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Road Racing Criterium Racing Time Trialing CycloCross Mountain Bike Racing Endurance Racing Community Fund Racing Rides |
These races are mass-start events covering between 30 and 75 miles on open country roads. Normally, the course will repeat a 5 to 10 mile loop multiple times.
| Road Racing involves team strategy, where each of the riders play a different role in pursuit of the overall strategy. Some riders take responsibility for controlling the race by keeping the pace high and riding at the front of the entire group on the road. Others are dedicated to mid-race sprints or breakaway attempts and reactions. |
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Overall, the team also has its sights set on the finish. Usually, one or two men are designated to ride a "protected" race (Team Leaders), using the others on the team to position themselves to be fresh for the final sprint and overall placing.
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These races are also mass-start events covering between 15 and 25 miles on a closed circuit road loop, in a downtown business center, or at The Washington Blvd. Track (a banked asphalt, 1/2 mile loop near the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Zoo). |
Normally, these courses will repeat a 1/2 to 2 mile loop multiple times, making Criteriums the most enjoyable form of racing for spectators. Through the course of a race. the riders will pass by the spectators dozens of times.
Criteriums are normally faster paced than Road Races, resulting from flat terrain and shorter overall distances. With this higher pace, accomplishing the team strategy requires maximum efforts from both the Domestiques and the Team Leaders.
These races are individual, or 4-man team events, between 5 and 25 miles in length run on country roads or at The Washington Blvd. Track. Time Trials are unique because the individual (or team) compete one-at-a-time against a timing clock. The overall race winner is the individual (or team) who covers the course in the fastest time.
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Time Trial are therefore referred to as "The Race of Truth" as it measures rider against rider, with top performances resulting from top physical and mental conditioning. The winner is not always the person with the best physical conditioning, but the rider who can endure maximum effort suffering the most. |
With the assistance of aerodynamic body positioning, wheels and helmets, this discipline is clearly about going fast and setting records. Record attempts are held annually at the The Washington Blvd. Track with the following individual and team marks standings as everyone's goal.
| Individual | Time/Distance | Speed (mph) | Date |
| Flying 200 Meters | 14.39 | 30.79 | 11-Sept-00 |
| 1/2 Mile | 56.99 | 31.58 | 24-July-99 |
| 1 Mile | 2:05.65 | 28.65 | 24-July-99 |
| 2.5 Miles | 5:36.0 | 26.80 | 11-Sept-00 |
| 5 Miles - Men | 10:42.0 | 28.09 | 18-March-00 |
| 5 Miles - Woman | 12:56.0 | 23.15 | 01-April-00 |
| 10 Miles - Men | 22:43.0 | 26.41 | 18-March-00 |
| 10 Miles - Women | 26:12.0 | 22.90 | 22-July-00 |
| 1 Hour | 25.22 Miles | 25.22 | 20-April-00 |
| 50 Miles | 2:02:25.0 | 24.51 | 20-April-00 |
| 100 Miles | 4:07:04.0 | 24.29 | 20-April-00 |
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| 5 Mile | 11:28.0 | 26.16 | 01-April-00 |
| Fox Velo-2nd Place | 11:31.0 | 26.06 | 01-April-00 |
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CycloCross is a late Fall and Winter racing style originating in Europe although it is receiving increased interest in the USA in recent years. This form of racing involves using road bikes with slightly knobby tires approximately 30 mm wide.. |
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These races are won by the rider who possesses the best endurance conditioning (gained from road racing), off road handling skills and the ability to get off and back on the bike to jump the barriers without loosing momentum. As these races are also run on short, 1-2 mile courses repeated multiple times, they are excellent spectator events.
Mountain Bike Racing is performed almost exclusively on single and double track trails through the woods. it is common that these races involve steep climbs and descents often covered with rocks, roots, downed trees, and even water and mud. This style of race is normally laid out in 3-5 mile loops completed between 3 and 5 times.
Mountain Biking is a lot like time trialing in that the ridr rides as fast as they can maintain from the start. While these races are held during the summer, Fox Velo normally competes only in the Fall races....after all, we are a Road Racing Team!!!
These races are special and often extreme in nature. The 2 races below are both hill climbing races, however, there are races over large distances (100 miles, 250 miles, and 400 miles) or over large times (greatest distance in 24 hours, both road and mountain).
Fear-This 14 - A 65 mile hill-race over the 14 steepest hills (6700 feet of climbing) around Butler, Pa. Points are awarded to the first 3 riders to get to the top of each hill, with the greatest total of accumulated points winning the race. The steepest hill in this race is Whitestown Road, placed last in the 14-hill day!
| The Dirty Dozen - The DD, held just around Thanksgiving, is a 55 Mile hill-race over the 13 steepest hills (6400 feet of climbing) in Pittsburgh, Pa. Points are awarded to the first 5 riders to get to the top of each hill, with the greatest total of accumulated points winning the race. The steepest hill in this race, Canton Street, is a 37% grade paved in cobble stones, allowing no "down" traffic by cars at any time and is completely closed closed in winter. |
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These are normally one or two day rides run in the name of raising money for charities or non-profit organizations. Each rider must raise (through pledges) a certain level of money for the charity in order to participate. The rides are always fully supported by chase vehicles, service depots, food stations, and medical attention and are an excellent way to involve the community in cycling.
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MS 150 - The Multiple Sclerosis 150 is a two day, 150 mile ride. It begins in Cranberry,
Pa. and then the riders ride to Meadville, Pa. in the first day. On day two, the riders
leave Meadville and head to Erie, Pa. where they are bussed back to Cranberry. Jim Miller has been attending the MS150 since 1988 and has made the top 50 fundraisers 3 times. |
Giro di Butler - The Lifesteps Fund-raiser, The Giro di Butler, is a 1 day, 60 mile ride through the Butler, Pa. area. In its 2nd year, the Giro raises money for operation of LifeSteps community Support Projects including learning and speech support as well as many other Family Service support programs.
