Summit Freewheelers

Summit Freewheelers

A Developmental Bicycle Racing Club

Welcome to the Summit Freewheelers of northeast Ohio!

The Summit Freewheelers is a bicycle road racing club dedicated to developing members' road racing skills by providing training and racing opportunities, training rides, subsidized Club apparel, and merchandise discounts.

Members of our Rainbow Inks Cycling Team have committed to racing as a team and the Club has structured the race support to reward riders who race together.

We sponsor the region-wide Races at the Lake (RATL) series in the spring, and the Fall Challenge race in September.

The Summit Freewheelers is located in Summit County (Akron), Ohio
We are the area's leading bicycle racing club—the largest promoter and sponsor of bicycle racing in the area! We sponsor USCF sanctioned races.
We have over 70 members including men and women ages 14 to 80, beginners to experts, and cyclists who just like to ride fast.
Our club provides members with an opportunity to race, train, and just ride and shmooze with lots of other cyclists

Training

We have training opportunities throughout the year, including training rides. Training rides are generally organized as "A" and "B" groups. These groups leave from the Botzum Trail Head on Riverview Road on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The "A" group, at 6:00 pm, consists of seasoned racers and extremely fit beginners. The "B" group, at 5:45 pm, is more of a fast paced novice ride.

Thanks to sponsorship from Chipotle and Cuyahoga Valley Management, we have introduced the Thursday night "B"urrito ride. Each Thursday night, someone in the "B" group can win a Chipotle burrito prime. Burrito prime criteria change every week, and may not always be awarded to the fastest rider or best climber in the group.

What to expect? Expect a group warm up, some group pace line riding, surges to 24 mph, some climbs out of the valley, some blistering downhill runs, some zone 5 heart rates, a minimum of 25 miles, friendly wheels, guaranteed stress reduction, and a burrito prime! Not enough? The "A" group leaves at 6:00!

Fall Challenge Race

Our Fall Challenge Race will not be held in 2008.

RATL

2008 Race Results are in. Click here.

RATL in the news!

• The Stow Sentry ran an article about RATL on April 16, 2008.

• Here's a YouTube video of RATL #1.

• Here's another YouTube video, this one of the Cat 4 race at RATL #4, by Brian Meyer.

• Charles Howe wrote an article about RATL for the current issue of Ohio Sports & Fitness.

Rides and Events

(Rides leave on time)

Tuesdays & Thursdays
B ride 5:45pm
A ride 6:00pm
Botzum, CVNP

Westlake Crits

Information and results

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