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Posts Tagged: Trek Bikes Charlotte
9
Jul 09
Wed Nite Race 7.8.09
Officially by the dates we are half way through the Wednesday Night MTB Series. There was two rain outs, so by the numbers we aren’t half way done yet.
Last race I DNF’d. Moving up to Sport was a crappy move on my part, twice as long of a track at the hardest course in the series - US National Whitewater Center. Okay, it’s really not a hard trail.. but on a singlespeed, out of shape, dehydrated and on a pretty damn hot day.. the course sucks. Especially when you have to go around the whole thing twice. So I quit, I rode slowly through the last half of the course after bonking with a co-worker. Thankfully he was there to get me through the woods.
That was two weeks ago, since I have actually ridden my bike, rode a mountain bike off road a couple times and done a little bit of unorganized/thought out training. This week I had a mission to complete. That is goal #1 this season, complete the Sport races. Thankfully Stephanie stuck with me and got me through the course.
Last, but not a quitter. 9 more races to figure out what Goal #2 is.
29
Jun 09
Did You Know?
Had some really great rides in the past few days. Really making up for the lack of riding for the past few months. Friday morning Joey and I went around Davidson, stopped for some coffee and then headed back to Cool Breeze to build up his new Surly Cross Check. Saturday I attempted to swim laps at the neighborhood pool then Sunday Kim and I woke up early to ride the Lake Norman group ride from the state park. I can say I’m finally getting my cycling tan back!
From emails and phone calls I have a few questions to answer :
Cool Breeze and Trek Store Charlotte are the same company. Two different locations but the same owners, employees and ways of doing things. Back in November I moved from our Cool Breeze location at Exit 33 on I-77 to our store that was opening, Trek Bikes Charlotte, at Exit 18 on I-77. The stores are only 15 miles apart.
The Trek Store is a concept store. Meaning we teamed up with Trek, agreed to carry a large % of their product in that location and inreturn we can put their well known name on the side of the building. Plus we got a lot of help from Trek corporate with things like archeticture, laying out the store, training and such.
Cool Breeze is the same physical size in the terms of store size but run completely different from any bike shop I’ve seen. There is a fitness studio, aka gym, on the west wing of the store. We have a personal trainer and USA Cycling coaches on staff. Upstairs you will find a very well laid out fit studio that people are traveling hours away to get their fitting done in. This store carries a lot of Trek, but also a lot of Cervelo and Serotta. The store is niche and calls itself a “Triathlon Training Center.” I hope to bring more mountain and recreation into that equation. We’ll see how that goes.
My role at Cool Breeze will be much like it was at the Trek Store. Sales Manager/Leader or whatever you want to call it. Continuing the education to the staff, training, and hopefully learning things myself along the way.
25
Jun 09
Calf Cramping and Bed Time
When a day starts with a cup of coffee at 8:30am that isn’t finished until about 2pm, you know your day is going to be long.
Lack of hydration, lack of riding and a boat load of excuses made my Wednesday night race very painful. So painful that I am feeling it 24 hours later in my calf muscles that must of been sucked dry of any water or sodium.
The postives for the day were my “key throwing” face captured on camera & new kits for the shop finally arriving and looking super swizzle. There were other things thrown in there but for now my brain is cramping and I really need to hit the hay.
2
Jun 09
Trek Madone 6.9
I’ve mentioned how crazy things have been as of late. The shops been slammed, a record month and a key note month as it means we are doing a bang up job.
Above is a customers bike, a Trek Project One Madone 6.9. What’s so significant about this bike? Choices and that no matter how much at the end of the week I feel I’m stretched thin.. I get to see any new customer, that has become a friend, on the bike of their dreams. As much as I may of griped to one of you about how much is on my plate, I really love what I do and can say I believe in what I do. Every day I am getting people on a vehicle I believe can change the world or provide a healthier life to those that are buying it.
This past weekend I got to ride my bike, ride on a boat, mow the lawn and hang out with my family. All things that I haven’t really had time for. I thank my job for giving me time off, and I thank my family for being patient for this past weekend to happen. It seems all the planets lined up and we found pure bliss for a few days.
Tomorrow I race my bike, or a demo bike I should say.