Our sponsor shop, Wheels In Motion, will be hosting their annual Worst Day of the Year Ride on Sunday, January 25 at 1 pm.  The ride leaves from Kerrytown Farmers Market and ends at Arbor Brewing Company.

They would love as much participation from our team as possible.  This ride is 40 mile ride and is a good time to suffer in the cold weather with other crazy people.

If you want to ride, but are not quite into doing 40 miles that day, other routes and times are listed at http://www.wheelsinmotion.us/for/routes.

We look forward to seeing all of you there.

After tonight’s meeting, we have some open spots left for spring break.  If you were not
able to make it to the meeting and would still like to go, here is your chance.

If you want to go, arrange to get your $50 deposit to either Nick or Brendan by Friday at 6
pm.  You can e-mail us to arrange a meeting or drop it off in our mailbox.

If you have any questions or want any further information, feel free to contact either Nick
or Brendan.

Remember that we will have our meeting tomorrow for both the upcoming road season and
spring break.  Bring your checkbook (or cash).

Remember you must be present at the meeting unless you already made prior arrangements
with Brendan.  See You tomorrow.

Meeting:  Tuesday, January 20 6 pm
First Floor Mason Hall (not ground floor)

Our sponsor shop, Wheels In Motion, will be hosting their annual Worst Day of the Year Ride on Sunday, January 25 at 1 pm.  The ride leaves from Kerrytown Farmers Market and ends at Arbor Brewing Company.

They would love as much participation from our team as possible.  This ride is 40 mile ride and is a good time to suffer in the cold weather with other crazy people.

If you want to ride, but are not quite into doing 40 miles that day, other routes and times are listed at http://www.wheelsinmotion.us/for/routes.

We look forward to seeing all of you there.

Our first meeting of the semester is on Tuesday, January 20th from 6PM Michigan time to
approximately 7PM in a first floor classroom in Mason Hall (not ground floor).  We will
discuss spring break and road racing.

If you want to attend spring break in Georgia, you *must* attend this meeting.  This
meeting will also serve as the informational session for the upcoming road racing season.

We will divide the meeting into two portions:

6:00-6:40 - Road Season Informational Session and Questions
6:40-7:00 - Spring Break Informational Session, Questions, and Deposit Collection

For those wanting to attend our Spring Break training camp in Georgia, you must be a full
time student and Michigan Cycling Club member.  Please bring $50 for a non-refundable
spring break deposit. (So $90 total if you haven’t yet paid dues to become a club
member).  The approximate cost of the trip is $250 which includes transportation and
lodging for the entire trip.  (The $50 deposit gets subtracted from the $250, so you
would owe $200 in February.)  Food is extra, but shouldn’t cost more than $50 for the
week since we get it all from the grocery store.

Our Spring Break training camp is open to everyone, regardless of ability or experience.
We only have 32 slots available, so make sure you don’t miss the meeting (or contact Brendan (bensonb)
if you absolutely cannot attend the meeting).  We’re in a new cabin this year, so 24
people will get beds, and 8 others will get pull out couches or air mattresses.

This is a rebuilding year for our women’s team (after a national championship last year)
and it would be great to use spring break as a starting point for further growth and
development, so we would like to see more women on spring break this year.

There are two files from the mass meeting:

• The handout from the mass meeting: http://mcycling.org/pdf/cycling_club_handout.pdf
• The PowerPoint presentation from the mass meeting: http://mcycling.org/pdf/cycling_mass_meeting.pdf

The main talking points from the meeting were:

• We have group rides every day, and anyone can join them - check out the riding schedule on the training page at www.mcycling.org/training.php
• Other rides are on the e-mail list.  (The e-mail list is the club’s main form of communication).
• If you’re interested in racing MTB, act now because the season is starting to pick up.  E-mail Mike Dodd (doddm@umich.edu) to let him know you want to race the Michigan State races this weekend.
• The road season starts in the Spring and the schedule will be posted on mwccc.org when it becomes available (February).
• We go to Helen, Georgia for Spring Break.  There are 24 spots available for the trip this year, with priority going to those who plan on racing during the road season.
• Cycling is a beginner-friendly sport.  Almost nobody has raced before coming to college.  Collegiate cycling is geared toward novice riders.  If you’ve never raced before, now is the time to consider it.

Our first mass meeting of the semester will be held September 8th at 7:00PM in one of the Angell Hall Auditoriums.  If all the auditoriums are occupied, we will move it to the second level of Mason Hall and post signs at the auditoriums.

See you there!

Look for UM Cycling at the Rec Sports Expo on Palmer Field, Sunday, August 31st, from 11:00AM to 2:00PM.

We will also have a table at Festifall on Thursday, September 4th, from 11:00AM to 4:00PM.

Our first mass meeting will be held sometime in September after Festifall.  We will post the date, time, and location on this website shortly.

Wednesday, April 16 at noon.

We will be taking our team picture on the steps of Angell Hall.  Please show up in your team kit.

If you have any questions, contact Al at abogdon at umich dot edu.

Tonight, we elected in the 2008-2009 officers:

President: Nick Boswell/Brendan Benson

MTB VP: Mike Dodd

Road VP: Chris Aten

Secretary/Treasurer: Matt Kramer

Congratulations to all the new officers and thank you to this past years officers for a great year.

We also had an awards ceremony for the year:

Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Richardson

MVP: Kelly Woznicki

Sexiest Legs: Mattison Brady

Most Improved: Chris Aten

Best Wipe-Out: Paul McAllister

Best Quote: Kyle Lake

Spirit Award: Fritz McGirr

Best Tan Lines: Nick Boswell

Congratulations to everyone, hopefully the first time awards ceremony was enjoyable for everyone.