2009 Photo Shoot...

is a wrap.

Last year Carey did a great job of filling in the details day, by day, by day, by day. I was not afforded such a luxery this year.

This year we did not head out and rent a sweet house to crash in for a week. We did not have meals made up for us. We did not go out and secure a ton of product to place in the shots. We did not go out and secure "talent" to ride every single bike we have in our line.

The year felt a little more gurellia style. We kept the the shots local, running around Seattle and finding locations that fit the lifestyle and culture of the bike. I had a hand in picking a few of the places so I delved into the places most familiar.

The archetecture of the Seattle Public Library is pretty amazing, so we spent an entire Monday afternoon on the Detour Delux around the building and avoiding drivers with "Pylon Rage".

{At the Library or on the road, the Detour is one smart bike}

{did I really just type that?!}

My addiction to coffee is well noted and the kids at All City Coffee down in Georgetown make one of the best Quad Tall Americanos to start the day. So why wouldn't I want to spend a Tuesday there, to drink coffee and get some shots done of the Clubman? We got all hopped up on Americanos and took a ton of great pictures down there with one of my riding buddies Nat, and even got Keo to jump on a bike for a couple shots.

{I have a feeling people will be talking about the all new Clubman}

Rainier has been a popular topic for me lately, so we borrowed a friends cabin at Rainier for a couple days to pound out the Road and Mountain bikes on Wednesday and Thursday.

{Every bike should be taken for a walk at least once}

{Chasing a truck at 40mph on the Team}

{XXIX at play}

{The Competition got a make over}

Back in Seattle we crashed the Dead Baby Downhill on Friday for some Rush Hour snaps, and hung out in the sun for the Tour de Fat on Saturday to get the cruisers and the new Roadsters a taste.

{The liveliest bunch of Dead Babies you'll ever see}

{Roll'n a couple Fatties at the Tour de Fat}

{I can't wait for the Suberb Roadsters to be available!}

Sunday we wrapped things up fast and furious with 2 different and completely new bikes for the ladies. The Alysa flat bar road bike and the new, more aggressive, Eva 8.0.

{Alysa FT 1 hitt'n the streets}

{All new EVA 8.0 roll'n dirty}

All told...I can't wait for this new catalog to come out.

Thanks to Chris and Greg over at Motofish. They did an amazing job and took more pictures than pre-pubescent boy at the Playboy Mansion. We should have a lot of fun photos to play with this year.

And thanks to these kids for making us look good while we were out there.

http://www.rapha.cc/

http://www.twinsix.com/

Neglect

It feels like I've been neglecting this here site lately. Summer is upon us in the bike industry and we're all running around like we're on fire.

Everyone here is enjoying a break in the the Seattle winter and getting some vitamin B while riding in. We've started a 'Commute Challenge' that I'm going to tell ya'll about in another post. It's got a lot of people pretty excited and riding into work more than I've ever seen. People on bikes...I know it's radical concept, but we'll see how it goes.

Anyway, this past week we started our summer of Bike in Movies at my house. Seems simple enough. Bikes, BBQ, movies outside, and your favorite beverage in your hand. We're trying to run an entire Bike theme this summer. So we started with Better Off Dead. A classic John Cusack movie about a boy, a french girl, a mountain, Pig Burgers, and the never ending quest for $2. I'm looking for more suggestions of Movies with Bikes in em...got any?

This weekend Fremont hosted the Summer Solstice Parade with some Raleigh and Diamond Back bikes. I still think the Portland Naked Bike Ride is trying to play catch up to us. Saturday nite I rode to, what has become, a Seattle institution. The Mariners suck, the Sonics are leaving, it's another couple months until we're all let down by the Seahawks again, but Roller Derby...that's the ticket. When the bouts were over the Seattle Travel Squad proved, once again, why they're one of the best teams in the nation and they got their groove on. On the tables, on the bar, on the town!




Sunday was all about the ride. The ride and trying to find some locations to shoot some new Lifestyle shots. Yup...that time of year again. I'm going to try and do as good of a job as Carey did last year in giving ya'll a little sneak peak as to what the 09 bikes are going to look like and what we're offering. Stay tuned.

This week. Did a quick photo shoot. Considering I asked one of my baristas at All City to be a model, the morning of the shoot, I think it turned out pretty good. This is the Circa...

Yesterday, found myself riding home with yet anther bike attached to my back. Another? Yup. I had a Team Time Trial frame attached to me on Friday to drop off at a local shop. Yesterday, I drug home a Supercourse that I used in an Ad shot that will be appearing in Road Magazine in a month or so. I may ride with a messenger bag, and not be a messenger...but dang does that sucker get loaded up!

The weeks almost over...but I'll let you in on some of the weekend happs tomorrow.

Go Ride.