We are extremely excited to have these folks on board.  Rudy Project has long been a leading manufacturer of sunglasses for athletes and more recently has entered the world of helmets.  They are now our exclusive helmet and sunglass sponsor!

This company does not tread silently.  They have been making a huge industry splash lately, garnering Outside Magazine’s coveted “Gear of the Year” awards and “Killer Value” awards for both sunglasses and helmets.  Additionally in the last year they’ve been featured in dozens of publications from triathlon to golf to eyecare.

We have more exciting product news from Rudy Project that we will be featuring in the coming days. 

Next time you’re stuck in the wilderness with no cell phone reception, at least you can do something useful with that cellphone. Like start a campfire to cook and warm yourself.

For those of you that we haven’t talked to personally yet, 10DL North America will be happening in August 2010. This is exciting news. For more information on the route click here:

In other news, Adam’s wife Amy is having a baby in August 2009! Ga ga go go! He is taking name suggestions, send him a note here. Currently he is considering “Neal” if it is a boy, and “Adam” if it is girl.

Yesterday we cycled to the summit of Mount Evans at 14,264 feet. Mount Evans has the “highest auto road in the US”. We did it in winter becuase it’s harder that way, and because it’s the last weekend before it opens up for automotive traffic. We had the entire road to ourselves. Having the road alone was awesome. Biking through foot-deep snow at the summit was challenging. Especially on road tires with frozen cycling pedals. Coming down at 50mph was amazing! We highly recommend it.

Stats:

• 14,264 evelevation at the summit. 4,000 feet vertical gain
• 8 mph on the way up. 50 mph on the way down.
• 40F at the base. 0F at the summit
• Team: Adam, Adam, Neal

Here are a couple web links from others on the ride that we did:

• http://www.takemytrip.com/colo/01a.htm
• http://www.eskimo.com/~milan/colorado/mount_evans05july21/index.html
• http://www.subbu.org/blog/2007/06/mt-evans-ride

Pictures and Videos from our ride:

Tags: climb, cycling, mapmyride

As I prepare for 10DL in 2010 my training grounds in San Francisco. This panorama in full screen will blow you away. This is the water that I swim and row in every weekend (although Adam is encouraging me to put in more miles on the bike in preparation for our mountain ride). Props to the photographer Michael Schrengohst

Tags: open water swimming, panorama, pilot boat, san francisco bay, Training