NC Winter Cross Race #2

The Subaru-Gary Fisher Elite Road Team is excited to be promoting our first cross race in conjunction with the Giordana-Cliff Bar Team and Carolina Bicycle Company Huntersville location. The race will be #2 in the NC Winter Cyclocross series and will be held in Mooresville, NC. Multiple race categories will have the chance to go at it for some sweet prizes. "Hey...do i have to have a cyclocross bike?" Heck no, borrow an old mountain bike and enjoy the fun.

Harrisburg Short Track MTB Race #1

The gals bring home the medals at the first Harrisburg Short Track series!

Left to right:

Lisa Preslar (3rd wms cat 2)

Angela Krol (1st wms cat 3)

Lori Harkey (1st wms cat 2)

Congrats also to Adam Little (3rd Mens Super Sport)

Our team is a proud sponsor of the Harrisburg Series, along with our friend from http://www.classiccycling.com/ and http://www.carolinabicyclecompany.com/ The second series race is this Saturday night. Night racing! Bring those lights.

Team to become Subaru/Gary Fisher Road Team for 2010! Partners with Carolina Bicycle Company.

Team News Release:
The Hincapie/Gary Fisher/Barkley Elite Team is pleased to announce Subaru and Gary Fisher Bikes as our new title sponsors for the 2010 race season. Both the men's and women's elite teams will compete across the Southeast as the Carolina Subaru/Gary Fisher Elite Road Team, racing the new Gary Fisher flagship carbon road bike, the Cronus.

The 2010 Carolina Subaru/Gary Fisher Men's Elite Team will consist of 13 racers, including the additon of two new racers to the program for this year, AJ Meyer (Hincapie U23 Team) and Andrew Olson (DLP Pro Cycling). We have also expanded our 8 person womens roster to include 2 new strong racers, Sara Tussy and Nancy Jones for the 2010 season. Both Elite teams will be competing in Southeast road and cyclocross events as well as select national NRC races and the US National Championships (Elite, Masters and U23 Nationals).

"We are looking forward to a great year with the addition of Subaru to our program along with the contunued support of Fisher, Bontrager, SRAM and many of our other dedicated team sponsors. I forsee us having the strongest men's and women's squads that we have had for several years with the recent signing of some strong talent and the awesome tech advancements to the new Gary Fisher Cronus bike we will be using. We are also proud to continue with our team's heritage and support from Hincapie Sportwear as a presenting sponsor in 2010." Adam Little - Subaru/Gary Fisher Team Manager

Title Sponsors for the 2010 Team include Subaru and Gary Fisher. Other returning sponsors include Hincapie Sportswear, SRAM, Bontrager, VETTA, KMC Chains USA, DeFeet, ClassicCycling.com, Hall Clinic of Chiropractic, Finish Line Lubes, Qoleum, Chamois Butt'r, and Moose Pharmacy.

Additionally, new for the 2010 season is our partnership with the Carolina Bicycle Company, one of the areas top Gary Fisher/Bontrager dealers. In addition to racing with the CBC logos and team colors, our team will also be instrumental in helping aid CBC's team of 15-20 road category 3, 4, 5 racers to further promote Subaru and Gary Fisher also as the Carolina Subaru-Gary Fisher Team. CBC will also have a core MTB race team of 5 racers who will also be racing the Gary Fisher Superfly and Superfly 100.

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Carolina Subaru / Gary Fisher Elite Men:
Adam Little
AJ Meyer
Andrew Olson

AT Stamp

Chris Knetsche

Chris Harkey

David Flynn

Darren Fuller

Geri Mewett

John Delong

Mike Kelly

Reid Beloni

Shane Martin

Richard Howard - Masters www.greencreation.com

Mac Canon - Masters

Subaru / Gary Fisher Women's Elite Team:

Angela Krol

Bridgette McClean

Lauren Rigby

Lisa Preslar

Lori Harkey

Marianne Holt

Nancy Jones

Sara Tussy

Oct 24th Team Supported Charity Ride Route Maps

Join us on Oct. 24th for a great ride. Below are the routes for the 100K and 50K options. See the earlier post below for registration links. Remember that 100% of the money raised goes directly to Stanly County Habitat for Humanity!

100K Option

50K Option

HGFB Team to Host Habitat Charity Ride Oct. 24th

Plan to join the Hincapie/Gary Fisher/Barkley Team and our friends on Oct. 24th for the 1st Annual Overcoming Obstacles Charity Ride. Proceeds from this year's ride will go to benefit the programs offered by the Stanly County Habitat for Humanity. You can choose from either a 100K or 50K route, both rolling through the great roads of Stanly Co. Bring the family, we will have kids events (face painting, bounce house, games) as well as great food and fellowship.
See the registration flyer for details.
You can also Register ONLINE through Pre-reg at the following link.

Additionally, plan to stop by the Team Gary Fisher Tent to check out the sweet 2010 Gary Fisher bikes we will have on site to show off. We will have out the new Gary Fisher Cronus and Ion road bikes, along with some of the 2010 model mountain bikes complements of http://www.fisherbikes.com/ and Carolina Bicycle Company.

Mewett to lead Bermuda Junior Cycling Camp

The Hincapie/Gary Fisher/Barkley Cycling Team is please to be sending 3 team members to lead the 2009 Bermuda National Junior Cycling Summer Camp. Chillin' at the 2008 camp Mewett fylin' the Bermuda National Kit at Charleston
The camp will be led by our own Geri Mewett (current Bermuda Pro RR National Champion) with two other teammates. Over 60 junior cyclists ranging from ages 10-18 will be attending the weeklong development camp, learning a full set of cycling skills, training tips and teamwork. The camp will run one full week from July 6th - 11th. Special thanks goes out to the Bermuda Cycling Association for this honor to help grow jr. cycling. A big thanks also goes out to our friends at Paceline Products for donating Chamois Butt'r product for all participants of the Jr. Camp. In addition our team will be donating a Vetta Cycling computer and Finish Line products as raffle prizes to the kids.

VA Cycling Cyclocross Weekend

Hincape Team Rider, and VA Tech student, Reid Beloni is helping put on a cyclocross race this weekend in VA for all you cross crazy fans. Check it out and show some love. Proceeds go back to the VA Cycling program. Here is the link to the flyer...

Team rides with Carolina Youth Triathlon Club

Future World Champs ready to Rock

Recently, the Hincapie/Coca-Cola/Barkley Team had a great chance to ride alongside of the guys and gals of the Carolina Youth Triathlon Club. The CYTC, based out of Greenville, SC, consists of over 100 fit kids ranging from age 6 and up. The goal of the club is to encourage children to become more active, enjoying the sport of Triathlon. Headed up by Susannah and Sean Hogan, our sponsors from Hogan Properies, the club also looks to give the young athletes guidance, advice, safe training sessions, and planned tri events to flex their muscle in.









Miller fuels up, while Andrew shows off his skills
Lara, Lori, Chris and myself were able to meet up with the future Ironman Champions to do a few training laps as the infamous Donaldson Center loop. While getting the ride instructions from Susannah, it started pouring down rain with wind gusts to 35mph. I felt a little worried about taking the kids out, but they were pumped...riding circles in the parking lot, practicing bunny-hops, and dowing POWERADE getting ready to burn up some pavement. (Check out Andrew's aero top tube riding) So, we took off and the kids all rode great! We were having to struggle to keep up with them! Afterwards we enjoyed some carb-reloading and fellowship.

Chris gives a little advice. Lori with Alex- 2012 National Champion
Thanks to all the kids, Coaches and Parents for letting us see what the real spirit of sport looks like again. We all left motivated. Go out and share YOUR love of the sport with youth in your area...they will thank you for it.

Career Day 08

Sharing a little of their time, Chris and Lori dropped by Mount Pleasant Elementary School this Wed. for Career Day. Everyone had a great time while they discussed the in's and out's of racing fulltime as a profession. While the most common questions seemed to be centered around how much their LeMond bikes cost, and "what was the most they had won at a race", they were able to discuss other topics including proper hydration, nutrition, training and race prep, and the importance of wearing helmets. The kids loved the POWERADE and Jelly Bell SPORT BEANS that we passed out. I am sure they were full of energy for recess. Thanks again to the 3rd Grade MPES Class for letting us visit.