Race Day!

Today was our first day of racing in Europe, it is very different from the racing in the U.S.. Our Kona bikes were dialed in by the mechanics and handled well. Even though this race was sort of like a local Seattle series race to the Belgians, there were race crowds larger than those at an U.S. Gran Prix race. Racers like Sven Nys, Richard Groenendaal, and Sven Vanthourenhout were present. Oh and also our home boy Johnathan Page (below) racing for his new team, Morgan Blue. These Belgians don't have the cheering skills that we have back home, there are thousands of them spectating but they all just stand there not making any noise until Sven Nys comes flying by, then they ramp it up. However there are always a couple old Belgians smoking cigars point out the what they think is best line to take in the mud, and if you take that line they give you a smack on your butt as encouragement. Watching the elites race was really cool, the glue like mud that was dead slow for us was like pavement for today's winner, Sven Nys(below). Below we see a standard Belgian "man toilet pole", it consists of four separate slots with a hole that feeds into the middle for a functional yet portable urinal. Only about a third of the men actually chose to use these urinals, the others just picked there favorite spot out in the open.
-Sean

The Belgian Cruiser Posse

Well we both made it to Belgium. Airplanes are so much fun! Sean got stuck in Amsterdam for 9 hrs but he did eventually make it to Brussels. Today we rode for about and hour and a half. The roads are pretty cool. Most are very narrow and here and there are some cobblestones. Tomorrow we have our first race. It is pretty sweet driving places like back from the airport. All the cool Belgian dudes listen to Fergi, Akon and my man Justin Timberlake. I just feel so at home when Justin's "My Love" comes on. Then we started "Smack(in') That" with Akon. We went to a store today and the top CDs were things like Paris Hilton. There was also some Dolly Parton. These Belgian peeps listen to some crazy tunes.Here is Sean at the wall last night. We bought some pretty sweet waffles.
After our training ride today we took the cruisers out on the town. As you can see Mr. Worsech found himself some pretty sweet footwear and glasses. So almost everybody in town owns a bike like this. We saw a lot of kids cruising around on these together. So we tried to join with this one posse of guys cruising down the street, but they just were not feeling our vibe. So we looked for a more accepting cruiser posse, but we had no luck. I think sometime this week we will be able to find a good posse to roll around with.

-Steve