Friday, September 15, 2017

Emmit Smith Grand Fondo

The next big race near us is on Sept 30 in Frisco. The Emmit Smith Grand Fondo.

http://www.emmittsmithgranfondo.com/



They have courses starting at 22mi all the way to 100mi

Sunday, August 27, 2017

The HHH 2017 results are in!!!!!!

The results for the 2017 Hotter-n-Hell ride are in.  Click on the HHH Cranks Scoreboard above to see the times for 2017.

We have a first timer to the HHH from the Cranks this year and he came out of the chute with a stellar ride. MR TROY NAEF is our SUPERSTAR with a 100 Mile time of 5:40:58. WOW! He certainly didn't leave a lot of room for improvement.

A big CONGRATULATIONS go out to Walt Berend for completing the 100 Mile ride and for knocking 1 hour and 7 minutes off his time from last year.

Also a big CONGRATULATIONS goes out to David Scheller, Bill Pagels, and Mike Scibelli for completing the 100K ride. David knocked 17 minutes off his 2015 time. Bill and Mike knocked 18 minutes off their 2015 time.

GREAT WORK GUYS!!!!!

Note to the reader: Both Troy and Walt had flat tires during the ride.

Friday, August 25, 2017

The Hotter-n-Hell is only Hours Away

To all of the Coppell Cranks who are going to ride the Hotter-n-Hell in Wichita Falls, Texas...

HAVE A GREAT RIDE!!!!!!!

And don't forget to send your times to kit.vinson@franman.net so we can update our HHH board.


Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Faster Bike Speeds - Less Effort

According to our own Bill Pagels, simply peddling downhill is not the most efficient way to speed down the hill. Here are the results of the research:

Click on image to enlarge


So, does it work? See for yourself


Special thanks to Jim Pagels for sharing all of this super cool research

Monday, May 1, 2017

Coppell Ride of Silence

The 10th annual Coppell Ride of Silence will be held Wednesday evening, May 17th, at 7:00 p.m.

Cyclists gather in their communities worldwide in a slow-paced ride in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways. This event occurs at the same time and on the same day.

https://vimeo.com/42442334

https://vimeo.com/42442334



Sunday, March 26, 2017

Share the Road

This is a cool street sign turned bumper sticker. Where do I get one?

Cranking out some Bison

When you ride with the Cranks you are almost guaranteed to see a wild animal, either on a bike or in a field. This time it was in a field. How often do you get to see this?
I vote that we make him our mascot.