Or, perhaps, people who have never lived outside of PDX, and don't
know what they have. In central Illinois, where I moved from last
year, I tried to fill up a race calendar my first year and made it to
more races than most racers from Champaign-Urbana: 6 whole races, all
of which were at least 2 hour drives (most were 3+). The fact that I
can _ride my bike_ 45 minutes to a race on every Tuesday and Monday
night for at least 4 months a year means I can get a ton of race
experience in a little bit of time and at nominal expense. Combine
that with the short track MTB series at PIR, and I'd say that we've
got a hell of a resource, and we owe that to the promoters who make
that all possible. I'm happy that they have a financial incentive to
keep that up, and I'll continue to support bike racing at PIR with my
entry fees.

Matthew Klahn

On Apr 29, 2008, at 1:42 PM, Jess Mace wrote:

> Please don't forget Jim Anderson who organizes Monday nights and is
> single handedly providing a venue to promote and support new women
> riders in the area...
> when other races are combining fields and having to negotiate through
> low female turnouts, Jim's races are going off each and every Monday
> night
> like clockwork..
>
> this is becoming a real stupid conversation started by (I'm guessing)
> new riders who have yet to fully appreciate what they have in PDX...
>
>
>
> Jess C. Mace, MPH
> Clinical Outcomes Research Coordinator
> for Timothy Smith, MD, MPH
> Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
> Oregon Health & Science University
> 503.494.5886
>
>>>> "Joe Cipale" 4/29/2008 1:04 PM >>>
> I have known Jeff Mitchem (Promoter of Tues PIR) for, as he and I
> agreed, way too long. He was one of the leaders of the old Bike
> Gallery
> team in the early 90's when I was just a fat, slow beginning racer. I
> soon learned that I was completely out of my league with these guys,
> but
> he helped to steer me to Team Rose City as more in line with my
> abilities. Throughout all this time, Jeff has done an outstanding
> job of
> putting on events, nurturing new riders and doing what he can to
> improve
> racing in our little corner of the USA. Now that I am a fat, slow and
> old(er) racer, Jeff is still out there week after week.
>
> Many of us have cut or teeth (as well as lips, thighs, collarbones)
> out
> at PIR. It is a terrific venue and is a great course to learn the ins
> and outs of the sport. The teams change, riders come and go, but this
> event continues becuase of the hardwork of Jeff and the support of PIR
> and OBRA.
>
> Joe Cipale
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