Bike to Work Victoria, with the support of the Capital Regional District Traffic Safety Commission and the Government of BC are offering our Bike to Work Skills Courses this April and May. You must pre-register to attend.
It was a very exciting day at FSC as we received our first P4. After we fondled the frame for a while I was able to take this photo. The plan is to have Gabor build it with some Sram Red components and Profile Design bars. Make a plan to come by and have a look. 
Cam and I had visions of sunny, cloudless skies when we booked our trip to San Francisco. However, when we arrived the skies were choked with dark clouds and the constant rain made us feel like we’d never left Victoria. Though this hardly dampened our spirits for the highlight of our trip: the Tour of California!
The secon
d stage was set to start in Sausalito, a quaint seaside town just across the Golden Gate Bridge. The riders would do a neutral lap of Sausalito before spinning across the Golden Gate and along the highway down the coast.
The morning of the race, we caught a ferry across the Bay and arrived in Sausalito a little weary (it was 7:30am!), but wide-eyed and eager like two kids in a bike store. There was so much to see, it was overwhelming: the team cars and RVs were just pulling into the parking lot, a huge START banner had been erected next to a big tent, and there were throngs of people milling about, most of whom were in cycling gear. The excitement in the air was palpable.
We wan
dered over to the START line, as the race schedule said this was where you could meet the riders before the race. However, the rain refused to let up and there were murmurs through the crowd that the riders would stay holed up in their team RVs until the last minute. So, with camera in tow, Cam and I headed to the parking lot where the massive team RVs were parked. A crowd three or four people deep surrounded the Astana RV, waiting for the appearance of legendary Lance Armstrong. A similar crowd surrounded the team Ouch RV, everyone straining to see the notorious Floyd Landis.
With ev
eryone so focused on these two celebrities, the remaining team RVs were relatively quiet. It felt like the opportunity of a lifetime to see some of cycling’s greatest athletes. Being small in stature, I was able to crouch down and nudge my way around people’s legs to snap some great shots of Thor Hushovd (who later went on to win stage 3) and Mark Cavendish. Even George Hincapie made a brief appearance before climbing astride his bike and heading to the start line.
After my pa
parazzi like photo session, we stationed ourselves along the sidewalk of the main road in Sausalito. The riders would do one neutral lap of the town and we wanted a good spot to catch the action!
After such an exhilarating experience, we vowed that our next trip would be to the 
peaks of the Tour de France where the fans are crazier and the mountains are grueling.
Tanya Gadsby is a writer, artist, and cyclist living in Victoria BC
We are very excited about now being registered for the BC Scrap-it Program. Scrap-It offers qualifying vehicle owners incentives to scrap their cars. The program has five options to choice from. We like Option 3, because this one will get more people out on bikes and fewer people driving cars.
I realize that this has nothing to do with the sport of Triathlon but… After I was nearly run off the road on my bike by a drive who thinks that his schedule is more important then my life I came across this video on crankmychain.com. Watching this video calmed my nerves and showed me that there is a place on this earth where bikes, cars, and buses can exist together without the fear of being a statistic.
Here is the coolest new advance in shoe technology from Shimano. We have just received our shipment just in time for Christmas.