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!