Garrett White is offered a guest rider position in France for 3 months with Team Albert Bigot 79.  Good luck to you and have fun racing in Europe.

With the major accident that our 2007 Volvo XC70 Team car went through when I was broadsided at high speed. I experienced that Volvo is the safest car in the world first hand.  We would like to thank Albuquerque Volvo for stepping up and making this new team car possible.  The 2010 Volvo V50 R-Design.  From the Service Department, the expert Sales staff and the help we received from Mr. Corley himself, we would like to thank them all at Corley’s Albuquerque Volvo. 

Racing season is just beginning for riders in the US and for others south of the equator it is just passing mid season.  The blend of racers hitting their mid season peak and riders just coming out of winter base mile training brings everyone together for the 8 day, 10 stage, UCI 2.2 level race in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.  Teams from around the world will make this event very exciting. 

Josh Liberles of the team scored a small side job with Velonews to write a few stories and provide results about this event and our team. 

http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/02/news/gringo-diaries-vuelta-independencia-etapa-dos-a-b_106052

http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/02/news/gringo-diaries-vuelta-independencia-etapa-4_106283

http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/03/news/gringo-diaries-from-chaotic-to-full-on-s-show_106695

http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/03/news/gringo-diaries-its-a-wrap-but-on-to-stage-11_106947

The Ten Speed Drive / BH Bicycles team was a hit from stage one with the press.  Not one, but two  interviews on national TV about the trip down from the US and the teams mission “Go Green and kick the CO2 habit”. We explained more about getting out and ride your bike. This seemed to be an exciting topic for the press. With the language barrier, we had a couple riders that spoke Spanish and made it easier during the interviews.  I think this female reporter seemed very interested in Jaime.

Josh coming from the snow of Portland Oregon and Pavel coming from the cold of the Czech Repubic.  Well the 96 degree day on stage 3 did not sit well with them.  Food on the other hand is always difficult when traveling to another country.  Specially when a couple riders were Vegetarians.  I dont think the Vegetarian dish was a choice on the menu??  They must of found something.  They ate well and alot. They’re still alive.

Stage 7a became a tragedy for the team. In route to the race Josh had a local bus knock him down and run over his front wheel.  Then in stage 7b crashed and broke his steer tube. Pavel was in a later crash and broke his frame.  Two riders down. Not a good day.

Waiting for constant changes in start times, route changes, finish line location changes, etc.  This race was fun to attend, but would never met the standards of USA Cycling.  Reminds us alot of racing in Mexico.  Just paint a line on the road and go until they say stop.

Pavel Stuchlik is picked up by TSDR for a few races here in the states.  Pavel is a 19 year old rider that is up and coming as a climber. We will be using his talents at the Dominican Republic, Hammerfest, and Gila.

A few of the riders come to Southern New Mexico for winter training in January.  Ruidoso has a climb well over 10,000ft, along with thin air and cold weather.  Good time to practice some climbing while the snow has retreated.  Three warm weather guys and one from up north. Guess who is smiling in this weather.

The new 2010 Ten Speed Drive Racing Jersey design.  Produced by Voler Team Apparel.  We have also resigned Profile Design, Bio Green Bottles, York Allergy Clinic and have added Look Carbon Keo 2 Pedals.

Ten Speed Drive Racing makes the leap to Sram for the 2010 racing season.  Our bikes will be fitted with a mix of 2010 Force and Red components.  We are very excited to use the double tap technology and some of the lightest components on the market.  Sram has proven their products to be durable under harsh racing conditions.  Our team races around the US, Mexico, Canada and sometimes into other demographic regions and Countries. We need strong conponents and Sram is what we want to use on our BH Bikes.  Join us and make the leap to SRAM.

TSDR annouces contract with Easton Wheels.  In a last minute switch, Easton wheels with be our choice for 2010 racing season.  The team will using the EA90SLX for racing and EA50SL for training.  Easton says, start with only the best materials: top shelf steel spokes, advanced alloys cutting edge composites. Design your own rims and hubs, scrutinizing every detail down to the last gram. Build them entirely by hand, to an incredibly high, even tension, by skilled craftsmen. And finally, test them under apocalyptic conditions at our world class Test Lab.  After all this and they are still reasonably priced for all levels of cycling enthusiast.

TSDR is always looking to stay with food products that meet the needs of going green and kicking the CO2 habit.  Clif Bar has proven to be a leader in the industry of organic foods and recycleable wrappers.  We are very proud to be associated with Clif Bar for over 6 years now and will look forward to many years in the future.  Clif Bar makes more than just your standard energy bar.  They have expanded into drink mixes, protein bars, energy gels, and electrolyte blocks.  http://www.clifbar.com/  Check out their website and see how Clif Bar can help your cycling career to reach its best.

TSDR is proud to announce another contract with BH USA for 2010.  BH is a Spanish Company that has been building frames for over 100 years in European market.  New to the United States, BH has been proving to us and many others, they are a leader in the carbon frame market for being light weight and having superb stiffness.  You can see the line of BH bikes at http://www.bhbikes-us.com/.