I was at Nemo Friday night watching gold sprints that were part of the Bridgetown Hustle festivities when the question was posed to me: "Are gold sprints really racing?" I argued that yes they are racing...but this flow chart seems to have answerd the question without doubt.
Not to take anything away from those who raced, or the efforts by Amanda, Kyle, Kyle and Ben from Nemo. You put together one heck of an event, and we were proud to sponsor it!
I heard last night that one of my heros of the pave, Bob Roll, was injured in a skiing accident. Broken femurs do not sound like fun . That is a bummer. Here is to healing quickly Bobke!
Late last night, I got an email from an old pal Chris out in NYC. Actually it was 5 emails, each containing one image:
"That's Lady Liberty - that 5-pixel tower in the distance. Been carrying that Co2 inflator on my road bike for a year. Finally got a flat! Deserved it, was railing henry street in brooklyn like singletrack after being cooped up 2 days running. But got back up and running and completed my mission. Your little do-hicky served me well."
Thanks for the email(s) Chris. Very nice to see/hear a Shiny Obeject kept you from walking!
If you haven't heard, seems a drunken cyclocross fan had an unwelcome impact on the Belgian National Championships last weekend. Here's the recap from Joe Parkin's blog:
"... a drunken supporter of 2009 Belgian cyclocross champion Sven Nys reached out and grabbed the arm of reigning World Champion, Niels Albert, causing him to crash, and breaking a rib in the process. Not only did Albert lose any chance of winning the race as a result of the crash, but with a broken rib, he now has a difficult time with hard accelerations and any sort of climbing... Albert, who currently leads the Superprestige and the World Cup, has been officially screwed by someone he was there to entertain. What’s worse, depending upon how the rib heals, Albert may have problems with it for the rest of his career."
Something like this makes me wish cyclocross was a bit more like the Canadian national pastime. Over the years during hockey games there have been fans who interfered with players/coaches and those fans have ended up serving as cautionary tales to future fans: have a good time, but don't touch the players...
Most of our new shipment of Payload racks is headed for shops all over the country, but we've got about 10 of them in stock. If you are looking for one, the supply is here and you should be able to get them from your local shop soon.
Just got word that the daughter of our main man and purveyor of fine PDW goods in Australia has a shot at going to nationals on the track this season. She must take after her dad Brett, who is a dynamo on the track himself with a medal at the Seoul Olympics to his credit (the world record was broken four times during the course of the competition). Good luck, Brie!
