2021
In the summer of 2021, I donated my lightly used Colnago Prestige Carbon Cyclocross bike to PDX Cycling Worlds to help support their effort to bring the Road Cycling World Championships to Oregon, while delivering a near mint-condition bike in time for Cross season to the lucky winner. I am looking forward to seeing the winner on this bike out in the wild at rides and racing.
Working with Hugh who had built 3 bikes for the orphan bicycle team in Peru, The Casa Girasoles Cycling Team, I donated my old Hi-Fi rims which Hugh sold for cash which he used to buy more parts and was able to build 2 more bikes in addition to 3 he had already built. But Hugh wanted better bicycles for the team to really be able to compete at bicycle races with, that could also handle the rugged conditions in Peru. In October, I bought 5 more brand new bicycles which Hugh selected from Westend Bikes for the Peru orphanage bicycle team and had those shipped to Peru. The picture below is the team on some of the bikes Hugh built, on their first rides out after rough Pandemic lockdowns.