Day 150, Rock Racing, De Rosa Bike

Day 149, Rock Racing, De Rosa Bike, originally uploaded by solostandfound.

I am such a fan of cylcing. One part of it is the macines. Those beautiful and yet simple machines. I love my bike, but I must admit, it is a little like looking at porn to see these rides. De Rosa, Pinnarello, Cerevelo, Trek, Cannondale, Felt, Look.

These are beautiful. I love my Cannondale, but if I ever hit the lotto I would probably start a collection like Robin Williams legendary collection. Well, until my wife got mad about tripping over another bike.

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Day 106, Bikes From The 2008 Tour of California

IMG_7737.jpg, originally uploaded by solostandfound.

Here are some shots from Sunday in the AM. It is really cool that you can tour the "pit" area before the start and interact maybe with some of the riders. Here are the bikes from Astana (Trek), CSC (Cerevelo), Rock Racing (De Rosa) and the Mavic support vehicle. It is a thing of beauty to see these machines. I have been in love with bikes ever since my parents gave me my first one, a little red Schwinn with a banana seat. That bike got passed down through all of my siblings (there were 6 of us) and my parents still have it. I want to restore it and I do know someone who does that.

My daughters are growing up with a similar love of Bicycles. They see me obsess about my Cannondale Synapse and they are riding Electras. I have a red Electra 3 and my wife has a pink Electra 3 that we ride with them. I just picked up a white 16" Electra for my youngest. It has red roses on it and she will go nuts when she gets it for her birthday.

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