Sam Schultz Short track win Sea Otter classic

Well it's been almost two weekends since we were at the Sea otter Classic in Monterey CA. It was the first time 53x11 coffee attended and sampled coffee there. Everyone was stoked to see us. We also were able to watch a couple friends of ours do their thing during the mens Pro MTB races. The Schultz brothers ( Sam and Andy) are at the top of their game these days. Having watched these two come up through the ranks over the years has been very exciting. 

Sam and Andy have both just come off of a full winter training schedule at (The Cycling House) in Tucson AZ. I believe the training has paid off. 

Sam stopped by the booth before his start of the mens short track and was fueled up with our Big Ring coffee. It seemed to do the trick as he rode away from his break away companion on the last lap and was able to take his first pro short track win.

Andy Schultz also pulled off a podium spot in 5th place. It was very cool to see these two brothers a top the podium at the 2008 Sea Otter classic. Hats off guys.

Race season is underway

Rubbing is racing and flat tires are a part of life. Al least our team rider has a great cup of coffee to go home to. We'll get em next weekend.

Summer Schedule

It's that time of year. The time has come to plan out our summer event sponsorships. It's not an easy task. Everyone wants to have the 53x11coffee tent set up serving delicious organic coffees to their athletes.

First on the list will be the 2008 Solvang Century in beautiful solvang CA. If you are at the event please stop by and say hello.

2nd- The 2008 Sea otter classic. We'll be serving up coffee and treats from the expo area. Look for the big white tent with our logo.

At all our events this summer, we will be offering all of our cycling gear and coffee equipent. Check back for updates.

The Cycling House 2008

The past week and a half has been a busy one. Owen and I, mainly Owen, have been busy getting The Cycling House ready for operation. At the same time, after a long break from the bike this fall, I have slowly been getting back into the riding routine. Here are a few pictures of the house, near completion.


After all the work on the house Owen finally found time for some R&R

We should have some more photos of the house up on The Cycling House website in the next few days.

Thanksgiving

Moving On

I arrived back in Durango late last night after a week long visit with my parents in Montana. I went in part, in search of winter. Fall in Durango has been pleasant to say the least. For more then a month nary a drop of rain has struck Durango, the days have been cloudless, and the temp in the upper 60's. Needless to say I won't find winter in Tucson either. Unfortunately I didn't find it in Missoula either. The days were gray but pleasant and the mountain bike trails were buff and dry. While the riding was great it really just feels wrong to ride your mountain bike in Montana in November.

As it turns out, I missed winter by a few hours. As I was dropped off at the airport yesterday evening a light snow was falling but it was still to warm for it to stick. Shortly after my flight left it started to snow harder and began to stick. This morning there was something like six inches and it continued to snow for most of the morning as well.

Now it looks like I might not see snow all year. I spent today tying up some loose ends here in Durango and packing up all of my stuff. Tomorrow, its off to Tucson, for a winter of riding in the desert. Here's what the pack job looked like. To do it justice I really needed some time lapse photography but this is all I've got.

The beginning:

First the bikes:

Then everything else:

Here's a view from the front:

The speed wagon is going to have its work cut out to get me to Tucson.

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