California update #1

{Written from LAX waiting for flight to Taiwan}
Yeah, yeah, yeah... It has been busy, busy, busy. I've been hearing update the blog for awhile now.

This past 10 days I've been at team camp in Buellton, California. Took about 5 days to drive out here. NOt much happened on the drive. Had a little bit of bad weather but was manageable. The days at team camp revolve around mechanic work that needs to be done. Things like assembling bikes, swapping saddles, changing stems, gluing wheels, organizing the truck, etc. Even with 3 mechanics we are all busy all day long. The weather is nice and warm so being outside is a pleasure.

Gettting to know the guys although I still forget who is who sometimes. One skinny guy can look like the next skinny guy.

Here are some pics over the last two weeks.


The gateway to the west. I always get excited to "head west". I enjoy reading about the early migration westward in United States history. Especially the mountain men and Louis and Clark.


The truck has shelf bed to nap on.


Stopped in Flagstaff for the night and the storm.


Driving


Working spot



The glow

Thanks CD

[this is a first of sorts. CD has been kind enough to update my blog for me. Thanks Chris!. It's good to have friends in the trenches with me]

A brief update for those fans of Dougie who crave the insight and updates of life as a pro mechanic: Doug has been pinned down under a mass of bike parts and shipping/receiving/inventory duty trying to get TeamType1 off and flying out of the box for 2008. We are currently right at precipice of racing in Malaysia and doing a wind tunnel project in NC with some athletes, all ahead of the team camp in California at the end of the month. Doug has been taking on the bulk of the work at the service course in getting all the racing equipment ready for the diverse TT1 early season ventures. This means Doug has been putting in the late nights, weekends and overtime to coordinate and orchestrate all that is technical for TT1. So please cut him some slack on the lack of blog updates. When we get to camp in California i will make sure that Doug gets plenty of downtime and writes/posts with pics some good updates.

"Serenity now, serenity now", as Doug said yesterday.

Holla-

CD