This year, the OCC Syracuse Race Weekend is being held on July 8th, 9th and 10th, 2016, consisting of the Hill Climb, Time Trial, Criterium and Road Race. As always, the success of race weekend hinges on the club members who come out and volunteer their time to make this a great event. As an extra incentive, all volunteers are invited to join us for dinner after the Hill Climb on Friday July 8th at Beak & Skiff. This year we're using BikeReg to organize volunteers, we're we've listed all of the open ...Continue Reading

12 riders braved the cool windy day to ride a total of 560 miles. These photos are of the O&W tunnel (it wasn't windy in the tunnel), Fort Ontario and views from the fort.  Doug Bray  Virus-free. www.avast.com ...Continue Reading

Hi Everyone, The next *Slow ‘n Easy West* ride scheduled for Tuesday June 14th departs from the west end parking lot of Reed Webster Park in Camillus, located on Warners Rd (Rt 173), promptly at 6:00 PM.  Please arrive early so that you can sign in and be ready to leave on time. The forecast for Tuesday calls for a “/mostly sunny and pleasant/” day with temperatures in the low 70s…no rain in that forecast.  Sounds like it will be a nice night to ride Are you still reading these emails and wanting to ...Continue Reading

Registration for the Civil War Century ride is now open.  This ride features some of the prettiest terrain in the eastern U.S. and also passes through 3 historical sites (South Mtn., Antietam battlefield and Gettysburg battlefield.  There are 100, 75, 62, 50 and  25 mile options.  Century ride is very challenging (as in hilly) and features 3 major climbs.  Ride starts/ends in Thurmont, MD.  Several OCC members have participated over the last 5 years. Ride is on Saturday Sept. 10th.   ...Continue Reading

Sent from my iPhoneBegin forwarded message:*From:* Maryann Gonzalez <maryanng@PROTECTED>*Date:* April 22, 2016 at 2:57:50 PM EDT*To:* Mary Shick <lshick@PROTECTED>*Subject:* *Voler - ordering link for re-order*HI Mary, Below is the online ordering link. Individuals will have until Sunday at midnight on June 12th to place their order and the order will ship out on July 11th. You can go ahead and forward this link. Thanks! Welcome to the Voler Online Ordering SystemYour team has decided to use the Voler Cust ...Continue Reading

Damn you Zeus!Brian *From:* "Brian Goetke goetke1@PROTECTED" <occ2@PROTECTED> *To:* occ2 Subscriber <goetke1@PROTECTED> *Sent:* Thursday, June 9, 2016 10:48 AM *Subject:* [occ2] Re: Saturday (Mailing list information, including how to remove yourself, is located at the end of this message.) I have consulted with Zeus and he has confirmed that the weather should be almost perfect at the start:    65 degrees, partly cloudy with 6mph S wind.   Any threat of rain should not ...Continue Reading

After all the emails about the roads on this route (thanks for the heads-up) and the fact that we couldn’t park at LBP because of a truck rodeo (we could have, but chose not to and the default was OLP), everything turned out great.  We all got back safely with no incidents and several people commented that it was a great ride. There were a total of twenty-three riders, quite a few for a Friday ride, and most went the 46 miles in order to visit the Patisserie in Skaneateles.  Maybe some opted for treats and mi ...Continue Reading

Just got the call from VOLER that deadline for orders is midnight this SUNDAY. Disappointingly we have not made the min. to order at this time. One more jersey (top)of any kind Two accessories Two bottoms are needed to have order shipped. This is the last chance to order Visit Voler.com! Spread the word this weekend at the various events please. Next oder won't be for atleast a year from now! ...Continue Reading

---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Alex Doty* <alex@PROTECTED>Date: Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 4:02 PMSubject: Responding to Crash that Killed Five Bicyclists on a Club RideTo: treasurer@PROTECTED__ Donald, I am writing to you in your leadership role of a bicycle club that is a member of the League.   Earlier this week, we were all horrified at the news that five bicyclists were killed and four seriously injured when a driver plowed into them on a club ride in Kalamazoo, Michiga ...Continue Reading

Hey forgot to tell you that Roland Pearson will be doing the cooking, featuring pulled pork, baked beans, and salads.  There will also be the usual Hot dogs & burgers as well as veggie burgers. The traditional water stop at the DeRuyder Lake Country Store.  May be stop in a get an ice cream on us.  Say hi to Jerry. Registration closes tonight at 9:00 PM.  Additional details go to https://www.bikereg.com/occ-ironman-703-warmup   ...Continue Reading