STP 2007

The 28th annual Group Health Seattle To Portland Bicycle Classic was sold out this year and we were there to experience it. It was just getting light when we left Seattle and drove to the halfway point at Centrailia Community College. Once there we set up and got ready for the some 9000 people challenging themselves to ride from Seattle to Portland in one or two days.

We starting seeing riders come through at about 9am and the work began. We fixed everything from broken spokes to shaky bottom brackets. We helped with shifting and with tracking down annoying noises. It was a busy day and John and I worked pretty much non stop from 9am until 7pm.

It's always great to go out and see all the people riding their bikes. Getting a chance to talk to people that ride but don't work in a bike shop is great to do. We get to hear about real bike people that are out there every day on all different kinds of bikes in all different conditions.

All in all a great day helping people on bikes. It was amazing to see all of these people and the dedication that they put in to do this great ride.