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Spring Membership Party
Monday, February 25, 2008
Mark your Calendar for Alta Alpina's 2008 Spring Membership Party!
Monday, 14 April
6pm 'til Whenever
CVIC Hall in Minden (same place as last year, on Esmeralda by Minden Park
More details as the date approaches. See you there!
Monday, 14 April
6pm 'til Whenever
CVIC Hall in Minden (same place as last year, on Esmeralda by Minden Park
More details as the date approaches. See you there!
Recall on Ritchey WCS and Pro Model Cranksets
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Sent from Jim Strange - the reason for his bad crash last year:
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Ritchey has announced a voluntary recall
Ritchey Design has announced a voluntary recall on certain WCS and Pro level road and 'cross cranksets. According to Ritchey, the non-driveside arms of affected cranks can break unexpectedly during use, possibly resulting in injury. All mountain bike, Pro Cross 130mm BCD, and wholly silver-finished cranksets are not affected. Likewise, all driveside crankarms are not affected by the recall due to the additional reinforcement of the chainring spider.
Owners of questionable crankarms are asked to check the five-digit code stamped into the backside of the left arm. The first digit indicates the alloy used ('6' indicates 6061; '2' indicates 2014) while the following four represents the production date in year/month format (e.g. '0301' refers to January 2003). All WCS cranks with a forging code prior to 0501 and all Pro cranks with a forging code prior to 0508 should be replaced.
Alternatively, users can measure the arm thickness at the lowest point in the cavity of the left arm. WCS models thinner than 7mm or Pro models thinner than 9mm should be replaced.
Affected North American consumers should first obtain a return authorization number directly from Ritchey (650-517-1878 or contact_us@ritcheylogic.com, subject 'crank arm recall'). Crankarms should then be shipped to the following address:
Ritchey Design
575 Old County Road
San Carlos, CA 94070
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Ritchey has announced a voluntary recall
Ritchey Design has announced a voluntary recall on certain WCS and Pro level road and 'cross cranksets. According to Ritchey, the non-driveside arms of affected cranks can break unexpectedly during use, possibly resulting in injury. All mountain bike, Pro Cross 130mm BCD, and wholly silver-finished cranksets are not affected. Likewise, all driveside crankarms are not affected by the recall due to the additional reinforcement of the chainring spider.
Owners of questionable crankarms are asked to check the five-digit code stamped into the backside of the left arm. The first digit indicates the alloy used ('6' indicates 6061; '2' indicates 2014) while the following four represents the production date in year/month format (e.g. '0301' refers to January 2003). All WCS cranks with a forging code prior to 0501 and all Pro cranks with a forging code prior to 0508 should be replaced.
Alternatively, users can measure the arm thickness at the lowest point in the cavity of the left arm. WCS models thinner than 7mm or Pro models thinner than 9mm should be replaced.
Affected North American consumers should first obtain a return authorization number directly from Ritchey (650-517-1878 or contact_us@ritcheylogic.com, subject 'crank arm recall'). Crankarms should then be shipped to the following address:
Ritchey Design
575 Old County Road
San Carlos, CA 94070
UNR Spring Road Race
From Cody Dean, UNR Cycling Team:
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UNR will be putting on a race in April on the 26th and 27th. The tentative race flyer is attached. IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, including the order of the racing. We might have to do the road race on Sunday instead of Saturday. It depends on the permits.
There are several questions, below, that would be great if you would like to answer. If so, please email Jake Mestre, the RACE DIRECTOR at jakemestre@yahoo.com.
1) crit course: the flyer says it might be different this year. If it is possible to do either race, would you rather have a new course or the same course as last year (it ran down Evans Street)?
2) uscf categories: right now, the flyer has the same categories as last year. Some people liked them, some didn't. Keeping in mind that will mostly be a local race, what do you think?
The feedback will be appreciated. Remember, the flyer will be updated. Thanks.
Race Flyer
Cody Dean, UNR Cycling Team
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UNR will be putting on a race in April on the 26th and 27th. The tentative race flyer is attached. IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, including the order of the racing. We might have to do the road race on Sunday instead of Saturday. It depends on the permits.
There are several questions, below, that would be great if you would like to answer. If so, please email Jake Mestre, the RACE DIRECTOR at jakemestre@yahoo.com.
1) crit course: the flyer says it might be different this year. If it is possible to do either race, would you rather have a new course or the same course as last year (it ran down Evans Street)?
2) uscf categories: right now, the flyer has the same categories as last year. Some people liked them, some didn't. Keeping in mind that will mostly be a local race, what do you think?
The feedback will be appreciated. Remember, the flyer will be updated. Thanks.
Race Flyer
Cody Dean, UNR Cycling Team
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