FLCC> Swan Cycles news

[Andrew Chadeayne]

Mike, you are a lucky SOB- that's a great gig up there at Swan Cycles (if
you like chaos).

FLCCers, I will take this as an opportunity to comment on Mike's
predecessor, Dan Timmerman.  I watched Dan in the Commerce Bank Philly race,
yesterday.  I watched from the Manayunk Wall, which was about 3/4 mile at
around 16%.  Dan and I figured that it was equivalent to Blakesly.  The
biggest difference that I could see between this wall and Ithaca climbs was
the tens of thousands of drunken screaming fans and the four helicopters
providing live TV coverage.

Despite a pretty obvious chest cold (Dan couldn't go more than about a
minute without hacking), Dan covered attacks and helped drive the race,
through many crashes, to a record breaking average speed for about 125 of
the 156 miles.  In doing so, Dan supported his teammate Dominique
Rollin along his ride to 5th place before calling it a day.

If anyone would like to see some photos, I have a few good shots of the
Timmerman that we've all watched ride away from us on Tuesday nights.  Just
send me an email and I'll send them to you.

Dan now heads to Canada with Kodak/Sierra Nevada, where I understand he'll
be riding alongside Trevor Connor at the Tour of Beauce.  Here's to Ithaca
cycling!

Andrew




On 6/11/07, Glenn Swan <gs37 at cornell.edu> wrote:
>
>        Next time you come up to Swan Cycles you will find a major
> change.....I
> finally have new full-time help  !   Please welcome Mike O'Donnell to the
> local cycling community.   Mike enjoyed a brief tenure in the Ithaca area
> some years ago, but comes to us most recently from Flagstaff, AZ where he
> worked for Absolute Cyclery.   He will be full time at the bike shop,
> which
> at the very least means that there will be more knowledgeable people to
> help you with repairs, sales and general information (reducing the
> congestion often associated with a visit to the bike shop).  If all goes
> as
> planned we may be able to extend the bike shop hours as well, but for the
> moment times remain the same (M-Th 6:30-9:30PM)
>
>        Welcome Mike !
>
> Glenn Swan
>
> Only a few hours after his arrival in town, a stray cat got into his car,
> ate most of the groceries he had just purchased, and then barfed all
> over....talk about a welcome arrival !   Let's try to treat him better
> than
> the local wildlife did.....  He has arrived with a Some Smoothie road bike
> and a 29'er MTB.  We gotta show him where to ride !
>
>
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