San Francisco to Las Vegas 2012

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Going thorough an old hard drive, I came across these photos from a trip I went on in 2012.  I don’t remember whose idea it was originally, but none of us really had any idea what we were getting into.

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I didn’t really know Crihs and Marc all that well. That didn’t stop us from loading up our messenger bags, hopping on our track bikes and trying to make it from SF-LA in four days and LA-Vegas in two. Six days and roughly 800 miles. That day we left with a solid crew who rode us south out of the city. Steve, Lucas from Eugene and young Kyle sent us off.

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Marc on HWY 1 headed south.

 

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The route was based primarily on a route I had ridden four years ago on a previous bike tour,  we had no maps. Crihs especially was a trooper. He wore his recently won Monster Track prize bag.

 

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Pit stop.

 

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My view for twelve hours a day.

 

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Big Sur represented one of the most vicious and challenging days any of us had ever faced on a track bike. I was riding the first Histogram prototype, I was actually delivering it to Las Vegas to the Cinelli booth at Interbike that year.

 

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Hours of out-of-the-saddle climbing.

 

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Marc arrived at the first gas station out of Big Sur, ate a massive ice cream sandwich, and then almost died of an epic brain freeze.

 

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Its crazy to look back at the equipment we had. Integralter bars and  sling bags.

 

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I’m sure Crihs has a few gems from this trip somewhere too.

 

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Poor planning and the fact that we were trying to push 130+ miles a day left us finishing most days well into the night.

 

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That same poor planning also left us doing a fair bit of hiking. We stayed with random people. I posted on the MASH blog about our trip and various riders put us up on their couches every night.

 

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There was a point in our lives where 130 miles a day on aluminum pursuit frames sounded like a great idea!

 

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On our way out of LA, we had this great idea to ride at night and avoid the heat of the day. It’s was too bad we neglected to bring any real lights. Also, riding on the side of a freeway means a ton of flats from blown out radial tires.

 

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On the last leg from Barstow into Vegas we shipped all our extra gear home and left at 5 pm, hoping to arrive in Vegas at sunrise. We had no idea you climbed over a mountain pass, nor that it was going to rain all night. If I remember, we had twelve flats that night between us and “liberated” these ponchos from a gas station. We rolled into Vegas at sunrise, all with flat tires but huge smiles. Then we got 86’d from eleven hotels on the Strip less than one hour later, but that’s a whole other story.

 

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girowintercap_1_grandeAs we are ramping into 2015, the shop is seeing some new designs come through. Enclosed are some examples of what’s new! Check in HERE!

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2015parallax_msh_grandeThe 2015 Cinelli MASH Parallax frame is open for pre-order, and we are expecting them in the next few weeks!Larkin_1_grandeOur reflective day backpack collaboration with Boreas is a well-rounded day bag. Incredibly light weight, expandable, large reflective back.IMG_4819We have a good selection of decals back in the shop, including these analog Strava route markers.IMG_4818kodachrome1_grandeWe found another box of Kodachrome Purist bottles. These went fast, so happy to have a few more. We also have the Agfa 200 ones in the shop.nc8_grandeWe have three crew neck designs at the moment, including the Northern California graphic. Also available as a t-shirt.shieldjerseywallet_1_grandeThe Halftone jersey wallet fits an iPhone 6 with a slim case, cards, key, money, etc.

 

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