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posted Wednesday, February 22, 2006 5:06 PM

Aspiring Pro Cyclists! Someone from the Travel Channel contacted me. They are looking for someone who aspires to be a professional cyclist for an episode of a television show where they give people the chance to experience their dream job for a few days. If you think you can handle 3 days of pro cycling training and would like to show your stuff on TV, pull together a 2-minute audition video discussing what you do for a living now and why you're so passionate about being a pro cyclist (preferred formats for your audition video being DVD, VHS, or miniDV). Drop me a line (use the Contact Me link off of my homepage) and I'll let you know where to send your tape. The deadline for receipt of the tapes is Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, so you'll have to sprint.

As for the rest of this page, I don't live in Seattle anymore, so some links here may bestale. I'm not updating this page anymore, but some of the content may still be useful so I've left it up.

Cool Stuff

Ciclosport bike computers

I've go through a different cycling computer every year, it seems, and it's not because I'm some sponsored bike pro. It's because they're mostly pieces of junk. We can put men on the moon and run cars on hydrogen fuel cells and yet we can't build a decent bike computer?

This is the latest one I'm trying, and so far it's been a keeper. Leave it to the Germans to build some sweet circuitry; remember, this is the country that churns out BMWs. They're not cheap, but perhaps this one will last more than one season before losing its mind.

Tour de France Soundtracks by Kraftwerk

Okay, this really has nothing to do with cycling. But Kraftwerk is cool, and they're still alive?! Look, there are cyclists on the cover.

Rides

Seattle Rides--Maps/Cue Sheets

The old pdfs of the Seattle bike ride cue sheets have been moved. Jim Eanes of the Seattle Bicycle Touring Club sent me this link to updated cue sheets. I've also archived these old cue sheets I used back when I lived in Seattle:

• Mercer Island/Seward Park Loops
• Bainbridge Island loop
• Lake Washington Loop
• Best of the Northwest 1999 (50 mile version)
• Best of the Northwest 1998
• San Juan Islands loop
• West Seattle loop
• RAMROD Training Series Rides (cue sheet for 6 different rides)

The Best Hills in Seattle (send me your nominations)

• Seattle's Highest Hills and Steepest Grades
• 65th Ave., off the Burke Gilman, aka Rachael's hill (185 feet in vertical elevation if starting from the Burke Gilman)
• 70th Ave., off the Burke Gilman (200 feet in vertical elevation)
• Queen Anne hill
• Madrona Ave., from Lake Washington Blvd. bus circle on up
• The hill in Kirkland on the North Lake Washington Loop (400 feet in vertical elevation from bottom to top)
• Madison Ave., from the lake up to 23rd Ave.

Cycling Stuff

Suggested Reading

Suggested Videos/DVDs

Online Shopping

• Performance Bike
• Colorado Cyclist
• Nashbar
• Bike World
• World Cycling Productions
• eTrek Store

Coaching

• Carmichael Training Systems

Road bike manufacturers of note

• Colnago
• Lemond
• Litespeed
• Look
• Merlin
• Pinarello
• Serotta
• Seven Cycles
• Specialized
• Trek

Equipment Reviews

• Road Bike Review

Bike Camps/Trips

• Backroads: offers a huge number of cycling trips all over the world.
• Bicycle Adventures
• Bike Riders
• Bike Vermont
• Breaking Away: the oldest and perhaps most well known of the bike camps, run by good guy Greg Hogan. I went with them to the Tour de France for a week in 2003.
• Breton Bikes
• Butterfield and Robinson
• Carpenter/Phinney Bike Camps
• CTS Camps: pricey, but as close as you'll ever come to feeling like a professional cyclist. Your chance to meet Chris Carmichael and others who've worked on the pro tour. Best for more serious cyclists.
• Cycle Italia
• Easy Rider Tours
• Erickson Cycle Tours: Seattle-based European tour operator.
• Steve Bauer Bike Tours: former racing pro Steve Bauer offers a variety of trips.
• Trek Travel: a new name in luxury cycling vacations. A chance to mingle with cycling celebrities like US Postal and Lance Armstrong, but at the cost of a compact car. The types of people who can afford trips like this usually don't have enough time to ride their bikes.

Seattle Bike Shops

• Aaron's Bicycle Repair (shop and bike Rentals - West Seattle)
• BikeFit: a good shop if you want a custom fit Seven cycle.
• Bike Works
• Blazing Saddles (rentals - downtown)
• Davidson Handbuilt Bicycles (custom frames at Elliot Bay Bicycles in Seattle)
• Elliot Bay Bicycles (two blocks from Pike Place Market)
• FreeRange Cycles (in bustling downtown Fremont)
• Garland Cycle (Spokane - just a short hop away!)
• Gregg's GreenLake Cycles (shop and bike rentals - stores in GreenLake, Aurora, Redmond...)
• Il Vechhio (scenic Leschi on Lake Washington Blvd)
• Kenny the Bike Doctor (on Seattle streets working from his Van)
• Montlake Cycles (Montlake, Redmond, Kirkland)
• Recycled Cycles (on Lake Union - Boat Street in the U-District)
• R+E Cycles (custom frames/bicycles/shop - On the Ave in the U-District close to GreenLake)
• Ti Cycles (custom frames/bicycles/shop - University Village)
• Vashon Island Bicyles (downtown Vashon - a "bike/ride saver" when riding Vashon)
• Velo Bike Shop ("South" Capitol Hill)
• Wedgewood Cycles (custom bicycles/shop - In Wedgewood, Ballard and Issaquah)