With 528 Classic wins, 5 Tour De France wins 5  World Championships and 3 Paris Robaix wins even a bad picture (or two) of Eddy Merckx  in our store is a picture worth bragging about! Look at how young I looked.

I raced road bikes for ten years (cat 2) and I was FIRST several times (Masters 35 1,2,3). I also raced mountain bikes for four years (expert) and I was NEVER first! I also did almost every century in California. Now I am a fat, lazy pig who likes to fish. I know that isn't much to brag about, but you should hear my fish stories!

We are the Nation's FIRST National Bike Registry retail store (number one, the first one). You can come in here and get your bike registered for the whole nation. We can also send you the form! When you buy your very own NBR registration form from us we give you an extra and free Boomerang sticker, just put the sticker on another bike or item you really want to keep.  NBR does a great job at getting all NBR registered bikes into National data bases making it much harder for bike thieves to peddle their "product".

Here I am (front) at the Northern California District Criterium Championships in two different breaks. It's amazing what you can do with camera angles! I managed to finish in the top 3 three years in a row at this race (Master's 1, 2 &3 35-39 age group). Too bad I can't sprint, I may never stop bragging!

John Kelly, bike commuter, Pro bike racer, bikeseller!

  Now to someone who can truely ride fast. Former Pedaler full-time employee John Kelly was second at the 2001 Mt. Diablo Hill Climb.(For the second year in a row!) With a time of 47:10. No, he didn't use a car! Scott didn't tell us how he did (in the CROW jersey), but he made it.  

 The race started on the south end of the mountain at The Athenian School and made it up the southside to the top. 10.9 miles and 3849 feet to the top! One of our mechanics Calvin got 101.04 in the road division in 2005, he plans on breaking 57 minutes in 2006. If he could pedal with his lips I think he would break 45 minutes.

Look at John at the San Francisco Gran Prix.
128 miles, 8000 feet of climbing and an 18th place finish out of 120 starters! John was the TOP amateur finisher! John now holds a pro racing license.

John Kelly (foreground), Ekimov(front) and Mark Walters (Canadian National Champion).
Congratulations to Peter Luce of Piedmont, California for telling us Ekimov's first name: Viatcheslav! 
He will receive a beautiful Ped T!

John won the 2001 State Championship in the Pursuit at Hellyer Park in San Jose, Ca. with a time of 4.58. He was second at U.S. Nationals (above) with a time of 4:4

 Second is not last when it comes to Nationals! The Track Nationals were held in Blaine Minnesota in 2001 and John took the silver! 

 John was the 2000 California State Time Trial Champion with a time of 51:30 for 40 kilometers at Sattley Ca. On the road he was FIRST at Copperopolis and Corral Hollow (cat.1) in 2001. John now races with Webcor. He is on the cover of the Velo News 2005 Road Racing Canendar!

Paul Yazolino Track Star and Friend of the Pedaler 
      

We sponsored Paul Yazolino for several years. Many time Masters National (4) and Masters World Champion (2), Paul has inspired us all with his tenacity and sheer speed. Here in this photo Paul won the 200 meter sprint at The Nationals in 1993. He set a U.S. record time of 11.6 seconds. He raced in the 50-54 age group, but his time was faster than the 35-39 year old age group! Paul is one of the nicest and most polite people you will ever meet, until you get him on the track.

For a free Ped T name that movie line....

Hints 1: The hilarious comedy has 2 sequels.
2: The line must have something to do with bikes.
3: The first two hints should do it, and you know this!

It's always an event to go see Josh's super cool Ska band:

TheSoulCaptives 
Click the link to see where their next show is.