Strategy

Braving cold and rain, team.

World cycling communities are enjoying a radical shift toward popularity. 

Happy youth are made into vigorous morning youth by their early morning social bike commute to school.

Parents on cargo bikes, neighbors blocking traffic, it's leviathan of hope parading by every week.

 pedal stroke at a time, students are linking civic duty, academic rigor, parental/teacher/community relations, personal fitness and more, by simply participating in Coach Sam Balto's version of BIKE BUS.

Spreading the word at transportation, education, and environment symposiums all over the world and inviting music celebrities known all over the world, Balto amplifies his recipe for success.

Meanwhile, Oregon Bicycle Racing enjoys a powerful peloton of hard driving athletes. Youth cycling programs are high quality. To be a competitive cycling program in the NW, coaching staff need to level up to teams filled with National Champions.

Matrim lapping the field.

Racing Teams like EPIC, Horner, Booger, and Cascadia are sophisticated programs, training
National caliber athletes.

Born in this modern moment, the athletes at b.i.k.e. have an idea now that we are becoming a real cycling team Cycling teams like to ride long, and sprint to get fast .  

Exercises make sense as a way
to improve.

Circles allow resting without getting dropped,

Lapping the field is something everyone  says they want to do, but few can. "Pick me!" they say.  Meanwhile, riding in the pack is complained about as "too slow."

It's cold.  After an hour everyone wants to rest, or make a change. Letting them off the hook for the day leads them to sprint off in every direction. For at least another half hour they ride, but then one of the coaches comes out with a soccer ball and another half hour passes bye.

It's a hilariously dramatic dichotomy that leaves everyone tired and hungry for more of the corned beef brisket soup being heated up, and served nearby.