Over 75 people showed up to honor Erick and finish his last ride.  

The officers who were riding with Erick put up a memorial so that we can all remember Erick as we ride down 007.  Be sure to give him a yell! 

Erick's co-workers at UPS had this memorial marker made, which bears the signatures of so many who loved him. 

Ride On...Rock On!  Everyone got stickers for their bikes so they could remember Erick with each ride. 

To see more pictures from Erick's Memorial Ride, click here and here.

Gloves.  T-shirts.  Jerseys.  Shorts.  Videos.  Helmets.  Grips.  Handlebars.  We can't bring anything new in these departments until I sell through some of what we already have to make room for it.  So we've sorted through everythng and have put a ton of stuff on sale.   All Fox jerseys are 50% off, for example.  All t-shirts are, too.  Winter gloves and accessories are 30-50% off, and a ton of other items are marked down as well.  Come pick up some great bargains and help us make room for some new stuff!  The discounts are only good for items in stock (no re-orders at sales price), so come in early for the best selection! 

Jacob and John at the second race in the John Fisher DH Summer Sizzle Race Series. 

The second race of the series was this past weekend and the boys report that it was just as fun as the first race, if not just a little warmer.  The first two races were on the same trail, but the next one will be on a new trail.  So if you haven't made it out to a race yet, you won't be at any disadvantage if you show up for the next one on July 12.  Remember, the whole purpose of this race series is to get John Fisher a van, so why not come out and support the local race scene while supporting a local racer at the same time?  Sounds good, right?  Great!  We'll see you there!    

Everybody knows I'm not that technologically gifted, but I think I may have pulled off mapping out the prison ride for anyone interested in trying the ride out themselves.  This is my first time doing anything like this, so it may not be perfect, but at least it will get you there!  I can't figure out how to fix the end yet, but obviously it ends back at the start and not at some random spot on Granada!  (Okay, so it gets you there, just not back!)  I'm going to see how many more of these I can do and get them posted on here for everyone.  Ride safe!

We loaded up the van and headed up Ben Hur Road to watch the Tour blast through Mariposa.  After a sketchy little detour down Silver Bar Road, we made it to the perfect spot to watch the second KOM.  Here are the leaders passing through. 

Seeing the peloton approach was amazing!   You try so hard to spot your favorite riders but they are just too damn fast.  

Thank goodness for cameras, though!  Here is Lance having a little snack as he cruises along.  We also saw one racer taking a nature break down the road, but we won't post that picture.

Gary and Vanessa (shaking her cowbell) obeyed the official and didn't cross the road, while Mark, Jacob, Tara, Kelly, Silvia and John ignored the footstomping and yelling to cross the street for a better view.  In the end, Bobby and Daren had the best view from the hill!

See the guy hanging out the window and doing a quick seat adjustment?  They actually have classes for that.  By the way, Rock Racing was by far the friendliest team car of them all, despite their tough image.

We hauled ass down the sketchy dirt road and made it back to Clovis just in time to see the sprint to the finishline and the awards ceremony.  Mark Cavendish is amazing! 

Vanessa was close enough to kiss him!  Luckily, John was standing right behind her and she controlled herself. From the looks on some of the other spectators' faces, she wasn't the only one contemplating the big smooch!

We have a confession to make about our staff training day last weekend.  We were riding our bikes.  In Tahoe.  At Northstar.  John and the boys all rented Giant downhill bikes and spent the weekend tearing up the double-black-diamond trails at Northstar's mountain bike park.  If you think about it, though, that totally qualifies as a staff training day.  How can we sell you bikes without testing them ourselves first, right?  Right?  Are you with me on this?

Actually, the trip was our reward to our staff for working so hard for us all year long.  We've promised them this trip for almost a year now, and it was time we pay up.  The boys work super hard and have all really stepped up their commitment to our shop, so we have no problem treating them to a long weekend in Tahoe! 

John just wants to get rolling already!  

Jacob finally gets to ride Northstar.  Here, he's thinking, "It's about damn time!"

David doing a last minute checkover.  Yep, looks good, let's ride!

This was only Lucio's 2nd time on a mountain bike.  Normal people don't rush double black diamond trails on their 2nd ride ever, but Lucio is not normal.  He is an extremely gifted rider!

We have the greatest staff ever!  (Vanessa was a nervous wreck that her whole staff would be broken come Monday, but was relieved when John was the only one to get hurt.  Wait, that doesn't sound right!  Oh, you know what she means!)

What the..?  Who is this guy and how did he end up on our staff training trip?  Lalo must be a gambling man, because he was gambling on not getting hurt 4 days before his week-long trip to Whistler.