Pump the brakes and ride slow homie

I got my new brakes for the DH bike 2day!

Avid's 4 piston Code disc brakes.

Hopefully they're not too powerful.

Baker's Dozen 2008

The SHT compound

The workshop/repair area. I worked on 18 bikes for 13 hours. Don't be fooled, endurance races are also a test of endurance, alertness, and quickness for mechanics

Aligning derailleur hangers, adjust gears, wipe chain-lube chain-wipe again, changing gear ratios, flat repairs, properly inflating tires to racer's preferred psi, rotor truing, and wheel truing were all apart of the game

Only Pros get umbrellas in the start line.

The SHT and C3 on the front

Farm owner's ringing the bell to start the race

The race has started!!! So, I'm hard at work?

I was actually very busy. In addition to my repair stand and beers, these are the tools I used the most.

Rick had to go soo bad, he could no longer hold it!

SHT compound night shot

1st place 3 person open. Team Buddy and the keg breakers
Rick Mihills, Diane Vettorie, Marc Vettorie

1st place 2man duo. Team Weff
Wes Schempf & Jeff Bahnson

1st place 2 person duo. Team Rancho Relaxo
Amy Breyla & Ted Griesser

This is what we woke up to Sunday morning. Tearing down the compound was real fun.

The 2008 Baker's Dozen was a great time. I Would like to thank all the racer's I worked for. You guys really showed Virginia what our Delaware cycling community is made of! This weekend was a true test of my mechanical abilities under extreme pressure. Thank you SHT & C3 racers, for pushing me to the edge! I had a blast.

Mojo Internet Chatter

So the brown van dropped this off today at the SHT head quartersInside was my "new" XC/All Mountain bike. All I need to complete this masterpiece is the SDG I-Beam seat & post, which will be delivered by the same brown van, soon.

The blue links are sharp! DW Link! What!

Thank You, Dave Weagle for designing this linkage.
(Your E13 guides are great too!)

Had to SIC this bike out with the twisted all-mountain stem and SIC Race bar,1.5 rise, in Camo-Ano.


Wrenching for the SHT rider's this weekend @ the Baker's Dozen 13hr race, hopefully a trip to the Water Shed, and rotating sushi too!

Videos to watch while you ride the couch between rides

So I got my hands on Earthed 5: Law of Fives, directed by Alex Rankin, the other day. It follows the 2007 World Cup DH Series. Earthed 5 did a better job than Between the Tape, directed by Clay Porter, which followed the same series. Earthed 5 had the best riding footage, minimal racer interviews, and better music.

But, I still think Earthed 4: Death or Glory, which covers the 2006 World Cup DH Series, is the best video of all the Earthed videos.

All the videos mentioned above are available through finer bike shops. If they're not in the shop ask the shop employee to special order them through Quality Bike Products (QBP).

Do the test

Sharp as a Bullit

Just received a email from the SIC laboratory.

Shit's gonna be Hot!!!

Shop Improvements

To kick off the 2008 cycling season Henry's Bikes spruced up the shop.
In the shop area we added metal roofing to the lower half of the wall to give it a more "industrial" look. We also added a fresh coat of white paint to the peg board and more over head lighting.

Since the "industrial" metal roofing looked sharp, we incorporated it onto the sales floor.

Buddy the Keg Breaker came in and installed our track lighting on the sales floor. Thanks Buddy!
New track lighting for the mountain bikes

New track lighting for the road bikes

New track lighting for clothing and the bling bling Scott Addict R2

Yes, we added Scott to our product line.