Arleigh Jenkins

Southeast Rep in the bicycle industry for Quality Bicycle (QBP). Lover of interactive marketing, technology, bicycles, latte's & photography. My cycling persona is over http://BikeShopGirl.com.

All things represented or typed about here are my own personal opinions. Please leave it as that.

Let the Smack Talk Begin

A little, big, worm, mentioned that there was a little, boy, messenger, Rich Dillen, has been smack talking.  You see, we are both racing a 6 hour race this coming Saturday. The difference, which he may not know yet... let us release the secret.  I'm racing duo, with Melissa Magaan, so I have an ace in my pocket when you are left with a bunch of single speed #2 cards. Let me get it all out there, and not have to continue on my ranting into multiple post, as someone else may.
  • My #1 goal is not this race, but the race of life to win over Mr  Rich, Team Dicky, Dillen.
  • He'll probably kick my teams ass, single handedly BUTT (with two t's) we know he has reached his middle age peak and his middle aged legs will be slowing down.
  • Grow some leg hair, be a man and when your knees are aching from trying to smack me down on the race course, remember that I am probably 3 laps down but enjoying more beer per lap than you.
  • The ladies love me, the ladies question you.
  • Having tested the course, tire pressure and I personally have copious amounts of bike mechanical skills. I won't be staying up late these last nights worried about bike gear or which saddle strap to hold my tube.  I'm a Bike Shop Girl version of MacGyver but with a sexy Salsa Mamasita .
  • Finally, I will have the best pit area of them all.  4 tents, multiple Dirt Divas pumping tires, lubing, and feeding.  Where will you be?  Trying to pit out of a cooler in the back of a hatchback Amigo?

Bike Blips

Have you seen Bike Blips? Seems like a sort of Digg, for bike blogs. Add your site, and of course cheer on mine.

Helmet Cams & Cervelo Bike Reviews

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If you read my real blogs, the ones I keep updated with fresh content and don't rant on too often, you'll know that I'm in Orlando, FL for Cervelo Brainbike.  I'll be learning new things about Cervelo, talking tech and getting to ride all their new 2010 bikes.  You'll be able to utilize my new found knowledge at Cool Breeze Cyclery of course.  (Had to plug the bike shop) I also took delivery yesterday of a Contour HD in which will be used during these test rides tomorrow and Friday.   Look for my helmet cam videos and Cervelo reviews soon!

Musing from Orlando, FL

I'm in Orlando, FL for a Cervelo bikes dealer show called "Brain Bike."  It is where they teach/talk to us about all the latest and greatest.. some folks call in brain washing. Flying in this morning from Charlotte, I arrived to Orlando around 8:45am and walked around the airport some.  Once finding where all of us "Cervelo peeps" were meeting, I went to venture off as we will be at the airport until 12.

While walking I made some interesting Orlando Musings

There seems to be a mall in the middle of the Orlando airport, where no one speaks English and try to push a ton of product at you. Count, not one but TWO Walt Disney World Stores in the airport. It happens to be spring break in Florida, the airport seems to have a huge age divide.  Half are retired folks traveling back home (Florida) and the other half are college folks either leaving or arriving, talking about boobs, drinks and clubbing.
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Sea World is big thing in the airport, the photo above is large and in charge above all of the escalators. I wonder if this is the killer whale and trainer? Anyone? I need two things for all these travels.  A wireless card for my laptop for when the airports either have shitty wireless, or none.  And finally, a wordpress agent for my desktop that doesn't need an internet connection to work from.  Mucho time spent sitting around that I could be formatting and editing.  Textedit/word only can do so well.