Hit play on this music video while you read this update!

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Fell in love with this design this morning. Thank you Arch Daily blog.

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DAMN YOU CASTELLI! These rain jackets are off the hook!

Look at their post here.

The folks at Castelli USA HQ have been talking about putting on their own 24 hour race. This is something that does not and, rarely happens in the USA! Take a look at their own write up of it and suggest some locations around Portland that could sustain a 24 hour circuit style road race. Total event-party style!!

Link is here for the Castelli 24 hour.

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Who is painfully EURO? Jacob Rathe. The kid is a class act, take a second to read up on this Oregon Cycling Action story on him.

What else is EURO? The MFG cyclocross season schedule. Put on by friends Zac Daab and Terry Buchanan. Doing their part to keep the scene strong up in Seattle. Here is a link to their calender.

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One of my favorite things about being “from” San Francisco was wearing Ben Davis jeans. And then reading about them on a new favorite blog.

If they can build a Velodrome in a library, why can’t we?

<-- This is too beautiful for words. At least words I can create. The photos speak volumes. The sounds cliche, no? I am drawn to this imagery. Industry, while destructive and ugly; is also beautiful.

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Holy crap I’m busy!

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There is nothing more Belgie than Bart Wellens. I refer to him not as a person but, as a phenomenon. Because that is what he is.

The first year I went to race in Belgium, I picked up a DVD set of his reality TV show.

And now VT4 has it all streaming on the interwebs for free.

It is pure genius. And certainly helps with your Vlaams. No english subtitles. Just a straight blast of Belgie goodness.

Enjoy! I’m not kidding, I put it on while I’m making dinner and listen in on the hijinks. Kevin asks if I understand it and I laugh and say, yeah… about %50 of it. I mean, it is all just about bike racing. And being Belgian.

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I want to go to Berlin and, I want to go to Prague. Great photos Lenore.

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Let’s share some Desalvo love from Buylocalcycling:

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And wrap this entry up with some final EURO PRO ness. The life of a spanner man.

Yes, that bed says bed.