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last night (thursday) micah was out on a bike ride and wrecked pretty good… 
they ended up taking him to swedish by ambulance with a broken colar bone.  by the time we got home that night the bone was on it’s way out of his shoulder!  
we went up to vail this morning around 10 to see the same doctor that fixed his shoulder last time(which thankfully held!) and he was in surgery by 1:30!  
they put a pin in and he’s in much less pain than he was last night, yeah!  we are back home and i’m keeping him drugged up …

I might have to get some of this stuff for my XTR brakes and crankset.  It is a well designed website as well. – Colin M

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Tonight was beautiful!  Colin, Jessica, Matt, John, Sarah, Paul and I all headed out for the August Golden Cruiser ride.  Colin brought out the chopper and did a great job handling the sketchy bike even when his banana seat fell off!  Only 2 more cruiser rides left this year… so make sure you keep the last Tuesday of month free and head to Golden for a evening of riding!  

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Nat Ross - MTB Hall of Fame

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Colin M just talked to him and he is super stoked and still doesn’t believe it!

Now we have a hall of famer living in Golden!

If you need to time travel back to ’86, buy these AWESOME shoes from Vans!  I don’t know about you guys, but after Slave Leia, Lori Loughlin was my next big crush!  I had dreams of going to prom and breaking out my BMX bike with “Send Me an Angel” playing in the back ground!!!!

Young and Fast!

Here is a photo of the newest and youngest racer on the bikeparts.com race team! His first race at 15 was the Sol Vista XC race!  Keep on riding fast Young Padawan!

Master and Padawan!

While Charlie, Brian, Brendan, Colin M, Tate and Micah were busy racing the Crankworx XC race, Tim, Chad and I were in Sol Vista for the Colorado State Championships for Super D. The course was rugged and rough, and suited my Maverick ML8 perfectly. At the end of the 7minute race, Chad had a rough start and got stuck behind riders in the tight singletrack, Tim crashed and I placed 2nd!  It was a tough race and congrats to all that raced! – Jesse Swift

A couple months ago I was sitting on the couch one evening and heard some bells and a couple seconds later I saw a bunch of cruisers ride by.  It looked like a classic good time, so I made it a point to join this months Golden Cruise! I got John Polli to meet me down at Woody’s around 7:00pm.  When we got there, there was about 100+ other people on their bikes for the ride too.   We rode all around town for about 45minutes.  There were all different kinds of people and bike: kids, college kids, older adults, your regular biker/drinker crew, cruisers, road bikes, mtn bikes and even some skaters joined the parade.  It was a beautiful evening to be out on a bike!  The next Golden Cruise is August 26th, so fill up your balloon tires and meet us in Golden!  – Jesse

During the BC Bike Race, Tate and I randomly ate breakfast with a couple of Canuks.  Little did we know that we would end up becoming good friends with these 3 guys.  Dave, Pat and Garth have been friends a long time, two of them are doctors and have been doing all different kinds of racing for many years.  

Garth kissing Dave

Dave and Garth raced the Trans Rockies the previous year.  Last year they brought Pat along as the team driver, cook, comedian mechanic, mom and all around ‘bitch’.   😉  It worked out so well, that they brought Pat along for the BCBR.

Pat working hard

As we got to know these guys, it was quickly clear that they had a sense of humor that closely related ours.  If any of you have stayed in a condo with Tyler and Matt and Colin know what I am talking about.  We talked a lot about bikes, racing and the Canadian contributions to pop culture such as Mike Myers and Pam Anderson.  It was cool to head north and do such a cool race and make some new friends along the way!  Here is a video clip from Youtube about their training plan for the BCBR and marketing the “Tim Hortons Recovery Doughnut”, eh!

  

Ben rocking the big wheel!

Have you ever done a race where you had to ride a bmx bike, while your partner stood on the back pegs and used a long pole to joust and knock over cones, then race 4 miles through Denver to the next checkpoint where there is another fun activity waiting for you and your partner to complete?  If so, you must have done the Urban Assault Ride!  This was the 3rd year the UAR has stopped in Denver.  I was there 3 years ago and had a great time.  Since then I have race a UAR in Fort Collins, and twice in Boulder.  This year I talked my BC Race bike partner, Tate, into trying a different type of team race.  We dusted off the road bikes, figured out the 2 mystery checkpoints and planned out route.  

During the race, we had a great time kayaking the lake in City Park, riding big wheels, doing water slides, raced around Wash Park looking for a ‘bike fairy’ and throwing new papers like the kid from ‘Better Off Dead’!  At the last checkpoint, we were leaving and another team asked, “Are you guys heading home?”  It was ON!  We raced by Sloans Lake and into the Invesco Stadium area and made it to the finish only 30secs before the other team.  In the end, it took us 1hour, 40mins to race around Denver.  It was a close race and filled with lots of fun times!  Thanks to Tate for doing such a crazy race with me!  – Jesse Swift

Jesse having fun on the big wheel - from Josh Kravetz

Tate and Jesse

This is a blog written from my iPhone. Geeky cool! – swift

Mt Snow Nationals - Pro - Colin Osborn

Team bikeparts.com Pro rider, Colin Osborn, headed out east last week to race the U23 at the US Nationals in Vermont.  To check out his tale, click on over to his blog, http://www.colinosborn.com 

Way to represent Colorado and the young Pro scene!  🙂