The Question...?

Sunday: Today was full of questions. This was the last ride before we start our journey down the coast from San Francisco to San Diego. But the question from just about everyone I met today was about the radio contest. Questions like...have they made the announcement, when will they tell you, are you nervous, etc.

Scott Kaplan of the Scott and BR Show, is back in town and I was glad to hear his voice this past Friday morning. A lot is riding on his shoulders right now with this contest and the ride. I'm hoping he's ready for 600 miles but am more than willing to lend a wheel when needed.

Speaking of wheels, I decided to not run the ZIPP 404 set on my Trek Madone frame during this event. With such a deep dish to them Dan Plummer of Wheels on Wheels and some of the ride leaders made the suggestion to leave them at home. Those East and East shore winds will make me work as it hits those wheels from the side which will act like sails.

We had a nice showing of the original radio contestants today. Kevin, Kevin, Steve, Todd, Carl, Mike, Scott, Nina, Momo, Brent and myself where there. We broke into our separate groups for the ride up the coast today. Lots of hugs and smiles. Ant-Artic Mike had this cool looking skin suite on but his comment was it was a bit too thin this mornings for temperatures of below 50. Yes, that's cold for California.

Floyd Landis was present this morning to wish us all a fair well and safe riding up the coast. His words of wisdom where to ride hard the first 3 or 4 days so that we are tired out by the time we reach our last leg of our journey so we won't beat him up too much. He plans to connect with our group on Oct 24th.

There are still a few people who have not completely raised the required $10,000 for this event. So many are close but if the dollars aren't in the account it's the responsibility of the individual rider to cover it.

For me the contest is now about winning so I can use the $10,000 plus I have raised to help others make this ride. Everyone has worked hard and deserves to go. We'll just have to wait until Tuesday or Wednesday to hear.