hey all...
jason over at the soiled chamois blog website sent me a link from the 24 hours of big bear. little shot of me at the end on the podium, but lots of good footage. warning though, bettter have a good connection as the file is 8meg and could take a little bit o' time to download.
check out the video here on hillbillyproud.com: hillbilly proud 24 hour of big bear footage here!
jason is actually from the 'burgh (pittsburgh for all others). used to be my old stomping grounds back in the day and is really where i started racing a lot. moraine state park, pittsburgh zoo crits, etc. mucho fun-o.
and..
another pic from worlds. this is probably one of my favorites.
and here it is
(thanks to bikeblogs.com for passing along this site to me)
this was taken by roman roth (please correct me if i screwed up the name) and i believe he was the main guy taking photos for the organizers of the race. he had a super sweet digital camera. anyhoo, about the shot. this was early in the race as i still had my shades on - took them off later as they were pretty much useless from all the grit/mud. this is what i call my classic "race face" shot - a look of determination mixed in with a somewhat "don't talk to me" face. it is usually during these moments that i am going so hard that it is often difficult for me to speak. so, for all those guys/gals i didn't say a word to when they spoke to me on the course, thanks for the kind words.
sponsors, sponsors, sponsors....
with interbike coming up, that's all i am thinking about. great time to meet the people whom stuff i ride. should be good to meet up with the folks at wobblenaught, tifosi, hammer gel, light & motion. hope to get the ball rolling for next year.
sponsorship deals pretty much have to be in early the year before as proposals need to be made and submitted before the end of october'ish. a lot of people may think that riders get stuff for free and that is the end of it. NOT BY A LONG SHOT.
it is my personal feeling that a rider is an extension of the sponsor - you need to represent, yo. you need to give them feedback. you need to send out race results and recaps. you need to be at the races. you need to be wearing their clothing. you need to be using their products, doing write ups, etc, etc, etc. guys/gals, you need to remember this because it is the least you can do for them. how else do you think tinker has been sponsored by cannondale for something like 11 years? yes, he has the results - but he is also a great PR person.
anyhoo, enough babbling.
need to grab a quick lunch and maybe look around for some old smashing pumpkins singles at the local yocal used cd shop.
sologoat out.
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