Epic Racing around the World

Its a bit of a late check in, but Blake Harlan has been busy touring Europe with his MonavieCannondale.com scalpel. I say with his bike, but not by bike. He does have a rental car.

Last weekend he stopped by Lugano, Italy to support and cheer for the riders at the World Championships.

Cycling is just a big circus and it never fails to crack me up how, no matter what country, what environment, or what time of year it is…when it comes to bike racing, you’re going to run into the same folks…friends you’d never see otherwise, and certainly rarely at home (because we’re always on the road!).

Its like Rincon, Puerto Rico all over again…well, except I’m not there. But Blake is.

As is Todd Wells.

And Mary.

And while Mitch wasn’t in Puerto Rico, he’s holding it down for us in Itatly…and obviously not too banged up from crashing in his U23 race.

I’m not sure who’s bike we’re looking at here, but there’s certainly some top notch tuning going on…Lefty tuning, tubular wheels…and a pair of old fashioned bar ends in homage to 1998.

Our fabulous wheel sponsor Reynolds makes an insanely light and durable set of  carbon tubular Lefty compatible wheels…but the tire selection has been what’s held me back, personally, from going after that setup. Maybe when we’re international movers and shakers they’ll be worth the investment in gluing a few sets up. In the meantime, I don’t think its our 450 gram Kendas holding us back.

Matt, Ryan, and Jamin are en route to British Columbia at the moment…Tinker, myself, and the rest of the crew are set to land Thursday evening with a stop over at Sugoi to check out the factory and pick up our new clothing for the BC Bike Race.

Stay tuned.