TY

Yes, Ty is THE man on one wheel. I wish I could pull wheelies off like this.

Coming soon to a race near you......

The Road Less Traveled Series (the full pull)

So I convinced AJ to join me for the full loop of the ride I started in december. The one up Pigeon mountain on the Crockford preserve climb. It was just as cool as I thought it would be but not quite as long (72 miles total). The top of the mountian wasn't too bad- 8 miles of dirt and gravel, a bit rolling but not bad. One downhill actually had Moguls on it- it was a potential clavicle day but we survived (with ony 2 flats).

I am thinking on beggining a "hell of the south" ride series. It may require a medical waiver to participate though........

Rock City, Lodging, Starbucks?????

Yeah, so up on Lookout Mountain there are all these direction signs to the attractions. I'm up there the other day doing climb repeats and see this sign. Now, I knew that the starbucks was there, infact, it got me though the last repeat many-o-times. But the sign struck me funny (If you have ever been there it would to you as well)......sing it with me "which one of these is not like the other, which one of these just doesn't belong...."

Team Bikes

All I can say about these things is they are the best bike I have ever ridden. I've been on 8 different bikes in the last 8 years and was NEVER as comfortable when I first sat on one then this past weekend. My initial impression was that it is very stable, stiff, but still a comfy ride.

All those things were reinforced 10 fold this week. If you are in the market for a high end bike, the Giant TCR Advanced should be your first look.....

Hincapie Barkley Devo team

WOW! we did a camp this past weekend and besides the fact that we have a great group of kids and support staff, everyone can actually ride......and we now have a kid that looks like he can shoot for the stars....let's just call him the secret weapon right now, the unveiling will be real soon.

Thanks to Rich Hincapie and our other sponsors (Barkley, Giant, Shimano, Northwave, Time, Giro, Oakley, Industry 9 [aka. pimp wheels], Michelin, 10Best, Industrial Capability Systems, Greer co, Bear Stearns, Patients first, Pla d'Adet, and our individual benefactors who have pledged money to the program.).

This is going to be a great year.

-carp

Welcome to the 21st Century...

I've joined the ranks of the mobile bloggers- got a laptop tody-

hopefully, I'll be able to update more.......or atleast it will give me more of an excuse to hang out in coffee shops, so if you see me sitting in a corner twitching, I'm just od' on caffeine.....