List Lurker: 03-05-10

While you were busy hitting the delete key, I was busy living vicariously as a lonely list lurker.  Here's a quick look at what you might have missed on the various cycling list-serves this week.

In MABRA-land, there wasn't as much action as usual, but there were a few interesting posts:

• In response to a "how's Skyline Drive looking" query, Daniel Meaurio provided MABRA with a link to the Park Service information page.  If you want to know the Skyline conditions, check here. Thanks, Daniel!
• Similarly, conditions on the WOD are a constant source of concern and inquiry.  As a reminder, you can always subscribe to the latest updates via Twitter right here.
• There was an unfortunate announcement from the good folks of Bayside Velo / Bike Doctor: the Tradezone Series for 2010 has been officially cancelled. (Cue the wailing and gnashing of teeth from race-deprived MABRA'inians.)  The course just took too much of a beating from the storms and can't be made safe for racing.  Bike Doctor really tried, but it's just not in the cards this year.  
• Evolution Cycling stepped in with some good news and announced details for their upcoming RGS Title Chantilly Criterium.  The race will be held on April 18th and registration will open on Pre-reg.com at 9:00 p.m. on March 18th.  
• Finally, a topic near and dear to the hearts of every MABRA-Man came to a head -- so to speak: testicles.  Yes, it was time for a discussion of inguinal hernias which are apparently a "growing" problem in our community.  Now, I'm no doctor, but I know good advice when I see it.  This week "Helping Hands of the Week" Award goes out to Harley's Tim Rugg who reminded us all to "tell your doctor not to cut a blood vessel that will leak into your testicles and cause them to swell up like a cantaloupe."  That's not just sound medical advice, those are words to live by.  

In the world of VA Cycling, there were two items specifically related to Masters' racing:

• The VCA Board responded to the outcries concerning the VA State Masters' Categories and changed the categories back to the originals: 30+ / 40+ / 50+ / 60+.  You can find more information here; the board will reconsider this issue next year and asks that you submit your input through your team representatives.
• Jeff Cup promoter, Ruth Stornetta, wants folks to be sure they are informed about how the new/old BAR categories factor into Jeff Cup categories.  Please familiarize yourself with the details on the race flyer.

Got any comments, interpretations, re-interpretations, or mis-interprations?  Send them to me; I've got nothing better to do than to sit in my darkened room and live vicariously as a list-lurker...

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Gus Grissom races for Team GamJams Racing, teaches Greek and Latin at DeMatha Catholic High School, and writes a dissertation in his spare time.  He compiles this column strictly for fortune and glory.

Comments

[Streamhaldo]

I knew that Rigg didn't have big bawls... I've tried to visually inspect and to verfiy as much, but his complaint/warning about medically indused extra sized bollocks is proof positive that he doesn't even WANT to have them.

What has the world come to?