Welcome to
Gears4Beers.org!
Gears 4 Beers is THE best cycling
group in the tri-state area and perhaps anywhere! We've been riding as
group for roughly four years now and number over 100. The group is
composed of several speed groups and we generally have a sweeper to make
sure new comers never get lost. We have several bike routes painted on the
roadways so finding your way is only an arrow away. We welcome all riders
and only ask that you ride safely and be considerate of the other cyclists
in the group. We generally socialize after the rides (best part in my
opinion) either at the gazebo or the local street side eatery. We always
have a good showing at the Cincinnati Cycle Club sponsored rides. We hope
soon to have our new jerseys so folks can spot us easily (-:
Picture of the Week -->
....to remind us that riding in Ohio could be more dangerous....submitted
by Fraser
Support the Tour
De Montgomery ->
G4B is once again proud to back the fund raising efforts
of the HeartStone
Foundation to support cancer patients with the hosting of the annual
TdM bike festival in Mid-July. We'll post more information here as details
get firmed up. Look for a bigger badder event for 2008!
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News!
Check the Blog
for selected stories
Wow is this out of date...sorry been really busy lately (like a whole year? Doh).
Will get the nose back to the grind stone now that the new photo gallery is
finished...goat-webmeister
10/04/2006 - Brian Hazelwood wins the prestigious and quite elusive "Emperor Penguin
Achievement Award" for putting in the most miles and powering up the steepest of climbs in a G4B four day period to
date on the NC trip.
10/14/2006 - To our G4B'ers Leanne Jepson, Rod Roof, Shawna Rookwood and JoAnne Gerwe
for finishing the Columbus Marathon! Additional congrats go to Rod Roof and Leanne Jepson - who both
qualified for Boston Marathon 2007!!
11/19/2006 - G4Bers conquer the Northgate Hills (9 big hills in 40 miles)
1/8/2007 - more pics of Fraser & Kathys wedding..Works celebration video
(Quicktime video get player here)
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Goatboy and Fraser
at SOG 2005
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G4B Bike Rides current
start times are in blue
Know the rules of the
Road before you ride - Read the Ohio Revised Code here =>
Bicycle Laws ORC.doc
Want to know how much riding
you can squeeze in each and every day?? Try our 2006
sunset graph.pdf
Wed
Night Spring/Summer/Fall Ride 
6:30pm - We generally
ride every Wed night, spring to fall, at 6 or 6:30pm from Nisbet Park on the
Loveland bike trail in Loveland, OH. Start time depends on the amount of
daylight we have. Don't be late as this is a VERY impatient group. The rides are
typically 25-45 miles, over various marked routes, with the fast group going
longer and the slower group taking a short cut so everyone arrives roughly at
the time for post ride festivities. The fast group is very competitive on Wed's
ride and generally finish the ride with an all out sprint for the champion honors
(bragging rights). We meet in the park gazebo after the ride for food and
drinks, which members volunteer to bring in rotation. Ride maps will be posted
below as they become available.
Saturday
Morning Tri Practice coming soon!
- If you
would like to try your hand at a Triathlon (swim, bike, run) or Duathlon (run,
bike, run) we have a number of Tri folks that practice at 8am at Caesars Creek
State Park Beach Saturday mornings. New comers are always welcome. The bike race
course map will be posted below soon (I hope), the run course is near the beach
and easy to follow. This is not as sure as the other rides so email us to make
sure or get on the email list to see the notices. Alternate practice location is
at East Fork Lake Reserve east of Cincinnati.
Saturday/Sunday
Morning Ride
11:00am (Early Bird Special sometimes leaves at 9:00 too!)
- We generally
ride each Sunday morning at 7:30-9am in warmer weather. Start time depends on temperature and
sunrise. Typically start time is 8:30am all summer. Be prompt or be left behind
(see Wed above). The rides are a little longer and the pace is more relaxed,
occasionally the whole group stays together. The EBT is for the early risers,
check the ride line to see which days is on.
If
you are late to any of the rides and the group has left, and you
think you can catch them, look for a Black BMW with GRS4BR license plate. the
days route will be on a card in the window. Follow the route arrows and pedal
hard.... If the owner of the bimmer decides to sleep in that day you are on your
own...
A typical
end of ride sprint by the gazelles (if you like FAST) - there was much anticipation this time (twitchy
hands on the bars, I ratcheted up my shoes, who would lead out, etc.) Jerry, Justin, Me (Rod), Rob, Pontius and Fraser were about the only
ones "thinking" about it. I'm not sure a couple of others knew about the location. After an early and serious break away by Joe (the very
muscular Asian gentleman) who thought he would just ride away, the pace-line formed to help chase him down with great results. As the
pace-line passed Joe, each fell away towards the fabled Yellow sign as the pace slowly increased over 30 mph until just Rod and Rob were left
for the prize. Rob edged me by a wheel (probably over 40 mph). Fun to see the heart rate at 195 (yikes!) at the end....Respectfully submitted by Rod
Bike Maps
as of 8/03/2007
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Double White Arrow
(Loveland) - 25, 28 & 32 &37 mile routes (freshly paint in good shape)
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Orange Arrow (Loveland)
- 34 & 39 mile routes (freshly painted)
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Blue Arrow (Loveland) -
31 & 38 mile routes (freshly painted)
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Beer Bottle (Loveland)
- 44 and 51 mile routes (freshly painted bottle icons).
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Triple Orange Dots
(Loveland) - 29, 31, 37 & 44 mile routes (freshly painted) - GPS
map from Mark Baize
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Triple Blue Dots
(Loveland - Covered Bridge Ride) - 42 miles (freshly painted)
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Yellow Box (Loveland out
to Morrow) - ~40ish miles (freshly painted)
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Red Arrow (Tour de
Montgomery Route leaving Nesbit) - 45-50 miles (freshly painted)
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JR60 (Loveland to
Caesars Creek) - 60 mile annual ride
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Caesars Creek Triathlon
Bike/Run Routes - (25
and 56 mile bike loops)
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Corey Green's Hill
Rides (9 hills, 50 miles or 11
hills, 50 miles)
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Corey Green's For the
Love of God TortureFest (128 miles
of monster hills)
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Corey Greens Wilmington
Century (not marked!) - GPS
map from Mark Baize
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Brass Monkey Rides (NKY
- Ralph Mitchell - 52, 71,
and 102 miles, map
of all routes in one These are hires maps ~4mb each)
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Brass Monkey Ride Cue
Sheets (52, 71,
102 miles pdf
files)
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Sunflower Revolution Cue
Sheets (25 and 60 mile routes
- Word doc)
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Morning Glory Ride
(Downtown Cincy & NKY) (10 and 25
mile route through Devou Park)
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Paths to Pedals - Full
booklet (Paths to
Pedal_Master.pdf 5.21 MB new 3/14/2005)
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Westchester Wheelmen
Cluster maps (WW_Routes1.pdf 5.34 MB new
3/14/2005)
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OKI Cycling maps - www.oki.org/pdf/oki%20bike%20brochure%20back.pdf
- The Ohio set includes maps for Butler, Warren, Hamilton and Clermont counties. The Kentucky set includes Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties in Northern Ky. Each set costs $5.00.
The maps have been prepared specifically for cyclists and are color coded to show three classifications of the area roads. Blue – recommended, yellow – alternate routes, and red – not recommended. The maps also show other useful features such as food, parks, difficult locations, local bike trails and “memorable hills”.
Favorite
Group Quotes
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Hey Angie, can you hold
my peanuts? (Gig M)
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Guys, I'm not prout of my abilities as a pun-smith, but I have to rice to the occasion when I can.. I didn't expect to get a-nast-y response though.. It's really up to you guys whether you reid them or not... Seems widdig our own humor more than others, whether it’s hipper-to share, or is that just a selfi-shlei-fer goodness sake?? Anyway, if you do like this stuff, just call-on me and I’ll make this a staple-sort of thing.. Ammon a roll now… Just a lytle bit mo-ffat and I’ll have bad-er good tale to you all... There’s a link to this hoelle outrageous drivel, but if you do the matth-ew-see that I still need to go on, and miller for a few more lines… Still av-ner bloom-in good time with this.. Wats-on next then? I can reyn-old-stuff in for even more taylor made puns, or look for a sein-en the list again, and pen-ell-even more of these terrible lines… You’re probably going through the roof by now… Hu-ber-t me could write this stuff? Sher-man, I’m full of this crap… You’re probably saying “ that jurc-is-in form again…. How farr-ell he go then? When I’m dun-lap-ping up the applause and wake up, I’ll land-ry-al hard when I come back to earth...
Wait – is that ze-mmel-man with my
reply?
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Fraser mentioned that his brother, who rode with us Sunday, had the
temerity
to say that he felt he could ride with the Gazelles with a few weeks of
training which provoked much laughter (unfortunately this was later proved
TRUE!...Damien is tough).
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On his last ride with
the group before moving to North Carolina "Take care and be safe. Watch out for telephone poles-they always
win" (Matt Z)
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"I Love the
material of your jersey" (overheard at the local post ride eatery...and
imitated perfectly by Gary H.)
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"What's a Sweaty
Betty?"
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Outside observer when
introduced to the Gazebo crowd "I didn't think they'd be so old"
... ouch ...
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At Paxton's after Monday
makeup ride "Hey Goatboy, you buyin ... then I'm drinking"
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At the Hilly Hundred
"Pass me another cookie Gig" and "Where's Gary??"
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From SOG... " If-you-fix-it-you'll-flat!
" ... "Fras, I promise not to shift in your face"...These guy
ride fixies and drink Mad Dog 20/20"
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From a recent news
article explaining how biking is the new golf for deal making/networking
"If you're not part of the peloton .... you're not part of the
deal."
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Wuddup Holmes, Ride in da'yizzle on da'hizzle lodda fordies and take a
wizzle.
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Warner: "Man, I couldn't catch you guys. Something was dragging on my new bike."
G4Ber: "Are you sure it wasn't your ass?"
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"Gigger, show us
your crack"
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"I don't need to
win to wear the grin" from our fav domestique
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Godzulla Industries(tm) - 'Helping People Hurt Themselves'
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'slippery as a Biscayne
Bay eel' ... from our friend Larry's trip to Florida
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After 80F temps three days
ago...'I just went out to my car and my bike is frozen to the top of my car.
My shoe covers are frozen to my shoes and my gloves are balled up and
stuck to my glasses. I'll take that as omen to stay indoors today..Rog'.
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Nothing like Roger
asking what options I got on my car while climbing Muchmore....Corey
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"Down goes Fraser,
out comes the razor" (think Howard Cosell at an Ali fight) ... Ponch before
the BrassTown Ball Georgia hill climb challenge. p.s. Fraser did not lose
that bet and still has his beard!
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"Roger, if you push me
up the hill today I would appreciate you cupping your hand and gently
pushing on my buttocks" - mb
before Wolfpen climb, GA
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"Something told me
I would later regret Corey getting a hamburger topped with Chili, I was not
disappointed".....Fasig during the Georgia Mountains Trip
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"I need three other
people to paint the G-O-A-T letters on their chest for cheering on the Cat 5
Pur race" Corey to the list
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"I guess our pace
may have been a bit north of their expectations - or maybe we didn't smell
so good."...yup Corey again
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Those who get get dropped can ride with me in the "smoking section." ...retro
Riding
Etiquette
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We use the standard
verbal commands as well as hand commands. Yell "Car
back" when a car is approaching from the rear, yell "Car
up" when a car is approaching up ahead, Yell "Car
Right/Left" when a car is approaching from the side or
pulling out of a driveway etc. Yell "Slowing"
or "Stopping" depending on the
degree of deceleration. Don't assume the person in back of you sees the same
thing you are slowing for. Yell "Hole"
or "Bump" and point at it with
a finger as you pass to prevent the next guy from diving into a pot hole
etc. Yell "Gravel" and wiggle
your fingers at it to warn others of bad traction ahead. If turning, the person in front needs to yell the direction and use the hand signal well in
advance of the turn. In general, use your
common sense to warn folks behind you of imminent danger.
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Most important, yell "DOG <direction>"
at first sign that a canine is approaching with ill intent. A squirt of mace
or a kick in the head (ask Gig) can often ward off mean dogs. Be prepared
... sooner or later one WILL find you on the road.
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Pace lines allow you to go fast, because the rider in the front is doing most of the work
(breaking the wind) at a pace he/she can't maintain. When he tires, he pulls out to the left, then catches on to the back of the pack. It's pretty exhilarating. Problem is, you're nose to ass of the
person in front of you, so you can't see much of the road - particularly things like holes in pavement. For this reason there is a lot of verbal
and hand signaling that needs to occur. Use standard verbal commands as well as hand
commands liberally. This is most important for the rider in front, who has the best forward view; don't get so tired in the front that you can't do this job well.
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If you are not
comfortable riding in a close pace line...don't do it. If you do do it,
don't overlap your tire with the rider in front of you (like wise the person
in back of you should not). This means you must be alert to the use of your brakes and adjust your pedal cadence to maintain a reasonably constant separation with the biker in front of you.
Try to travel in a straight line. Bouncing around adds a level of unpredictability.
Pace lines are fun and fast but a little dangerous, know your skill level.
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Obey the Rules of the
road. In Ohio we are treated like a car, we have a right to ride on the
road. However don't tempt fate. When cars approach from the rear GET IN
SINGLE FILE and let the person pass the group. It just pisses folks off if
you stay double wide (or worse triple wide which is illegal I believe). And
yes I know its a pain but STOP at stop
signs. We have had folks pulled over by the police for blowing through stop
signs. You can be ticketed.
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Adams
Hill is VERY
dangerous, until you know it, hit the binders coming down it. Also traffic
coming up the hill can't see you.
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Wear a helmet...duh
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Carry a spare tube and a
supply of air (pump or CO2 cartridge inflator)
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Have
fun... Let me know if there are others to add to the
list ... john anast
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