Jelly Belly Tour of California squad

Nick Reistad, Bryce Mead, Aaron Tuckerman, Matty Rice, Nic Sanderson, Brad Huff, Mike Lange, Bernard van Ulden
Jelly Belly swag

As a member of the team you don’t only get the new GT road bike but boat loads of Jelly Belly candy, yo-yo, football, rubber balls, frisbees, mugs, and candy dispensers. New signing Bernard van Ulden has just challeged me to a soccer game using one of the free Jelly Belly rubber balls. It’s on [...]
On the road to the Jelly Belly camp

Photographer Al Crawford and I are southbound going to Jelly Belly camp. These guys are fun to hang with so I'm sure I'll have stuff to post about later.
Media scrum at Rock Racing Camp
All types of media outlets are here at the camp and just not cycling only magazines. Versus is out here with a camera crew as is various sporting magazines. I can safely say that I’ve never been to a team camp like this before.
Floyd Landis called me an idiot

Just ran into Floyd and I continued our long running joke of him becoming a pirate. He said he put his pirate resume on Monster.com but with no luck. I suggested he try Craigslist. “You’re an idiot. I’ll try it.” What can I say, pros hate me.
Training camp after party

Never been to a training camp that had an after party. This could go awhile.
Rock’s rig

DeRosa is the bike of choice for Rock this year. Campy equiped with what looks like Cole Wheels.
I’m at the Rock Racing camp

It's raining in Malibu and the guys just got done riding. Very Euro!
The parents are gone and I need to apologize
My Parents chilling back at the shire For the five of you who read my diatribe/blog on a semi-regular basis I apologize for the lack of postings. My excuses are varied and many. After my parents left the States and returned to the shire, it was the holidays, then we had a magazine due and [...]
Ryan Trebon’s crash at Nationals
It was a brutal hit. As you might know that crash took him out of the race.













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