And so it begins

Hi Everyone,

The weekend of May 4th, is the Northern Indiana Fat & Skinny Tire Festival in Lake Winona Indiana. Some of our team will be participating in the Mountain Bike Race on Saturday, and some of us slackers will just be doing the pre-ride on Friday night. The festival is a lot of fun, and I thought I’d let you all know about it.

The other part of that weekend is a Team Velodox dinner for any of you that can make it on Friday night. Mark. Malaby will be in town from Muncie, and Stevel Wellinski will be in from IL. Bruce and I were thinking it might be fun to all get together for dinner somewhere. Maybe Politos (Lots of Pasta for the racers).

As an FYI, May 1st is a BIG day. We will know if we are going to RAGBRAI or not on that day. So keep your fingers crossed. There is an 8,500 rider limit for week-long riders. So the lottery results will be announced on May 1.

Assuming we get in, this blog can be used to keep a record and keep in touch through the spring and summer, and while we ride across Iowa. This year we will have a SAG vehicle for the Team, and that will allow us to have a laptop, etc. There are wireless hotspots in most of the host towns, so we can put info up for our families/friends to see.

Hopefully some of you will be able to make it to dinner on May 4 and meet the rest of Team Velodox!

Happy Riding