SIMI CYCLING CENTER ROCKS IT IN SOCAL

There are some nice perks from working in the cycling industry, especially if you work for the best bicycle chain lube company out there, Squirt Lube. On my recent short trip to Los Angeles I had planned on hopefully and weather permitting squeeze a road ride in while there. Who else to call but the great guys at the Simi Cycling Center, who sell ALOT of Squirt Lube. Greg Dodler has a pretty cool story of how he ended up owning the shop, the shop where he bought his first Stingray as a kid, and he is a great guy with a great crew and the shop is amazing. It's one of the most unique bike shops you will ever see with TWO sides. He's got the actual shop side where the hands get dirty on the work stands, as well as a huge inventory of everything you need from Squirt Lube to Specialized bikes, and then there is what I'd call the "showroom lounge" where you can drool over the latest and greatest from Giant and Specialized as well as some other manufacturers while hanging out and deciding what to buy. It's sweet, and the inventory is LARGE. The funny part about this shop is the two sides are separated by a furniture shop in the middle of the two wings, it's pretty rockin cool as you get to shop and drool twice.

Anyway, these guys hooked me up with a Specialized Roubaix "Test" demo for the day which made the weekend. The bike road like a dream, we ran into the BMC pro roadies al0ong the way and got to tag along, followed by the Adageo pro roadies who let me caboose along as well for a while. A monster fun ride on the coast on a perf day with perf company. Thanks for the hook-up Simi and if any of you are in the Northern LA, Simi Valley area, make sure you check em out, they have one sweet shop! Simi also has one of the best Bike Shop websites I have seen, check em out HERE

I'll be rockin the Simi Cycling Center Jersey in Colorado this summer for sure when the snow melts away, thanks Greg.

Once we finished the ride and returned the demo, it was clear the coppers knew Elgee was in town... Sunday morning brought the big show, here Ray Benson and Michael Martin Murphy and friends perform at the pre-awards ceremonies "Sittin on top of the World", seats did'nt suck. 100 Grammy's were awarded here. Then flying back to freezing ass Eagle, Colorado where I thought this guy was a little to close for comfort...