I had mentioned this Ride on, Tucson event in a previous post.
The weather was absolutely gorgeous after having record low temperatures earlier on in the week! There were plenty of cool bikes being ridden, including a Bike Friday tandem. The Tucson Brompton Bicycle Meetup club was there representing with 3 Bromptons (2 more were supposed to show up, but had to cancel at the last minute).
By all accounts Patrick Dempsey was a cool dude. He was happy to take frequent stops and sign stuff, get photos taken and chat. Unfortunately I didn't get to talk to Tom Danielson, but I sure he was happy just relaxing and enjoying the ride.
I have a video of a lap around the course... I hope to get it edited shortly.
Early crowd at Ride on, Tucson
Rickshaw for doggies!
Extra lids
Brompton Meetup Group members
Patrick Dempsey signing a spanish "Can't Buy Me Love" movie poster.
Patrick signing a Tully's mug for one of our Meetup members.
In this installment of my Colorado trip is about the 2012 US Pro Cycling Challenge. The tour took place from August 20 to August 26 and went throughout the state. This was my first time spectating a cycling race and it is remarkably similar to the WRC and SCCA rally races I used to frequent. The following is the list of stages I saw and the accompanying photos I took:
Stage 3 - Gunnison to Aspen: This was the first stage I spectated. Saul and I tried to beat the racers up Independence Pass on our bikes. Yeah... that didn't happen.
Glamour shot!
Stage 4 - Aspen to Beaver Creek: I got to check out all the teams before they started off. Great atmosphere!
Run BMC
Mine can go in the hatch.
Finally! Someone interesting to interview!
There's gotta be room for a unicycle!
Cycling legend George Hincapie. This was his final race event, aka retirement party!
Stage 4 leader (and eventual winner) Christian Vandevelde.
Start line
Stage 5 - Breckenridge to Colorado Springs: Again, we just hung out around the start and enjoyed ourselves.
Nice spectator area in Breckenridge.
Stage 6 - Golden to Boulder: We spectated in downtown Boulder.
Peloton being lead by BMC
Oi!
Stage 7 - Denver Time Trial: The time trial course circled downtown Denver and we were fortunate enough to catch the start and finish of the race leaders.
