I picked up my Ritchey BreakAway yesterday from Veloce over on Hawthorne. I’ve been waiting a while as Ritchey was backordered on the bike. I was surprised to get the call because I ordered it two months ago and they told me it wouldn’t be available for six months. Anyway, the cool thing about this bike, other than the fact Tom designed it, is that it comes apart at the seat-post and the down-tube, plus the cables disassemble and the whole thing will fit into a suitcase. You can literally fly it around for free. I was getting dinged a hundred bucks either way with the other bike, and so I wasn’t taking it anywhere, obviously. So in time, this bike will pay for itself. But even though it’s a travel bike, it is stiff and responsive. It’s a ti-carbon combo. The rear triangle is carbon (save the down tube) and everything else is ti. It has the same group as my I.F. so it feels right. I took it for a ride around Portland tonight and the bike felt fine. My I.F. may get lonely this winter. One of the reasons I bought this bike is because when Tom [...]
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Last night we had a pumpkin carving party here at the house. A great time had by all. But the culminating event was definitely the tossing of the pumpkin. I hope it becomes an annual event. My friend Kevin Rogers happened to bring a video camera and caught the action. Thanks Kevin. Pumpkin Toss from Kevin Rogers on Vimeo.
Over at The Mentoring Project, we are about to launch our all-encompassing donation page. This page will feature a video that essentially invites people to participate in our program by sponsoring a mentor. That’s where you come in. We are inviting people to help us by making a (45 second or under) commercial. We will then feature your commercial on our site, and will direct our entire e-mail list to see your commercial. And we will be sure to tell people who you are in case you do this sort of thing for a living. But mostly, you’ll be helping out an incredible cause. Here’s what you need to know about TMP in order to make a commercial: • The Mentoring Project is recruiting ten-thousand mentors through one-thousand church-based programs. • It costs $5 per month to sponsor a mentor. • People can sponsor a mentor online, on the same page where your commercial will be featured. So, whether you do this sort of thing professionally, or you’re taking a class and need a good project, we’d be blessed to feature your commercial. You can e-mail your commercial link to: hannah@belmontfoundation.org We will be able to feature more than one, [...]
