Trifest in Tucson

Well another Trifest has come and gone and a lot happened. I got there Wednesday before to clinic REI for Tifosi Sunglasses, great crew! I stayed with Billy Brenden during the week and we had a fun time. It was Nic, Billy's brother's birthday so we all went out to celebrate.

After that I made a ton of sales calls for Serfas bike products, my new line! I am telling you that if you don't own any Serfas products, you are missing out!

Late into the night, I looked at Billy's shoes. I noticed that he had been working on a fashioning a pair of casual shoes to pitch to Louis Garneau in hopes they would roll them out for their casual lineup!

On Thursday or Friday...there was a group ride up Mt Lemon. The group started out with 60+ people!! That's the only way to get motoring up Mt Lemon. Chris Brown (BMW/Litespeed) was there as were several other climbing types. I got bored as usual early on so I attacked to get things ramped up and catch some folks sleeping in the pack.

At Windy Point, after catching the fallout from the lead group, I was in 5th position yo-yoing so I stopped to stretch and wait for Billy and a couple others. We got motoring again and reached the top in like 2:05. I guess that is a pretty fast time to the top. I didn't know there was a standard!!! I wouldn't have stopped and waited...

Trifest was Saturday and there was a good amount of consumers and a TON of sic 2011 product being expod. I displayed the new Vortice helmet from Louis Garneau and the new tri apparel from CW-X.

The night went on and I won a Beer Mile. I was also on hand to receive the Vendor of the Year from Trisports on Louis Garneau's behalf! What an honor. Louis Garneau has the best fill rates, minimal mis ships and the best rep!