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Hang tight. I've got some cool shit I've been working on.

Lance Reality Show

I've been following the videos Lance Armstrong has been posting on The Paceline.com. I'm thinking someone should ink a deal with him for a reality show. Might be worth a watch.

Seriously Good Coverage

Giro Coverage worth watching. It makes me excited to get to work and use up some bandwidth.

'Bout Time

Just saw that Astana will debut a new kit design at the Giro. Finally. Just today I was thinking to myself how much there current kit sucks.

Dress Up

Ben couldn't come get his bike today so I got to dress it up in rims and take some pictures. See:

Awesome 3000

Dude at his first 'race'. It was un-timed, but he's got a number pinned on so it still counts.

Well Said

I'll be updating my cards now.

OBRA Approved

Cherry Blossom Classic

Great course to race on. I wouldn't really know as I was OTB pretty early on every stage.

Despite my disappearing fitness I had a great time hanging at the house with the rest of the team.

Green Machine

Becky R's new bike.

College Days

Marcroft Cycles promotes keg stands and rude cycling kits as supporting sponsor of the Willamette University Cycling Team

Banana Belted

I'm so glad they're done. I'm looking forward to racing someplace that isn't circumnavigating a large body of water.

Here's a recap.
#1: Wet filthy roads, fast. 17th
#2: Snow. Canceled. Sick anyway
#3: Rain, cold, fast. 19th
#4: Cloudy, comfortable, fast then slow, repeat. 20th

I managed to avoid a crash in #1 that happen right next to me. CMG kid hit the deck hard after someone knocked into him. In #4 I rode right over the front wheel and fork of a CMG kid the crashed while taking one of his 12 layers off...on the last lap. That incident took a chuck of carbon out of my non-drive crank arm. On the positive, I did get to show off my mad bike handling skills to those in back of me.

Randomness

This site speaks to my anime roots

Concept Ships

Hey Rain....

you can go away now. I've seen enough of you for over the last few months. Please come back later in the year. Maybe sometime in the middle of the summer to settle the dust. Other than that you should really take a hiatus for the next 7 months.

Thx

Race Bike 2009

Here's a shot of my race bike for the year.

Gotta Be Special

stolen from 'How to Avoid the Bummer Life'

Working with the Dude

Aaaa, No.

Levi's TT bike

Trek designers missed the mark on this one, unless of course they were going for gawd awful. I doubt the ugly paint will slow him down much.

Tougher Than You

and me
Svein Tuft

StarShipOne Away

Off to Tucson for a week of riding

Required Reading

Rules to ride by

Bitch'n Beer Fridge

Only one around with a Marcroft logo.

Weak Sauce

This blog is super weak right now. In an effort to restore some content, here's a quick update on all things Marcroft

-Family: Being home with Dude and Kristin keeps me sane. Dude is starting to talk a little more everyday. You can tell he's putting together ideas and concepts in his head, he just can't quite verbalize it yet. He'll say, 'Truck, blah, blah blah? Cat! blah blah blah blah.' It's pretty cute.

-Sponsorships: As it's known by now, I'm sponsoring 2 teams this year: Team O and Willamette University. I will be racing for Team O again. I've officially come full circle and have ended up on the same squad I started with 10 years ago. Although now it's a little different in that I will have my name on the jersey and I'm on the 1,2 squad. Being a part of Team O should give the Marcroft name a little more exposure, especially in the PDX market. Plus it will be nice being on a good sized squad again.

-New branding: To go along with the new logo I'm working on getting a new website built up. It should be crisp and have a rock'n gallery.

-StarShipOne Project: The big project for the winter has been a new bike design. It's nothing too special but it's taken some work to get done. I'll post more information and some finished pictures soon.

-Training: Still fat but I'm working on it....

StarShipOne Saddle Clamp

Pictures don't do it justice but you get the idea.

Multi Tasking

Rim Fail

Ka-Pow!

Going Green

Marcroft Cycles management has decided the last two days of 'going green' has been an epic fail. Management would like to apologize and has promised to restore power as soon as possible.

Thx

Marcroft Cycles World Headquaters

Weekend production temporarily halted due to unwanted open air modification in lounge.

More Random Stuff

True

LA Twitter

Lances' thoughts.

I Got It Too

Factory Pilot

In the mud

FYI

Team O

Peak-A-Boo

Hmmmm

BattleCreek CCX

Should be awesome just like this

Tuesday is Here

PruDogBlog: Almost there...

Blog Slacker

Go here until I have a little more to say....and share :) Which will be cool and worth the wait.
And watch this

and this

True

see famous look-a-like faces

Really

only 17 days away.
To the doubters:

D-Dub Ride

Doug took ownership of his new cross frame today.

Oregon Manifest

Go

Should be a good show. I decided not to display for multiple reasons. The main one being that I don't have any display bikes. Plus I kinda blew my show budget on NAHBS earlier in the year.

Tight

This will get me some respect

Get your own knuckles at the knuckle tattoo gun.

Breakage

Bad luck for the hurt at CC#1
credit Kenji for the photo.

No, Really?

Gee, nobody could have predicted this.
Duh
To be THAT much better at TTing at the Tour, it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure he was doped.

Photo Proof

See, I can ride in the mud. Not very well, but I can.
Me
No crashing at CC#1 and I rode everything.

Ahhh, Welcome Back

Rain is back and so is the wind.

Looks like the air is holding in my cross tires so I'll be heading up to the first crusade this Sunday. I wimped out last week citing a sore throat and skipped the Rickreal race. I'll see how things go in the Bs. If I can stick a top 20 I'll move up to the A's....or just end my season with a top 20 finish. In reality, that's more likely.

Should be fun.

Got to Be

Terry Tate

I almost pissed myself.

Weekend Shenanigans

Saturday: Rickreal Rampage to get my cross on.

Sunday: The Monster Peach. 9:00 start time for anyone that wants to come along. Plan on the 100 miler and a 'good' time.

Shiny Banana

The Hurt's new ride.

Brrrrrat

Chad Reed given it at the Suzuki test track. Please note the slow-mo view of him coming out of a corner, doubling into a set and making a clutch lever adjustment while in the air.
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If I had a serious amount of disposable income I'd be back racing motocross in a heartbeat.

Tall Socks

For all of you on the ride today that were giving me shit about my tall socks. Here's my response, tall socks are for winners. Case in point, Mr. Contador.

Note the tall socks, just like I was wearing. Coincidence? I think not. Winners know style and tall socks are all about style.

Damon on Palin

He makes a good point about it being a bad Disney movie

Tour of Missouri

I just wanted to beat Kenji to the punch about Omer's performance today. Check it out:

General classification after stage 4

1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia
3 Svein Tuft (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
4 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia
5 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
6 Ben Day (Aus) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
8 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
9 Dominique Rollin (Can) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team
10 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team
11 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia
12 Dirk Müller (Ger) Team Sparkasse
13 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team
14 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
15 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia
16 Andy Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies - Medifast
17 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Sparkasse
18 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Sparkasse
19 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse
20 Tim Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis
21 Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex) Tecos de la Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
22 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental
23 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
25 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team
26 David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
27 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
28 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis
29 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30
30 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota - United Pro Cycling Team

Stuck in the 90's

I'm so stuck in it.

Lance is Back

To race the tour clean, against others that are now clean.

Cool.

SS Cross

In an effort to get even with Ryan Weaver for not racing for Marcroft Cycles this year I'm putting Kurt Haas on a SS with the intention of having him beat Ryan at every SS race he enters. Sorry for the tall order Kurt but it had to be done. Ryan, here's a sneak peak at the frame that's going to mess with your mind.

Fall

So, it's September now and everyone's thoughts are turning towards the upcoming cross season. I'm no exception. As I finish up some cross frames I can't help but think about the start of the NBA season and especially the Blazers and their potential season. they're going to be soooo good. I can't wait to see Rudy play in the NBA. This kid's good. Always looking for a play and it usually above the rim.

Check out the dunk over Howard in the Gold medal game.
Rudy Fernandez Dunks on Dwight Howard

Suck it.

Coffee

I love me some coffee every morning. Here's where we've been getting our roast. It's mighty good.

Cape Foul Weather Coffee

Fresh Tune-Up

You know what this means? I'll be bringing up the rear at some Crusades this year.

Made In?

Here's a pretty good article on where some large bike manufacturers have their production done. I'm not sure how old the article is but it seems pretty accurate.

Read it

The Future?

Dead

sexy

Waiting for the start of the State Crit.

Sometimes...

I still build bikes.

Return to Racing

I make my return to the NW racing scene this weekend

The Obvious

It's hot

Selling Out?

This logo

and a PDX address; I'll see a huge gain in business?

So it would seem judging from the shear number of builders in the greater metro area. 20 guys doing the same bikes? Really? Are they all making money and this? If it's true, I'm destined to be a non-profit builder because I'm not moving to Portland any time soon. If anything it might help to move further away from Stumptown. To a cycling community that isn't so close to a nexus of cycling that PDX has become.

Pretty soon a statement like: 'Marcroft Cycles Not Made in Portland' might be cool.

China

A great place for athletes. Here's an article from Cyclingnews that talks about it.

I have terrible asthma and can only imagine that the second I got off the plane in Beijing I'd have an attack that would cripple me.

Evans Is Quite Fragile

Almost a 'don't 'taz me, bro!" moment

Rock

A little more Fu Manchu to get the blood pumping

Busy:

not eating.
working for the man.
finishing a bike.
riding.
spending time with family.
contimplating the future.
planing for the future.
not eating.

Prez

PSA

This is for the individual I saw this weekend on L'Alpe d'Amity.If you're out riding and you see a group of cyclists at the top of a mountain waiting for the rest of their group don't just blast by them. Stop for a second to say hi, nice day, where are you guys headed, I'm so-and-so. The list is endless. Just riding by while you adjust your i-Pod ignoring the other 8 cyclists makes you look like an ass. Not to mention the fact that you're wearing a team kit from a rather large car dealer in the Salem area. Great sponsor representation dill hole.

Back From Vacation

Nothing like 6 days away from home/work and such. I was able to get some solid miles in and check out a couple stages of the Cascade Classic. I made me want to race. Unfortunately it's back to the grind.

State Champ

Congratulations to 'The Big Hurt' Kurt who won the OBRA SS MTB State Championship a few weeks ago. That's the first for one of my frames. Pretty cool.


Cheer up buddy, you've got a gold medal!

July 4th Ride

9:00AM start
4 hours
Starbucks in Salem

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Open invite.

True, True

Required Reading

Live it

Classic

done with Legos

Slipstream/Garmin

Here's an interesting article from Vaughters and the new Garmin sponsorship of his squad
Get it

Satisfaction....

it's guaranteed.

Weekend Racing?

I don't know if I would call what I did this weekend racing. I did pay an entry fee, pin on a number and start with a group of others people that had done the same. What I proceeded to do was slowly work my way backwards through the pack. From a choice spot in the top ten, I lost a few positions out of every corner until I was eventually tail gunning and then off the back completely. Grand total time in 'the race', 15 minutes.

Here's the proof that I was out there for a little while.

Maybe a shave would make me faster.

Ha Ha

The TrailBlazers are my favorite NBA team; my second favorite NBA team is....any team that's playing the Lakers. That's why last night made me smile.

24 point choke

Commuting?

I rode my bike to work today....for the first time. I've been such a bike snob that commuting to work has been beneath me as it's not really training. But I figure at my current berthing weight, it can't hurt to burn a few extra calories per day commuting. Besides $5/gal for petrol is a bit too much.

Should I Go

This years 'Oregon' Builders Show. Should I display?

As many of you already know I have a love/hate relationship with PDX. I realy like the idea of having an Oregon show but unfortunatly some people think that Oregon is just the Portland Metro area. But I guess when 17 of the 22 Oregon builders are in P-Town it's easy to see why.

Rumor has it they are going to have a handmade only cross race. Might be cool. I predict a Vanilla, DeSalvo or maybe a Marcroft winning. The later being my personal favorite :)

Busy?

I'd say.

TT bike going to Seattle

Damian's road frame

Memorial Weekend Race'n

Things I learned.
-When pros show up it's a hard race.
-Dogs running into a peloton sucks.
-Crits are fun.
-Seeing a crash happen sucks.
-Painting the house can be therapeutic.

Marcroft Cycles had Magnum PI guest ride this weekend too.

Built Just Right

Off-camber right hander at the Mt Hood crit. A couple more mm of bottom bracket drop would have proven disastrous for Mick.

Move Over Riis

We have a new bike toss champ. Congratulations David

Weekend Lessons

A couple things I learned this weekend:
-A Pro cyclist life revolves around coffee shop stops: Seriously, how much coffee and pastries can you guys consume?

-Painting and yard work is much tougher than riding for 6 hours: Just painting a couple rooms and mowing the lawn kicked my ass. Weakling.

BTW
Everyone should be getting their Government 'Stimulus' check in the mail this month....time for a new bike.

HSP Web Re-Do

Check it out. HSP has redone their website. It looks really good too. Check out this featured program. Seth at HPC offers the same service and is a little closer.

Everyone that's serious about cycling and getting the best performance out of themselves should consider getting a fit done before the drop $6500 on a new bike. It just makes good sense.