Hi and welcome! TourtoTanglewood.com is a special part of Roadskater.net for anyone who loves, or thinks they might grow to love, the awesome 2-day 90-mile Tour to Tanglewood skride for Multiple Sclerosis. Here at Roadskater.net we have a charity inline skating and cycling team, and we'd like for you to join us for the Tour!
Here's some info about a surgical procedure performed by an Italian doctor to halt MS. The procedure unblocks restricted bloodflow from the brain in MS patients. 2 years later, 73% of those who had the procedure (65 people) showed no symptoms of MS!!
Submitted by roadskater on November 13, 2009 - 3:50pm.
A new study finds interesting information on the time of life that obesity may affect a woman's chance of developing Multiple Sclerosis. In studying data from 200,000 women over 40 years, researchers found that obesity in late adolescence and early adulthood (18 to 20 years old) doubled the chance of developing muliple sclerosis later in life.
...a surprising finding was that the results showed a significant link to
increased MS risk only from obesity during adolescence, but not during
childhood or adulthood.
Submitted by roadskater on February 22, 2009 - 3:12pm.
A couple of recent reports of preliminary research or small studies are interesting. Much research seems to involve early age factors in developing multiple sclerosis later. In this regard, a study from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine indicates that those who started smoking before age 17 had a higher risk of getting MS...
Submitted by roadskater on January 30, 2009 - 12:09pm.
I found some Multiple Sclerosis news in the right sidebar worth noting.
First is a finding that researchers in a small study...
...appear to have reversed the neurological dysfunction of early-stage
multiple sclerosis patients by transplanting their own immune stem
cells into their bodies and thereby "resetting" their immune systems.
The photos are from three cameras in time sequence, the vast majority (510) from my road cam and the rest at the start/finish at Gospel Baptist Church.
Here's the kmz file for Google Earth for 510 geolocated thumbnails from my road cam (additional photos available on the above collection):
Submitted by roadskater on September 11, 2008 - 1:55pm.
The party's over. Part of it was canceled by the Hurricane/Tropical Storm Hanna. We still skated and rode and had a great time!
However, while the Tour to Tanglewood for Multiple Sclerosis was delayed and shortened and is now over, for everyone with MS--and everyone who cares for them--the disease goes on.
So we need to keep going. Let's help them. Will you help me help them?
Come out and skate or cycle up to 100 miles with us on September 6th & 7th 2008 to benefit those suffering from the devastating effects of Multiple Sclerosis. After Saturday's skate/ride from Volvo Trucks North America in Greensboro to Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, hang out and mingle with other event participants: eat, drink and be proud of yourself for skating that far. Camp out at the campsite or in a nearby hotel room for much-deserved sleep, wake up next day and give your body another great workout skating (or cycling) back to Greensboro for lunch!
I had a great time with eebee, andrewinnc and jack, plus Marianne and all the cyclists and T2T staff and volunteers at the inaugural J&L Bicycle T2T training ride! Check out my 150 photos two ways, as a Google Earth thumbnail route map, and full-sized on roadskater.net:
Submitted by roadskater on June 30, 2008 - 7:18am.
Comments later, perhaps, but for now, here are the photos from the 2008 Cycles de Oro Tour to Tanglewood Training Ride. We did 36.5 or so on a pretty hot day, finishing in 90-plus degree sunshine. Here are the pics:
Submitted by skatey-mark on June 25, 2008 - 11:30pm.
Jul 20 2008 - 9:00am
Jul 20 2008 - 5:00pm
US/Eastern
Location
Collonade II Office Park
8510 Colonnade Center Dr
Raleigh, NC
United States
35° 53' 48.5304" N, 78° 38' 57.2064" W
Hi everyone!
I am teaching the next SkateStrong workshop on Saturday, July 19th, 2008. Normally, I'd point everyone to the website for details, but the power supply on my webserver (which was just replaced 4 months ago) has died again! So, rather than wait for the replacement to be shipped to me, I thought I should get the word out now so that people can plan accordingly.
Submitted by roadskater on June 20, 2008 - 1:41am.
Aug 9 2008 - 8:15am
Aug 9 2008 - 12:30pm
US/Eastern
Location
Paul's Cycling & Fitness
2405 Buchanan St
Winston Salem, NC
United States
36° 4' 1.9524" N, 80° 15' 7.1028" W
Paul's had a shaky ride or two, but the last one I went to was great fun on great roads. Near the shop it's a bit busy, as with most bike shops (that's why they put 'em there!), but once out to the open roads I recall some sweet rolls and nice views. I'm glad Paul's paid attention to feedback and improved their route some years back. Thanks!
Paceline Bicycles in Greensboro hosted a great ride last year with police support for their Battleground Ave location at rollout and even when we returned from a long ride. Great job Greensboro City Police! The Paceline team has been friendly to our team of skaters at the tour and around Country Park, and this skride is another way to enjoy the hills north of the city and share the road with lots of friendly cyclists.
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.
Submitted by roadskater on June 20, 2008 - 12:46am.
Jul 12 2008 - 12:15am
Jul 12 2008 - 12:30pm
US/Eastern
Location
Paceline Bicycles (Winston-Salem)
5005 Country Club Rd
Winston-Salem, NC
United States
36° 5' 6.09" N, 80° 20' 56.7672" W
Paceline Bicycles in Winston-Salem puts on a nice ride and they're definitely friendly folk. It's a bit citified at the start but quickly nice country roads. Coming back you may need your braking skills or good timing, but it's all good and not far to the shop from there.
T2T training rides welcome experienced roadskaters to join in, but if it's your first one, please talk with the MS Society staff, a Bike Response Team member (look for their jerseys!), or a Roadskater.net skater if you can before rolling out. Bikes are welcome too of course!
Submitted by roadskater on June 20, 2008 - 12:21am.
Jun 28 2008 - 8:15am
Jun 28 2008 - 12:30pm
US/Eastern
Location
Cycles de Oro
1410 Mill St # 100
Greensboro, NC
United States
36° 5' 20.616" N, 79° 48' 38.196" W
Cycles de Oro is a constant supporter of inline skaters being part of charity bike rides and much more, and Dale was a co-incorporator of the new NC Active Transportation Alliance, which has welcomed skaters along with walkers, runners, cyclists and others engaged in human-powered transportation. This ride starts in the north part of Greensboro, with one technical part near the start downhill to a T at Latham Park. After that, it's out of the city to the north and back in by familiar roads, then through Sunset Hills back to the shop. Always a nice time with super people.
Submitted by roadskater on June 19, 2008 - 11:52pm.
Jun 21 2008 - 8:15am
Jun 21 2008 - 12:30pm
US/Eastern
Location
Ken's Bike Shop
2750 Reynolda Rd
Winston Salem, NC
United States
36° 8' 30.6348" N, 80° 17' 52.5084" W
Ken's Ride has some great roads and beautiful views, plus some mild suburb traffic, and two or three technical challenges for skaters of the downhill sort. If you have a brake or nice wheel burning budget, it's a nice, hilly day out.
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 February 7, 2008 - 12:21am.
The world, the internet, cycling and the art of sharing lost a major force in the form of Sheldon Brown, whose work remains at SheldonBrown.com. He was an incredible resource of cycling knowledge. By all accounts he was also a man of good humor and skateylove (bikeylove) too. Many accounts tell of his helpfulness online, by email, and in person. Timv has mentioned Sheldon often to me in our various discussions, including where I might find out more about my 1980s Centurion bike, learn about fixies, and much more.
Submitted by roadskater on September 20, 2007 - 5:12am.
The 2007 Tour to Tanglewood was my ninth, all on skates, all including both days. The Roadskater.net team was 36 members, 18 on skates, from NC, GA, MI, NJ and NJ (born in USA, Canada, Netherlands and UK). We were missing a few regulars because of the North Shore Inline Marathon in Duluth, MN and for other reasons. I hope you like the 420 photos that made it through editing!
Submitted by eebee on September 20, 2007 - 1:08am.
Tour to Tanglewood was a blast this year. Full of friends, skating, tornadoes, sun, hills, cookies, purple, wind, missing luggage, canceled flights, and gloriously bad singing.
After the 6 Tour to Tanglewoods I have been fortunate enough to skate in, the whole gathering to me is starting to resemble a huge family of 1,500, and growing every year. Each part of the weekend brings its own joy:
Submitted by roadskater on September 6, 2007 - 4:37pm.
Hello world, as the programmers say. Would you like to help some inline skaters help the people who help the people with Multiple Sclerosis? If so, please sponsor our Roadskater.net inline skating and cycling charity team. Or better yet, join us September 15-16 for the Tour to Tanglewood for Multiple Sclerosis. Find out more, and join or donate at:
Submitted by roadskater on August 27, 2007 - 5:32pm.
Hi all. Life takes over sometimes, eh? Well with a little less than 3 weeks to go before Tour to Tanglewood 2007 we heard that 1300 riders and skaters are registered already. As for our team, we are up to 24 members with more surely about to sign up. Some of us even have some contributions turned in, and we have two clear leaders in the contest. This includes just items turned in to the website or office already, and is not indicative of donations many have received directly. Still to give some kudos and encouragement, here are the donations we have so far on the website:
Which do you think works best as the single publicized name for the alliance website? The North Carolina Active Transportation Alliance website is in the planning stages. This page lets you vote on domain names and comment on features you might like on the site in advance. Results are tallied by Borda Count, sometimes called "a consensus-based electoral system" where each choice gets a point for every choice ranked below it. Thus, with 9 choices, a 1st place vote gets 8 points. Please click the title for more info and to rank....
Note that if you only vote on the names you really like and leave the rest unranked, you boost those names you prefer, as with no rank at all a name gets no points. The idea is to find the name most wish to promote, and let the rest fall away. Thus, this is a reasonable practice, especially if all are aware of the technique noted here.
You may cancel and revote.
Please vote only once. Although it is possible to game the system by voting anonymously from various IP addresses, we hope you'll vote just once. The way to ensure one vote per person is to require login, but that would also ensure a lower vote participation and one biased toward people willing to sign up for a website in general, and specifically a webiste about skating and cycling for charity.
