Cannondale

Nicole and I went out on the Memorial Day ride with the group from Bicycles East. This was the third Day in a row that I had to ride. The previous two days were fairly hard, so I knew this would be a little difficult.

We started out with two other tandems also on the ride. It is nice to see tandeming becoming more popular in the area. One couple was doing the 53 and the other doing 38 miles.

Well, it is about the time of year where the weather turns wet and dreary and thoughts turn to what you can do to upgrade your current ride. We have been a little spoiled with a mild winter and the opportunity to ride outside for much of it.

On Monday February 4, 2008 the Canadian firm Dorel Industries Ltd. announced it has acquired the Cannondale Bicycle Corporation. Dorel also own Pacific Cycles the parent company for Schwinn, GT and Mongoose. Dorel plans to create a new division within its company to focus on the Independent Bicycle Dealers, the Cannondale Sports Group.

Well it started out as a very small group, 11 riders 10 bikes. I hate the fact that Shannon Rd is right at the very beginning and that it is basically uphill until you get to Pleasant Grove and Billy Howey. It is hard for Nicole and I to keep up with the single bikes on the climb at the beginning without much of a warmup.

Today we had a rough start on the tandem. Shortly after leaving our house we hear what sounded like a gunshot, the rear tire blew off the rim causing the tube to blowout. When we get to the start the first thing to do is change the tube. While putting the wheel back on the brake cable comes off the travel agent. We tell everyone to go and that we would catch up. While enroute to catch up we drop the chain going up to the big ring. What a way to start a ride.

Ever needed a way to get the clutter off the garage floor, want an easy way to store your bicycle out of the way? The Racor bike lift may be your answer.

We have one of these lifts installed in our garage and it comes in very handy to get our Cannondale Tandem off the garage floor.