On Hobnobbing & Barf-Repellent Keyboards

Good story…

Former Hawleyite Teenwolf as some of you know is now in Italy bothering our friends in the SELLE ITALIA marketing department. While Tony’s exodus to our Italian friends would normally mean he is dead to Bloggy, the fact that he still owes me a free lunch means he’s fair game for the blog. Slinging saddles in a foreign country can be tough work so to keep himself grounded, Teenwolf has taken to hobnobbing with mountain bike stars like Mary McConneloug and Mike Broderick. A word of warning if you read the Kenda/Seven duo’s blog, they travel to a lot of cool locales and do cool stuff so it might make you barf on your keyboard in envy. Therefore, a barf-repellent keyboard is a must.

Not wanting to be outdone, El Presidente Steve went to our good friends at LIBERTY BIKE’S open house, meet and greet thingy to spread good Hawley cheer. Derrick (vendor relations manager) told me the actual name of the event but I forgot it because he was speaking faster than the guy who did the Micro Machines commercials. Derrick’s speech urgency aside, Steve said he, Derrick, The Wagster and Ed had a great time repping Hawley. Even more impressive was the fact our Hawley quartet upstaged the introduction of cycling legend and the generally photogenic George Hincapie! If Bloggy had scripted George’s opening remarks, it would’ve included a comment about age before beauty and some snappy one liners disparaging the driving habits of Lexington county residents. Maybe a “where are you from?… I’ll talk slower” zinger thrown in for good measure. Sadly, because George isn’t a lunatic, he was (according to El Presidente) quite affable and easygoing, as likable as he was modest and impressed everybody in attendance. By the way, Bloggy wants to give a big belated shout-out to sales guy Scott who helped me pick out a pair Swiftwick compressions socks 3-1/4 years ago! I lost the right sock 13 months ago but I still wear the left one! Have a frank and productive weekend.