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So I promised a link to the podcast from the KBOO Bike Show last Wednesday. Here it is at PortlandTransport. Overall I was pretty happy with the way it turned out. The hosts, Ayleen and Tori, were great to work with. I really wasn't too sure what to expect going in, but they seemed genuinely interested in the competitive side of cycling and had some really good questions to ask as well. After the first 20 minutes of basic discussion about bike racing, they started taking calls and to their apparent surprise there were actually people on the line. The first caller, a guy from "team beer," seemed intent on making me look like a pompous elitist by pointing out how inclusive his team was and, by extension, how exclusive the rest of us are. But it turned into a great chance to segue into a discussion on local racing and how easy it is to get involved. It also gave an opportunity to distance bike racers from the full pro-team-kit wearing "Bike Path World Champions." Those guys drive everyone nuts and give all bike racers a bad name. Don't be one.

Later that morning, Evan Elken and I met our coach, Jeannette Rose, out at the Alpenrose Velodrome to play with our time trial bikes a bit. We were hoping to find the place empty so we could do our thing without being in anyone's way, but we ended up right in the middle of the Bike Central team practice session. Sorry guys, hopefully our ineptitude at least provided you with a few laughs. We toyed with my position a little, so now I won't be slow in time trials anymore. I also managed not to clip a pedal and fall off the track. That would have been embarrassing.

Why so slow?

Now I'm over in Sunriver waiting for the start of Cascade on Wednesday. Adrienne was here for a couple days with me, but I'm on my own now to mix with all of the Californians and their tanned trophy wives. I've been feeling great and getting some good rides in around the area, including a beautiful ride up to Newberry Crater this morning. Pictures are below. That's enough for now.

Paulina Lake, in the middle of the Newberry Crater.

Mt. Bachelor and the South Sister, looking north from the Newberry Crater.

Another view from the top.

6 Comments:

t-bear said...: well done- now along with having our sexuality constantly in question as we ride around in tight pants, you have created the assumption that we are all articulate, learned, and friendly. i'll just have to turn the jerk knob up a little to make up for it.; 4:10 PM
Anonymous said...: dude, you were killing me at that stupid road race. i gotts go get fit so i dont get beat up on like that. kill it at cascade and dont let oneil win again. he sucks, you should just beat him in the tt by like 5 minutes and then make him ride the front for you from now on.

nasty; 4:16 PM
K-Man said...: Yea! Another post!

T-Bear turning up the jerk knob? Is that even possible?

Nasty should come up and play at PIR once in awhile. Doug makes us suffer there too.; 6:49 PM
erikv said...: Thanks for the new post, it's a good read. Now if the other two kids above would do the same...; 9:42 PM
q-tang said...: d00d,
u happen to have another link to that radio file?; 11:38 PM
dougollerenshaw said...: The link to the podcast is fixed. Thanks for pointing out the error.; 3:41 PM

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Monday, July 09, 2007

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