Pro-MO-tion

Get it? Pro-"Mo"...like Mo Bruno-Roy? That's why I didn't write what we call a "proper post" today. (Don't worry, tomorrow's post is gonna be extra-special, you won't want to miss it.) My oh so clever play on words there was the best I could do today. But hey! Don't let the fact that I'm president of the not-funny diarrhea (sweet! Only took me four tries to spell "diarrhea" right) club stop you from coming out to this excellent event. I'll be there for sure...again, don't let that stop you from attending. Mo is awesome and they've put together some pretty sweet raffle items. Oh, and did I mention beer? There's beer.

Who knows, maybe there will be some sort of poorly-organized, cycle-driven pilgrimage from say, Davis Square at about 5:30 tomorrow...maybe from the Diesel Cafe. I'm just saying. Perhaps I'll swing down there to see if anyone shows up just in case.

Speaking of swinging down to places just in case people show up — I'm riding tomorrow (Thursday) AM out of The Gail Ann Coffee Shop at 10 Medford St. in Arlington. If you've got a weird schedule like me, a mountain bike, and the strange desire to go get wet, hurt, and lost for four or so hours, then you're a friend of mine, and you should definitely come on out.

And here's all the info about tomorrow night's shindig:


MM Racing World Championship Raffle Drawing

and Cyclocross Season Wrap Up

April 1st
6-9 pm
Ride Studio Caf�
1720 Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington, MA 02421
T: (339) 970.0187

Join MM Racing along with some of our great sponsors, friends and fellow cyclists for the final event of the 2009/10cyclocross season!

Nothing brings the cycling community together like beer, baked goods and raffles, so please join us for beer generously provided by our friends at Harpoon Brewery, homemade baked goods and your chance to be one of the lucky winners of a custom Seven Cycles bike, Thule Rack System or Pedros Master Tool Kit 3.0.

Be sure to pick up the latest edition of Embrocation Cycling Journal featuring a full page Seven Cycles ad and a short piece written by Matt. Buy it here or the night of the event.

Tickets will be available the night of the event or online until 11:59PM Wednesday March 31st here: http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=9927

Winners will be announced at the event but do not need to be present to win.

25th Hour Party People

You ever seen that Spike Lee Movie 25th Hour? (It's not his best, but it'll do.) Basically Ed Norton's character is going to prison for seven years. A benevolent DEA agent gives him a 24 hour reprieve to live it up. That's how I felt today, only my prison sentence looked like this:

That's what I call hypothermia weather

So I had to get some riding in on the way home from school today. Had to. Now I'm cooked...but I have FOUR whopping hours in my legs for the week.

If you're looking for something to read (since that ain't happenin' here today), you might check out the latest issue of NEMBA's Singetracks magazine. I did a totally inane little write up outlining some of my idiotic ideas about training in New England winter. The only way to read it, I'm afraid, is to either become a member and get it delivered to your door, or swing by your friendly neighborhood bike shop (at least it's friendly when I'm not there) and pick up a FREE copy off their counter.


In other, not-all-me-being-annoying-all-the-time-news...
my buddy Mo is holding a raffle to help offset her recent trip to Cyclocross Worlds. So I'll leave you to peruse the info on that (below) and see you tomorrow, I hope. (I hope I will get to write something and I hope you will actually come back here again considering today's weak post).

The time is almost up for your chance to win one of three amazing prizes and help Mo Bruno Roy with her trip to Europe, where she represented the United States at two World Cups and the Cyclocross World Championships on Tabor, Czech Republic with three top 25 finishes!

There will be a limited number (250) of raffle tickets available for purchase. Raffle tickets cost $50 each or 5 for $200. The raffle is available only on BikeReg.com through March 4, 2010.

Grand prize: Valued at $7500, a COMPLETE CUSTOM Seven Cycles bicycle built with the identical components found on the Mudhoney SLX Mo races.

Here’s what you’ll win:

• fully custom Seven Cycles Mudhoney SLX or Elium SLX frame built to your specific needs
• complete 2010 SRAM Force gruppo
• MAVIC R-SYS clincher wheels
• Alpha Q CX20 cross fork or equivalent fork from Seven Cycles
• FIZIK saddle and bartape
• Seven Cycles seatpost, handlebar and stem
• Chris King headset
• TRP EuroX Carbon brakes (or equivalent road brakes)
• Michelin MUD2 tires and tubes

1^st prize: Valued at $1000, Pedro’s Master Tool Kit 3.0. This 65-piece kit has the tools you need for any event, hand picked by the pros! You’ll never buy another tool again.

2^nd prize: Valued at $700, a full Thule rack system custom to the winner’s vehicle along with 2 bike trays.

http://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?EventID=9927

We'll keep you posted on the raffle drawing party TBD.