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jon_chaissonOkay, so it's actually a big balloon for Maxxis tires, but why, do you ask, is there a giant inflatable advertisement outside our apartment, blocking both our garage door and the one across the street?
Apparently we're at a major corner for the first tier (or in this case, the "prologue") of The Tour of California, the American west coast version of the Tour de France. It's a 600 mile, multi-part bike race that goes from SF to Rendondo Beach over the course of a week or so. Today is the Time Trial race. It's a 1.9-mile race that starts at the Ferry Building and goes up to Coit Tower. So yeah, it's flat for the first mile, then when they take the corner right outside our window it's ALL UPHILL. Just when I thought that biking up Radcliffe Street sucked... :p
It's supposed to start in a half hour, so I'm thinking that some time around 10:15 or 10:30 or so I'll be seeing a phalanx of bikes coming through the neighborhood. I have my trusty camera out and ready so I'll take some pix and post 'em here.
And to think today our excitement was going to be going to Target down in Daly City... :p
EDIT: The race will be shown in highlight reels on ESPN2 if anyone's interested. :p
Apparently we're at a major corner for the first tier (or in this case, the "prologue") of The Tour of California, the American west coast version of the Tour de France. It's a 600 mile, multi-part bike race that goes from SF to Rendondo Beach over the course of a week or so. Today is the Time Trial race. It's a 1.9-mile race that starts at the Ferry Building and goes up to Coit Tower. So yeah, it's flat for the first mile, then when they take the corner right outside our window it's ALL UPHILL. Just when I thought that biking up Radcliffe Street sucked... :p
It's supposed to start in a half hour, so I'm thinking that some time around 10:15 or 10:30 or so I'll be seeing a phalanx of bikes coming through the neighborhood. I have my trusty camera out and ready so I'll take some pix and post 'em here.
And to think today our excitement was going to be going to Target down in Daly City... :p
EDIT: The race will be shown in highlight reels on ESPN2 if anyone's interested. :p
