Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Basically any time a week of racing bikes somewhere kicks ass we’re going to do a Ten Reasons piece. There’s just so much to tell on these perfect weeks that there would be pages and pages for you, the unfortunate reader, to wade through. We’ll just condense things a bit here…

Ten Reasons why World Cup #2 in Offenburg was the bollocks:

10. Turnaround. After driving to the best place in the whole universe, the Nurburgring Nordschlieffe, only to find it closed to Touristenfahrten unexpectedly, then driving through rush hour traffic to get to our beloved Feirenhaus Woerner in Durbach, Germany, then riding in the rain and dark instead of the Belgian sun team morale wasn’t exactly low, but it sure wasn’t at an all time high. Then, the turnaround, Elke and Tom brought home delicious dinner (not just schnitzel) from the local Winestuba and all was good.

9. The Ferienhaus Worner. This place is awesome. Lots of awesome stuff happens here, like a previously unarable piece of vineyard being swiftly converted into terraced perfection, ready for grapes to take over. The view is nice too… Which works out well, because we were completely enthralled with watching the Excavator operator paint lines on this particular canvas for the better part of an afternoon. In between watching the vineyard cats stalk things…
Sunday, April 20th, 2008
This year at Houffalize we’re trying a new angle over here at Giant. Team language integration. For our efforts over on the continent this year we’ll be on the Queen’s tongue. That being all anyone who grew up speaking English knows how to use anyway (a bit pathetic, that…). Giant UK rider Oli Beckinsale is joining Tom, Elke and I at big bike meets this year.
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Picture courtesy Colin Meagher of In Motion Photography Desert singletrack is always good for early season racing. We can use our skills and rad bikes to ride fast and have a good time, regardless of actual fitness. Desert doubletrack, on the other hand, is a suspect arena… You see, the wonder of singletrack is that you can only ride it as fast as you can, well, ride it. Jeep roads, on the other hand, you can ride as fast as your pasty white legs have the strength to turn the pedals.
Friday, January 25th, 2008
Colorado Springs, Colo. —USA Cycling and the United States Olympic Committee cut the ribbon on a new BMX training facility at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. on Monday, January 21. The USOC and the national governing body celebrated the opening of only the third permanent Supercross BMX track in the world. Even more importantly, the track, designed around the Beijing course, will serve as an ideal training ground for the U.S. National Team andOlympic hopefuls.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Colorado Springs, Colo. - USA Cycling announced today the 35 athletes that are eligible to represent the United States at the 2008 Olympic Games in the disciplines of mountain bike, track and women's road cycling.