GA SS Championships

The GA Single Speed Championships were fun and it was great to see all of our friends out there! Thanks so much to everyone for coming out.

John, Torre and Artur. (can't believe the Sagats are all grown up now!)

It was incredibly HOT. I mean HOT and HUMID. Time Trial and Short Track on Saturday and XC on Sunday.

Single Speed is incredible fun and the simplicity is so good for the soul.

These crazy guys raced fixies. Ah, but then Scott talked them all into taking off their brakes. I can't imagine what Hodge was like in high school......it seems he can get the guys to go along with all his crazy schemes.

Most of these pics are from Saturday. We had two great photographers out there who got some amazing shots of these guys in action.

http://www.mestaphotos.us/mestaphotosus_small/RACE_PHOTOS.html

http://www.mestaphotos.com/gallery/5913073_HoasG#367895230_jsXkH

http://pa.photoshelter.com/gallery-show/G0000A67a4HNNnc4/

Hot girlies....literally!

Serious Bob

Rusty, Scott and Trev are hilarious! Their craziness at the starts was very entertaining.

It was so good to see Sven, Ann, Maria, Jeff and so many other people that we haven't seen in a bit. I wish I had a pic of Brian's (aka Sven) 90's skinsuit and helmet. He was hilarious and was melting away in the heat.

Maria even raced two xc events, because she like the championship jersey sooo much. It looks great on her, too!!

We really love working with John. It makes this whole race promoting thing fun! He's a great official and we are very thankful to have him.

We are so lucky to be part of a sport with so many awesome people. I had a small altercation with one spectator this weekend that made me realize how really cool it is that those guys are so very rare in this sport. We have soooo many good friends who are just cool people. Thanks so much to all of you for creating a place for my boys to become great men. They have learned to be humble and show their strength on the course. Thanks again!

Everett is 16 !!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERETT (the boys have always had their own brand of humor, which is a puzzle to some, but I think is hilarious....hence the lit frog)

We have never fit the description of "normal", so why start now? What could be better on your 16th birthday, then touring a bunch of grave sites? So, we headed to Oakland Cemetery for Everett's birthday. Extremely cool place. Shey over-slept and missed his cross practice, so it was very nice to have him with us for the day.
Neat statues, head stones and mausoleums.
This is what we look like when we are not on bikes, carrying backpacks or wearing a life vest.
Next, we hit our favorite organic cafe, the Flying Biscuit. Yum.

Can't believe he is 16! Man, it has flown by. I can't say enough how much fun it has been to raise this guy and spend so many great years with him.

The ceremonial lighting of the frog.......

He saved the frog from a terribly painful head-burn.

Yeah, so the cake didn't quite make it to the actual birthday, but Southern Sweets makes an AWESOME German Chocolate Cake that is perfect for dinner and breakfast!

Everett has a great love of gas masks, so we found a t-shirt with people riding bikes, while wearing gas masks. So fitting.

Jansen....enough said.

Single Speed Conversion Video

Here is a video created by Shey and Everett to show how to convert a geared bike into a single speed. So, get it done and come out to play at the Georgia Single Speed Championships in two weeks!!

http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=ZKtTEAaHHvg

http://www.gsschamp.com/

Cool Pics from the Cyclocross Clinic

Here are a few shots from our Cyclocross Clinic this weekend. Huge thanks to everyone for coming out. We always have so many great friends who come to make sure everyone gets the attention and instruction they need. We had a blast and hope everyone else did, as well!

They were jumping barriers like pros within a few minutes!

Ah, those fun run-ups.

We had 17 awesome guys and girls out today. The weather was PERFECT!!! Four Cycle Youth guys showed and picked up the skills very quickly.
Part of the Hinkle dynamic duo. Seriously getting some air.

Kindle, showing us how it's done.

Brent and Trent, from Conte's, race over the barriers. HUGE thanks to Scooter for mowing the area for us. We were very happy that Conte's allowed us to use their field and more importantly....their bathroom!

The other Hinkle powerhouse. This guy was flying on his seat before you could blink and could clear those barriers in seconds!

Just a little practice and those barriers are not so scary.

All photos by Everett Lindner.

Georgia Single Speed Championships are Coming...

Our favorite race is coming up! Georgia Single Speed Championships will be here soon.

It's being held in Macon and, word to the wise, ........ it's not flat. We were extremely pleased with the course and it's variety. Great single-track and it's very cool to have a different kind of course each year.

The jerseys are extremely hot this year, thanks to Mr. Dan Coy. That man has some serious cycling art talent. (I'm still dying for one of his gravel/dirt road shirts with the cool skeleton guy.)

Check out the argyle! This will be the prize to win for sure!

Of course we have to have pint glasses. And socks are coming, too. Not just any socks, but those cool tall socks with retro stripes, argyle and everything!

Shey and Adam are class acts and do everything in their power to put on an excellent race. It's great to work with them.

Taking a break after checking out the SS course. Of course, we HAD to play on the bmx pump track, over and over and over again!

Looking forward to seeing our crazy NC buddies again this year!

August Fun

We are thoroughly enjoying the down time and fun rides after nationals. Long rides with friends and family and commuting to Jansen's work. Ice Cream has never tasted so good!!

Shey and Adam have been working on the GSSC race and cyclocross series all year, but it is crunch time for the rest of us.




Everett grew two pumpkins and roasted the seeds from one. Yum!











Shey's Birthday brought two new kids into our family.....baby goats, that is.

















The guys heading off for a birthday ride.





Park Tools, more Twin Six shirts and socks and goats. Cool birthday!








Ooooooh. A big man hex wrench.





Lots of fliers to be folded, prizes to be picked up, clinics to be put on and paper work to be filled out. (I can't wait until the end of December....ya know....when we get to sleep, again!) But, it's all great fun and totally worth it when we see the racers having a good time.