SEATTLE BIKE EXPO THIS WEEKEND

Bummed I won't be able to make it physically to this weekend's Seattle Bike Expo, an annual rite of spring, but I'll be there in spirit (and print) at the Mountaineers Books booth. Stop by and say 'Hi' to everyone for me, maybe pick up a copy of "75 Classic Rides: Washington" while you're there.

Bon weekend, everyone, and for your visual enjoyment, here are some photos from Luxembourg City and Echternach, a lovely historic village about 20 miles northwest of L-town.

SEATTLE BIKE EXPO THIS WEEKEND



Saturday morning, I'm heading down to the Seattle Bike Expo to hang out at the Mount Baker Bicycle Club booth. The club is kind enough to let me sorta pimp my upcoming book, "75 Classic Rides: Washington" though I won't actually have any copies on hand. (It comes out in May.) Hopefully though, I'll have book cover postcards to hand out. And of course, I'll be wearing my book jersey which features Titanium Cancellara on the cover.





I'll be chatting up B'ham and Whatcom County as a great place to ride too--road, mountain, mellow Greenways rides, etc.--which it certainly is.

In other news, here's my Seattle Times story about James Varner and Rainshadow Running, the folks who put on all those cool trail-running races in epic places throughout Washington including Yakima Canyon, Cle Elum Ridge, Mount Spokane, Orcas Island, Deception Pass, etc.  

One last bit, on May 24 (tentative date), I'll be doing a "75 Classic Rides" presentation at venerable Village Books in Bellingham. I'll keep you posted with more details as the date approaches.

BIKE EXPO; BOOK ROUTE SCOUTING

Area man looks fairly stunned to be standing astride a $9,000 carbon Specialized Epic (29er, of course).

All right so the weather's been unbelievably crummy for as long as I can remember blah, blah, blah. Perfect indoor weather, however, for the Seattle Bicycle Expo this past weekend and since I have a book due June 1 (Classic Road Rides of Washington) and need to scout out a bunch of routes, I combined the two. Hit the expo for a few hours, reupped my supply of bike porn, then headed down to the Rochester-Galvin-Vader- Boistfort-Adna end of the world. (In fact, I'm in a motel in Kelso as I type this.) Heading down to Vancouver, WA, tomorrow.

Below, please enjoy some expo pics.

Padauk and black walnut time trial/triathlon bike ridden and Kona Ironman last year. $3,500.



Cool wooden mountain bike at the Renovo booth. The wood is hickory and padauk, $6,700.



World champion artistic cyclists--Stefan Musu and Lukas Matla from Germany.