Riding with Presidents

Posted by PeterD Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:22:00 GMT

Charles and a whole crew went out for a ride at the Demo on Presidents Day. He has a new camera, so took a bunch of pictures and a few videos (plus one non-blurry pic courtesy of Caroline). Here is his write up:

A Three Hour Tour…

Well, that’s what I had planned. Ok, maybe a four hour, and at best a four and a half hour adventure in the woods, but I’ve swum with these fishes before, so I came prepared for an all day adventure as past experience has taught me. We used the occasion of Presidents Day to get together with friends and customers and take advantage of the warm Spring like day by taking a tour of the Soquel Demonstration State Forest. Of the fifteen or so riders that started last Monday’s ride, about half of us ended up spending over 6 hours riding just about every trail we could find.

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October Build of the Month - 29er Specialized Stumpjumper

Posted by PeterD Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:22:00 GMT

This customer brought some parts in for Charles to build up a 29er bike around (and yes, he only brought one derailer in, though I don’t think that is he reason this bike ended up as a 1 by 9).

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Sheldon Brown, 1944-2008

Posted by Patty Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:31:00 GMT

Today we learned that Sheldon Brown has died. This is a great loss to the American cycling community. Sheldon was a man with great humor and a wonderful philosphy of life that we could all learn to emulate.

Please take a moment out of your day to learn a bit about Sheldon. Visit his wonderful webpages, and read about his special chain cleaning methods, as well as “The bright side of MS”. You will be a changed person.

Ride in peace, Sheldon, with the wind at your back.

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