Cervelo Brainbike

Day 1

Longmont CO.

Dave and I got here early and got to borrow some bikes ( RS’s ). We road up from Longmont up to jamestown, and I mean UP. it took us 1hr 10 min to get up to Jamestown. then we went past Jamestown, and the road got f*&^ing steep….. for the next 35 min, it was a brute of a climb. but we topped out after climbing for 2 hrs total. Both of us wanted to turn around a few times, the lungs were burning and no gears left ( cervelo RS’s come stock with 50/34’s, and we both needed more gears )  and the road still when up and up. We both “paperboyed” accross the road a few times. Once we topped out on the climb we turned around and it took us around 10 min’s to get back down to Jamestown ( easly going over 90km/hr quite a few times ) and then working the rest of the down hill down lefthand canyon back down to Longmont.  My legs are so tired now…..
Beer and Pizza was so good……

now it’s off to lay down and rest for tomorrow, New toys and Sales meatings and a few more epic rides up in the “hills” here down in Colorado

Day 2

Well it was more about Work. Loking back over Cervelo 2009 and how the year was and what transpired.

The launching of the Test Team and what they have accomplished so far this year, both Men’s and Wm’s teams was a big undertaking. Looking back it was fun to see the underdog fight and come out on top for the month of June, and Having the top rider in the pro tour all in their first year. Hopefully Thor can take the Green jersey all the way to Paris.

We looked at Test Team Travel, and wow, if only I didn’t just do a Kitchen reno. You can sing up, fly to watch the team race, but you get a CTT kit, a chance to ride some of the Race route and then have dinner with the team after. I don’t think I could ride and hang out whiht Mr. Armstrong, But you could ride and hang out with Thor or Carlos…..

Then we got to see all of the new 2010 Cervelo’s, and wow. I might need / want a new ride for next year. That’s all I can say at this time, untill after interbike…..That afternoon Dave and I only had one and a half hr’s to ride, so we headed out for a hot 90deg F ride in the sun……Not as much climbing but we had a nice spin. That night Cervelo took 50 of us out for a great dinner in down town Boulder. Dave was all over the Mojito’s and I was enjoying the Wine ( our glasses kept on filling up)

Day 3

This was a free day to rome, on the RS’s. Once we sat down with our Cervelo Rep to go over what we might bring nito the shop for 2010. That was easy…. a few of these and some of thoes…. Then we got ready to Ride…. But we were all glued to the Lab tops watching Heinrich Haussler delivering a stunning solo victory. Very cool.

Dave and I headed up to Jamestown again in a group of 10, I watched Dave ride away up the road up with a bunch of Cat1 riders…… Dave held on and reached into his suitcase of courage for the next  3-4 miles, then he smartly stopped and then road with me…. I thanked him for stopping,  But he laughed and told me he was riding at 95% just to keep with them and they just kept dropping gear after gear. Dave and I then road up smartly to Jamestown, picking off a few riders that got spit out the back. We got to the top and then ripped down hill, both of us carving down the turns trying to get all the way down with out using our brakes.  What a great way to finish up a riding I mean Buying trip.  It was work trip…….