ZYCKMANN DOMINATES!
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| Team Rapha/Giro! Nikeboy and Easty "Styl'in!" |
NIKEBOY AND EASTY CELEBRATE THE GIRO!
NAME THE A GROUP CONTEST!?!
TOUR DE TAYLOR COMING UP
FAST!
FINISH THE RIDE ANNOUNCED!
Belo News
May 6, 2017
Shark Cove, Mi. - As dawn broke, yet again, cold and bright over the Shark Cove, our intrepid hero lay in his Shark Bed pondering the mornings ride.
Mad Dog had sent a very cryptic email the night before stating "Not riding tomorrow - figured I wouldn't be getting any more swag so no reason to show up" (not even a period at the end of the sentence!).
Sharkman replied, "Ha ha....see you in the morning...but great fodder for Belo News!"
Yet it had Sharkman wondering......
Nikeboy texted early, stating he would ride over to the finish when the weather warmed up a bit!
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| Toesettter, holding court with Yeti Boy & Reb. |
What the......
Again, it was difficult for our hero to figure out what to wear. These cold mornings with warming temps later in the ride made choosing the right clothing from his wide haberdashery of cycling attire (the man owns a million jersey's!) very difficult.
Deciding he would wear a heavy, long sleeve jersey rather than a jacket, along with tights, seemed to the perfect choice as he and Yeti Boy headed out of the Shark Cove at 7:30 a.m. - SHARP!
Watching for Mad Dog on the route, they came across Reb on Watkins Road, but no Mad Dog?
It was later learned that Ironman was not at the ride either? What could that be about. Belo News reports, you, the reader, decide.......
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| Gazelle Girl holding court with Brewman, Toast, 10-4 & Wishbone. |
At the start, the riders were pouring in. Belo News has had a long standing policy of not naming all the riders when the number gets over 15, however, the Editors think we did well all this past Saturday but we worry we are missing one rider!
In addition to Sharkman, Yeti Boy and Reb, Brewman, 10-4, Squeaky, Gazelle Girl, Toesetter, Toast, Hoosier Boy, Easty (decked out in his Rapha/Giro colors and looking quite dapper), Wildman, and Greyhound where all in attendance to head out on that field of dreams all Minions know as the Koffee Klutch Tour de Gull!
As the Nation rode past the Klutch, they found Dr. Dave, Zyckmann and Dot Dot Dash ready to jump on the fast moving train.
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| Squeaky doing his stretches, sand red and white handlebar tape! |
As the Nation headed up 36th street there was a discussion about the names of the groups. Last season, as Sharkman was recovering from his surgery, he created the B Group (with B standing for "Better.")
It appears that there is somewhat of an "elitist" connotation to the name, "A group", when in fact, and as at least the Minions in the "B"etter Group know, they are the more fun riders to be with. After all, they wait at Stop Signs and generally laugh a lot more on the rides than does the "A" group.
Therefore, the Commissioner of Cycling has announced a contest to name the A group! That's right Bunkie, submit your ideas for the naming of the A Group along with a check for $50 made out to Sharkman, Shark Cove, Michigan, 49015. The winner will be named in three weeks and will win a free kup of koffee at the Klutch!
Is this a great country or what!?!
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| Toast, 10-4 and Wishbone waiting for the start! |
As the A Group cut off approached, only Reb and Yeti Boy turned off. Not to be a part of the A Group, but to check out the property that Reb owns, as both riders were competing in the Fort Custer Stampede in the morning and were heading back to the Creek.
Wildman and Squeaky led our hero out, who took his honorary sprint with a bit of flare, as he thrust his bike over the line to take the win.
Squeaky kept the pace up to take the next sprint, sans his, now famous, red and white tape! What happened, you ask? Though most, if not all of the Nation love getting mentioned in Belo News, Squeaky, the "Style Guy" didn't like the special attention. To be honest, we at Belo News missed the tape!
Though on this day, some sprints (the ones the Editors can rememeber) were getting reported, and the speed was up (avg. speed on the ride, 18.0 mph) the nation was pretty mellow on the sprints.
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| Hoosier Boy, waiting for the bill! Thanks Hoosier Boy! Don't know what Gazelle Girl was telling Zyckmann? |
As the Nation crossed the Digital Divide, 10-4 got the pace line going and though not a work of precision, it worked nicely to bring speeds up to around 21 mph and also set up Gazelle Girl to take her coveted GGG Spot Sprint.
As the Nation headed south to the finish, the train got a bit clumped up as they approached the final ascent tot he finish.
Wishbone and Wildman did a huge pull just behind the lead group, dragging most of the Nation behind them.
Just before the ascent, Wishbone took a flyer and went out to the front and actually opened up a gap over the gasping Nation.
However, the fast moving train moved to close the gap quickly as Wildman, Zyckmann, Dr. Dave, Brewman and others came around for the down hill finish.
This move brought the Nation back together for the battle to the tape, where Zyckmann, mounted on his wooden bike, pulled ahead of Wildman and Dr. Dave to take the tape!
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| Nikeboy (Style Guy) arrives to cheers! |
The group sat up on the ride to the Champs le Galesburg so that all could catch on, so that the tofosi and paparazzi could see the mass of riders all together for their triumphant ride to the Klutch.
Hoosier Boy had gotten ahead and laid his credit card down for the Koffee! Is this a great country or what?!? Thanks Hoosier Boy!
Nikeboy arrived at the Klutch, not only for koffee, but to escort our hero back to the Creek, decked out in HIS Rapha/Giro like Easty! Oh, the humanity!
The Klutch was rocking and even Floyd Holmes, who many know and Sharkman worked with at Kellogg, was in the mix! Welcome Floyd!
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| Dr. Dave makes his season debut, and does with a podium finish! |
Unfortunately, Sharkman had to head back, as he was going to Illinois after the ride. Fortunately, he had Nikeboy to pull his sorry dorsal back the Shark Cove!
You won't want to miss this week's edition of the KK-TdG!
Saturday, May 13, 2017
The forecast is for sun, but still a bit cool. So launch time will remain the same
Launch Time - 8:30 a.m. - SHARP!
BE THERE!
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| Nikeboy was looking good! |
TOUR DE TAYLOR IS SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2017!
Belo
News
May 10, 2017
Mattawan,
Mi. - The date for the Tour de Taylor 2017 has been announced and
here is the information you will need to enter. This has been a great
annual event for the Nation and helps our Team Taylor Minions earn
even more dollars for their Make A Wish ride in July! So let's all
get entered to ride! Here are the details:
Hey
Tour de Taylor Riders!
Saturday,
June 10th.
As
always, we're working hard on creating an even better event this
year. With your feedback and support, we've been able improve on an
already great event. With your help, ALL
net
proceeds will be donated.
Below
are highlights and details.
- Free Lunch catered by Latitude 42
- Soft tee's with new design for 2017
- Beautiful routes with aid stations, including water, Gatorade, snacks and the best volunteers in the area
- Maple Hill Tent City
- Music
Details
Date:
Saturday June 10th, 2017
Location:
Mattawan
Middle School
56720
Murray St Mattawan, MI 49071
Soft
T-Shirts: Free
with registration.
You
must be registered by May 28th
to guarantee a Tour de Taylor 2017 Soft T-Shirt.
Please
refer to link for more event details and updated information.
LATE BREAKING NEWS!
FINISH THE RIDE/MEMORIAL RIDE
Belo News
May 10, 2017
Galesburg, Mi. - This just came into the Belo News news room! Our own Dot Dot Dash is working on this ride for June 7, 2017. Our own Wishbone is one of those who was injured in this tragic accident, so let's show our support! All the details follow:
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Riders
joining the Minion rides acknowledge the inherent risk involved with
bicycle riding and by joining any Minion ride hold harmless any
rider involved.
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