These Guys...

I need a new team and these guys look about right. Total dirt bags with a little Belgian thrown in for good measure. Prefect!

Speeking of EuroTrash Perfection.

This is hot fire. I love the old shape tenspeed levers, why on earth did they ever change them? The new ones are ghastly. Sigh.

Eruo Trash Perfection

Here is the personification of EuroTrashyness during the summer; Pozzato working on his early season tan at a stage race in Argentina. Rolled up sleeves are a must, weirdly sleevless jerseys are not allowed. I was racing my local crit series on summer and decided to cut off my sleeves and roll down there thinking that my tanned EuroTrashyness would intimidate the pale Microsofters that populate the Seattle racing scene to no end. But I was told that sleeveless jerseys were not allowed. I quote "sleeves are the only thing that seperate us from those Tri dorks" logic I could not argue with.

Embrocation & Espresso

Early morning, out training before work. Hopefully my Paramount rebuild with be done tonight!

Get up early train, work at a bike shop all day, work on my bikes at night. Wow I am starting? to sound nuts?

Is the Universe Collapsing?

This is stolen from the Svelte Cycles blog. The new personal bike of none other than Richard Sachs, a Gaulzetti Cicli ! I've been lusting after one of these ever since I laid eyes on em. But $2500 for a aluminum frame is a little steep since that's what a highend custom steel frame costs. Aluminum is just as hard to work with so it isn't any cheaper than steel, makes all those made in America Cannondales seem like a great deal now! Pretty cool though apparently Sachs is going to give his master input, improving the breed. There is word of a carbon and Ti version coming soom built by Crumpton and Lynskey, respectively. I still think it's kind of funny since Sachs refuses to build his own frames with carbon forks?

Ps. The Sachs ATMO build kit is bumming me out, Cole wheels, Sram, Oval. Yuck!

Flat Out Like a Lizard Drinking Mate

Wow, here is a pic of the hardist man in cycling Robbie Mcewen's bike for 2010. This thing looks mean, anything with the new Regal and Bora's is about as good as it gets.

Half day

We got a half day off at the shop and boy was it magical, It feels like spring in Seattle and I took advantage of it. One sign that you may have a problem, more cycling shoes that real shoes. I was asked this very question by a nice woman recently and I replied, "yes and they're all Italian". Here is a pic of two of my fav's, you know it's a good day when you get to wear two different pairs of cycling shoes