Mike's Bike Blog

If you haven't seen the latest contest put on by the Fat Cyclist here's the skinny:

• The winner gets an Ibis bike of his or her choice, color and size.
• We’ll fly you to the best possible riding spot in the US, according to you (and ratified by us).
• You’ll get to ride with Chuck, Fatty and Andy Hampsten

Pretty cool, bike, airfare and a great ride with 3 legends. What I propose if I win is I would have them come to Austin and ride here in Texas. I would then invite all my friends that donate to my LiveStrong challenge page to come ride with us. So if you want to be a part of this, go donate to my LiveStrong page.

You're probably asking yourself, wait Mike's already won a bike what would he do with another bike? Good question, I'd have it built in a size for my kids, Jack is starting to race and a Silk SL would more than make a decent race bike to say the least. Once Jack has outgrown it Ethan or Zeb will be waiting in the wings to take over ownership so we'll get 3 boys use of it before donating it to a team/club.

Every $5 donated at my LiveStrong page gets us a raffle ticket and a chance to win, but hurry the contest ends at midnight the 20th. This will be a great invite only group ride with the Fat Cyclist, Chuck Ibis and the winner of the 1988 Giro d’Italia and two-time winner of the Tour de Suisse, Andy Hampsten.