Newbie Intro Thread

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name Jacob Meyer

Bike Fuji Roubaix

age 15

location mid ohio USA

never raced

ride 5-6 days a week about 20-30 miles at 21 mph, started riding a month ago, looking to race with friends who also ride next season

goals to train hard, race hard, and see how far I can take it.

Name: Anthony
Age: 16
Location: New Hampshire
Bike: Miyata (Age old bike)
Race? I just did one crit this year to test how far I'd come...Bad idea. Big fat DNF next to my first race (Have to give myself that it was regional championships)
Goals? Race until I go to college and then race for whichever college I go to.
Daily Training: I had a good routine of stepping up my mileage every other day. Got it to 50 every other and then got sick and have been so sick for the past few weeks that a max of 15 is all I can pull out.

name: Hlöðver(don't try to say it)
Age: 17
Bike: Road Bike - Giant OCR
Race: Many this summer, I ended the third in the Icelandic MTB open cup overall after this summer and got three medals. I haven't got anything in the road racing.
Goals: The very top, if I lose so be it I'll do all I can to cycling.
Training: Six per week 2-3 hours a day and the weekends are 3-6 hours a day.
Sponsors: none yet
Me: 187 cm tall, 69 kg weight, 97 cm leglong
Financial: Broke :P, all my money to cycling !!!!

Name:thomas oflanagan
Age: 19
Location: lincoln, lincolnshire, uk
Bike: Road Bike - ammaco custom (its pink thats all i can say its nothing special my first road bike)
Race: i dont really race only mates cars and most of the time i loose
Goals: not really got any yet except get a new bike or at least a respray
Training: well i ride mainly at night and weekends as i dont really like riding with lots of traffic
Sponsors: none
Me: bout 6.6ft tall, 12 stone weight
Financial: jobless so broke

Name: Will McGinnis

Location: Atlanta Georgia, USA

Age: 16

Racing: a little over 40 in the past 2 years

Bike: 2005 Felt F55 w/american classic wheels and a Leader 730TT TTbike with random parts on it for now.

Training: ride 10-13 hours a week ~200 miles (base training for now)

Average Speed: 29.5 in a 10 mile TT :):) but normaly, quite a bit slower

Goals:Top 10 at national TT, get to some international races, and of course WIN!

Name: Will McGinnis

Location: Atlanta Georgia, USA

Age: 16

Racing: a little over 40 in the past 2 years

Bike: 2005 Felt F55 w/american classic wheels and a Leader 730TT TTbike with random parts on it for now.

Training: ride 10-13 hours a week ~200 miles (base training for now)

Average Speed: 29.5 in a 10 mile TT :):) but normaly, quite a bit slower

Goals:Top 10 at national TT, get to some international races, and of course WIN!
Hey will, I competed with you in the georgia games road race back in june I think. I'm the one that won.

Name: Cody Hall
Location: Dallas Georgia
Age: 17
Racing: 4 so far, much more next year
Bike: Lemond Alp D'huez (much upgraded though)
Traing: ~120 miles week right now
Average speed: what ever I feel like
Goals: Go pro wether conenintal or pro tour

Name: Nathan Brown
Location: Covington Tennessee
Age: 15
Racing: five years now.
06 season: 2nd place junior road race National championship and 4th place in the Time Trail. Went to Europe With the National Team.


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Hi, im totaly new to cycling - first post

Name - Sam
Location - England
Age - 15
Racing - no, but i hope to this season
bike - merida 901
training - mainly club rides plus 150Km+/week
average speed - 30+Km/h
Goals - at least win a race
weight - 10 1/2 stone, 65Kg?
Height - 6ft

Name: Luke Steer

Location: Deep River, Ontario, Canada

Age: 13

Racing: Not yet, but joining the Ottawa Bike Club this spring!!!:cool:

Bike: Trek 1500, Bontrager Wheels, Shimano Components

Height: 5 foot 1

Weight: Around 100 pounds

Goals: Win

Training: Starting March 1st, my training program begins.

Steve Spiers
Age:19
Race: Yes in a underground league i own ( www.excessiveracing.wetpaint.com )
I pretty much just got into the racing thing and own a league. We race every friday in windsor ontario canada. We drag race, sprint, endurance, off- road ans about every other type of racing. We are looking to expand with more racers in windsor, so if you would like join up with my site and race with us every friday.

Name: Alex Gunning
Location: Santa Clarita California

Age: 15
Bike:trek 1000

Longest ride: 50miles
Weight and height: 5'6 and 115

Goals: Greatest cyclist of all ltime
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Location: Minnesota
Bike:Cannondale R1000
Team: Flanders Bros Minneaplis Bicycle Racing Club
Age: 18
USCF Cat: 3
License: Road
Training: 5-30 hours per week
Longest ride: 120 miles/ 6.5 hours (last year)
Goals: compete in Superweek pro/1/2
strengths: breakaways, attacking, bridging gaps, small bunch sprints
Height: 5'8''
weight: 145 lbs

Jaco: (17yr male) South African in UAE
Body Mass Index: 25.19

Bike: Scott Speedster S1, Ultegra 10 speed
Team: Dubai Roadsters: Cape Argus 2006/7

Strengths: Sprints, climbing, over-training
Weaknesses: Pacing myself (especially long rides), endurance events

Training: (off season): 4.5 hours/week
Longest ride: 240km charity ride (February), lost 4kg during ride :(
Shortest ride: 0.25km --> jammed chain so I carried my bike home

Last race: March 11 Cape Argus 109km South Africa: 3hrs 26min
Goals: Break 60.0km/h flat road sprint (currently 57.5km/h), take part in
and complete L'Etap de Tour 2008
Next Race: 90km as part of 1/2 Iron Man (April 27th)

Best achievment: broke 50.0km/h on uphill sprint (average gradient 6.0%)
Worst Achievement: (Most Nooblike thing ever):Wrote off my previous road
bike on a downhill 50km/h crash with punctured lung:(

Name: Panagiotis
Location: Katerini Greece
Age: 17
Racing: all mtb open races ( greece )
Bike: Ideal Target D - Scott Genius MC40
Training: 50-200 km week
Team : Aftodromos Panorama

Name: Tom Reynolds

Location: Wiltshire, UK

Age: 15.9

Racing: Nothing yet, just cycle for enjoyment

Bike: Saracen Ventoux

Training: Around 35miles a week, though I am on my Summer holidays

Name: Panagiotis
Location: Katerini Greece
Age: 17
Racing: all mtb open races ( greece )
Bike: Ideal Target D - Scott Genius MC40
Training: 50-200 km week
Team : Aftodromos Panorama
new bike - Klein Attitude :D

Name : Ryan
Age: 13
Location: boulder,co
Bike: Schwinn Mesa '06 (many upgrades)
Races: None (hope for some soon)
Goals: School Mountain biking team, doing some races, Try some more local trails
Training: Biking to school
Avg speed: lets just say I like to go really fast

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