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Oct
15
Sorry about that sudden break in posts after the morning post on Day 2 fo the expo. After all the events, races, parties, dinners, etc. I was getting back to my room at 11:30 each night and writing posts till 12:30am. Then the next morning I would have to be over in the Media Center at 7:30am to get things ready for the Good Morning Interbike program. I just got exhausted and couldn’t stay up that late anymore. My Google Analytics visitor stats kept going through the roof each day, so I was really trying to keep the momentum going. Alas… I’ll have to plan this better for next year and make it a priority while at the show. Lots of people were following along this year. Thanks!
It was an awesome week to experience, but boy does it tire you out. I even had to throw in the towel on doing the Industry Cup because I was just dead tired. Obviously, I was kicking myself on the night of the race as the announcer called each sponsor and VIP racer up to the line. As a sponsor (not a vip, obviously), I would have been called up along with Mario Cipollini. Which would have been cool. Even though I probably would have been pulled from the race a few laps later. I’ll have to content myself with having had the pleasure of being introduced to the Lion King as “il diretore de marketing del Interbike,” by his business partner. Excuse my poor Italian, but that’s what it sounded like over the pumpin’ music on the dance floor of the Sinclair Imports party.
Also felt a bit of remorse for having invited Cipo to race the Industry Cup after he crashed out on the last lap…
The week after Interbike had me traveling to my old home of Connecticut for a best friend’s wedding. He writes an entertaining blog about bikes, too. We were teammates for years and there were a bunch of old teammates and riding friends that Julie and I hadn’t seen since we moved out to California in 2001. Too long. A few of us took him out on a great ride on the Friday before the wedding and Nate and the guys at Stamford Cycle Center set us out-of-towners on bikes for the ride. Good thing Nate is tall, too. I rode a nice Specialized cross bike, but if I had gotten there earlier, I could have snagged the ti/carbon Serotta. Teaches me to be late… If you’re ever in southwestern Conn area, check out this great shop.
It was a great ride with some old friends and the last ride as a bachelor for my friend. Good time. The New England weather was unbelievably and unseasonably warm, so the base layer and arm and knee warmers stayed in the suitcase.
So I’ve got photos from the show still to post. I hope some of you who couldn’t make it out to the show were able to catch some of the live programming from the Media Center this year. Still working to get some of the final footage edited to get it up on out on-demand player. If you haven’t seen our videos yet, check them out here.
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2 Responses to “I’m Back”
Rich – good to have you back! I, too, couldn’t handle the posting after day 1 or so. It’s just craziness out there even when you aren’t a party-animal. Just fitting in all the business, customer dinners and such and then, of course, the booth (or, in your case the media center), makes it hard to focus on blogging at midnight. I get it!
Good to see you there. Thanks for all your help with The Spokesmen!
ha I just read this after I posted err my account of the ride
Great ride, great couple days.