1988: Epic Cartography

Rich Roat and pals at House Industries, known for their crazy fun fonts and designs, have been enjoying the 1988 Giro handbook. With any luck we will see some collaboration inspired by the old on the new Cinghiale poster and jersey.

pink wool: got yours?

A limited supply of Rapha's '80s cool wool pink jersey is still available.

Andy earned his maglia rosa the cold, hard way, you can get yours with cold, hard earned cash - then ride the heck out of it.

Rapha is a Scotland-based riding apparel company that works with wool and ultimate comfort. Their design team joined forces with the powers at Hampco Inc. to produce a limited edition of the '88 leaders jersey worn by Andy.

Inspired and inspiring Wow! factors include a plush wool blend, a #172 dossard with safety pins, and a sewn on applique with Andy's name in the 7-Eleven font. (Andy's 8-day defense at the Giro was carried out in a pink wool jersey with a musette bag cutout sewn onto it).

6 sizes, from xs to xxl. $215 and heck, we'll ship it too. The small sizes frame best, and Andy is happy to sign yours if you like. Colorado residents add 17.54 for tax.

Suine respect

Jim, our main swine from Down Under living in North Carolina, is looking out for us with this fine example of why we love pigs.

Winston Churchill

"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."

COOKING WITH CHICCA: THE RECIPES!

We have posted the Cooking and Cycling 2008 cooking class recipes.

Thanks to Chicca and Arnaud you can download your favorite, or all, recipes off of our gallery page.

Buon Appetito!

(font shows best in slideshow mode on gallery page)

 

2008 PHOTO GALLERY

Here are some photos highlighting the good times of 2008... Enjoy!

Greg Brown's Dolomiti diary

I think Greg had a pretty good time in the mountains.
Read more here.