This time, as part of my winter training, I am riding my mountain bike (Mtb). Not only it is a lot of fun, but you train different muscles and intensity, the upper body has to work harder and you need to practise short-violent accelerations of just a few pedal strokes to roll over steep hills. It is also good for bike-handling skills, specially when it is muddy and slippery as it is here sometimes.
I am back home in the Basque Country, north of Spain, visiting family and friends for Christmas, as usual. But the Cinelli-Ritchey machine doesn´t stop, and I am training for the new 2010 season here.
Last Sunday I rode 4 hours inland direction to Navarra, then up a small mountain to France, then westbound to the coast to return to Hondarribia.
2010 台灣 Team Cinelli Ritchey 車隊要找一位認真，對自行車有熱情，W20-30 女性選手。
我們希望找到的是有潛力，願意訓練，獨立自主，自己很愛騎車，愛比賽的妳。
我們一直想要開始一個 TCR Women’s Team. 但說真的，我們不知道台灣是否有愛曬太陽，不愛吃吃喝喝，不屑被人“呵護” ，能正面代表我們贊助伙伴的妳?
如果妳是我們的 It Girl, 妳會得到 TCR 隊上的贊助和資源，包括：
Cinelli車架
Ritchey 輪組，零件，
NW 車鞋
and much much more… 最重要的是，妳會學到正確的騎程和訓練概念 (forget all that you’ve learned before!)
Come, surprise us 讓我們驚喜吧。
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CINELLI/56278627363?v=wall
Pretty cool. International audience. World fame.
Cinelli 的副總裁 Fabrizio 和 Paolo 這幾天在台中。昨天跑來單模看我們。
我總是很高興能和我們的贊助伙伴有 face time. 我們很多的朋友不是在歐洲就是美國，所以見面的機會很少。能見面就可對他們表示感謝，也可提供產品使用 feedback，也了解新的產品方向。 Read more…
Schwalbe 2010 年將贊助台灣 Team Cinelli Ritchey 車隊。TCR 會使用 Durano open 胎和內胎作訓練。比賽時我們會用 Durano Tubular 管胎。
Team Cinelli Ritchey will be sponsored by Schwalbe in 2010. TCR will be using the ultra durable Durano clinchers and tubes during training and the top-end Durano tubulars during races. We are really excited that Schwalbe will be joining TCR, and can’t wait to mount the Duranos on our new Ritchey wheels! As matter of fact, the first batch of Duranos already arrived from Germany two weeks ago. That’s Teutonic efficiency!
德國的 Schwalbe 輪胎是 TCR 新的贊助伙伴。第一批 Durano 兩周前已從德國 ups 到單模了。Talk about Teutonic efficiency! 我們等不及要把 Schwalbe 裝在新的 Ritchey 輪組上。235g 的 Schwalbe Durano open 胎在正常使用下是 rated 可用 10,000km!! 我們會陸續 post 實際使用心得。
台灣 Team Cinelli Ritchey 車隊是一個規模很小的車隊，但我們是一個很 tight 的家庭，也和我們的贊助伙伴們維持著密切的關係。我們很感謝 2009 年的贊助伙伴們繼續的支持 TCR，更高興有新的贊助伙伴加入我們 －－ 這都代表了對我們 TCR 車隊獨特的理念之肯定。Stay tuned, 我們還有新的成員要加入。
TCR stands out in Taiwan as a small but tight-nit team that reach successes through a collective spirit and cooperative efforts, and we have always counted our sponsors as part of the family. We appreciate the continuing support of current sponsors, and welcome new friends. Our sponsors’ support is vindication of TCR’s unique philosophy.
Trian hard. Go fast. Live well.
Yeah, Team Cinelli-Ritchey went off-road, but not out of control, this last weekend at Merida Cup in Baiguo Shan near Shetou. And again it was visible at the (extended) podium, with a 7th position finish, behind some top pro riders.
Raw footage from Super Ring of Fire!
For more Team Cinelli Ritchey vids go to：http://www.youtube.com/user/modusvelo#p/u 這次還有很多片段就上 YouTube 看吧。
謝謝芳子（機車倒坐）和小玉（騎沒煞車的公爵 125）冒身命危險為人民服務。
Xiaoyu (wrestling with a 15-year-old brakeless scooter) and Fangzi (sitting backwards pro-style on said scooter) risked their well-being for these footage. They were heroic.
11/28 , 值得紀念的一天 , 我們完成了Super Ring of Fire ! 這是一個大家約定要完成的目標 , 同時 , 也是今年給自己的最後一個考驗 .
從今年8月起 , 開始一步一步熟悉每個坡道 , 慢慢的記住每個坡的特性 : 有多長多陡 , 路況如何 . 雖然心裡總想著要一次騎完所有的坡好像很困難 , 擔心這個擔心那個 , 特別是前一週的身體出了點狀況 , 花了一些時間恢復 . 但還好 , 身體即時的好轉過來 , 我實在沒理由錯過這場考驗 ! Read more…
上周六我們在台中大肚山騎 Super Ring of Fire。80km. 13 個坡。超出 2200m 海拔爬坡。4 個小時。9 個傢伙（包括一個騎卡踏兩個月的）。小玉芳子補給照相。再加一隻狗。
80km. 13 climbs. Over 2200m of climbing. Just over 4 hours. 9 guys. Xiaoyu and Fangzi the support/photo crew. Along the Dadu plateau that sepeartes Taichung city from the sea. Who’d have thought there’d be so much climbing along that humble looking rise.
天氣完美。伙伴同道。我感謝上帝給我們這麼好的一天。
It was a perfect day for riding. Great weather. Great camaraderie.
今年我何等有幸能和 Team Cinelli Ritchey一起參加了那麼多場比賽 , 而這場比賽 , 可算是為了今年賽季畫上了美好的句號 !
Today we raced the 7th and last race of the Nacional Cycling Club Series to close the 2009 season, and Team Cinelli Ritchey had another success with podium placements in all categories!
Ray was 1st! in RM20, Inigo was 5th and Tim 8th in Elite30 and Rick was 4th in Elite40.
Team Cinelli Ritchey was 3rd in Team classification!
A not so ghoulish day in Dajia (hint… it’s Halloween), cool breeze, bright but not too sunny or hot. Team CR was looking sharp in top shelf kit and equipment. No matter, it was my little kids that gained most attention! We rode a warm up lap, prepared for the start. Delayed! .. and worse, only 3 laps instead of 4. Wait some more. Warm-up was long gone, time for a nap, or some lunch. Finally racing, and predictably fast.
chicken little Kaikai, the lovely Xiaoyu, and princess Olive
Last two weeks instead of the usual Wed. night trainer session at ModusVelo, we have been doing some speed workouts in Central Taiwan Science Park near the shop. The environ reminds me of all the SJBC clubs crits in forlorn technology parks I did back in the day: deserted streets, big office/factory blocks, the initial shock of post-workday legs cranking up.
We are doing the training with Team MV. It helps the newer guys with their handling and the paceline work. Of course with a few races coming up next month this training helps to get our engines tuned. We had so much fun that we are talking about turning this into a weekly night crit next summer.
訂閱台灣 Team Cinelli Ritchey 車隊
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