The Accidental Racer

Jan 9, 2011, Ouagadougou: As you shiver in your booties or spin mindlessly in your basement back in Bloomington you might not want to hear that it is 85 degrees today in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. But December is winter, and the Burkinabé people consider anything below 90 to be cold, so the wooly hats and winter coats out are out in full force. I’ve been here for almost 4 weeks now, so even I decided that I needed a thin undershirt beneath my Tortuga jersey and bib at 6:15 a.m. when I left the house and the temperature was “only” 63 degrees. I’m headed back to Germany on Thursday, so this is one of my last chances to ride with bare arms and knees for the next three months.

Welcome to the new Scholars Inn Bakehouse Team Tortuga website!  This is the location for all information related to the team and our cycling program.  Here, you’ll be able to easily navigate the intuitive links to the team members, our racing calendar, race results by member and by team, read news stories and blogs on the action behind the scenes of the bike race, visit our sponsors and contact us for more information.  The site was designed by John Palmer with implementation handled by Gary Palmer.

Enjoy the ride!

Here is a recent re-post from Bloomington Velo News.

Scholars Inn Bakehouse Team Tortuga Racing

The roster for the Scholars Inn Bakehouse Team Tortuga cycling program is rapidly forming and there are a few spots open.  We are encouraging Women, Cat3, 4, 5s to apply for the team!  It’s going to be an exciting year for racing and cycling development in the Bloomington bike community and we want all dedicated racers to be involved!