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Devon Volunteers

We need your time and expertise.  The Devon GP Road Race is this Sunday (22-Jun-2014) but we're still short a few volunteers to make it happen.  Please contact Bruce or myself if you wish to volunteer.

 

James Lyon

VP/Equipment manager

Posted on June 18, 2014 .

Devon Grand Prix Volunteers

Juventus members

Some of you have indicated on your membership form that you are able to volunteer for the Devon Grand Prix on  June 22, 2014.  First, a big thanks in advance for signing up.  These events are a lot of work for all involved and without your volunteer commitment we wouldn't be able to run such events.  Second,  we really need you to fill out the Doodle poll I sent out yesterday.  You can chose between marshalling or driving.  Finally, those who didn't indicate their wish to volunteer for this event can still do so.  You can contact myself or Bruce Copeland.

Thanks

James Lyon

Vice President

 

 

Posted on June 10, 2014 .

LAMP bike fit night - Equipment Manager's perspective

The Argyll Velodrome was the scene of what can best be described as the razor edge between chaos and controlled anarchy.  Annually this mayhem that is the bike fit night, takes place to usher in the new LAMP season .  With forty-five participants vying for their road and track bikes for the season, it may have appeared from an outsider that the scene was akin to a train wreck.  From an insiders view it wasn't much different.

Kids ranging from less than four feet to almost six feet, showed up with keen interest to see what shinny race ready bike they would get.  Bikes with storied brands like Masi, Cannondale, Fuji, Schwinn, and Louis Garneau, were sorted, recorded, and assigned the night before according to rider height.  Thanks to the LAMP coaches the bikes were brought out of storage, inspected, repaired if needed, sorted, and labeled.  By Tuesday night each rider was then given his or her bike for the year.

By the time all was said and done, the clubhouse, which was once filled with kids, parents, coaches, and bikes, was as quiet as Britney Spears' dietician.  What remained was the feeling of a job well done, a few lone bottle cages and a couple of unassigned bikes.  

See you again next year.

Posted on May 3, 2014 .