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May
27
Avoid hotel scams when booking travel for Interbike
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Just a quick note here to beware of hotel scams leading up to the show. Recently we have learned from a few exhibitors, unfortunately, that there are a few unscrupulous companies that are calling Interbike exhibitors with hotel and travel offers and who claim to be representing Interbike. Worse still, there is at least one travel company that has told exhibitors that they will cancel their Interbike booth if they did not book their hotel through them. We have heard in the past, also, that a few of these travel companies have done worse than just lie about their connection to Interbike.
Rest assured that no travel company has the authority or ability to interfere with your Interbike booth and the only company that can claim to have any relationship with Interbike is our official travel partner, Travel Planners Inc. You can access their site securely through the Hotel & Travel page of Interbike.com.
While we do guarantee the lowest rates at the hotels on our list through Travel Planners and carefully monitor and adjust your rate if the hotel lowers prices after you make your reservation, there is no obligation to use them in booking your travel and housing for the show. If you choose to use another travel company, we strongly recommend that you choose a well-known and reputable company to avoid any disappointments or problems down the road.
May
23
New Spokesmen Podcast with Bob Roll
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Had the pleasure of recording a new episode of The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable podcast this morning. Other participants this week were host David Bernstein, Donna Tocci of Ingersol-Rand/Kryptonite, and DL Byron of BikeHugger.com. Special guest this week was the inimitable Bob Roll of pro cycling and Tour day France tv commentary fame.
Bob was an awesome guest as we talked about a variety of subjects. We were able to coax some old ’88 Giro memories ofu the epic snowy Gavia Pass stage. Great stuff. Definitely worth a listen.
Check it out on iTunes or at www.the-spokesmen.com .
May
22
Memories of Steve Larsen
Filed Under Cycling, Industry News, Photos, Racing | 1 Comment
As most of you have heard by now, former pro Steve Larsen passed away earlier this week while out training. It was a shock to me for two reasons. First, was that I had the pleasure of getting to know the man about 10 years ago and second, I just turned the age that he was when he died.
While I can’t claim that Steve and I were friends, at a previous employer of mine we sponsored his mtb racing career and I was able to speak with him fairly regularly and met him at a few races during the season. Eventually, he purchased a shop in his native Davis, California, and he became a customer of mine, too. Always a great person, very professional as a representative of our brand, appreciative of our sponsorship and a fast and savvy racer. When I heard of his passing, I dug through my pile of memento jerseys and photo albums to find the items in the two photos accompanying this post.
The photo of me with him was taken circa 2000 when he was dividing his time between his mtb racing career and doing a few choice road races for the old Prime Alliance team. We were at the USPro race in Philadelphia in the photo. I don’t remember how he did there, but as you can see in the photo of the jersey, he had just won back the stars and stripes jersey as NORBA National champ.
The bike community lost a great man and racer. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends at this time.
A memorial service is planned for Saturday at 1 pm in his hometown of Bend, Oregon. Information about the service, a memorial ride and memorial fund that has been set up can be found over at VeloNews.
May
11
New “The Spokesmen” Podcast episode
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Just had the pleasure of participating in the latest episode of the Spokesmen Roundtable Podcast, hosted by David Bernstein. The other guests were Tim Jackson, brand manager of Masi Bicycles, Carlton Reid, editor of Bike Biz, and Donna Tocci, director of social media for Ingersoll Rand/Kryptonite Locks. We typically record these on Saturday mornings at 7:30 am California time.
Click the image above or subscribe in iTunes to listen.
Current events last week leaned more heavily toward pro cycling issues this week, but there were equally interesting discussions of the UCI’s recent decision to crackdown on innovative bicycle design and helmet non-use as a mitigating factor in determining punishment in fatal car-cyclist accidents.
My tip this show was in the spirit of the racing theme of the show. I recommended a book by former pro, Thomas Prehn, called Racing Tactics for Cyclists. With all the books available on how to achieve fitness to race, this book teaches you what to do now that you’re fit and standing on the starting line of your race. Good stuff.
May
8
Maurice Tierney, publisher of new Bicycle Times magazine
Filed Under Cycling, Exhibitor News, Industry News, Interbike, Video | 1 Comment
While at the recent Sea Otter Classic event in Monterey, CA, I was really pleased to be able to run into Maurice Tierney, publisher of the new Bicycle Times magazine and the venerable Dirt Rag, in the media center. He was kind enough to step outside into the unseasonably sunny Monterey weather for a quick interview.
The inaugural issue of BT had just been published and I was very excited to finally lay eyes on it since it further extends the reach of urban and transportation cycling in the media. I’ve really enjoyed the passion for cycling and the personality that the Dirt Rag team has always put into that magazine and have great expectations for what they can do with BT. Best of luck, guys!
TALES FROM SEA OTTER 2009 – Bicycle Times from CYCLEFILM on Vimeo.
Funny story about this video. So I start interviewing Maurice and notice that he’s got a clear plastic disposable fork sticking out of the right side of his cap. Now as a straight-laced native New Englander, who am I to question Maurice on his sense of style? Maybe all the cool kids are sporting plastic fork head gear these days. So I say nothing and continue the interview. After we’re done and just chatting a bit, he leans his head over and out falls the fork with a plunk on the concrete. He says, “Hey, was this fork sicking out of my hat the whole time?” Turns out he was camping out while at SOC and had just left his camping fork in his cap by accident. So don’t go getting any strange ideas about Maurice from his, um, accessorizing.
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