The Boston Mountain Cyclists would like to announce a few changes for 2006. 

At the end of the 2005 racing season, Champion Cycling found themselves heavy on racers and light on club riders.  The other Rogers/Bentonville area team, BMC, was just the opposite.  In an attempt to capitalize on the strengths of both teams, Champion Cycling and BMC agreed to a merger under the BMC club name.  The joining of these two teams will create synergies that were not possible before, and as a result the BMC club will have a better balance of racers and fitness riders.

 Excerpt from the January/February edition of Bicycling Magazine.

I thought these were funny because I’ve been there.  These are the readers answers to the question, “WHEN IS A RIDE HARD ENOUGH?”.

• When I bonk on a downhill.
• When you keep checking your brakes to see if they’re rubbing.
• When I am vomiting on the EMT who want to put an IV in my arm.
• When my wife has to unclip me from the bike.
• When I stop thinking about pancakes with peanut butter and jam over melted butter or topped with yogurt and fresh fruit, all with a great cup of coffee…and start thinking about a nap.
• When you have to sit down in the shower.
• When I’m cold, tingly and numb—on a hot summer’s day.
• When the finger-waiving lecture from the oncologist last longer than the 2-mile ride to the clinic.  And you’re proud that you only had to stop and rest every other block.  Hard is a relative term.