Now that I have your attention with that cute adorable picture, I need to be serious.

To our Team Evesham family, while we enter into these difficult times wondering what COVID-19 will bring to us we want everyone to remain optimistic and not panic.  Keep life as normal as you can while avoiding large gatherings and being wise.  Everything we have heard from the experts states that we will get through this. We as a team ask everyone to remain optimistic and cautious to help not contribute to spreading COVID-19 in any way possible.  Most things we hear recommend to stay away from larger gatherings, many have used 6 people as a number and recommend staying 6 feet away from people..

We understand that we communicated to the Team that we would continue our group rides with some safety precautions.  However in light of some new information, including recommendations from USA Cycling, the continued school closings, the National State of Emergency, and The New Jersey State of Emergency, the Board of Directors felt that it would be prudent to help protect our Team Members, our Cycling Family and our own Families by canceling our group rides at this time.  While we know that not everyone will agree with this action and we do not mean to continue the panic that some people are feeling right now we feel that for the immediate future that this is the best thing.  This was not an easy decision as there is so much information going around it is hard to digest everything, however to err on the side of caution is never a mistake.  We will evaluate this decision weekly and ask for your understanding.

We ask that you stay positive and healthy.  Continue riding your bike outdoors on nice days, just do it either solo or in very small groups.  If you prefer, ride indoors on a trainer.  Please follow the guidelines that are recommended in our last message about protecting yourself by wiping down your bike, helmet, and quickly washing your cycling clothing and gloves.

I apologize that this message did not go out Friday or Saturday with our decision to cancel the rides, that little cutie in the picture demanded a little more of my time.  Thank you for your support in this decision, again we will monitor this decision weekly. Stay healthy and please protect your families!

 

Scott Santos- President
Dennis Dahms- Vice President
Geri Phares- Secretary
Lisa Sleeper- Treasurer
Brad Davis
Scott Downie
Leslie Brezlau
Chuck Nowicki
Ross Polinow
Cathy Rosenberg
Maurice Finnerty

Links:

COVID-19 – A cyclist’s guide

The Corona Virus and Team Evesham Rides

Hi Team Evesham Teammates!!

This past weekend we had many riders participating in the Foster 100, including myself for the first time. The Foster 100 is one of our promoted Charity events of the season. Nick, the event promoter, calls this “a Charity Ride like no other” and I have to agree. Riders stay together in “platoons” with the spirit of no rider left behind. These platoons are much like our ride groups on our Sunday rides with a leader keeping riders together and organized. They had some amazing rest stops and the after party at the Aviation Museum in Wildwood was fantastic!

This coming weekend is another cyclists’ favorite event – the MS City to Shore. Many Team Evesham members will be participating in this event including a team called Kelly’s Hero’s. Kelly’s Heroes is named for Kelly Comber who suffers from MS. Kelly’s husband, Kevin Comber, is a long time Team Evesham Member and put this team together to honor his wife and help support the MS society. We wish all of the MS City to Shore riders a fun, safe weekend of riding.

Our Sponsor, The Heart House, is working on a special event for Team Evesham members, stay tuned for details. Here is their latest newsletter about Heart Health.

As promised on social media, stay tuned for Team Evesham Non-Cycling Apparel. We will Have Polo Shirts, T- Shirts, Ball Caps, and Fleece sweatshirts available to order at the end of this year. The polo shirts are modeled below by our Board of Trustees…

Lastly, Save the Date! Team Evesham’s Annual After Holiday Party will be Saturday, January 25th from 6-10. Stay tuned for more details!

https://teamevesham.org/2019/09/17/56024/

For those of you signed up to participate in the Foster 100 on September 14th, 2019, representatives from Foster 100 will be on hand before our regular Sunday ride on September 8th to distribute rider packets and rider information! If you’re not yet registered, waste no time in following this link for more information!

 

JOIN US SUNDAY MORNING FOR OUR FIRST MINI CLINIC

Join us Sunday Morning at Rastelli’s at for our first mini clinic starting at 7:15am. To add value to your Team Evesham Membership we will be holding a series of mini clinics before our Sunday rides to help teach basic bike maintenance and safety skills. If you have a topic of interest please email Scott@TeamEvesham.org and we will add it to our list of mini clinics.

This past Sunday was a great day to be a Team Evesham Member and cyclist. We once again held our fall BBQ event – The Grill and Chill and it was a huge success with fun for all that attended. We had over 125 members ride with us and enjoy the party at Ott’s Greentop where they BBQ’d and treated us like royalty. We had beautiful weather, a great ride and awesome food as we enjoyed hanging out with teammates enjoying camaraderie and celebrating cycling.

This week we will have our regularly scheduled rides including the Friday Morning C+/B ride, Saturday Morning C+/B/B+ ride and Sunday all level ride. We look forward to seeing you on the road!

Join us Sunday, August 25 for our All Level Ride followed by our Fall get together dubbed the “Grill and Chill”. This event is FREE to all members, but you must sign up in advance so that we can get a headcount for food. Go to www.teamevesham.org to register.

You are welcome to bring guests & family members, for the low price of $15.00/person. They can also be registered at www.teamevesham.org.

This year we we’ll ride from Ott’s Greentop in Berlin on Rt 73 with three different Route Options, 65 mile “Foster 100 Training Ride”, a 45 mile route and a 36 mile route! This event has always been a Team favorite as we get to hang out together, eat some delicious food and talk about all of our riding experiences! Check the website for the routes and start times.

This past week offered some beautiful weather for Cycling. Unfortunately, we did have to cancel our Wednesday night C+ and B+ ride due to the phantom storms, the weather report was just too ominous. Friday we had our C+/B pace morning ride, Saturday morning we had our usual Rastelli’s ride and also had a Hill Ride lead by Michael Gibbs. Thank you Michael for stepping up and leading this ride! Sunday, of course, we had our All Level ride with some great routes to Nixon’s in Tabernacle. A favorite stop for Cyclists to take a break and get some refreshments. The weather was hot and muggy, so this stop was well deserved!

 

Upcoming Rides

Don’t forget our future events: Save the dates…

• Foster 100 – September 15th
• Ian Cameron Ride – September 29th
• Post Holiday party – January 25th

We hope to see you all on the road this week!

That’s right, Team Evesham’s Fall get together, the “Grill and Chill”, will be held on August 25th. This year it will be held at Ott’s Greentop in Berlin. We will have three route options that morning including a 38, 45 and a 65 mile Foster 100 Training Ride. Members of the Foster 100 Team will join us on this route. The 38 and 45 mile routes will depart at the normal 8am time, however the longer route will depart early so that those riders will be back in time for the event. Lunch will be served at 11am. You MUST pre-register so that we can get a head count for the food at the after party! This event is FREE to all members of Team Evesham. Family members are welcome for a small fee of $15.00 per person. They must also pre-register so that we have an accurate food count. Register here today!

If you have not registered for the Foster 100, do it now! There are only a few spots left and this is a truly unique Charity Ride.

This past week was great for cycling! We had to cancel our NEW Wednesday B+ and C+ ride due to weather, but we did have our Friday morning B Ride with Rich, Dennis and Ross, Saturday B and C+ Ride led by David Breslau, Scott Downie and Dan Zingaro, and Sunday we held our All Pace ride. The weather was beautiful to get in some miles. Keep an eye on the website for more upcoming Team Evesham rides with new starting points and new rest stops.

This past weekend was a scorcher!  Temperatures above 100 degrees on both days made us consider if it was safe to cycle in this weather!  As a team we opted to cancel the Hill Ride due to the extreme conditions and shorten our Sunday routes a bit.  We decided to ride Saturday and Sunday local with some extreme caution and additional rest stops.  Our ride leaders did an amazing job at getting all the cyclists back safely.  In addition to our normal Sunday Ride, Nick Liermann and a crew from the Foster 100 joined us for one of their training rides.  These brave soles train in honor of Captain Erick Foster that sacrificed his life while serving our country in Operation Iraqi Freedom.  In honor of Captain Foster, Team Foster raises money to partner service dogs with veterans suffering from combat related disabilities.  The Foster 100 is one of Team Evesham’s supported charity rides again for the 2019 cycling season.  If you have not signed up for the Foster 100 yet, hurry, it will sell out very soon!

 

This past Wednesday Lisa Sleeper lead a group of 10 B+ riders on a 25-mile ride Through Mt Laurel and Southampton NJ.  This was the inaugural ride for them, and we hope to continue for as long as daylight cooperates.

 

This Saturday is the Spellbound Century put on by Jorge Carmona and TNT Cycling.  This event always proves to be excellent and sells out.  The event has grown to 1000 cyclists this year.  Jorge has some great local farms for rest stops that are always fully stocked with refreshments!  If you are riding the Spellbound Century this year wear your Team Evesham Kit in support of our team.

We hope to see you out cycling this weekend!

“In life its not where you go, but who you ride with!”

This coming weekend will bring some of the hottest temperatures that we have seen, Team Evesham will still be riding but we will mandate that everyone has TWO water bottles. Please use every bit of caution when riding this weekend. You should go through at least 2 bottles per hour according to this Bicycling Magazine article.

This past weekend was full of sunshine, beautiful weather and bike riding!

Not only did team Evesham have our usual Saturday B ride, we also added a C+ and a B+ ride to give more value to our team members. Thanks to Dan Zingaro, and Leslie & David Breslau we will now offer three ride levels on Saturday! If you’re looking for a bike ride on Saturday, check out the Team Evesham ride.

This past Sunday Team Evesham embarked on one of our favorite routes, taking us to Riverton and along the Delaware River Bank. There were three different length routes for riders to choose from to keep everyone smiling. Several members stopped along picturesque Bank Street in Riverton (above) to pose for photos that are already circulating around social media. Riverton was once a getaway community for the wealthy from Philadelphia. Riverton is known for its beautiful Victorian homes, river front views, Quaint downtown area, and the Riverton Yacht club.

Team Evesham cycling gear is here!

Order your 10th anniversary Team Evesham Gear before it’s too late!!!
The team Evesham store is again open through our vendor Voler. Voler clothing is made in american and is top quality. Follow link to the team store from our homepage where you can select from different Jerseys, shorts and bibs, jackets and accessories. The store will only be available for ordering until July 21st so order now before time runs out!

2019 Grill and Chill

The 2019 Team Evesham Grill and Chill is on! August 25th we will Ride from Ott’s Greentop in Berlin at 8am. Ott’s will have restrooms available at 7:15 for people. Afterwards we will return for Lunch on the back deck and inside area. Stay Tuned for more details, Save the date!

Foster 100 Training Ride

This Sunday along with our normal team ride we will be holding a longer ride in preparation for the Foster 100 Charity event that Team Evesham Supports. There will be multiple stops along the way and multiple pace groups for this ride. Join some team mates that will be riding the Foster 100 and get in some extra miles. .

Join us this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for Team Evesham rides. Check our homepage for dates & times.

Remember: In life; it’s not where you go, but who you ride with…

Hello Team Evesham Cyclists!

With some precarious weather this past weekend we decided to cancel both our Saturday Hill ride and Local ride because of the forecasts of possible rain. Well, the weather decided to throw us a curveball and it didn’t rain until the afternoon. So we regrouped and watched the forecast closely and decided to wait until the last minute to make a call on Sunday’s ride. This, fortunately for us, was the right decision and we had a beautiful morning to ride some great routes to Murphy’s Market in Tabernacle.

With this the first ride of July we have many more weeks of riding and events to share with great teammates! Remember “In Life, it’s not where you go, but who you ride with!”

The Envy of Cyclists Everywhere

Here (click to enlarge), seen Modeled by Team Evesham Captain Scott Santos… the Team Evesham 10 year anniversary Cycling Kit.

That’s right the Team Evesham jersey has been spotted in Japan, Italy, China, Jamaica, Canada, Israel, Mexico, Australia, and a score of other places. Folks in those countries can’t buy one. But you can join the cool kids and order the entire line up of incredible looking Team Evesham cycling gear from our supplier Voler right now. These garments are made right here in the USA and if you order now, your kit will ship at the end of August.

Many of our members have found the Voler cycling gear to be of exceptional quality and at a more affordable cost than their competition since you are purchasing the gear at our team’s wholesale cost. Order now and remember this gear is for our members only. Please don’t sell these items to other riders.

Here’s how to purchase your Official Team Evesham Cycling Gear:

1. Click on this link to access your team order site: Team Evesham
2. Click on “LOGIN” to enter your Login/Billing Info. Click on “Create Account” to save the information and to create your new User ID and Password. You will automatically be directed to the home page for your team order. If you are a returning customer, please use your original Login and Password.
3. Click on “Begin Shopping” to gain access to the orderable products page. To place items in your shopping cart, click on the item you want to order, then the options you want to select, then the “Add to cart” button. You can choose to “View Your Bag” or “Continue Shopping” after adding each item. Repeat these steps for each item you want to order.
4. After placing the last item you want to order in your shopping cart, click on “View Your Bag” to display the items. Carefully review the items and make any necessary modifications or deletions. Because each item is custom built, refunds and exchanges will not be accepted. After you have confirmed your order is correct, click on “Proceed to Checkout” to complete the secure checkout process by entering your credit card payment information.

Another excellent week of cycling is in the books but we’re looking forward to much, much more this year!

On Sunday, June 9th the Team Evesham all-level ride was cancelled because many of us participated in the American Cancer Society’s 47th annual Bike-a-Thon from Philadelphia to Atlantic City. The weather was spectacular but 20mph head-winds on the AC causeway made for a challenging finish. Team evesham, with over 80 members participating, raised almost $25,000 for the care and prevention of cancer!

Next Sunday, June 16th is Father’s Day and there WILL be a Team Evesham ride.

HOWEVER the following Sunday, June 23rd will be the all-team Ride for Olivia and once again there will be no regular Team Evesham ride. Please consider participating.

Finally this month, on Wednesday, June 26th at 6pm please plan to ride with us for the Joe Vitale|D&Q Bike-n-Dine. This is a ride to benefit Joe and to thank him for his years of service to the biking community of Southern NJ. If you can’t make it to the ride, we are finishing up at P.J. Whelihan’s in Medford (61 Stokes Rd, Medford Lakes, NJ 08055) at 7:30pm where you are welcome to join us and wish Joe a farewell.

UPCOMING RIDES & EVENTS

• Friday, June 14th – ride will roll out at 9:00am – C+/B level ride from Rastelli Market Fresh at 710 NJ-73, Evesham Township, NJ.
• Saturday, June 15th at 8:00am – C+/B level ride from Rastelli Market Fresh at 710 NJ-73, Evesham Township, NJ.
• Hill Ride – Saturday, June 15th, 8:00am. Route and start point information will be posted prior to the ride.
• Sunday, June 16th at 8:00am – All level (A, B+, B, C+, C) from Rastelli Market Fresh at 710 NJ-73, Evesham Township, NJ.
• Ride for Olivia – Sunday, June 23rd – No regularly-scheduled Team Evesham ride this Sunday. 45 miles, 30 miles and 15 miles. Register here.
• Bike & Dine for Joe Vitale – Wednesday, June 26th – 6PM bike ride from Taunton Forge, 7:30pm dine at PJ Whelihan’s. More information here.

 

Always wear a helmet and practice safe riding habits!

And remember: In life, it’s not where you go, it’s who you ride with…