It may not come as a surprise to many of you to find that we are a proud sponsor of a race team that is also affiliated with beer...good beer...even a bear drinks it. Thirsty Bear/CVC/Barlata/3 Ring Cycles is the 2009 title for this great group based out of San Francisco.
Thirsty Bear is actually a Spanish Tapas restaurant on Howard St. in San Francisco and Barlata will be an affiliate restaurant opening soon in Berkely. Part owner will be the famed Astana rider Jose Rubiera who, after this years TdF, has been heard to say he would like to spend more time in Cali and wait tables in his own restaurant.
The team currently consists of 52 members and growing fast! For more information about the team, how to join etc. contact Hans Gouwens at hans@headsuprehab.com.
And stay tuned for more info on our website at www.3ringcycles.com

3 Ring Cycles launches Junior team(informally...any kid who wants to ride!)

At 3 Ring Cycles we get them started young! This is one of our up and coming riders, Jack Wyatt, who loves to tear it up on the mountain! Jack is 7 and rides frequently with his dad, Whitney ~ dad is having to deal with the advantage of youth and his comment along with this pic was "Here is my last pic of anything to do with bikes. I kove golf!..."(we're thinking the Kove part is a typo but for purposes of literal quotations needed to keep that in there). Though we're still not 100% exactly what this means, we hope he's not serious.

With 2 younglings of our own we are huge promoters of kids on bikes(and kids on bikes safety). Lindsay, who has a lot of FREE time apparently, has been the Team Lead at Sidney's elementary school for Safe Routes to School for the past 2 years. It's encouraging to see kids get excited about riding their bikes!(and even better when they do it with Mom & Dad). My biggest pet peeve...seeing kids wearing helmets alongside adults who aren't. 22 years of fitting helmets and working for Bell helmets for 5 of those...I could tell you some stories people!...just curl up on the hearth next to granny here...

Limited Edition Look 595 Cofidis!

Look Cycles continues to impress us with their sleek, stylish yet oh so fast frames. We received word today that a Limited edition Cofidis 595 frame will be released soon. We already know the prowess of this frame in its new form for 2009 but this ltd edition is something to be taken seriously! Check it out!