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Comment on Pros and Kids Complete the Circle by willy in pacifica

willy in pacifica — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:59:47 +0000

I think I saw the team on Sunday morning riding north on Hwy 1 heading out of Santa Cruz.

I was riding my monthly 200k so left Pacifica about 7:30 and got down to SC about 11′ish. I saw a gang 0 gals with a team car following. I hit Denny’s for a receipt before heading back home.

Nice easy ride down but what a pisser coming home. Took me about 5 hours due to the winds.

Comment on Pros and Kids Complete the Circle by kurt

kurt — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:22:27 +0000

Style points for the alphabet All Stars.

Bikes and Kids just seem to go together….

Comment on Pros and Kids Complete the Circle by Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:49:46 +0000

Hi Katherine,

I’d hoped to spend more time with the team, most of the day was spent shooting them getting their bike fits. Only got about 20 minutes in very tough light on that climb. Ah, the challenges of shooting cycling. I’ll post more photos when Specialized releases them.

::M

Comment on Pros and Kids Complete the Circle by Katherine

Katherine — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:39:54 +0000

My new friends! I wish I could have met you – I was with Team VBF for their last three days of camp to do a little freelance writing, join them on a recovery ride and otherwise bum around and try to feed off their greatness. You take beautiful photographs, and I’m glad you were able to shoot the team. Would love to see more of your photos of them.

Best, KF

Comment on Pros and Kids Complete the Circle by Richard Lee

Richard Lee — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:25:41 +0000

Never forget the inner kid in all of us! Love the photography!

Comment on Pros and Kids Complete the Circle by Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:01:33 +0000

The girls were awesome and Lulu hammered on that little bike with training wheels.

Comment on Pros and Kids Complete the Circle by Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:59:13 +0000

Got em. Good for Rupert. I don’t remember those cone drills when I did the Hellyer rookie class… good thing, looks a little tricky

Comment on Pros and Kids Complete the Circle by willy in pacifica

willy in pacifica — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:40:23 +0000

Wow, what cute kids!!

Although we drove for over an hour each way to help out in this photo shoot we would do it again in a heartbeat. We had a blast and even though we were there for about 6 hours the girls were never bored and had a blast. At the end of the day the other two families left and it was just the three girls my wife and I remaining. We all got on the Specialized bikes and rode as a family to a ranch about a mile away. Even Lulu on her little training wheeled bike was loving it. She even commented on how this fancy bike did not make noise like her $10 garage sale bike. We fed hourses and the girls were almost run over by a huge wild pig. What more could you ask for in a family ride. I bet the Vera Bradley Womens Team did not have to dodge a pig.

Looking forward to more pictures.

Willy in Pacifica

Comment on Pros and Kids Complete the Circle by Tim Cox

Tim Cox — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:40:04 +0000

Hellyer Velodrome pix (for some reason URL did not come through in previous comment): http://www.facebook.com/album......aid=199101

Comment on Pros and Kids Complete the Circle by Tim Cox

Tim Cox — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:39:05 +0000

Hey Michael – wish I was a kid again. I was dropping Rupert off for a basketball practice and got talking to some teenagers who were doing some daredevil tricks. Stuff that would no doubt drive their parents bonkers like sitting backwards on the bars and cycling around the parking lot.

The bikes were so cool (they let me ride them for a bit) and it’s clear they were really into the fixie thing. I just love the simplicity of those bikes.

Talking of fixed – here’s some photos I took of Rupert and his first visit to the velodrome. I wish you’d been there to do it justice with your photog skills..