Thanks Dean for the video:

So good. Track Worlds. I was hoping to see footage of this tangle. One guy’s front tyre pops off the rim. Other guy skids all 200+ pounds of himself back upright. Sick.

Did a couple of little cols this Saturday. The “ronde” van Portland. I started the ride and wanted to screw around a little before I had to bail out and get to work. Got to ride side by side with fellow bikefitter-bikeracer Seth (the metronome) Hosmer as we tapped out the watts up Saltzman! His HPC team looked glorious in their new kit. I am guilty of some premature attackulation (thank you Condork) and paid for it dearly on the Muur Brynwood.

Our new kit looks hott too, no? Thank you Dave Roth. (the good twin, not the evil twin)

And finally, I feel like I am getting old. Just like this guy. Will this be the last result we see from VDB?

The sun is out in Portland. What gives?

I got nothing!

Nothing.

I ride my bike in the snow and rain, a lot. And I really don’t feel like writing much about it here.

I transferred all of my riding data to my new computer and I was skimming over all of my ride notes from 07 and 08. Every other ride reads: “fuck this, 5 hours in the rain and snow, this is ridiculous, I am sick of this” etc, etc, etc. Until a brief period in June and July, then the bitching starts up again the first day of September with this jem: “Bullshit. Rainy cold bullshit. Got a flat a half hour into this ride. Raining the entire time I left my house. Got 2 more flats. Yes, I had new tyres.”

Anyways: No whine in 2009.

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Portland Bicycle Studio is rolling. I attended an amazing seminar yesterday with Paul Swift and pretty much all of Portland’s top bicycle fitting talent. It was pretty cool. Learned a lot more and spent some sweet hang out time with Michael Sylvester, Russell Cree, Jeanette Rose, Luke from Collins? and more co.

Check this out.

Interviewing for a seasonal bicycle mechanic for the Veloshop. Part time hours available.

The position is available immediately.

Looking for a highly experienced mechanic with excellent people skills and a positive personality. Minimum of 4 years retail bicycle mechanic experience required.

Please drop off a resume to:

The Veloshop
211 sw 9th ave.
Portland, Oregon

EMBROCATION CYCLING JOURNAL #3

For serious this time.

No really, I did not submit anything in this issue so it is going to be better than EVER!

We will have copies at the Veloshop and Portland Bicycle Studio.

Added a few tyres I found. And subtracted tyres I have sold.

I am going to put a little order in with FMB here next week. If you want to get on it, I’ll offer a price below the in-stock MSRP. Deadline to make the order: March 27th.

Good time to get on to something special that no one has in stock right now! Paris-Roubaix tubulars?! um, yes please.

Still have this EDGE tubular wheelset for sale:

EDGE 68mm 2.0 tubular rims 700c
28 hole Chris King cx classic rear hub 130 spacing
24 hole DT 240 front road hub (w/King decals as King does not make a 24 hole hub… both hubs are black)
2 cross rear, radial front
Black Sapim CX-Ray spokes
Very light race use, in excellent condition. Come on, own a pair of wheels that have been raced in Belgium, France and Luxembourg!
$1400.00

So… do I need to start accepting offers on these? Anything over $1200? Ready… GO!

Tubular tyres!
Everything is new. Unless indicated.
(discounted off $125/cotton and $175/silk msrp)

“file tread”
one pair of French national colored Coton SSC Sprint 32 $100 each
one FMB SSC Sprint 32 coton for $90

“standard cyclocross”
one pair limited edition Silk casing FMB SSC 32 tyres for $120 each
one custom built FMB “Racing Ralph” cyclocross tyre for $100
(the Ralph is a 30c tyre, come on, buy it for your lady! makes a killer front tyre to complement her SSC rear, I’ll discount it even more if you email me and tell me you are buying it for your special lady)
Speaking of your lady, I have a pair of WORLD CUP PINK Dugast Typhoons in 28c. They are small and badass. Fast and light. Perfect for all of the fast and dry cx racing we seem to be doing these days. Interested? Email me.

After going through everything it looks like I am left with:
1 new 32mm cotton Rhino. @ $110 (prepped with a base layer of cement)
2 used 34mm cotton Rhinos in great shape. @ $80each
2 used 32mm cotton (black) Rhinos in good condition. @ $80each
Still in excellent shape. I checked out the treads and they hardly have any wear! Muddy, yes. Race ready, hell yes!

“road”
one pair of FMB coton Criterium tread road tyres 22mm $90 each
(these Crits make KILLER track tyres for cement and asphalt outdoor velodromes)
3 x FMB “Racing PRO” 22mm This was a limited edition coton tyre he started making for higher mileage and stage racing. $100.00 (found a couple more of them, make you a deal on all 3!)
1 x FMB Silk Criterium 22mm $100.00

Looking around my closet, I’ve got a lot of stuff I should sell. These are all really sweet deals if you are looking for high quality tubulars for the spring and summer months.

Still have a killer EDGE tubular wheelset for sale:

EDGE 68mm 2.0 tubular rims 700c
28 hole Chris King cx classic rear hub 130 spacing
24 hole DT 240 front road hub (both hubs are black)
2 cross rear, radial front
Black Sapim CX-Ray spokes
light race use, in excellent condition.
$1400.00

Tubular tyres!
I’ve got a bunch of new road and cross tyres I should sell.
Everything is new. Unless indicated.
(discounted off $125/cotton and $175/silk msrp)

“file tread”
one pair of French national colored Coton SSC Sprint 32 $100 each
one pair of FMB SSC Sprint 32 coton for $90 each.
“standard cyclocross”
one pair limited edition Silk casing FMB SSC 32 tyres for $120 each
one pair of Belgian national colored Coton SSC 32 for $100 each
one pair SSC coton 34 tyres $90 each
one custom built FMB “Racing Ralph” cyclocross tyre for $100
“road”
one pair of FMB coton Criterium tread road tyres 22mm $90 each
one pair of FMB coton Strada tread road tyres 22mm $90 each
1 x FMB “Racing PRO” 22mm This was a limited edition coton tyre he started making for higher mileage and stage racing. $100.00
1 x FMB Silk Criterium 22mm $100.00

“used tubulars”
Very light use. Excellent condition.
1 pair of Challenge Grifo XS (file tread) in white - $100 the pair
1 pair of TUFO Cubus in black - $90 the pair

I know I have 1 pair of Dugast Rhinos in 32mm and another pair of 34mm that saw a season of use I would part with. Still in race able shape!