Here's a bunch of various, random pictures from Minneapolis. Since "a picture tells a thousand words"... it saves me from doing too much typing!
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Spencer Haugh of the LGR team ripping through turn 4 at the NSC velodrome.
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Me... in my glowing orb of bike geekness...
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Track boards are amazing. The track looks and sounds beautiful!
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The fish eye lens gives the image a bit more curve... but it isn't far from reality.
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Me and Chuck from Behind Bars hanging with the LGR team after a night of racing at NSC- pretty danged cool!
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Me staring out over the track on opening night at the NSC velodrome. It was killing me not be out there racing too!
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The Behind Bars crew- Chuck (owner), Josh and Dan- the mighty wrenches!
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What an amazing structure!
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I love these mics! There's a reason why they are the mic of choice of SO many bands over the years.
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I'm told that I make an excellent tripod- far better tripod than model...
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Such a cool building! The "texture" of the building was awesome.
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Pete Demos getting his photo on! The lovely Katrina was a great sport during the shoot too.
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Stasiu's is apparently famous for this urinal... which is a pretty danged cool urinal.
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I love this Grain Belt sign! Such an iconic symbol of Minneapolis.
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That Nova looked like it hadn't moved in YEARS!
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The building has now been converted to awesome lofts! How cool is that?!
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I love this mural! Very cool.
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Decked out and ready for a day of hauling things around and looking really pretty!
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Pete getting the line of bikes before we rolled out- the Speciale LTD at the end belonged to a customer who just happened to roll up and place his bike in the line- it was pretty cool!
Tim