Today's Totally Awesome Bike Item is...

the "SHIFT" bike which was created by an industrial design professor at Purdue and two of his students. Basically, the 16-inch-wheel bicycle looks like a tricycle, but as the child gains momentum and learns to balance, the two rear wheels shift inward to merge into one wheel. This causes the balance to gradually shift from the bicycle to the child. Talk about Genius! My daughter NEEDS one of these!

An attitude to live by:

"I haven't looked at the Dow in more than six months and still can't bring myself to open my end-of-year 401(k) statement. Yet there are numbers I am increasingly interested in, ones that I know I can directly influence: miles, hours, watts, heart rate at threshold. If these numbers improve, so will my life, regardless of whatever else is happening."

-Loren Mooney, editor, Bicycling Magazine.

The best picture of me on a bike yet...hands down!!

Epic Bikes Has Moved!

Come on by and visit Tim and Mike at their new Epic Bikes location - 1993 Jonesboro Rd in the old Grand Harbor Imports store.

The new location is beautiful! Lots of great space for even more inventory, a bigger shop for the boys to play in and the coolest toilet you've ever seen (Thanks TOTO!).

Stage 7, Santa Clarita to Pasadena - Photos from MillCreek Summit

Today I watched stage 7 from MillCreek Summit in Acton California. The Summit was the location of today's KOM and is located about 20 minutes from my sister's house where I'm staying:


A shot of the breakaway group as they climb to the top of MillCreek Summit. From Left to Right: Hayden Roulston of Cervelo Test Team, Chris Baldwin is in the front (Rock Racing), The yellow bar tape/glove off Chris Baldwin's right is George Hincapie, the RaboBank rider is Pieter Weening, and the SaxoBank rider is Frank Schleck.



George Hincapie and Pieter Weening as they top MillCreek Summit. They were among the top 5 over the summit who received KOM points.



Lance was at the front of the Peloton as he Climbs to the top of MillCreek Summit - I can't believe I got such a great shot! He was having a conversation (yes, a conversation) with the quickstep rider beside him. I'm not exactly sure who that Quickstep rider is (anyone recognize him?)



Francisco Mancebo (in the red TOC jersey) as he topped MillCreek Summit, just before his big crash.



A shot of the support cars coming through behind the riders.


I had an amazing time - It was awesome to just stand along the side of the road and see all of the crazy people running around w/ their bodies painted, roller bladers climbing the summit, people w/ tables set up eating wine and cheese....I even saw three dudes who threw out a sofa to watch the race:




I don't know that I'll attend tomorrow's stage - I want to spend some time with my sister and her kids since they've been kind enough to allow me to stay with them throughout my trip. Either way - I've had an amazing time - probably the best gift I could have ever given myself. I'll never forget such a fantastic trip!

Tour of California, Stage 6: Solvang Time Trial

No time to chat - here are some of the photos I got yesterday while watching the Time Trial at Solvang:


George Hincapie



Jens Voigt



Mr. Livestrong Himself!



Levi Leipheimer



Mark Cavendish


Christian Vandevelde



David Zabriskie



Francisco Mancebo



Frank Schleck



George Hincapie Cools Down after his TT



Bauke Mollema



Me and Carlos Sastre - 2008 Winner of the Tour de France!! I got
his autograph too!!!



I'm off to Millcreek Summit - the highest point of Stage 7 - Santa Clarita to Pasadena! Wish you were here....XOXOXOXO

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