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Last day in Germany

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-04-24T07:07:55-06:00

Went for a 3 hour ride down in the Rhine River Valley. We stopped by Ina's brothers bike shop la Bici. And stopped by an old castle that was originally built in the 700's. It was cool to see something that old. makes the 150 year old stuff we have in Utah seem downright new. I had schnitzle for dinner, it was really good.

Amstel Gold Race

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-04-23T01:33:49-06:00

Went to see my first ProTour race today. It was located in southern Holland. The start was in the plaza in Maastricht, then did three big loops in the area and finished just down the road in Valkenburg. We got there pretty early and since we had a T-Mobile car we were able to park on the square. We watched the start then went out to the course where we eventually ended up on the Gulperberg, a hill where they would pass three times. Once down it and twice up it. We hung out in that area and watched the race there the rest of the day. For real race coverage see cyclingnews.com. Here are a few pictures from my day.

The team busses roll in to the start area.

I ran in to Utah local T-Mac and his son in the plaza, he was at the table next to us.

T-Mobile boss Bob Stapleton chills before the race

World Champ cricket boy signs in.

Team cars wait for the race to start.

Team bus from the outside

Team bus from the inside

Waiting for the race to come up the 4th climb of the morning.

The early break being lead by a Felt F1, you can buy your own at Racers Cycle Service

Lars and I having lunch, the race would later pass right behind us.

The Peleton reaches the top of the Gulperberg

Watchin the race in the car, waiting for them to come back one last time.

Lars hands bottles for the Gerolsteiner Team. Last feed, 28 km to go. His expert bottle handing skills lead to a 1-2 finish for the team.

Rhonde Van Gelderland

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-04-22T09:56:54-06:00

We went to one of the classic womens races up in Holland Saturday. It was an afternoon start so we drove up that morning and got there in plenty of time for the team lunch and meeting. The course was one big loop that had all the typical spring features. narrow roads, tight corners and short, hard climbs. I got to ride shotgun in the team car with Anna Wilson, the Director Sportif, and Wolle, the team mechanic. It was a good time. We drew 8th position so were were a bit back but we did get to up to feed and up to a break in the middle of the race. There is some pretty crazy driving back in that bunch, but all the drivers seem to work well together and what to do when something crazy happens, plus there is a official kind of directing traffic in the back. Definitely a good time.

The team car loaded up and ready to go

Early view of the race strung out on the dike.

The first climb of the day. We went up this twice, the second time we were mixed in with riders that had fallen off the pace. crowded.

Passing the commiser, in the grass to get up to the break. Note the posts in the grass that we had to avoid. We gave Kristen a bottle too since we had made the effort to get up there.

Ina on the podium, lost by a wheel to the world champion.

I drove home after the race and did 200 kph on the Autobahn. Legally.

Chillin

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-04-20T10:46:48-06:00

Went for a short ride today, about two hours. Here are some photos

Ride Route

Ina's home town of Metzkausen

Bennie, a true german dog

Some guy ridin through the countryside.

Teute taking a break in Mettman, just down the road from home

Dussledorf

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-04-20T01:24:45-06:00

Went for a awesome ride today but sorry, no photos or GPS, batteries were dead on the Garmin when I pulled it out to leave. We rode on some awesome farm roads over to the Ruhr River and then south and back home. Nice 3 hour ride, stopped for cake and hot chocolate in the park on the river. It was tasty.

In the afternoon we went into Dusseldorf for dinner. We had dual GPS for the trip in.

I had to test the new Garmin Edge. It now has a max speed of 112 mph recorded.

All the taxies in town are a bit more stylish than the ones in the us.

Here I am on the Rhine River water front.

Here is something else we saw on the waterfront.

TT testing with T-Mobile women

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-04-18T23:27:03-06:00

The thing to do in europe is go to the Buettgen Velodrome to do TT testing. Wind tunnel time is pretty dang expensive and not everyone makes Lance money to afford such things. I showed up just in time to catch the second day of testing for The T-Mobile Women's Team. I showed up to watch, and was immediately put to work as a photographer. My job was to take profile shots of the riders as they rolled by at 44 K per hour. Petra Rossner, the teams teams technical director and former world champion and olympic gold medalist, would then review my pictures with the rider while Lars Teutenburg, would review the SRM data and propose position changes along with Petra to the rider.

Track World Champ Kate Bates cranks out the laps

Due to the lack of velodromes in Utah, I have not seen a track this cool before. All I had seen previously were poorly kept out door ones. This one is located just outside Dusseldorf. It is indoor, older, but well kept. The banking in the corners had to be 50 degrees. I wanted to grab a bike and do a few laps I didn't. Some Day when I have a chance and my own bike I will have to do it.

The Velodrome

High banks in the apex at least 50 degrees

The whole testing crew

Chantal Beltman heads on to the track

Snappin Photos

Lars downloads the precious SRM power data

Lars on the bike demonstrating a position

Suzanne de Goede in her stylish helmet

Tour de Georgia AKA Atlanta Airport

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-04-17T14:24:46-06:00

two months later..........

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-04-17T12:36:41-06:00

Yeah it took 2 months for me to follow up from the Australia trip. A lot has happened since then. We have gone through four or five foster dogs, I'm anxiously awaiting for my Supercaliber 29" frame, and we got the roof replaced on the shop. The bike business has been busy with the spring weather, and I'm losing my manager to the war on terror.

What else? the Felt 29ers showed up at the shop. They did good on them. I really like the low bottom bracket height.

And I am on my way to Germany to hang with Ina for a week. This is getting to be a regular occurrence, and I feel very fortunate, the original reason for this trip was to deliver a dog, but it is now getting picked up and I am still going. Rock and roll,

I'll get some updates out as quickly as I can.

Later

Racer

Ridin in the rain, 75°, all is good.

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-02-12T23:37:24-07:00

We took a rest day yesterday, lots of rain here. We went out for 4 1/2 hours today. Got rained on a bit, but we were able to avoid most of the storms. We did get wet though. It is actually quite refreshing, with all the humidity here. I got a couple of flat tires though. The rains yesterday washed a bunch of crap onto the shoulders.

Maren and Jean-Marie Leblanc

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-02-12T00:35:54-07:00

This photo was part of a photo shoot for Ride Magazine,

Yet another beautiful ride

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-02-11T18:05:27-07:00

75 miles, 5 hrs, 5500 feet of climbing.

We went south again, to the national park and did the southern loop. it comes out at some extraordinary coastal viewpoints. There are some photos on the photo dump. We got hit by one quick shower but it was more refreshing than anything.

Photo Dump

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-02-11T18:02:46-07:00

Here are a bunch of pictures

http://web.mac.com/racerjared/iWeb/Site/Australia.html

Riding Day 2

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-02-10T03:12:37-07:00

We left the house at 5:30 to do the Coluzzi Bunch Ride. This is the big saturday ride here in Sydney. They have at least 100 riders in the fast group, and ride at 30mph down the freeway to get out of town. At the sprint point they even have a line painted on the road. The ride gets it's name from the Coluzzi coffe shop where everyone meets. and guess who was there. Besides me. Jean Marie Leblanc, promoter of the Tour De France and the Dakar Rally and Paris Roubaix.

The group waiting to leave

Doing extra miles after the bunch ride. Tuete, Maren, Rocky & Scrymo.

Takin a break during the 80 mile day

80 miles, 4.5 hours, max speed 35-42 mph through the rollers

Sly sells it all.

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-02-08T21:47:14-07:00

I don't mean anything, I mean EVERYTHING. 100 Grand, on ebay

Day one ride

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-02-07T23:10:45-07:00

66 miles
90 degrees
4500 feet of climbing
4.5 hours
2 applications of sunscreen

We went south to The Royal National Park

Teute shows off her new team bike

Todays Group: Ina, Kristy, Maren Racer, and Lilly
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Customs Dogs

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-02-06T23:06:40-07:00

We got ratted out by the customs dogs. Got our bags searched. Our bags had so much dog hair on them it was inevitable.

Flying to Australia.

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-02-06T10:54:07-07:00

I've been on a plane for 12 hours so far. 3 more to go. They've shown 4 movies so far. One more to go. When you measure time in movies, you have crossed the line between long and F'n long. Capital F.

A few observations:
The bus terminal transfer.
In San Francisco we got off the plane and were directed to the Star Alliance International Terminal Shuttle. The entrance was tucked away between the restrooms and the news stand, and lead down some stairs to the tarmac and a small waiting room. we sat there for about 10 minutes, then a shuttle came. We loaded up and waited for another ten minutes. The shuttle finally left, and drove about 100 yards, 3 minutes, or .025 movies. As we unloaded I thought what a waste of 23 minutes, or .191 movies. Up some more stairs, and boom, we are in the international terminal, right behind the security checkpoint. Saved from the strip search. Awesome.

The Dave Mirra Experience.
If you look closely you can see the top of Dave's head poking up from the seat in front of me. He is headed to New Zealand for a jump competition.

Bart G is off the hook

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-01-26T00:49:55-07:00

News flash: Bart 's case dropped.

You know, if they are going to let that french canadian chick race they might as well let an innocent guy do it too.
Let's hope Sager and the others get the same treatment.

Lets hear it for Team G

iPhone

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-01-09T13:41:13-07:00

http://www.apple.com/iphone/ Coming in June

Cargo Tickle Tres

racer@racerjared.com — 2007-01-08T18:47:10-07:00

Jon made an new bike for me. It can haul a bunch of crap. It is Awesome!
!
This bike is over seven feet long, hand brazed 4130 steel, maple decks, nickel plated racks, custom steering linkage.

29" Rear wheel.

20" front wheel.

St. George Day 2

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-12-28T17:16:48-07:00

2.5 hours on the road, 3 hrs on the dirt. 75 miles, 5000 feet of climbing. Racer, Trucker, Sly and the Claw all went for a road ride, but the 40+ mph winds made them change their plans. They rode around the area for a couple of hours and decided to hit the dirt. Rode out to the racecourse and did the dh to Bloomington. The climb back to Washington took a lot longer than it should have.

St. George Day 1

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-12-27T23:30:23-07:00

I drove down for the family holiday trip this morning. Of course I brought my bikes. When I left the condo this afternoon it was raining. It quit after about 15 min. but the roads were wet for the whole ride. I did a counterclockwise loop around town. 38 miles, 1800 feet of climbing. Good training, Good times. My Shuffle battery died with a half hour to go. At first I thought it was water damage, but i just hadn't charged it for a few rides. It should be better weather tomorrow, Trucker and Sly plan on dragging me around all day so it should be fun.

More Snow=More Skiing

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-12-17T20:03:22-07:00

I woke up to another 10 inches of snow in the driveway. After I got it shoveled and had some breakfast it was time to go ski again. Today the roads were much worse. I actually had to put the chains on the Eurovan to make it up to Aspen Grove. They are a pain, but they it is probably easier than getting a tow truck to pull you out of the river, which would have been the other option.

Once again the drive was well worth it. We were greeted with about 2 feet of fresh snow. I think that the dogs had a good time, Al seems to be enjoying herself .

And Armaini the foster dog was perfectly willing to break trail. He worked his tail off in snow up to his nose.

2007 Racing

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-12-17T00:10:32-07:00

Since everyone else in the blogospher seems to be talking about what they will be racing next year. I am excited to announce that I will be riding a (drum-roll please).......... Gary Fisher. Yeah, big surprise, it will be my 9th year racing one. I am plan on getting a Race Day 29" full suspension bike. It will be my first FS bike since 2003 when I had a Sugar 29" for part of the year. I am excited about it. I should be able to build it to about 25 pounds, not bad for an XL, but it is just a prediction.

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racer@racerjared.com — 2006-12-17T00:01:50-07:00

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Skiing the loop

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-12-16T21:47:08-07:00

When you have a group ride scheduled and you wake up to a foot of snow in your driveway? There is only one thing to do. LOAD UP THE DOGS AND GO SKIING. After a quick stop at J&J where we ran into Maddoxxx and his boys. Maren and I drove up the canyon. The signs all said 4 wheel drive or chains required, so I made sure the chains were "in" the Eurovan. We easily drove up to the Aspen Grove parking lot and headed up the snow covered road. Conditions were awesome! We were not the first up today but we beat all the snowmobiles up. Good snow and good times.

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Singlespeed Cyclocross Win

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-11-06T23:52:35-07:00

I won the oneie catagory of the cross race this past weekend. It was the largest turnout so far this season. Awesome course, we will run it backwards for this state champs next weekend.

The Commute

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-11-06T23:28:38-07:00

My Garmin cycle computer does a great job of saving tons of data. Here is an elevation profile of my commute home. This is significant because my commute home is approximately 79.3% of my training lately. 300 feet of climbing in 4 miles.

8 hours of Moab

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-10-18T23:38:22-06:00

I know it is supposed to be 24, but flash floods caused the race to be cut short. it was a mess. Laird tried to find a fair way to restart, the method they chose proved to be "more fair" to some teams. One of our teams, the Jack Mormon Militia was about to loose their overall lead, but in the end they decided to just end the race. The promoters learned a lot for the next time that they have to stop one. Read their statement here.

Results are here.

Shop Team Results
Jack Mormon Militia--- 1st overall, 1st Rigid Singlespeed.
Racer's Rigid G3 Juicers--- 3rd Rigid Singlespeed.
Racer's G3 Juicers--- 44th Sport Men.

The overall win went to the rigid singlespeeds!!!
Awesome

Teute Wins Holland World Cup

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-09-03T17:49:22-06:00

Results on cyclingnews.com. That is two years in a row. Way to go girl.

I have been updating the mobile blog with random stuff. check it out.

Teute wins 2 stages in Tour of Holland

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-08-31T13:12:41-06:00

Role Reversal

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-07-03T20:26:30-06:00

So on Sunday morning I am out walking a dog that I am fostering and something funny happened. I was just walking along the sidewalk when all off a sudden I get buzzed. by a bike. White shirt and a tie. Must have been late for church. He almost took the dog out. What did I yell as he sped away? " Get on the road where you belong you dumb a......"

?????

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-06-30T11:18:47-06:00

Marcel Wüst, ex-pro cyclist: "That is unbelievable, that is something you have to digest first. It is especially shocking to me, how apparently widespread the manipulation is. But we have to take advantage of this opportunity - in the end the Tour makes the stars, the stars don't make the Tour. All of the biggest GC riders seem to be affected. If they were all clean, then the results in Paris would be the same, but the times would be a little slower. We can only hope that on Saturday we can concentrate on the sporting aspects. If the charges against Jan Ullrich should be proven, then I think his career is over."

from Cyclingnews.com

Trainin Train

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-06-15T08:16:10-06:00

Leadville comes in 2 months. I have a lot of work to do. Since my knee has been better, and I have been able to ride longer I have been racking up some hours on the bike. Three Intermountain Cup races, two wed night crits, and one weekend crit. I have even done a few four hour rides, and ridden to work a bunch of times. Done a few group rides, man I'm on fire! If I keep this up i might have a chance at the big belt buckle, The Plata Grande. Oh Yeah, Maybe. We'll see how the next two months go.

New Road Bike

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-05-01T22:08:46-06:00

I have a new road bike. I like it a lot. Road riding has been fun since I got it. My knee is better since I went to Dr Jiles. He is amazing. I can ride for more than two hours now. Good times all around.

Malamute Puppy

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-04-23T19:38:39-06:00

We picked up a dog friday night to foster. Wasatch Humane had her and we offered to foster her. The problem is that she gets along with our dogs too well, and fits into the household quite well. I personally think that Maren tricked me on this one. We had been discussing a puppy, and by gettting this one into the house under the pretext of being temporary, got me liking this one. Dang. I'm a sucker. But this puppy is cute. she will probably be a terror in a few months, but she is pretty well tempered for a malamute, and Isis has a buddy to play with. It looks like we have a new dog.

2006 Racer's Cycle Clothing

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-04-11T07:56:44-06:00

Well, the order form for clothing is now available on the Racer's Cycle Service Site. I am not sure on the deadline and delivery dates, but will post them when I know them. I am excited to have Squadra do the clothing again. They did it three years ago, and we really liked it. we went to verge because of some lower minimums but I think we have the crew to get some specialty items from Squadra now. As usual, it may seem expensive but that is what three color custom clothes cost. I just did my wish list and was up to 1100.00 bucks. Now multiply that by two, cause I am sure Maren will want the same stuff.

Here Is a pic of last years jersey, this years will be very similar, with a few small changes.

Losses And Gains

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-04-02T00:47:27-07:00

I lost a good friend last week. Bill Corliss. It was a tragic, freak accident. I blame no one. My heart goes out to his family, friends and those who were there with him when he went down. It has been a hard week emotionally for me. I raced for 5 years with Bill on the X-Men, and he taught me a lot about racing road bikes. I will miss him greatly. He was a great person. Every time I look down at my SI-90 I will remember him.

Not that this balances anything out, but Beehive the Cat returned today. She had been gone for about three months. She left on one of the coldest nights of the year and she was presumed dead. We had searched the shelters but we could not find her. Then as I came home from work today there she was in the neighbor's driveway. "Beehive from the block" tuffed it out.

Teutenberg

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-03-23T00:23:18-07:00

Photo ©: Paul Henderson-Kelly/Cyclingnews

Cyclingnews does a story on the bike that has been in my living room for the past 2 weeks.

She is off to race Redlands tomorrow morning, but she is leaving me one of these jerseys.

Photo ©: John Flynn/Cyclingnews.com

I have it at the shop.

Riding in the PM

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-03-22T09:07:39-07:00

Yesterday I was able to ride home before it got dark. I still used lights, but it was not dark yet. The days are getting longer and I am looking forward to riding mountainbikes in the foothills after work. Bring on daylight savings time. Get rid of the snow.

Italy Photos

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-03-19T00:02:11-07:00

Wow, I almost went two months with no updates. I'll place partial blame on the previous post. Podcasts and the ipod.

Many of you may of heard that I got to go to Italy to see the Olympics. I was there for two weeks and am finally starting to get caught up with stuff. I have wanted to post these for quite a while but am just getting around to it.

Here they are.

We hung out a lot, watched a few different speed skating events and the women's bronze medal hockey game. It was my first vacation in 5 years and my first trip to Europe. Very cool. Very different.

A Video iPod with every episode of The Office, and a back up battery can make a transatlantic flight bearable. Mega-long layovers still suck though.

I want a smart car.

Top 5 Podcasts (on Racer's iPod)

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-01-21T15:14:01-07:00

Podcasts are the most played items on my iPod. They are like talk radio, but you get to pick what you listen to and you can fast forward them. They make the 2 hours of dog walking fly by. These are my top 5 that I have been listening to lately:

5. The FredCast "My name is David, and I am a Fred". This is the only cycling podcast in the list, because he informed me that Garmin will be offering support for Mac OS X. Most cycling podcasts that I have tried are regurgitating other media sources. Just read Cyclingnews.

4. The MacCast is the show about "all things macintosh". The guy who hosts it is a microsoft.net programmer(?), but he is a Macgeek. It is informative, insightful, and passionate.

3. NASCAR official media releases and information from the source.

2. This Week in Tech "The world's most listened to podcast and winner of the 2005 People's Choice Podcast Award". Do I need to say more? Yes I do, and they are two words "Leo Laporte".

1. The Rowdy Racing Network Buck Fever and Bass Masters provide die-hard race fans with a daily dose of NASCAR news, driver interviews, trackside gossip, and garage stories. The picture says it all.

GIT-R-DONE!!!

29 Inches of Propoganda

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-01-21T11:07:01-07:00

http://www.fisherbikes.com/happenings/news.asp?id=163

It is no secret that I am a true believer in the 29" wheel. It has been almost 4 years since I first threw a leg over one and I can never go back. In fact the only 26" bike that I own is the one that I race BMX on. many other people have been converted too. From my frame building friends at Sabrosa and Packard, to Fatty up in the the great foggy rainy north, to many other riders here in Utah, the list is rapidly growing.

I'm sure that many people will take the word of the Team G members and give big wheels a try, but it is nice to have some support from some even bigger guns like JHK, and T Brown. Check this article out. It is really interesting.

Racer Hits It Big

racer@racerjared.com — 2006-01-11T17:22:07-07:00

I am so stoked, her I am looking for motivation and I find this in my email. Now all I have to do is collect it................

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Motivators

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-12-16T09:41:12-07:00

Everyone needs motivation. I need a lot right now. Cyclocross is over. It is time to build base for next year. Long moderate rides. I have to fight the cold and get out there. 18 degrees right now, and I need to train. To start with I think I will hook a bike up on the trainer here in the shop, put some cleats on my new shoes, and get my legs moving.

I think sharing some of my most memorable biking events will make me focus on why I love this sport. Over the next few posts I will share some of them with you.

Oct 8th 2000 Cyclocross at South Mountain. Make sure you scroll down to read the report

This was the first time I ever ran with the big guns of cross here in Utah.
Bart G: 26th at nationals last week, on borrowed bikes. Top 10 last year.
Art: second in his age group to Dale Knapp at Nationals last week.
Cris Fox (sly): junior mtb worlds team, all time record for consecutive wins at the Decker Dash. I was about 50 yards behind him at the finish.
Joel Kath (dangerboy): Plenty of results at national calendar road races and I dropped him on the pavement.

(this photo is actually from the day before?)

Big Air=Propane?

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-12-15T20:01:26-07:00

Fatty's Blog yesterday got me thinking. Innovations Big air cartridges are filled with propane. Propane burns. This could be fun.

Personally and professionally I know that these are safe. No one has ever blown up while using one. There have been some frozen fingers, but that is all that happens. I decided to have some fun anyways.

So I made a movie. Here it is

The Phone Call

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-12-05T14:54:10-07:00

My phone rings. I look at the caller ID it is from Law Offices Of so and so.

The guy says " This is kind of weird, but I've been told that I should call you with some questions about a Gary Fisher 292." Instantly I think that he is calling in reference to some lawsuit, accident investigation or something like that.

I say "yeah, I know quite a bit about them. "

He then proceeds to tell me that he is looking at one down at the C-Store, and that they told him if he had any questions about it he should call me. He awkwardly told me that he had looked at one last summer, and they were going to "heavily discount" this one. I answered his questions, which were pretty basic, and then he asks me about a Rocky Mountain RPOS3 that they had down there and I had to tell him that I really like Fishers especially the 29ers.

He asked if I thought there was anything wrong with the 292, and I had to say "no", but I did have to throw a jab in about how "the only problem is that they don't know how to "sell' it". I am still laughing. I thought I was going to have to protect Gary from a lawsuit and all I had to do was answer a few questions about big wheels and SRAM derrailuers. :)

iMovie

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-11-30T17:49:30-07:00

Here is a movie that I made today. Consider it practice. There is a good view of the front of the new shop in it.

iMovie posted here

Winter is here

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-11-28T12:42:00-07:00

Three things lead me to believe that winter is here. I could be wrong, but these are pretty sure signs to me that fall is over.

1. Last Friday's Sales Figures. $7.50

2. Saturdays Cross Race. Two cold right feet. There are two stories here. It was cold. I had two right feet. the cold part is self explanatory, so I will elaborate on the second part. I own two pairs of orange Nike mountain shoes. I got them on sale and thought it would be good to have two pair of shoes for those double cross weekends. While I was getting ready for saturdays cross race, I opened my bag and found two right shoes. I had a my left custom insole, so I put it in the wrong shoe and put it on my foot. It only hurt my foot a little bit. so I repositioned the cleat and went to warm up. after about three race laps my big toe really hurt, and my foot started to cramp. Why does this make me think winter is here? Cause by lap 5 both feet were numb.

3. My hair froze. Yesterday Maren and I went hiking up Rock Canyon. We took our new dog Sabaka, and the other four dogs. We went up the south fork to the saddle where it connect with the top of Slide Canyon. In the last 1.7 miles the trail climbs 2000 feet. 22% average grade. The last half mile the dogs made me break the trail. When we got to the top my hair was frozen to my sunglasses. 22 degrees and I was wet with sweat. Wicking base layers rule. I want to try that trail on my bike. I have friends who have done it but as overgrown as it is now, it would definitely be a workout.

4. It is snowing right now. And I have shoveled my driveway 3 times.

Pictures from the hike here

Dog alert, dog alert!!!!

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-11-16T16:43:00-07:00

My wife found a dog on our front porch this morning. He is a racing line of siberian husky. White, male, un-neuterd, I have posted some pics of the him here. We took him to the Utah County Animal Shelter, but we will probably adopt him if he is not claimed.

Basketball?

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-11-15T10:16:00-07:00

Last night I did something I haven't done in a long time. I watched a ball sport. I scored a free 16th row ticket to the Jazz vs. Knicks game. I used to play a lot of basketball but for the last 10 years bikes have been my outlet. I would go to the gym and play 4-5 times a week, played in a competition mens league, intramural leagues, but the way you know I was serious was that I could dunk over someone. Last night brought back tons of memories, even going way back to making paper airplanes and trying to hit the court in the old Salt Palace. So in the spirit of Bob and his top 5 lists I give you...

Racer's Top 5 Observations at the Basketball Game.

1. Different People

Every cycling event I go to I see the same people, sure there are variations, but there are always people you know there. Last night I was alone. Just one of 16,000 people. I knew no one.

2. Zone Defense Now Legal

What happened to Coach Sloan yelling at the refs that the defense was illegal. Golly this game has changed. It seems a lot more like college ball. Speaking of that, those guys are young now. I think one player was in high school last year.

3.Ostertag Still Sucks

I thought Utah got rid of him years ago, what was he doing back. I was waiting for Mark Eaton to show up for the 4th quarter.

4. Fans? Whatever

I think the Jazz scored 8 points in the 3rd quarter. After one long series of missed shots, and poor execution, they finally scored. The crowd went crazy. I couldn't help but notice the sarcastic tone.

5 I like the Knicks

Towards the end of halftime as the Knicks were warming up for the 3rd quarter, I realized that their team colors were blue and orange. "Um yeah, I'm, gonna have to ask you to be a Knicks fan, they have the right color, and I think that that is important, so can you do that for me?" the little voice in my head said.

Fall Moab 2006

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-11-07T12:24:00-07:00

Every year Fall Moab get planned. I usually am busy with cross, trying to hold on to that top 5 points position, or top 10 like last year. Well this year that is not happening. With moving the shop and going to 24 hours of Moab, I have already missed too many cross races to factor in the points. So I went to Fall Moab 2006. That is right 2006. We work in product and fiscal years. Calendar years are so outdated.

I missed the friday ride cause of work, but drove down on saturday morning to meet them at the Gold Bar Rim trail head. I got talked into riding the Vicious Cycles Custom 29er single speed.

Had a lot of fun. Had some great mexican food. Came home.

Kenny posted some photos here
Fatty has some great coverage here

The 24 hours team get publicity

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-11-01T09:22:00-07:00

Chuck, Gregy Kenny and Heinrich
1st Ridged Singlespeed
7th overall

http://www.fisherbikes.com/happenings/news.asp?id=158

Historical shop pictures

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-10-03T13:07:00-06:00

The Fat Cyclist recently did an entry on bike shops. Since I was included I am putting up some pictures so every one can see what he is writing about.

We should be in the new building sometime this week.

New official address

159 w 500 N
Provo, UT 84601
801-375-5873

24 hrs and Bart G

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-09-15T10:09:00-06:00

Granny Gear has been using my man Bart as poster boy for this year's 24 Hours of Moab.
I think this picture is from about 1997

If you go to their website they still have Indohran up from last years adds. Personally I like the vintage Bart G.

159 West 500 North

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-09-13T13:39:00-06:00

Here we see Wyatt Petersen working on the floor of the new home of Racer's Cycle Service.

We hope to be in by the end of the month

Chucky

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-08-23T11:22:00-06:00

Cyclingnews.com has the coolest pic of Chucky doing the Powerline climb at Leadville.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2005/features/nelson_leadville2/5495a_72dpi

be sure to check the related story.

Leadville 100

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-08-18T10:14:00-06:00

I finished the Leadville 100 in 9:32. I fought cramps for the last seven hours. Very happy to be done, but looking forward to next year. I have belt buckle envy. I have 2 small ones but I want a big one. I 'll have to train for next year. Not "train more", just train. Cause there was none of that this year.

The Racer's Cycle Team did great. Five sub nines, two category wins, five first time finishers, one guy doing audio interviews, and one guy with a disposable camera..

Sub 9
Chuck Gibson "Trucker"
Kenny Jones
Mark Johannsen
Bryant Christensen
Riley Frazier

Category Winners
Chucky 1st M2, Fourth overall
Mark and Serena Warner 1st Tandem

First Timers
Chuck Gibson "Trucker"
Mark Johannsen
Jon Hansen
Craig Farnsworth
Delena Hansen

Finishers
Chuck Gibson "Trucker"----------Gary Fisher 29er hardtail
Kenny Jones------------------------Gary Fisher 29er hardtail
Mark Johannsen-------------------Gary Fisher 29er hardtail
Bryant Christensen----------------Gary Fisher 29er hardtail
Riley Frazier-------------------------Gary Fisher 29er hardtail
Racer Gibson------------------------Gary Fisher 29er hardtail
Mark and Serena Warner--------Cannondale Tandem
Elden Nelson------------------------Gary Fisher Sugar
Jon Hansen--------------------------Sabrosa Cycles 29er ridged
Craig Farnsworth-------------------Gary Fisher 29er hardtail
Delena Hansen---------------------Sabrosa Cycles 29er ridged

Big-time personal battle winners
Trucker & Kenny: Crushin' the corporate monster
Maren: The Powerline decent. She rode 100% of it and called it good.

Congrats to all

My race pictures Taken during the race on the bike

Racer

Look What The Cats Dragged In

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-08-02T11:35:00-06:00

Are you missing any Nerf rockets? If so my cat probably stole them and brought them into the house in the middle of the night. So far they have managed to capture four of them. I have no idea how far they are bringing them, but our house is surrounded by old people so they have to be getting them from at least two or three houses away. Much better than the beheaded bird that was in the house yesterday. but we think that was the dogs.

Boise Twilight Criterium Pics

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-07-26T11:06:00-06:00

My friend Joe snapped a bunch of great pictures of the race on Saturday. Sadly I raced poorly and got pulled , but not before a chase egged on by a great crowd. It was a hard race. Just before the race the guy who eventually won came up to Ina (who won the women's race) and said "Hey, I use to race on Postal with you brother Sven". Yeah, I need to train more to race guys like that. I did manage to attack with 2 to go in Sunday's Morning After Crit. I feel better about that.

Better site than mine

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-07-07T20:23:00-06:00

Fat Cyclist Is maintained by my good friend Elden. If you ever check my site and are disappointed that it has not been updated, feel free to visit his.

2006 Poprad

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-07-07T20:17:00-06:00

This bike is beautiful, and it matches team clothing thank you

Team Clothing

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-06-27T13:04:00-06:00

we now have all our team clothing in at the shop. If you ordered any stop by to get it, if not we have a few extra pieces.

New blog software

racer@racerjared.com — 2005-06-27T12:43:00-06:00

I got some new software to run my site.
I hope it works better than the last stuff

Hoodia Gordonii