule again this year (thanks to Skatey-Mark for the boost). in between trips to China he'll take the 2 and a half hour journey down from Floyd, VA for a roadshow outdoor inline speedskating workshop in Greensboro NC this year!
Submitted by roadskater on October 12, 2009 - 1:52pm.
Here are two graphics I made to compare the 2008 route and the 2009 route for the Athens to Atlanta (A2A) Roadskate, for anyone who is curious. I imagine a very few people will be intensely curious.
The first graphic shows the changes in elevation profile and distance for 2008 and the 2009 detour. It takes a little over 5 seconds to switch from 2008 to 2009 and then it should repeat to infinity and beyond.
Submitted by roadskater on October 4, 2009 - 8:10am.
Here is more data from the road between Volvo Trucks N.A., Greensboro, NC and Tanglewood Park, Clemmons, NC in the 2009 Tour to Tanglewood for Multiple Sclerosis. When I make elevation profiles, I like to force x and y to 0 because it helps me see how hilly the event is more accurately. You can make almost anything look hilly by setting the y-axis max/min to the elevation max/min. To make it better, I should probably plot all events on a 110-mile scale or some such (considering Carolina Century at 102 is usually the most I'd try in a day), but I don't yet really like how that looks.
Submitted by roadskater on September 23, 2009 - 5:37pm.
Oct 11 2009 - 7:30am
Oct 11 2009 - 5:30pm
US/Eastern
There's so much to say about Athens to Atlanta, but suffice it to say some of us are totally crazy about this event. We've participated since 1999, including the unofficial versions in 2005.
Submitted by roadskater on September 23, 2009 - 3:24pm.
Sep 26 2009 - 7:30am
Sep 27 2009 - 3:00pm
US/Eastern
Join us for the 2009 Tour to Tanglewood starting from Volvo Trucks North America in Greensboro, NC and arriving at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, NC on Saturday. Spend the morning riding or skating with about 1700 cyclists (and a small but awesome contingent of skaters), the enjoy the afternoon at Tanglewood having lunch, dinner, beverages and good times getting to know other people who ride for people who can't.
Locations
Volvo Trucks North America
7900 National Service Road
Greensboro, NC
United States
36° 4' 52.7196" N, 79° 58' 5.2032" W
Tanglewood Park 2009 Tour to Tanglewood FinishClemmons, NC
Submitted by roadskater on September 22, 2009 - 9:54am.
On Sunday I was still feeling good after 35 miles with pals checking out the Carolina Century western loop. But it has been a bit of a struggle of late to get everything done (OK to get half of it done) that I would love to do for Tour to Tanglewood, roadskating and the Carolina Century, plus junk I just have to deal with in real life...like getting a little exercise and a host of other not nearly as fun tasks.
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 September 9, 2009 - 12:38am.
Here are photos from the 51-mile recon skate and bike last weekend. We did the 51 route to see how the markings and road surfaces were. We came away feeling some surfaces were slightly worse but some major ones were much better. Overall, I'd say I can live with some patching that was rougher last fall but has had some sealing done, and one of the roads I considered taking out of the route has been made into supersweet asphalt now. It was a fun day out with beautiful skies and great companionship with skatey-mark, northinsouth and timv joining in.
Submitted by roadskater on September 1, 2009 - 10:41am.
Four of the Roadskater.net team made it out, two on skates, two on bikes, to roll up and down with the penultimate T2T training ride of the year. We thought we might have four more at least, and did some route scouting to pick an alternative that would save some $80+ wheels or a chunk of $5 brake pad material and some time...no biggie on the latter. Unfortunately, early damp roads dissuaded some of our crew, understandably, from the trek to the skride.
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