CYCLE-SMART INTERNATIONAL PICK-UP PARTY TONIGHT

CYCLE-SMART INTERNATIONAL PICK-UP PARTY TONIGHT
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 6, 2009
CONTACT:
Jeff Bramhall
Media Coordinator, Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series
(617) 669-5056
jeffrey.bramhall@gmail.com
 
The organizers of the Cycle-Smart International hoped to spice up this year’s edition and take advantage of so many racers heading out to Northampton the night before the race. To this end, they created the Cycle-Smart International Pick-Up Party. Hosted by Cycle-Smart and New England Bicycle Consulting and presented by Ramadon’s Package Store, the Pick-Up Party will be an opportunity for racers to meet one another without the specter of competition hanging over their heads.
 
The part will be held tonight, Friday, November 6th from six until nine pm at the headquarters of Cycle-Smart Coaching and New England Bicycle Consulting in the Eastworks Building at 116 Pleasant Street in Easthampton, Massachusetts. The location is only a few miles from downtown Northampton’s restaurants and nightlife for those racing later on Saturday, and hotels for those with early races.
 
Event organizers Alec Donahue and Adam Myerson have kept under wraps many of the big names that will be in attendance. In the past day, they have showed their cards a bit, saying that there will be people from the top steps of both Elite Men’s and Women’s podiums, racers from across many borders, several people who have first-hand European racing experience and possibly an Olympian or two.
 
The practical purpose of tonight’s event is that race numbers for the weekend will be available for pick-up, saving time at registration on both days. Also at the event will be the technical guide for this weekend’s racing.
 
Practicality, though, is merely a front for having a good time and local package store, Ramadon’s, of Three Rivers is helping to support that as well as to bring attention to the cause of Chris Ramadon, elite transplant athlete. Ramadon had been a member of the Northampton Cycling Club’s development squad, and successful collegiate racer prior to a battle with kidney failure that left him on dialysis. Three years ago, Ramadon received a successful kidney transplant, freeing him from the five years he had spent on dialysis. Now, Chris has returned to cycling and represented Team USA at the World Transplant Games, finishing 4th and 7th in the road race and time trial, respectively. He will be competing at the national level next summer in Madison, Wisconsin to qualify for a return trip to the World Transplant Games in 2011 in Sweden. The Ramadon family’s Package Store has generously lent its support to the Cycle-Smart International Pick-Up Party in hopes of raising awareness of the importance of organ donation. More information can be found here: http://christopherramadoneta.com/home and http://www.kidney.org/
 
For more information, including directions, visit the Cycle-Smart website at: http://www.cycle-smart.com/blog/2009/11/04/hey-yo-did-ya-get-a-numbah.
 
 
 
The Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series will be contested over
7 weekends in 2009, starting with the New England Cross-toberfest of
Cycling:  3 straight weekends of UCI calendar racing to be held in Williston
VT, Gloucester MA, and Providence RI.  After a weekend of much needed rest,
the series will continue with stops in New Gloucester ME on Oct 24,
Northampton MA on Nov 7, Sterling MA on Nov 28, and the series finale in
Warwick RI on Dec 5.  This year series is generously supported by Verge
Sport, makers of fine cycling clothing and products since 1993; by
Cycle-Smart, purveyors of personalized cycling coaching and solutions for
riders across the country; by BikeReg.com, the official online registration
service of the NECCS; by Paul Weiss Photo/Video, the official photographer
of the NECCS, by October Handmade Bicycles, and by Ryders Eyewear.  You can
visit these sponsors and get more information on the series by going to the
web at http://www.cycle-smart.com/neccs.