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If you read this blog, I wanted to let you know that I'll be moving my posts over to hocroad.tumblr.com from now on. I like the layout better there, it's cleaner, and more of my friends are on it so we'll give it a try. Thanks for reading on here even though I was pretty bad at updating the past couple of months. I will try to be better on the new blog.

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-Joe

Jack Bauer's Rig

This makes me want to get a LOOK 595. This is Jack Bauer's bike. He races for Endura Racing in the UK. Oh yeah, the reviews and details of the frameset are pretty bad ass too! I won't be getting a new frameset for a while, but one can look right?!


www.enduraracing.com

www.cyclingnews.com

-Joe

HTC HIGHROAD S WORKS

Seen on the cyclingnews.com news feed. I'm not sure yet, but I think I liked their Scott's better....




-Joe

Bobcat Trail

The days here in San Francisco have been amazing this week. This morning I rode up in the headlands again with Connor and he took me on the Bobcat Trail that led down to Tennessee Valley Rd. It was definitely fun, and I'm excited to do more exploring and find some new fire roads. Naveen's getting his crossbike soon so that should be fun times ahead!



-Joe

Slammed

A shot from belgiumkneewarmers.com. They got tons of endless Pro Peloton photos on there and they're fun to look at. If you're on break from work, check them out!

-Joe

Cadel's Impec

I'm assuming you guys caught the WC race yeah? Cadel rode pretty awesome during the race, defending his worlds title with class. Right about this time last year when he won it, I slowly became a fan of his while knowing that many people out there didn't really like his whiny attitude, and lackluster riding. It didn't bother me one bit and I still rooted for him as the underdog, and this past year he raced pretty awesome, wearing the rainbow jersey with pride and respect, while winning some great races - La Fleche Wallone and Stage 7 of the Giro!

Here's his custom IMPEC. I wonder how much the the IMPEC frameset will retail for? All handmade by machine. Not exactly ready for a new race bike just yet, but it is in the back of my mind in terms of what my options are! I will probably ride my GIANT for another season. I love that thing (Maybe I'll get a white one?)!



-Joe

The Headlands

Before I left for NYC, I got a chance to go for an epic morning ride with Connor and Travis on the cross bikes. Super fun and mad tiring. I feel out of shape riding with those guys, but that's probably because I AM out of shape as I haven't really been riding since my trip to NYC and Europe. It does feel good to be off the bike though. Excited to start riding again though. During the ride there was lots of dirt, bushes, carrying the bikes while hiking up small mountains, and timeless views of the bay. Another awesome morning.





-Joe

NetApp

The Team NetApp Focus Cayo bikes are fresh. I'm digging the blue color with that 3T fork. Nice.







www.teamnetapp.eu

-Joe

Argon 18

New 2011 Gallium Pro is "mad nice son". I'd ride that shit. Check out that MASSIVE bottom bracket area as well as the beefcake chainstays.










http://www.flickr.com/photos/argon18bike/

-Joe

Worlds

The UCI world championships are just around the corner and I'm pretty excited to see what unfolds. Rooting for these two.



Check out this new Ridley Helium Flanderien ed. with the limited SRAM red group from the TDF. Sick.



photos from pezcyclingnews.com

In other news, I think we might be moving this blog to a tumblr format soon. What do you think? It should be good!

-Joe

Tourists

Chcuk, David, Nathan, and Kris made the long drive from Las Vegas. Long story short, we rode bikes, ate great food, rode some more, ate some more, raced the Giro, and they went back to vegas. I don't think these guys have ever ridden any terrain this damn beautiful that we have in the bay. Good times with the vegas contingent.



Full recap of their trip through David's words/photos at www.legitimusmaximus.tumblr.com

-Joe

Super Six

Dom's new SuperSickx



Looks PRO Dom, good job on the build.

-Joe

Labor Day Racing

Our good friend David snapped some photos from the Giro di San Francisco this past labor day.... The weather was perfect, the racing was fast and intense, and the spectators were great. It was awesome to finally race with Chcuk and also ride around the bay with Nathan, David, and Kris! The day before the race I took the boys up to Mt. Tam and the views, as always, were nothing short of spectacular and they loved it. A short trip is in order to vegas to ride with those guys again. Valley of Fire/ Mt. Charleston? Lets do it. Check out David's blog at www.legitimusmaximus.tumblr.com for a nice recap of their whole weekend in San Francisco.

*More photos to come that Saskia took...


















-Joe

Giro di San Francisco

If you want to enjoy your Labor Day with some great local bike racing, come out to Levi Plaza tomorrow and watch the Giro di San Francisco! Chcuk and I race at 2pm.



metromintcycling.org

-Joe

Super Sprint

Saskia participated in her first super sprint all women's triathalon and took 10th overall, placing 3rd in her age category of 20-29. She did a great job in each discipline for not being the most experienced swimmer and runner. Naturally, she made up lots of time on the bike leg of the race. I think I was cheering her on like a crazy mad man! Great job Sas ;)

-Joe

Pause

I like this shot from Tom Robertson. Seen at tomrobertsonphoto.com via freemantransport.com. Check out his site for more nice photos.

-Joe

MTB

Wouldn't mind either of these Indy Fab's right about now...






-Joe

TOU Stage 4

Jeff Louder of BMC was one of my first favorite riders when I started following pro cycling last year(I know, nOOb). He won the tough looking stage 4 crit of this year's Tour of Utah. He attacked about halfway through the race on the 1 mile course that had a 12% kicker. Riders were getting dropped left and right, and also being lapped! Crazy... My friend Eric Lippincott was there actually handing out bottles? Eric if you happen to read this, hit me up!


(photo: velonews.com)

-Joe

KBS Orca

Not usually a big fan of Orbea's, but this Kelly Benefits edition one is pretty nice.



-Joe

Posted

Only because of those blue hoods. I like that blue... and maybe the wheels too...



-Joe