Thursday, June 30, 2011

Rapha Rising! BRING THE PAIN!!!


http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-rising

21,125m of climbing in 22 day's, YES I CAN! & YES I WILL!. Finally being 5'5 comes in handy :) living in southern CA with the SGV cannons pretty much in my back yard i plan on using some of the best local climbs to my advantage, one being Mt. baldy which was stage 7 of the tour of amgen. I calculated that if i ride my usual 1,000 meters or about 3,333 feet a day i will reach the goal of 21,125m in 22 days, this course usually takes me a little more than 2 hours. Not only do i look forward of winning that Rapha Galibier jersey i look forward to improving as a cyclist so please follow me through this fun competition i will be posting up my results daily starting  july 2nd. Also thank you Rapha for putting this together it  will increase the fun of my tour de france , you guys ARE AWSOME! 

Friday, June 17, 2011

The Bianchi Bubble Gum








This is my first build so i wanted to make it extra special. The more i get into cycling the more i learn about the history, With the new era of carbon fiber frames i think a lot of people forget about the craftsmanship of steel frames so i really wanted that to stand out in this build, so what better components to represent that than no other than Chris king , Thomson seat post, &  brooks saddles. I also wanted to change it up with a modern retro look, I know i could of played it safe as a classic retro look with a silver headset & BB but i decided to go with pink since it pops out so much and represents Chris kings pretty and strong line. The Celeste green & pink combo really reminded me as bubble gum so i thought that would be a great name for this project. I hope to have it finished up soon, I will post up more pics soon.