What Was New in 1997

December 18, 1997

  1. On the Schedule Page, changed the link on the Death Valley Double and Solvang Double to the new 1998 Web Pages on Hugh Murphy's Web Site. Removed the link to the Escondido Double Web Pages until those are ready. Changed the date on the Grand Tour from 6/13/98 to 6/27/98 based on an E-Mail from ride organizer Lisa Shelley.

  2. On Chuck Bramwell's Favorite Web Sites Page, I removed the link to the Watrous Cycling Enterprises Web Site which is not currently available.

November 11, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, improved the colors on the California Triple Crown Logo.

November 7, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, added the California Triple Crown Logo graphic at the top. Added: "From the Ocean, to the Mountains, to the Deserts, the California Triple Crown rides provide a lot of awesome cycling adventures, challenges, beautiful scenery, great memories, and fun for each of us!!"

October 14, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, modified the new page for the 1997 Furnace Creek 508 Race Results based on mail from Race Director Chris Kostman. Removed "RAAM Qualifier" from Andrew Blowfish Bohannon. Added a section at the top explaining how the RAAM Qualification is computed.

October 13, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, modified the new page for the 1997 Furnace Creek 508 Race Results based on mail from Race Director Chris Kostman. Scott Sawfish's DNF was because of "knee". Caribou tandem pair were "RAAM Qualifiers". Winner Panda is "Cat One USCFer". Winstrom record was in 91. Hanson record was in 90. Tarantula record was in 96. Twin Team Pony record was in 95. Added a link to the AdventureCORPS Web Page.

October 10, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, added a link to and a new page for the 1997 Furnace Creek 508 Race Results. Moved the links to the 1997 Race Across America and the 1997 Tour de France from the Home Page to Chuck Bramwell's Favorite Web Sites Page.

  2. Changed the Schedule Page to include the 1998 Ride Dates along with some new ride description updates. Changed the ride name of the Rainbow Double to the Escondido Double. Removed the words "Click Here" from all the links on the Schedule Page.

  3. On Chuck Bramwell's Favorite Web Sites Page, I made the following large number of enhancements:
  4. Added a Table of Contents to the top of the page in Outline form to make it easy to navigate on this page.
  5. Added "Back to Top of Page" Links at bottom of each section.
  6. Under Cycling - Bike Clubs and Teams, added a link to the Big Brother Cycling Network's calendar of all rides in California including some great Centuries. Removed the good link to the San Luis Obispo Bike Club Century Ride Dates page since it's no longer available. Added a link to Santiago Cycling. Under "Links to Every Bike Club in California", added a link and instructions on how to review the archives of E-Mails sent in the Ultra Cycling E-Mail Forum as well as other Bike Clubs.
  7. Under Cycling - Really Big Goals and Adventures, updated the link to the PAC Tour to go to their new Web Site and added a new description to these really big adventures. Added a link to the 1997 Furnace Creek 508 Race Results which is a new page I made. Under Boston - Montreal - Boston added a comment: Included in this Web Site are the results of the 1997 Boston-Montreal-Boston ride, which included 8 California Triple Crown Winners who went on to complete this HUGE RIDE!!
  8. Added a new Section -- Cycling - Magazines. Removed the link to Winning Magazine's Web Site since there wasn't much there anymore.
  9. Added a new Section -- Cycling - Training with a link to Mr. Jill's Body Firm and Santiago Cycling.
  10. Under Cycling - Weather Sites, added a link to the Weather Channel and to Intellicast.
  11. Added a new Section -- Cycling - Other Web Sites.
  12. Under Internet - Search Engines, added a tip on how to really narrow your search on Alta Vista using a "title" search. Also, added a link to the Yahoo Cycling Page which is a very good general index of Cycling Sites on the World Wide Web.
  13. Added a new Section -- Schoolwork with some great links to help your kids with their Schoolwork!! Added links to A&E Biography, Dr. Math, Schoolwork.ugh, and Study Web.

September 22, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, removed the 1997 Potential Winners List and the Stage Race from the Table of Contents. Under Prior California Triple Crown Winners, added:
  2. 1997 Winners Report Sorted By Name
  3. 1997 Winners Report Sorted By Number of 1997 Doubles
  4. 1997 Winners Report Sorted By Number of Doubles: 1990-1997
  5. 1997 Winners Report Sorted By Club
  6. 1997 Stage Race Winners Report
  7. 1997 Number of Winners in the Table -- we went from 273 Winners in 1996 to 372 Winners in 1997.
  8. All of the above reports are complete with all known updates as of today.

August 25, 1997

  1. All 1997 California Triple Crown Winners Packets were mailed including the Winner's Letter, California Triple Crown Patch, Order Form, and 1998 Schedule.

August 13, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, updated the 1997 California Triple Crown Potential Winners Page with the corrections from the Registration Forms which I've received in the mail. There are about 6 discrepancies that I am working on. I'll be sending out the 1997 Winner's Letters, Patchs, and Order Forms for products next week. Then I will be removing the Potential Winners Page from the Web Site and replacing it with a complete list of true 1997 California Triple Crown Winners.

August 6, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, updated the 1997 California Triple Crown Potential Winners Page with the Finishers from the Davis Double. Please review this report for accuracy. I'm currently working on verifying the Winner's List from the Registration Forms which I've received in the mail -- after which, I'll be sending out the 1997 Winner's Letters, Patchs, and Order Forms for products.

July 23, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, updated the 1997 California Triple Crown Potential Winners Page with the 340 Finishers from the Grand Tour Double, Triple, and Quad Centuries. Please review this report for accuracy. I'm currently working on posting the 1,300 Davis finishers to the California Triple Crown Data Base. Then I will verify the Winner's List from the Registration Forms which I've received in the mail -- after which, I'll be sending out the 1997 Winner's Letters, Patchs, and Order Forms for products.

  2. On the Home Page, added a link to the 1997 Race Across America Web Site which includes Daily Updates, Excellent Bios with photos of the riders, a great recap of the 1997 Route, as well as lots of great RAAM Stuff!! Also added this link to Chuck Bramwell's Favorite Web Sites Page, under Cycling - Really Big Goals and Adventures.

  3. On Chuck Bramwell's Favorite Web Sites Page, under Cycling - Other Links, added a link to Team 2 Mixed UP - RAAM 1997 Tandem Team. Captained by Tom Hooker with over 20 Cal Triple Crown Doubles and Tim Skipper with over 17 Cal Triple Crown Doubles, this is a Web Site showing this team's 1997 Race Across America Adventure. Nice features:good biographies and photos. This tandem team also has George Pinney on board as a joint crew chief with Jill Hooker -- George is the ride organizer of the Devil Mountain Double in the California Triple Crown and has ridden over 13 Cal Triple Crown Doubles including all 7 of the 1995 Doubles. Riding with Tom Hooker is Katrin Bath-Teal, a member of the Santiago Cycling Team in Tustin.

July 11, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, added a link to and a new page for the 1997 Tour de France TV Schedule including links to other sites for all of the latest details on the Tour!!

July 7, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, updated the 1997 California Triple Crown Potential Winners Page with the results from The Terrible Two and the Eastern Sierra Double. Please review this report for accuracy.

  2. On the Schedule Page, added a link to the 1997 Terrible Two Results on the Terrible Two Web Site and to the 1997 Eastern Sierra Double Results on Hugh Murphy's Web Site. Added links to Team Bikeaholics reviews of the 1997 Death Valley Double, Heartbreak Double, and the Terrible Two under their own sections. Under the Hemet Double section, the link for the 1997 Hemet Double results takes you to the 1997 Potential California Triple Crown Winners with an updated column for the 78 finishers of the Hemet Double because those are all the results I have on the Hemet Double -- Jim Watrous is working on a Hemet Double Web Site.

  3. On Chuck Bramwell's Favorite Web Sites Page, under Cycling - Bike Clubs, added a link to Team Bikeaholics Web Site which is chock full of fun stuff!! Under Cycling - Other Links, changed the link to Peter Pop's Web Site since it was moved to a new server. Note: Peter is a really good guy who is looking for crew on his 1997 Race Across America -- please check out his site and let him know if you can help him out -- he's ridden nearly every Double in the Triple Crown series this year at blazing speeds!!

  4. The 1997 California Triple Crown Season of Double Centuries is over. Hopefully, everyone is making it through the "Double Detox" phase!! It was a great year for Doubles as you can see!!

June 18, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, finished the results from the 1997 California Triple Crown Stage Race with the results from the Terrible Two. Congratulations to the 21 riders who managed to complete these three of the toughest Doubles!! Special congratulations to Jim Frink who won the 1997 California Triple Crown Stage Race!!

June 16, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, updated the 1997 California Triple Crown Potential Winners Page with the various corrections from the Death Valley, Solvang, Rainbow, and the Heartbreak Doubles. Please review this report for accuracy.

June 13, 1997

  1. The Hemet Double Results are in!! On the Home Page, updated the 1997 California Triple Crown Potential Winners Page with the 78 finishers of the Hemet Double. Please review this report for accuracy.

  2. On the Schedule Page, under the Hemet Double section, added a new link to the 1997 Potential California Triple Crown Winners with an updated column for the 78 finishers of the Hemet Double.

June 5, 1997

  1. On the Schedule Page, added a new link to a new page of results for the 1997 Heartbreak Double, showing the Elapsed Time for each of the 117 finishers.

June 4, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, added a new link to a new page of 1997 California Triple Crown Potential Winners. Please review this report for accuracy. Added a new link to a new page of results for the 1997 California Triple Crown Stage Race with a link to it from the Table of Contents. It's going to be a close race: look at how close the top 12 finishers are!!

  2. On the Schedule Page, added links to Roland Hoffman's Photos Web Pages for Death Valley, Solvang, Hemet, Devil Mountain, Rainbow, and Central Coast. Thanks Roland for putting these photos on-line!! Removed the link to the Hemet Double Web Page since Jim Watrous is working on putting it on a new server and has removed it from his old web server. Updated the new page of results for the 1997 Central Coast Double.

  3. On Chuck Bramwell's Favorite Web Sites Page, under Cycling - Really Big Goals and Adventures, changed the link to the PAC Tour Web Page -- the old Web Site was taken down and this is the new PAC Tour Web Site with lots of info on Lon and Susan's really awesome trips across America!!

June 2, 1997

  1. On the Schedule Page, added a new link to a new page of results for the 1997 Central Coast Double, showing the Elapsed Time for each of the 112 finishers.

May 23, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, added a new section on "How to Register for the California Triple Crown" with a link to it from the Table of Contents.

  2. On the Schedule Page, added a new link to a new page recapping the 1997 Death Valley Double by Chuck Bramwell. Also added a new link to a new page of results for the 1997 Devil Mountain Double, showing the Elapsed Time for each of the 53 finishers.

    Results are now available on the 1997 Schedule Page for the Death Valley Double, the Solvang Double, the Devil Mountain Double, and the Rainbow Double. Jim Watrous has told me that he's working on the Hemet Results and Brian Stark has told me that he'll be sending me the results from the Central Coast Double. The Davis Double had about 1,300 Riders so it is doubtful that we will have results from the Davis Double on-line.

    If you're going for the Triple Crown this year, be sure to pick up a California Triple Crown Registration Form at either the Heartbreak Double on 5/31/97, the Terrible Two on 6/14/97, the Grand Tour on 6/21/97, or the Eastern Sierra Double on 6/28/97 and send it to me. If your Double Season is over for the year, send me a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope and I'll send you the form --

    Chuck Bramwell
    4911 Tamarack Way
    Irvine, California 92612

    I'd put the Registration form on-line but it requires tons of small font changes to fit on a 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper so for consistency, it's best for each of you to work off a xerox copy available at the above rides.

    Also, don't forget to go to the 1997 schedule page, then to the results of each of the rides that you did: make sure you are listed and that your First and Last Names are spelled the same way on all results so that we can be sure to get you the credit that you deserve!! Watch this "What's New" page to find all of the latest results and updates.


May 9, 1997

  1. On the Schedule Page, added a new link to a review of the 1997 Devil Mountain Double by Bill Oetinger. Added a new link to the 1997 Rainbow Double Results Web Page. Note: We need your help identifying riders 437, 438, 433, 432, and 439 on the Rainbow Double results -- these folks were day of the ride registrations -- please send an E-Mail to CBrams@aol.com. Changed the link to Hugh Murphy's 1997 Eastern Sierra Double since it was moved on his server.

  2. On the 1996 Winners Report Sorted by Club, added Charlie and Lynne Irwin to the Orange County Wheelmen. This places the Orange County Wheelmen tied with the L.A. Wheelmen with 13 Triple Crown Riders each -- and only one behind the Fresno Cycling Club!! Be sure to tell us your Cycling Club when you fill out your 1997 California Triple Crown Registration form which will be available at all rides starting with Davis and continuing through the Eastern Sierra.

April 22, 1997

  1. On the Schedule Page, changed the link to Hugh Murphy's 1997 Heartbreak Double since it was moved on his server.

  2. On Chuck Bramwell's Favorite Web Sites Page, under Cycling - Really Big Goals and Adventures, added a link and a Web Page of a super photo from Hugh Murphy's 1994 Race Across America showing Hugh riding on a beautiful stretch of wide open road in Northern Arizona. Added return links to that page.

April 17, 1997

  1. On the Schedule Page, added a link to the 1997 Death Valley Double Results Web Page and added a link to the 1997 Solvang Double Results Web Page. On the Central Coast Double added a paragraph explaining the Time Limit for this ride.

  2. On the 1996 Winners Report Sorted by Club, added Ron Rogers to the Diablo Cyclists Club.

  3. On Chuck Bramwell's Favorite Web Sites Page, under Cycling - Really Big Goals and Adventures, added a link and a Web Page of a super photo from Hugh Murphy's 1994 Race Across America showing Hugh riding on a beautiful stretch of wide open road in Northern Arizona.

March 18, 1997

  1. On the Schedule Page, changed the name and the link of the Godzilla Double to the Rainbow Double. Godzilla is the registered trade mark of Toho Co., Ltd. Over the years the Orange County Wheelmen have used the name to promote their event. Unknowing to them was the fact that they did not have or need permission to use the name. This name change was made throughout the Web Site. Changed the Feet of Climbing for the Rainbow Double from T.B.A. to 9,400. Added an Elevation Profile for the Central Coast Double which was supplied by Ride Organizer Brian Stark.

  2. On Chuck Bramwell's Favorite Web Sites Page, changed the link on the San Luis Obispo Bike Club to be the Centuries page and added a separate link to the Home Page of the San Luis Obispo Bike Club. Changed the link on the Furnace Creek 508 to go right to the 508 page since it wasn't apparent how to get there from the prior page. Changed the link to the Ultra Marathon Cycling Association since they now have a new and improved site. Added a new section for Nutrition - Bars with links to Clif Bars, MLS Hard Body Bars, Power Bars, and Stoker Bars. Added a new section for Nutrition - Gels with a link to Hammer Gel. Added a new section for Nutrition - Mail Order with a link to Ultra Sports Marketing. Changed the link for the Alta Vista Search Engine since they moved.

February 24, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, added a space before the Number of Winners Table so it wouldn't run together.

  2. On the Schedule Page, changed the number of Feet of Climbing on the Central Coast Double from 12,800 to 13,000 based on Brian Stark's new measurements. Added a ride description to the Solvang Double and a link to Hugh Murphy's Web Page. Added a ride description to the Hemet Double and a link to Jim Watrous's Web Page. Added a link to Hugh Murphy's Godzilla Double Web Page. Added a link to Hugh Murphy's Heartbreak Web Page. Added a link to Hugh Murphy's Eastern Sierra Web Page.

  3. On the 1996 Winners Report Sorted by Club, I went back and tabulated all of the 1996 Winners based on the Registration Forms I received and updated this page from top to bottom. Added all clubs that included at least two Winners.

  4. On Chuck Bramwell's Favorite Web Sites Page, under the section "Cycling - Bike Clubs", added links to Hugh Murphy Productions, Perimeter Bicycling Association of America, and Watrous Cycling Enterprises. Under the section "Cycling - Other Links", added links to Bicycle Guide Magazine and Peter Pop's Web Site. Added a new section near the bottom for a link to my son's Web Site -- Adam just finished a real interesting Science Fair Project where he compared the speed of Internet Service Providers!!

February 12, 1997

  1. On the Home Page, removed the underlining from "at least three Double Centuries" so that it doesn't look like that's a link. Added the link to this What's New page. Changed the Number of Past Winners into a table to make it easier to read. Made the Rainbow separator lines a little wider to look better. Changed the wording on the counter line for fun and added the number of hits on the previous version of the Web Site on America On-Line.

  2. On the Schedule Page, removed the Heartbreak description of Tour of Two Forests 13 from 1993. Changed the address for the Grand Tour Ride Organizer, Lisa Shelley. Made the Rainbow separator lines a little wider to look better.

  3. On Chuck Bramwell's Favorite Web Sites Page, moved the link to Eric Norris's page down and added a warning: This site contains a lot of photos so it takes awhile for them to download. Rearranged all links on this page. Corrected a typo: From "Links to every Bike Clubs" to "Links to every Bike Club". Added the Rainbow separator lines between sections to make it easier to see where the sections begin and end.

  4. Added this What's New Page to give a detailed list of all additions and changes to the California Triple Crown Web Site. This page will allow you to easily review all of the changes that have occurred since the last time you have visited.

Stayed tuned for many more enhancements to this Web Site!!

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