Hope you're ready

People,

Mountain bike racing season (Jan.-May). Fix your bike and get some tubes, water bottle & cage, and saddlebag. Sign up at novayouthcycling.org (click on 'School Leagues' then click on 'Sign up for 2008-2009 school year') Sign up before Jan. 1st 2009

Elem. School Membership-$25

Jr. High School Membership-$35

High School Membership-$45

Your fellow biker,

Denny Drotzmann

p.s.

I live in Sedona so the people in Sedona I suggest that you go to Fat Tire on Jordon Road.

Register with NOVA and get free tires!

You can register from the NOVA homepage by clicking on the Bikereg.com link.

Go to www.NovaYouthCycling.org and click on the link to register!

Presentation Dinner!

Come Join the Sedona Oak Creek MTB Club for their Presentation dinner for the 2009 Race Season!

Bike Club Starts Thurs. Sept 4th!

Jim Monahan of Bike and Bean donating a bike to one of our students!

The 2008 Bike Club at West Sedona is starting Thursday September 4th! So bring your bikes for the inspection with the Bike and Bean Crew and lets get ready to have a fun season of riding and racing!

The team race jersey's will also be here this week! All students who compete in 3 races will get a jersey to use during the race season......Jersey's may also be purchased to help support our club!

Team Race Jersey Ready!

So Pactimo gave us a shipment date of 10/08/08 for our race jersey's and shorts!! That will be aweseome! A huge thanks to all the sponsors who helped us get these jersey's going, especially to our main sponsor all the way from Italy, Renato Casati! Without his generosity, we would have been no where near getting these done! So thanks a ton Renato!

Join the Sedona Oak Creek School District MTB Club!

Schnebley Tuesday July 8 2008 Times

(Today's climbing theme song AFI-Totalimmortal from All Hallow's CD)

Here are the benchmarks for Schnebley Hill Road Climb and D-hill. Start timing at the bottom from Yellow sign where HWY 179/Schnebley rd meet. Start timing the top at the Schnebley Hill Vista Parking lot sign at the top and stop at the same yellow sign at the bottom.

Merry Go-Round Gate: 29:35 4.58 miles 9.3 mph avg

Schnebley Lookout Sign at top: 42:30 6.22miles 8.8 mph avg

Downhill from Schnebley Lookout Sign to HWY179 all on dirt road 15:06 6.21 miles 24.7 mph avg, 37.5 mph max speed with 52 feet of climbing.

Same time, 7:30AM on Thursday...be there and show me what you got, up or d-hill.

Tuesday's/Thursday Summer Climbing Trainings on Schnebley Rd. with Mr. Keller, anyone is welcome to join in on the fun!

"Summer Time 'n the Livin's Easy......"

(Mr. Keller rockin short track in Park City, Utah in the Pro field June 30th)

Name that song from the title!!

Anyhow...after a race in Wisconsin with Dylan doing his first Sport Class race which totalled 24 miles and then off to a national in Park City, Utah, I'm finally back in the Red Rock Country lookin to start riding again.

It is July 7th, so what I'll promise is Tuesday/Thursday morning group rides starting at the base of Schnebly hill at 7:30 AM (Yes Wyatt, you may have to go to bed before midnight to make this ride).....WE will start timing ourselves from the base of the climb where 179 and schnebley intersect to the first gate which is the merry-go-round. After we get this under 45 minutes, we'll go to the lookout which should be an hour climb for the majority.

So, Keller will be at 179 and Schnebley road at 7:30AM starting this thursday. If you wanna train and ride seriously while improving your endurance and downhill abilities, be there and show me what you got!

Yes, I'm callin' ya all out, lets see what you got!

Schnebley rd/hwy 179 Tuesdays THursdays 7:30AM rest of July and into AUgust. When school starts, we will meet at Red Rock High! send me a myspace or leave a message here to get in contact with me.

Biking

Hey keller i wanted to bike over the summer. You know my number right? and u know my myspace so i think u can contact me. talk to ya lata...

Jr. High Mountain Bike AZ State Champions!

Success in our 1st year as a race team. West Sedona Jr. High are Arizona State Mountain Bike Champions in their first year as a team! We won the school competition by a commanding 200 points. Race points, community service, training logs, and membership to NOVA all contributed to our winning of the state title.

Even I had a good race at the state finals in Flag, finishing seventh in the pro field and having this opportunity to hold the #1 trophy earned by my boys Wyatt, Mikey, and Dylan!

Bike Rodeo and Pump Track at West Sedona School!

We had Bike Rodeo last Friday and it was awesome! I think we are the only public school in America with a pump track!!!!

I'm explaining how to ride the pump track in our new team jersey!













Angelica tearing it up












Sammy D and Axel with Dylan chasin' down Angelica in the background

Rideee.....

So today, Keller and I biked to the High school... He was on his road bike, and I was on my MTB... He showed me a sweet somewhat down hill trail, to the end of the hill... I made it down pretty fast, and I thought it would be fun to go back up on...It was so hard to go back up, I just kept spinning the whole time... It was a never ending spin to the top... It sure burnt me.. But it was worh the ride, I had fun...I have been riding a lot since track has endend... Last race, I gotta try and make the podeum....or how ever you spell it :p

-Dylan

Bike Club Newsletter!

Bike Club dinner success and our new jersey!

Sponsorship Update:
A huge THANK YOU to Schampa, Casati Flock (Italian Sponsor), Bike & Bean for helping the Sedona Oak Creek School District Bike Club getting professional looking jersey’s at no cost to our 38 Club members!

Bike Rodeo:
Bring your bike and helmet May 9th for Bike rodeo! Mr. Keller is setting up an obstacle course and “slow” race for all grades! Get a permission to ride from the front office

Race Update:
State Finals May 17th in Flagstaff, AZ check mbaa.net for details.

Team Blog Website:
Visit www.socsmtb.blogspot.com for updates and pictures of the SOCS MTB club! Send Mr. Keller an email if you would like to join in and blog!


**Last Day of Bike Club is Wed May 14th! Party in Mr. keller’s Room**
(Bike club cancelled week of May 5th-8th)


For more information please contact me anytime:
Scott Keller
K-8 Technology Teacher-West Sedona
928-204-6641
keller@sedona.k12.az.us
http://webpages.sedona.k12.az.us/~keller/

West Sedona Jersey has arrived!

Thanks to our West Sedona School Sponsors!

















Custom made jersey's with students last names in back!

















Front of Jersey

Support the West Sedona Bike Club

Sunday April 27th from 6:30-9:30 at Heartline Cafe in West Sedona.

Bike Bash!

Thank you to Bike and Bean and the Historical Museum for putting on the 1st ever Bike Bash! The students had a great time meeting up with each other on the weekend and spending the whole day riding bikes! We look forward to it again next year! All together we had 15 students from West Sedona show up!

Until next year!

BUMMER MAN!

The race at mcdowel went... bad. I got two flat tires and almost had to walk the second half. by the time i had the second flat i was out of co2 and i had to ride on a crazy sharp rocky trail with about 20 psi in my rear tire( not much!) so i came in last! kind of a bummer cause i was up with the top ten for most of the race till i got that first flat. but it wasnt all bad, the weather was amazing and i got plenty of brakes lol

Update

the treck team came and rode with us, those guys have some skill and i found it inspiring that u can really make a career out of biking. anyhow, saturday weve gota huge race and im trying to get everybody to race! but from what i can see people are LAZY! i wont mention any names *cough cough* haha but yeah come out ans support our guys!

Trek VW Pro MTB Team Visit!

Thank you to Zack, Ross, Jeff and Lea for visiting the West Sedona Mountain Bike Club! It was a great ride and we will be looking for you at the Mcdowell NOVA National this weekend!

Thanks for riding with us!

Rad Ross!

Come meet "Rad" Ross Schnell from the Trek-VW Pro Mountain Bike team at West Sedona School on Tuesday April 1st! Ross is one of the top Pro Mountain Bike racers in America. Mr. Keller and Ross have been racing together since they were 15 years old all the way through college and into the pro ranks....Ross has just takin it to another level and in style (he usually dresses in funny clothes to make a statement, but still finishes in the top 5 doing so!)

SHE-NEBLY

This is Merry-go-round the lookout on schnebley hill road we road to!

Keller, Jordan, Sammy and I rode out to the look out on schnebly road. it was a killer ride but my bike wasnt designed for that kinda trail. sammy and jordan were rokin heavy duty dh bikes and i was trailing behind with a super light weight xc bike. i gota nice sun burn and some dust in my eyes but it was a great ride over all. i cant wait to get my new bike and get back out there. it felt good doing those long climbs today but i was struggleing on those down hills with basicly no suspension.

Here is the elevation and distance we climbed, then descended!

Rad view down the valley from the top....which was only a few miles away from where we were!

trail

did a huge ride today, went way back on dry creek road. mikey almost died AGAIN. but besides that it was a great ride , ive got no clue how far we went but i have a feeling it was a pretty good distance

Racee

Well, so much for the race huh. I took a little joy ride off the trail. I was following a kid, and he went straight when we were suppose to turn. So I followed him, and he started to pull away, and I could no longer keep up. So I was on my own, I made it to a dirt road! I went down that for about 7 miles, and then I turned back. Went down the other side of the dirt road for about another 2 miles. I had no idea where the race was anymore. I ran out of water, and I look down and see a crystal clear ckreek, and I go down and fill up my water bottle. Finally, I figure, I should just start to back track. i go back about 6 miles and hit the trail. I had nothing left, I mean nothing, until a few bikers past me. It was the best feeling to see bikers again. ha. I started the race at about 10:15 A.M. and did not pass the finish the race until about 4:30 P.M. ha, It was a long day. I took a pretty hard spill too. Split open my arm pretty deep, and long. But I learned my lesson. I guess. but yet, I look back and I had funn. It was a training day for me. haha. I like to say that, the 10 miles was not enough-I needed and extra 30! They way I look at it, I wanted a longer and more fun ride. haaha, Well hope for better next race.
haha

sugar sugar

i rode to the top of sugar loaf today, it felt great to get back o the trail. only problem was i was riding a 40 pound dh bike that i borrowed from my friend

it was a great ride and i did a few good drops wich is unusual for me. anyhow this is a pic of what i went to the top of ( the lil brown lump im the middle).

GEEEZ-US!

i havent been on a trail sence my last race and its not feelin to great. not being able to ride is really making my life quite boring, and not to mention the weather is ideal for any sort of biking.i gota say i cant wait to get that new bike and get back out there every day! im hoping on doing alot of riding this summer up in washington state.

so yeah heres a pic from the mcdowel mountain dawn till dusk race, ENJOY!

West Sedona Jr. High and Elementary Teams leading the Leauge!

Check out the points totals so far!

http://www.novayouthcycling.org/catalog.htm

If we keep it up, we'll be the Arizona School State Champions!

They have extended the championship race until the last MBAA race in Flagstaff sometime in May to give the Flagstaff riders a chance to catch us! So we need to keep on racin and keep up on the training log/blog to earn more points. Dylan is doing a great job with 225 points, he isn't far off the leader of the Jr. High Series.

Lets go ride

Dang I want to go ride! I have not been able to ride for a little over a week. I can not wait for the next race at Gardner Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Sonoita. Im going to have a bunch of NRG to get rid of at the race. Mr.Keller said it was a super radd, and fun course. So Im pretty pumped for it, and I cant wait to ride again. Its going to feel AMAZING to get back on my bike. I think Im going to go for a little ride Firday after track, just to get a feel of the bike again.





Also, just about two or so weeks ago. I have started to use clip-ins. Kinda scary, I have took a few falls here and there but nothing I have not been able to get up from. Ha, Im starting to get use to them, it seems everytime I go and stop at a stop sign in a car. I twist my foot to get out of the pedals even when im not on a bike. Haha. Well I was just telling you how its going, talk to you guys laterrs.

:)

RACE!

Just got home from a race down at Estrella. The trail was crazy rocky but ive made it through worse. Over the last week ive been trying to train, however due to my lack of a working bike it's been dificult. Lucky for me Mr Keller stepped in and lent me a bike. I went on a ride from Sedona to Voc, ( about ten miles each way) it was the first time i was riding clipless ever sence that mizerable day on soldiers pass. Any ways back to the race, i placed fifth wich im happy with but id love to be in top three consistantly(maby next year). I took a bad spill about thirty feet away from the finish line on the last down hill section. To say the least i left a little skin on that trail today. I've got a nasty limp, a violent bruse on my leg, and deep road rash cut into my whole right side. Thank god i was wearing a helmet or things probly would have gotten ugly. but over all today was wonderful, good weather ( maby a lil hot tho). So now im looking forward to the next race, its a four hour drive from where i live so that should be FUN.
-Wyatt Switzer

Hey everybody its wyatt, just letting yall you about an upcoming race that our team will be racing in. Its march first at Estrella Competitive Track, go to this link forr more info. http://www.mbaa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=121&Itemid=35

come out and support our guys. oh and if anybody's intrested in sponcering us please contact Mr. Keller, as you could imagine we need all the help we can get

thx much
- wyatt switzer

Welcome to the Sedona Oak Creek School District Mountain Bike Blog!

For students who want to register and blog on this site, please send Mr. Keller an email so you can be invited!

keller@sedona.k12.az.us