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February 2008
February 27, 2008
February 26, 2008
Team Timex 2008 TTX - orange paint!
Tristan Brown at Team Timex was kind enough to send these photos back to Trek. The Timex team frames left the factory before I got a chance to snap some pictures! Thanks, Tristan!
Orange! Very cool and very unique. I have no idea if this will be a paint scheme that Trek will offer to the public or if it will remain Team Timex issue only. Check out the new Trek font.
February 25, 2008
Beating the Odds
A huge congratulations goes out to Levi for winning the Tour of California. It was a well fought victory and he deserves it. Of course he could not have done it without his team but the amount of time and effort that he puts into his training really paid off. Here is a photo he sent to Trek after an epic ride; when you are this dedicated to riding your bike you too might be able to win the Tour of California.
Photo by Janez Brajkovic
Levi's Stars and Stripes Madone
Levi received a Madone with the Stars and Stripes theme just before the Tour of California. Unfortunately this paint scheme is not available to the public and will remain a special gift to the US National Champion. No one was weighing bikes at the ToCA but with the spec shown in this photo I expect it to was less than 15 lbs. Levi's grown fond of that Bontrager Inform saddle so he swapped the entire seat cap from his Astana team paint bike. The colors don't match but it performs just fine.
February 22, 2008
Trek at the Tour of California
For the first time in its three year history, Trek Bicycle made an expo presence at the Tour of California. Teams riding Trek bikes have won stages and the overall at the ToCA in the past. This year we put in a big effort to be more in touch with the public by having a booth space.
Set up and ready to go before the expo was officially open
The weather cooperated for the first half of the week. The crowds were great.
His name is Junior. He is darn proud of this rig.
LetLeviRide.com is catching on.
The boycott could grow to be big enough to catch the ASO's attention.
February 19, 2008
Putting it all together
Levi is the National Champ. That means he gets to ride in a National Champion Jersey. Trek went the extra mile to make sure he matched head to toe. I can't wait to see this put together, for now you will have to enjoy it in it's pieces.
February 18, 2008
Credit Where Credit is Due
Have you ever wondered how many days it takes the mechanics to build up the race bikes? When the guys showed up at training camp on Monday and had to have everything ready for 30 riders to go on Thursday, I was a little nervous. After all there was only three guys to build 45 bikes. We are not talking bike shop pre-built bikes either, this was completely from scratch with parts in boxes. Well they pulled it off. In an assembly line kind of build, these guys were done Wednesday before 5pm. It was pretty incredible to watch.
Here is a photo of the build crew, 3 mechanics, and some support from Sram and from Trek
February 13, 2008
Albuquerque behind the scenes photos
I snapped some photos at the Astana team camp in Albuquerque. Some of these are truly behind the scenes shots so I'll try to point out the items of interest with a caption below each photo.
That's Ben Coates, Trek's Liaison to the Astana team. Although he sees pretty bikes all the time, it's still cool to see them all in one place.
A stack of TTX 9.9 SSL bikes.
Andreas Kloden's TTX was on display at the team presentation.
The Texas Crew, the film folks behind all of the Discovery Channel shows, spends some time with Johan before the ride.
With the temperatures in the 30S for much of the week, the team gathered indoors before they ventured outside.
Custom name badges complete the package.
Chris Horner finds some sun...
then gets some help making a stem height adjustment.
National Champ Levi chats with head mechanic Chris van Roosbroeck before the ride.
Director Sportifs Ekimov and Gallopin detail the day's route.
Each day's ride was escorted by the Bernallio sheriff's department.
Horner, Leipheimer and Jani Brajkovic spent time at the Albuquerque Bicycle Center fielding fan's questions and signing autographs.
Chris Horner interviewed by Marin, CA paper
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