The Ride of Silence is being held on Wednesday 5/16 at 7pm at locations worldwide. The rides are held to honor our fellow cyclists that have been injured or killed on the roadways, to raise awareness of cyclists being on the roads and to ask that we all share the road.

As part of the event we will be running our regular warm-up pacelines in silence tonight to honor our fellow cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling. We encourage everyone to wear a black arm-band to show their support of those cyclists.

http://www.rideofsilence.org

With the first Pro Race of the season in the books, it's time to turn our focus to our Junior State Track Championships event. The race flier is completed and can be seen over at the Junior Track Champs page: http://www.dicklanevelodrome.com/pages/juniorchamps.html . It is importasnt for all parents and riders to read the race flier and understand all of the details. If you have any questions, contact us, jeff@dicklanevelodrome.com for clarification. As always we will need some additonal volunteer hands to help get the event going smoothly, so we'll be putting the call out for volunteers in a few weeks.

A huge thanks from the EPVA to all of our Riders, Spectators, Sponsors and most importantly our Volunteers for making Ethic, Inc. presents 'The Keirin' a spectacular and successful event. Most definitely without the tireless work of our crew of volunteers we wouldn't be able to put on such events, nor would we be able to run them without racers, and of course our race fans provide the biggest cheers that get everyone excited!

Courtesy of Chris Kelly:
"Photos! http://ckdake.com/gallery/2012/keirin/
If you'd like high-res un-watermarked digital copies, get the names of the images you want and $5/image via paypal to ckdake@ckdake.com and I'll set you up.

Good racing out there everyone!"

Last Monday our Youth Cycling league kids were visited by a CBS Atlanta crew who got some great footage and interviews from the program. The finished product will be airing tonight around 5:30pm and 11pm, so be sure to tune in to catch it!

http://www.cbsatlanta.com/category/229545/fit-kids-fit-families

Without further ado, here is our wonderfully tasty looking food menu courtesy of www.cakehag.com :

Chicken Nachos with black beans, cheese, fresh pico de gallo and sour cream- $7.00

Roasted Veggie Wrap- Roasted Red, Yellow and Orange Bell Peppers, Red Onions, Yellow Summer Squash, Zucchini and Portobello mushrooms in an Asian marinade on a Whole Grain wrap-$7.00

Grilled Coconut Chicken Sandwich- Coconut marinated chicken grilled and topped with an Asian slaw on a Hoagie Bun- $7.00

Keirin Taco Plate- With your choice of either chicken or pork, in a corn totilla and topped with a Fresh cilantro and veggie slaw and a side of Veggie Lo-Mein-$9.00

Veggie Lo-Mein as a side w/ a plate is $2.00 or an order by itself is $4.00

Beef Hot Dogs w/ all the Fixin's
Fresh popped Pop Corn
Assorted cupcakes
Brownies and Brownie sundaes
Velo Popsicles
Batdorf & Bronson Iced Coffee/Latte
Soda, Gatorade and Bottled Water

We filled our computer operator spot(thanks to those who put your hands up) and we do still have a couple of spots to fill for this coming weekends races. We need one person to help out on Friday night for Maxxis Need for Speed Sprints and also have one volunteer spot to fill for Saturdays Ethic, Inc. presents 'The Keirin'. If you think you can help with either of those days, please drop us a line, jeff@dicklanevelodrome.com

We've set the list and checked it twice and here is your 2012 Ethic, Inc. presents 'The Keirin' Startlist. Headed up by 2011 Keirin Champion, Matt Baranoski, these racers will be going toe to toe this coming Saturday.

We are looking for a volunteer to help with the upcoming Pro Race Series event for one of the most important tasks that we will need to have taken care of on the day. We need someone to operate our scoring computer throughout the evening to help us keep up to date with the results and scoring of the races. We use a fairly simple system to keep track of everything, so the main skills needed are the ability to click a mouse and type some words and numbers in periodically. We would need this person from approximately 2pm to 9pm on Saturday May 12th. Training will take place on the job as we go through the evening. If you think you can help us with this task, drop us a line, jeff@dicklanevelodrome.com . You'll also have a great view of the racing throughout the day from the judges stand!

A huge thanks to our new sponsor Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters for creating and supplying us with a great new product, the "Brakeless Blend" coffee. The blend is made up of Costa Rican, French Roasted and Guatemalan coffees to create a great drinking cup of coffee. 100% of every dollar that gets spent on the coffee comes back to the velodrome, so it's time to get your caffeination on! Get it in our online store here: http://www.dicklanevelodrome.com/node/1215 . You can select to pick it up at the velodrome, which can be done on any Wednesday evening, or if that doesn't suit you, contact velodrome manager Jeff Hopkins, jeff@dicklaneveldrome.com to organize your pickup. Or you can have it shipped to you for a few bucks extra, or add it onto a t-shirt or other merchandise item order.