Johnson will be swapping out the green for red, white and blue

Without a doubt Tim Johnson of the Cannondale/Cyclocross World team is one of the good guys in the bike racing world. This guy is a true pro and his C’dale teammates have been killing it all season long. The highlight is undoubtedly his National Championship win in Bend, Oregon. Tim took time out after his dentist appointment to talk about the last 24 hours. One hint – wait for the pregnant pause when Johnson talks about teammate Driscoll.

RadioShack rides SRAM's Red group

As a stock holder of Trek Bicycles it was a no-brainer that when Lance came out of retirement he’d be once again on a Trek bicycle. What wasn’t so obvious was what components were going to hang on the Trek frames. Alex Wassmann of SRAM took the time to talk to me about how this relationship began before he headed down to the RadioShack team camp in Tucson.  Apologies for the poor audio quality.