Our hearts and thoughts go to Jen Triplett (Avanti/Ti Cycles) who lost her husband this past weekend in a climbing accident.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008168505_webclimber09m.html
http://www.ece.utah.edu/~ccharles/personal/RyanTriplett/
News
Cyclingnews reports that the HealthNet/Maxxis team has found a new sponsor- which is a big relief for many guys in the pro peloton. What’s interesting is the following:
USA’s Floyd Landis, 32, will [...]

So… my grand scheme has come together.
Motorcycle- check
Motorcycle safety class- check
Motorcycle endorsement- check
Motorcycle clothing- check
Helmet- check
Soft bags- check
Engine guards- check
Sliders- on the way
Bike rack- check
Check it out!! Big thanks to Yakima and Johnny Racks to bring it all together!!

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A big package arrived from Colorado today.
Opened it up. Lots of bubble wrap, stuff in plastic- didn’t take pictures as I was way too excited.
My Johnny Rack is coming together thanks to Cafe Motos and Yakima. Yakima gets some lovin for helping me put this together.

I’ll take pics when it all comes together.

Oh my.
Today: 89 F
Tomorrow: 98 F
Friday: 101 F
Saturday: 96
HOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOT!
Geekdom
Erik Aleskus sent along a link to the bike gear calculator for your iPhone and iPod Touch.

It features:

Gear Ratio calculator
Gain Ratio calculator
Gear-inch calculator
Development (Rollout) calculator
For fixed-gear addicts, patch analysis lets you visualize skid patches
Gear equivalency tool lets you find equivalent or closest-match gear ratios
Speed calculator taking into [...]

The esteemed Brian List sent over some really cool finish line camera pics from Cascade.
Women’s Crit

Men’s Crit

Men’s Finish from Saturday RR

And lest we not forget- the famous carry

So… for the folks who get my RSS feeds- you’ll notice that I sometimes screw things up- I know, I know, I should proofread. But, I like to publish then fix the mistakes. :p
News
So I heard that some people were curious about Kevin Hulick, Gentle Lovers, racing in the Cat 5, Cat 4 [...]

Customers who come to the station by bicycle need only place their bike on a small platform and hit a few buttons, and the system will automatically store their bike in an underground parking garage that can accommodate 9,400 bikes. When the reporter asks the machine to retrieve his bicycle, it only takes 23 seconds [...]

Busford’s Ultimate from BicycleDesign

Who will be the Kings and Queens?
Original Photo by Bill Lehmanowsky
News
Chad Sperry mentioned that there will be 19 Pro/Elite men’s teams committed to Hood and 16 women’s teams.
Riders that will be home include: Eklenaman, Dougie, Tree Farm, Nasty- haven’t heard from O-Dog to see if Bissell will be here but will ask him later [...]

Things are rolling along in OBRA Central. Had a 2+ hour interview with Bo Herzog from the Oregonian- super nice guy. He may be out to King’s Valley. I’ve half way convinced him to try cyclocross- he’ll definitely be out for some short track. A little peer pressure never hurts. [...]