Mellow Johnny's Experience

From my last post Sean asked what the shop was like.  I wanted to do a post about it but I felt like such a star struck tourist homer while at the shop I was too shy to take pics.  So today I found a person who goes by ravenmore and will be using his pics and a few others.   The shop is great.  By far the best shop I have been in.  You can feel Lance's passion for professional excellence everywhere.  It is a bike shop, a coffee cafe (Jaun Pelota), a training center, a social hub, a commuting center with showers and lockers and a museum of current and past pro racing goodies.  I was in Austin for three days and went to the shop twice.  Lance loves good coffee and I have not had a better iced americano.  I almost bought a Chris King espresso tamper to help with the minor coffee surface imperfections. 

The staff in the shop are very professional welcoming and not pretentious at all.  They seemed to truly be able and willing to cater to all types of cyclists.  You would feel comfortable getting help for any bike from a low rider, commuter, TT or any other kind of bike.  Bike racers, bike enthusiasts, bike commuters and coffee and breakfast taco lovers all mingling in a social setting with bikes as the theme.   It was great to be able to see all the jerseys and many bikes he used in the tour both early in his career and as recent as last year.  In the team radio shack room they had a bunch of the pros bikes just back from the Tour of California.  Although some bikes were hung up many were just sitting there to be picked up and inspected up close and personal.  His tour bike from last year has all kinds of battle scars.  The livestrong art bikes were also very fun to see up close.  The Berry McGee Trek Madone 6.9 was incredible in person.  It is a full carbon bike painted to look like it is rusting.  More great pics of it where I got the pic. 

So like I said at the start it is a great shop with a lot to offer any cyclist.  It has a good feeling inviting you to just hang out drink good coffee and talk bikes. 

The bike above is one of the sweetest bikes in the shop.  A pic can't do it justice but click it for a much bigger look.  I unfortunately can't remember who made it.  It has a great mix of early bike and modern.  Note the wood rim's mixed with disc brake. 

Mellow Johnnys

Bike Snob's pic is above my pic below. 

 I am not saying I am cool or anything but you get the picture. 

An interesting spider web on our screen.

Dirt burger

Look who made the Surly Blog. 
Now if he could only have made some friends. 

Traditional Archery Shoot

I think this is a real archery target but not one likely to be at the 20th Annual Rapids Archery Club shoot on June 19 and June 20.  You will however likely find John, Heath, Steve and I.  Come one come all.  Bring sun screen, lower leg covering, cash, a hat and plenty of free hours to do the course at a relaxed pace.  Three sets of 20 life size three dimensional targets.  North American route, Minnesota route and I don't remember if the third is African or just international animals.  I don't remember shooting at any polar bears.  I love shooting the lion.   Now I just need to get some arrows and my string working.  Link to the clubs calander.