<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248</id><updated>2011-11-16T21:25:29.608-08:00</updated><title type='text'>2009</title><subtitle type='html'>Team Blog</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>GT Dirt Coalition</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09619662904138242582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>45</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-8775899054564445372</id><published>2010-01-08T14:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T15:19:34.866-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Interview with GT Dirt Coalition Team Rider Chris Horton</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/S0e8u344ysI/AAAAAAAAAFc/f0n_ilqNQl4/s1600-h/13270%255C1%25201%25201%25201%2520chris%25201.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424511789653609154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/S0e8u344ysI/AAAAAAAAAFc/f0n_ilqNQl4/s320/13270%255C1%25201%25201%25201%2520chris%25201.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;GT's Dusty Downs &amp;amp; GT Dirt Coalition Team Rider &lt;a href="http://hortonsgtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/"&gt;Chris Horton &lt;/a&gt;of Sacramento Go Over Chris's Amazing Season-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty:&lt;/strong&gt; Chris, how did being selected by GT as part of the Dirt Coalition team feel when you first got the news you were accepted to the team in the spring?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chris:&lt;/strong&gt; I was honored and excited. I felt like I had won a contest, but I also felt I needed to earn the right to race for GT, to show them my gratitude for making the team and giving me the fastest bike to race.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty:&lt;/strong&gt; You were the winner of the 12 Hours of Humboldt race, congratulations! The course had lots of climbing and sweet descents, how did your GT Zaskar handle such a long and demanding race?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chris:&lt;/strong&gt; I was nervous to be racing on a hardtail for 12 straight hours. My worries were put to rest. The carbon frame of the GT Zaskar was super plush and comfortable. Bottom line the carbon Zaskar is a fast ride. It was efficient up all the climbs and responsive on all of the downhill's &amp;amp; twisty sections that the 12 Hours of Humboldt course challenged me with. By far this 12 Hour race win is the victory I'm the most proud of this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty:&lt;/strong&gt; You had a strong showing with your GT Dirt Coalition team tent at many events, can you share any stories about contacting random riders at races from just setting up your team tent and being proactive in spreading the good word about GT Bicycles?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chris:&lt;/strong&gt; I met a young man named Justin at the Howell Mountain Challenge in Napa Valley. His mom had driven him 2 hours from home to do his first mountain bike race. They saw my GT Dirt Coalition team kit and tent and approached me. He was nervous, nervous in the same way I was the first race I ever did. I spoke with him, tried to motivate him, and passed along that it will be so fun to do the race. He completed the race on what turned out to be one of the hottest days of the year and was smiling. About two months later I saw him and his mom again at another XC event. He had caught the bug, a competitive spirit is now awake inside of him, and my words of motivation just might have helped him ease into his new favorite sport.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty:&lt;/strong&gt; Which event did you have the most impact on with your GT Team tent? and why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chris:&lt;/strong&gt; Sacramento has a wonderful Wednesday night race series. The Prairie City Race series has 12 races through the summer, plus 5 fall races. There are 400 racers out there every week, of every skill level. This is really where I found myself as a competitive mountain bike racer. My tent and I were a mainstay at the race series. The race announcer allowed me to take the mic to talk about the GT Dirt Coalition and upcoming IMBA events. The Sacramento mountain bike race community is amazing and they are now very familiar with myself, the GT Dirt Coalition program, and my GT Zaskar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty: &lt;/strong&gt;I noticed you had upgrades to your racing level in MTB races and on the Road, how has being a pat of the GT Dirt Coalition team motivated you to improve your performance on the bike this season?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chris:&lt;/strong&gt; When all was said and done, this season has been the most successful ever for me as a racer. Being selected for the GT Dirt Coalition team drove me to see what I could accomplish. I found success both on the Road and in the Dirt this year because of the confidence I gained through added race experience and the drive to earn the right to wear GT Dirt Coalition's team kit. This year successes and failures have brought me to a new level and I look forward to see where I can go from here. I owe GT a huge thanks for believing in me as a athlete who has a&lt;br /&gt;desire to race bikes fast, and a individual who could represent their company in a positive way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty:&lt;/strong&gt; Your story is one of success Chris! Both myself and GT Bicycles are stoked to have quality people such as yourself as part of the GT Dirt Coalition team. Lastly, what is your big cycling goal for 2010?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chris:&lt;/strong&gt; My win at the 12 hours of Humboldt has inspired to me to see what else I can do in endurance racing. My race calendar will include Solo 24 hour races for the first time with the goal of qualifying for the 24  Hour World Championships in Canberra, AU.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty&lt;/strong&gt;: Ride your GT hard, and ride it often Chris, and I know you will reach this goal. Thanks for working so hard to promote GT all year!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-8775899054564445372?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/8775899054564445372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2010/01/interview-with-gt-dirt-coalition-team.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/8775899054564445372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/8775899054564445372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2010/01/interview-with-gt-dirt-coalition-team.html' title='Interview with GT Dirt Coalition Team Rider Chris Horton'/><author><name>GT Dirt Coalition</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09619662904138242582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/S0e8u344ysI/AAAAAAAAAFc/f0n_ilqNQl4/s72-c/13270%255C1%25201%25201%25201%2520chris%25201.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-4117433404196507321</id><published>2009-11-02T10:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T10:17:35.477-08:00</updated><title type='text'>GT's Dusty Downs &amp; GT Dirt Coalition Team Rider Dean Meyer of Covelo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/Su8iJguSP-I/AAAAAAAAAFU/u41fFEsy1H0/s1600-h/dean.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399572025038749666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/Su8iJguSP-I/AAAAAAAAAFU/u41fFEsy1H0/s200/dean.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://gtride4life.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dean,&lt;/a&gt; How has being selected as a GT Dirt Coalition rider motivated you this season?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dean:&lt;/strong&gt; It has been a dream come true really. Many years ago I raced at a high level on the Road and in the Dirt. I very much wanted to jump back in the ring and race more, so when I was accepted as a Dirt Coalition rider it lit a fire inside me. I have trained more and raced more and being a part of GT on the "grass roots" level simply fired me up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty&lt;/strong&gt;: Why did you want to represent GT as one of the few, the fast, and the dirty riders?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dean:&lt;/strong&gt; Riding in the dirt is the most fun for me. GT has always been a symbol of MTB racing at its best. I have admired the GT bikes for years and years. Like I said it was a dream come true to have this chance and I am stoked to be involved with GT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty:&lt;/strong&gt; What do you like most about the GT Carbon Zaskar Pro model you have been riding?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dean:&lt;/strong&gt; For me, the bike is a perfect match. It just feels right. Right out of the box I knew it would be perfect. I like the smooth feeling of the Carbon ride. And most of all I like the bikes stiffness and power to the ground feeling. For me the bike is spot on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty:&lt;/strong&gt; Tell me what has been your best experience on the Carbon Zaskar&lt;br /&gt;during the year?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dean:&lt;/strong&gt; Besides just riding it on my local trails, my best time was at the Folsom MTB Stage race. I won my division for the stage race &amp;amp; I came 2 seconds off of the course record in the TT stage. Then I won the XC race-stage 2, on a course that was full of twists and turns. The course was super fun to race on and my bike worked flawlessly. To win the overall in my division at the stage race and almost break the course record in the TT was awesome and my most memorable ride I think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty:&lt;/strong&gt; What has been your favorite race or event representing GT? and why?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dean:&lt;/strong&gt; My favorite time representing GT has to be my "Kids on Bikes" day I promote for under-privileged kids here near my home. The kids get all fired up to see the GT Dirt Coalition team tent set up, then they know it is time for hot laps on the courses I set up for them. Seeing the kids faces glow with happiness makes me want to keep doing my best to promote cycling on a local level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty&lt;/strong&gt;: Lastly, what are your cycling goals for 2010?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dean:&lt;/strong&gt; I really want to keep on with what has started for me in 2009. I did as much racing as possible and I hope in 2010 I can continue to build on the fun and hard work I had in my first year on the GT Dirt Coalition team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dusty&lt;/strong&gt;: Good luck Dean. And congratulations on all of your success and hard work this season. GT thanks you for your dedication to the Dirt Coalition team.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-4117433404196507321?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/4117433404196507321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/11/gts-dusty-downs-gt-dirt-coalition-team.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/4117433404196507321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/4117433404196507321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/11/gts-dusty-downs-gt-dirt-coalition-team.html' title='GT&apos;s Dusty Downs &amp; GT Dirt Coalition Team Rider Dean Meyer of Covelo'/><author><name>GT Dirt Coalition</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09619662904138242582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/Su8iJguSP-I/AAAAAAAAAFU/u41fFEsy1H0/s72-c/dean.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-7719896389997683760</id><published>2009-10-11T07:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-11T08:11:07.164-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2010</title><content type='html'>Looking behind and ahead, it has been a great year and we very proud of the work that has been done by our riders. We know that many of you are anxious to get started again for 2010. We are currently in the process of relocating and restructuring our company and with any luck we will have more info in the coming months,  so please visit us often at &lt;a href="http://www.gtbicycles.com"&gt;GT&lt;/a&gt; to stay updated on all the current happenings for the new year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-7719896389997683760?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/7719896389997683760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/10/2010.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/7719896389997683760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/7719896389997683760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/10/2010.html' title='2010'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-1191534479602731329</id><published>2009-09-22T12:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T12:52:31.994-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GT going strong</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SrkpDAY3oLI/AAAAAAAACE4/RqP8QIYkeq0/s1600-h/Laura+Johnson.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SrkpDAY3oLI/AAAAAAAACE4/RqP8QIYkeq0/s400/Laura+Johnson.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384379961118793906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Laura Johnson riding to a 1st in age at the Sol Survivor Mountain States Cup #7 in Granby Co. Nice job Laura, it looks like you are even cracking a little victory smile in this photo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SrkpCpIN42I/AAAAAAAACEw/fFEgvvq5ka0/s1600-h/Jim+at+Camp+Eagle+Classic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SrkpCpIN42I/AAAAAAAACEw/fFEgvvq5ka0/s400/Jim+at+Camp+Eagle+Classic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384379954874934114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Did somebody say there was a party over at the GT tent? Trick question, there is always a party at the GT Tent&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SrkpCQdO86I/AAAAAAAACEo/iHgCvCrg228/s1600-h/Heather+Rizzi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SrkpCQdO86I/AAAAAAAACEo/iHgCvCrg228/s400/Heather+Rizzi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384379948252197794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Heather Rizzi showing the boys how to Lemond start. She went on to finish 1st as well. Nice job Heather, it looks like the boys need to spend some time at the track to keep up with you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-1191534479602731329?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/1191534479602731329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/09/gt-going-strong.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/1191534479602731329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/1191534479602731329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/09/gt-going-strong.html' title='GT going strong'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SrkpDAY3oLI/AAAAAAAACE4/RqP8QIYkeq0/s72-c/Laura+Johnson.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-6037738208174541559</id><published>2009-08-07T06:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T06:54:56.607-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Marathon 9r is Comming</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SnwxU4ehHUI/AAAAAAAACDk/3VaN5SSBFJU/s1600-h/Picture+5_5.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SnwxU4ehHUI/AAAAAAAACDk/3VaN5SSBFJU/s400/Picture+5_5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367219090746318146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Big wheels for big boys and girls. Look for the Zaskar 9r in a shop near you. This bike will be available stateside and outside of Performance starting early 2010. We think a few of you might be stoked to get on one of these.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-6037738208174541559?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/6037738208174541559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/08/marathon-9r-is-comming.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/6037738208174541559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/6037738208174541559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/08/marathon-9r-is-comming.html' title='Marathon 9r is Comming'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SnwxU4ehHUI/AAAAAAAACDk/3VaN5SSBFJU/s72-c/Picture+5_5.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-2193573438944868766</id><published>2009-07-31T06:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-31T06:53:24.155-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In Action</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SnLx7ekFc6I/AAAAAAAACDc/AjjDosaJqtc/s1600-h/jackson+podium.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SnLx7ekFc6I/AAAAAAAACDc/AjjDosaJqtc/s400/jackson+podium.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364616110270673826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, both these pictures look about wright, out front and on the podium. This is our man Bob Action Jackson and his second win at the Inter-mountain Cup. He also secured the 40+ Championship in the series. Way to go Bob&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SnLx7Ky4q2I/AAAAAAAACDU/1rqfpvhjHqk/s1600-h/bob_jackson.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SnLx7Ky4q2I/AAAAAAAACDU/1rqfpvhjHqk/s400/bob_jackson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364616104964041570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Off the front and out of the dust, nice fresh air for the engine makes going fast a lot easier, plus it keep the kit cleaner for the podium pictures.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-2193573438944868766?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/2193573438944868766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-action.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2193573438944868766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2193573438944868766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-action.html' title='In Action'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SnLx7ekFc6I/AAAAAAAACDc/AjjDosaJqtc/s72-c/jackson+podium.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-3241691038809503709</id><published>2009-07-20T06:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-20T07:03:00.904-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Team Space</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SmR2AP8F_II/AAAAAAAACDE/nkpGpP7XGcU/s1600-h/%7Bbadb33a6-6890-4600-88c2-fad2f01dd181%7D.gtdc%5B1%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SmR2AP8F_II/AAAAAAAACDE/nkpGpP7XGcU/s320/%7Bbadb33a6-6890-4600-88c2-fad2f01dd181%7D.gtdc%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360539203128392834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It seems that team tents are sprouting up all over the country. We opened our inbox to find it full of beautiful team tents under great big blue skies from the four corners of the U.S. Here are just a hand full.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SmR1___wugI/AAAAAAAACC8/ukdDJeBy8wI/s1600-h/%7Beb27c370-85cb-48d0-9f90-1fdf5098e55e%7D.caivano02%5B1%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SmR1___wugI/AAAAAAAACC8/ukdDJeBy8wI/s320/%7Beb27c370-85cb-48d0-9f90-1fdf5098e55e%7D.caivano02%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360539198848809474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SmR1_UESh5I/AAAAAAAACC0/qZw7jJ2ov44/s1600-h/_MG_4185.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SmR1_UESh5I/AAAAAAAACC0/qZw7jJ2ov44/s320/_MG_4185.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360539187056641938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Always great to see our folks with their arms in the air like they just don't care.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SmR1_OVFv_I/AAAAAAAACCs/biXZSsB8MvQ/s1600-h/%7B36f42ec3-72a7-4e60-8cee-2b39ec2ff3b9%7D.CIMG3083%5B2%5D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SmR1_OVFv_I/AAAAAAAACCs/biXZSsB8MvQ/s320/%7B36f42ec3-72a7-4e60-8cee-2b39ec2ff3b9%7D.CIMG3083%5B2%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360539185516494834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is the way to do it, create a spot big enough to park a semi-truck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-3241691038809503709?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/3241691038809503709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/team-space.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3241691038809503709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3241691038809503709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/team-space.html' title='Team Space'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SmR2AP8F_II/AAAAAAAACDE/nkpGpP7XGcU/s72-c/%7Bbadb33a6-6890-4600-88c2-fad2f01dd181%7D.gtdc%5B1%5D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-7254093868661467641</id><published>2009-07-17T06:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-17T06:24:40.134-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Horton Taking it All.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SmB5_f2P_oI/AAAAAAAACCk/rNPPZLDdMD0/s1600-h/_MG_4185.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SmB5_f2P_oI/AAAAAAAACCk/rNPPZLDdMD0/s320/_MG_4185.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359417688358649474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chris Horton throwing up his arms as the crowd cheers his first place finish in the Expert Class 25-34 &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Prairie&lt;/span&gt; City Race Series.  This was an overall victory for finishing 12, that's correct 12 races in the series. Way to go Chris!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have more updates coming from the rest of our folks so stay tuned!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-7254093868661467641?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/7254093868661467641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/horton-taking-it-all.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/7254093868661467641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/7254093868661467641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/horton-taking-it-all.html' title='Horton Taking it All.'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SmB5_f2P_oI/AAAAAAAACCk/rNPPZLDdMD0/s72-c/_MG_4185.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-518195226411593887</id><published>2009-07-13T06:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T06:39:26.013-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Update Shortage</title><content type='html'>Sorry folks, we have been a little crazy prepping for the 2010 release of our bikes, we promise to get things fired up again this week.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-518195226411593887?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/518195226411593887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/update-shortage.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/518195226411593887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/518195226411593887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/07/update-shortage.html' title='Update Shortage'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-4552657807007957055</id><published>2009-06-15T09:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T09:32:08.511-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Zaskar Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SjZ3KFy8k-I/AAAAAAAACCM/vD0U5KCh7IM/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SjZ3KFy8k-I/AAAAAAAACCM/vD0U5KCh7IM/s320/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347592622787302370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SjZ10OGWwTI/AAAAAAAACCE/LjwGSFGMW8M/s1600-h/50miler.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SjZ10OGWwTI/AAAAAAAACCE/LjwGSFGMW8M/s320/50miler.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347591147547443506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The following is a update from our friend &lt;a href="http://www.stupidbikeblogspot.com"&gt;Bob Saffel&lt;/a&gt;, be sure to link over and check him out as it sounds like he was ripping it up again this weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No Race this weekend, first in a while, So a big ride was on tap. In the back of my mind I was nervous of how the Zaskar and lack of rear squishy would treat my 40+ body on a big ride. With the Laramie Enduro &lt;a href="http://www.laramieenduro.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245082885_0"&gt;http://www.laramieenduro.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; coming on August 1 and the Park City Point2Point &lt;a href="http://thepcpp.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245082885_1"&gt;http://thepcpp.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on September 5 I needed big miles, as well as a test of the hardtail on a long ride.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245082885_2"&gt;Park City Trails&lt;/span&gt; were on tap &lt;a href="http://www.utahmountainbiking.com/trails/idx-uint.htm" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245082885_3"&gt;http://www.utahmountainbiking.com/trails/idx-uint.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245082885_4"&gt;Saturday Morning&lt;/span&gt; we had a group of 8 starting at the Glenwild trailhead. We lost a few riders along the way to keys locked in cars, flat tries and longer routes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We started ion the 16'ish mile &lt;span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245082885_5"&gt;Flying Dog&lt;/span&gt; loop. This has about 2k feet of climbing and some fun downhill thrown in, nothing too technical, except for some rocks and switchbacks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then it was  few miles of pavement over to the Round Valley trail System,  this is a nice, exposed &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245082885_6"&gt;one track system&lt;/span&gt; next to the National Ability Center &lt;a href="http://www.discovernac.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245082885_7"&gt;http://www.discovernac.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. These trails are a bit more rocky and loose, but fun and flowy as well. At about mile 25 we stopped for a bathroom break and then headed over to the Skid Row, Lost Prospector trail,  Shannon then took us some 'new' way to head towards &lt;span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245082885_8"&gt;Deer Valley&lt;/span&gt;, this new way included mostly a game trail, with granny gear grunts through thick scrub oak. We made it through, barely and then hooked up with the snowtop trail over to the Intermountain cup race course, Up and Down Heinous hill and then out to the little stick climb. From there we climbed Deer Crest up to the &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245082885_9"&gt;SIlver lake lodge&lt;/span&gt; and connected with the almighty Mid Mountain Trail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 of us dropped down from teh Mid- Mountain at &lt;span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1245082885_10"&gt;Park City Mtn Resort&lt;/span&gt; on Johns trail and Sweeneys Switchbacks and then road the nordic, bike path trails back to teh cars. 5.5 hours, 50 Miles, 6500+ feet of climbing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Zaskar performed flawlessly. It dampens vibrations and climbs like a goat.  It holds a line in the twisty singletrack and handles the technical rocks with ease.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mission accomplished!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the story Bob.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-4552657807007957055?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/4552657807007957055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/zaskar-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/4552657807007957055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/4552657807007957055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/zaskar-love.html' title='Zaskar Love'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SjZ3KFy8k-I/AAAAAAAACCM/vD0U5KCh7IM/s72-c/Picture+1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-3684296085609043279</id><published>2009-06-15T06:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-15T06:58:44.841-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dirty Coalition</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SjZRQtn3BgI/AAAAAAAACB8/mAg3q0cGxuA/s1600-h/IMGP0289.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SjZRQtn3BgI/AAAAAAAACB8/mAg3q0cGxuA/s320/IMGP0289.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347550955115578882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you can see our team name is well deserved. We are in fact, The Few, The Fast, The Dirty. Sometimes the Very Dirty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SjZRQKDwnYI/AAAAAAAACB0/KG40kq70doo/s1600-h/IMGP0290.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SjZRQKDwnYI/AAAAAAAACB0/KG40kq70doo/s320/IMGP0290.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347550945568923010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;This GT Marathon went 110 miles and still had all its gears at the finish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-3684296085609043279?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/3684296085609043279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/dirty-coalition.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3684296085609043279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3684296085609043279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/dirty-coalition.html' title='Dirty Coalition'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SjZRQtn3BgI/AAAAAAAACB8/mAg3q0cGxuA/s72-c/IMGP0289.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-7407236255637010324</id><published>2009-06-05T08:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-05T09:46:23.527-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GT</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sik2ipaIfxI/AAAAAAAACA8/qrNRnjCHDzs/s1600-h/IMGP0284.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sik2ipaIfxI/AAAAAAAACA8/qrNRnjCHDzs/s320/IMGP0284.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343862401710718738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;GT Marketing Dept. Robb Z testing out a office bike at the local mountain bike time trials. A least he sported the GT IMBA jeresy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sik2iar-jqI/AAAAAAAACA0/T7t3hiWO_Xk/s1600-h/IMGP0279.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sik2iar-jqI/AAAAAAAACA0/T7t3hiWO_Xk/s320/IMGP0279.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343862397759032994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A beautiful sight at any race. GT Marathon 9r, GT Marathon, GTR CX, GT Peace 9r. Just a little local demo for us this week. We took out a smattering of go fast fun for the local mountain bike time trials.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-7407236255637010324?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/7407236255637010324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/gt.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/7407236255637010324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/7407236255637010324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/gt.html' title='GT'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sik2ipaIfxI/AAAAAAAACA8/qrNRnjCHDzs/s72-c/IMGP0284.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-1776582599668313755</id><published>2009-06-03T06:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T06:43:11.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mohican 100</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SiZ4Po72HZI/AAAAAAAAB_s/n9bBGRWOQ5A/s1600-h/IMGP0272.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SiZ4Po72HZI/AAAAAAAAB_s/n9bBGRWOQ5A/s320/IMGP0272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343090218003471762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://cogsanddogs.spaces.live.com/"&gt;Brad Wilhelm&lt;/a&gt; taking a much deserved rest after the &lt;a href="http://mohican.net"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Mohican&lt;/span&gt; 100k.&lt;/a&gt; We are putting a little spotlight on Brad because we had a great &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;opportunity&lt;/span&gt; to talk with him before and after the event. Like a pro Brad started on the line at the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Mohican&lt;/span&gt; 100. At the gun he started up the 15% grade mile climb with the leaders battling for the $200 prime at the top. He battled back and forth, but was edged out by the eventual winner, Jeremiah Bishop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SiZ4PX46VCI/AAAAAAAAB_k/Z_nXFSSSzck/s1600-h/IMGP0266.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SiZ4PX46VCI/AAAAAAAAB_k/Z_nXFSSSzck/s320/IMGP0266.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343090213427762210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This picture &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;doesn't&lt;/span&gt; do Brad or his site justice. Brad set his tent up at the finish shoulder to shoulder with the Pro Team semis. This was a rare moment as most of the afternoon his pit was full of friends and fans. 4&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt; in the 100k, way to go Brad.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-1776582599668313755?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/1776582599668313755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/mohican-100.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/1776582599668313755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/1776582599668313755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/06/mohican-100.html' title='Mohican 100'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SiZ4Po72HZI/AAAAAAAAB_s/n9bBGRWOQ5A/s72-c/IMGP0272.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-2924387879600841578</id><published>2009-05-29T12:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-29T12:48:52.871-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Key Race Highlights</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/SiA8B_RN-_I/AAAAAAAAAFE/PMl_JTzckX4/s1600-h/BobSaffellStanCrane.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 305px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/SiA8B_RN-_I/AAAAAAAAAFE/PMl_JTzckX4/s320/BobSaffellStanCrane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341335162922597362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.ricklatimer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Eric Latimer&lt;/a&gt; - Hammerhead 50 &amp;amp; 100, Belleview FL – May 17th – 6th place (photo attached)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.stupidbike.blogspot.com/"&gt;Bob Saffell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;– Stan Crane Memorial, Draper UT – May 25th – 4th place (photo attached)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dirtydanzing.blogspot.com/"&gt;Christopher Danz&lt;/a&gt; - Burn 24 Hour, Wilkesboro NC – May 23rd - 4th place - Duo Male Division&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://familyofpain.blogspot.com/"&gt;Cary Wenger&lt;/a&gt;  &amp;amp; &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://cogsanddogs.spaces.live.com/"&gt;Brad Wilhelm&lt;/a&gt; - Vulures Knob Groovy Series #2, Wooster OH – May 24th - 2nd place and 11th place&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://gtnembagreen.blogspot.com/"&gt;Harold Green&lt;/a&gt; - Coyote Hill Root 66 XC Race, West Fairlee VT – May 24th-3rd&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-2924387879600841578?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/2924387879600841578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/05/key-race-highlights_29.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2924387879600841578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2924387879600841578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/05/key-race-highlights_29.html' title='Key Race Highlights'/><author><name>GT Dirt Coalition</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09619662904138242582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/SiA8B_RN-_I/AAAAAAAAAFE/PMl_JTzckX4/s72-c/BobSaffellStanCrane.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-8650992744297138078</id><published>2009-05-22T08:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-22T08:48:29.878-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Race Highlights</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://denimroots.spaces.live.com/"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338674602771839922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 66px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/ShbIRAWde7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/Vkl2U-kM2gk/s200/Amirault_saffell.jpg" border="0" /&gt;Dave Walker&lt;/a&gt; - OMBC #4 The Wilds, Ohio – May 17th – 1st&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cogsanddogs.spaces.live.com/"&gt;Brad Wilhelm &lt;/a&gt;- The Wilds OMBC race #4, Ohio – May 17th - 4th Pro/Expert&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://amirault.wordpress.com/"&gt;Ryan Amirault&lt;/a&gt; - Battle the Bear – Lakewood, CO - 5th Expert 25-29 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://gtnembagreen.blogspot.com/"&gt;Harold Green &lt;/a&gt;- Winsted Woods Root66 Race Series – Winstead, CO – May 17th - 2 of 9 in Class (Cat2 50+) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-8650992744297138078?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/8650992744297138078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/05/race-highlights.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/8650992744297138078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/8650992744297138078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/05/race-highlights.html' title='Race Highlights'/><author><name>GT Dirt Coalition</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09619662904138242582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/ShbIRAWde7I/AAAAAAAAAEk/Vkl2U-kM2gk/s72-c/Amirault_saffell.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-548380853893128873</id><published>2009-05-20T08:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T10:21:20.462-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GT Super Fan</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ShQnMin43wI/AAAAAAAAB_M/lMMEKi2VmsQ/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ShQnMin43wI/AAAAAAAAB_M/lMMEKi2VmsQ/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337934554746904322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jorge &amp;amp; Lee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;This post is for all the GT fans who did not make the &lt;a href="http://www.gtdirtcoalition.com/"&gt;Dirt Coalition Team&lt;/a&gt;. Jorge asked us if he could visit the &lt;a href="http://www.gtbicycles.com/"&gt;GT &lt;/a&gt;HQ in Madison, Wisconsin while he was in Milwaukee training for a month. Jorge is a GT Super Fan who contributes almost weekly to the GT Forum on &lt;a href="http://www.mtbr.com/"&gt;MTBR&lt;/a&gt; so we certainly couldn't say no. While training here in Wisconsin he even volunteered with local trail building crews. How cool is that! We set Jorge up with Lee for a local ride and then a tour of the facility. He applied to the team but unfortunately was not excepted this year, however he remained super positive and loyal to us. We just wanted to take this opportunity to thank him and everyone who applied, didn't get excepted, but stayed with us this season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-548380853893128873?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/548380853893128873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/05/gt-super-fan.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/548380853893128873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/548380853893128873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/05/gt-super-fan.html' title='GT Super Fan'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ShQnMin43wI/AAAAAAAAB_M/lMMEKi2VmsQ/s72-c/Picture+1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-3239556928463061979</id><published>2009-05-18T11:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-18T12:11:24.417-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Key Race Highlights</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337238370022955378" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 156px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/ShGuBQbNmXI/AAAAAAAAAEM/6MVGJ9btXBQ/s200/MartyCaivano.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gtporter.wordpress.com/"&gt;Dan Porter&lt;/a&gt; - Gowdy Grinder, Cheyenne WY – May 4th - 3rd Cat 2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gtporter.wordpress.com/"&gt;Dan Porter&lt;/a&gt; – Front Range 50, Morrison CO – May 9th – 6th overall 3rd in age group (picture attached)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stupidbike.blogspot.com/"&gt;B&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stupidbike.blogspot.com/"&gt;ob Saffell &lt;/a&gt;- Wiimers &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/ShGtOPDAOxI/AAAAAAAAAEE/ByNJu7_PdWU/s1600-h/LauraJohnson.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337237493479652114" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/ShGtOPDAOxI/AAAAAAAAAEE/ByNJu7_PdWU/s200/LauraJohnson.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Race at Sherwood Hills, Logan UT – May 9th – 5th Place finish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://muddymama.wordpress.com/"&gt;Laura Johnson&lt;/a&gt; - AXS Buena Vista 12-hour Adventure Race – May 9th (picture attached&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ride-more.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marty Caivano&lt;/a&gt; - Battle the Bear, Denver CO – May 9th – 4th Place finish (picture attached) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/ShGvqB7UeiI/AAAAAAAAAEc/VrBVMs3DLv0/s1600-h/Copy+of+DanPorter.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337240170017356322" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/ShGvqB7UeiI/AAAAAAAAAEc/VrBVMs3DLv0/s200/Copy+of+DanPorter.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.degroodt.com/"&gt;Brian De Groodt &lt;/a&gt;“While racing GT Zaskar this last weekend I had a couple of people approach my tent area and expressed how many memories the Zaskar brought back and how happy they were to see GT out on the course with the new Zaskar. Great bike. Thanks!” &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Marty Caivano “People were excited to check out the carbon Marathon. The bike definitely got some attention.”&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/ShGq3L_Jo3I/AAAAAAAAADs/nJqmpQg2aPM/s1600-h/Copy+of+DanPorter.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/ShGrI2zU3yI/AAAAAAAAAD0/uxDM6Ex7BxU/s1600-h/LauraJohnson.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/ShGrI2zU3yI/AAAAAAAAAD0/uxDM6Ex7BxU/s1600-h/LauraJohnson.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-3239556928463061979?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/3239556928463061979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/05/key-race-highlights.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3239556928463061979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3239556928463061979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/05/key-race-highlights.html' title='Key Race Highlights'/><author><name>GT Dirt Coalition</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09619662904138242582</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vYg9kwG-I1k/ShGuBQbNmXI/AAAAAAAAAEM/6MVGJ9btXBQ/s72-c/MartyCaivano.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-4952984263985451252</id><published>2009-05-04T08:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-04T08:44:07.644-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lone Star Style</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sf8MSAG4SeI/AAAAAAAAB9Q/Zud8-cLDpuw/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sf8MSAG4SeI/AAAAAAAAB9Q/Zud8-cLDpuw/s400/Picture+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331993987235989986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jim tearing it up at another race in the Big State of Texas, probably a good thing we had stars put on the Jerseys. Jim told me they are just winding down for the season as it gets to hot to live outside in June-August. &lt;a href="http://www.gtdirtcoalitiontx.blogspot.com"&gt;Jim&lt;/a&gt; also spent the weekend helping out at the &lt;a href="http://www.gtisgolden.com"&gt;Golden Series Race #2. &lt;/a&gt;Way to go Jim!&lt;img src="file:///Users/lee/Desktop/Picture%203.png" alt="" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-4952984263985451252?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/4952984263985451252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/05/lone-star-style.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/4952984263985451252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/4952984263985451252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/05/lone-star-style.html' title='Lone Star Style'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sf8MSAG4SeI/AAAAAAAAB9Q/Zud8-cLDpuw/s72-c/Picture+3.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-72396038809300318</id><published>2009-04-29T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-29T13:04:19.067-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Racing Launch</title><content type='html'>We know that many of you have been racing, but for the bulk of the Team the season is about to really kick into high gear. Best of luck to everyone getting out there this season. GT workers are currently checking out the new digs in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Connecticut&lt;/span&gt; so it looks like our East Coast riders will be a lot closer to head quarters now.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-72396038809300318?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/72396038809300318/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/racing-launch.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/72396038809300318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/72396038809300318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/racing-launch.html' title='Racing Launch'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-162329809565037838</id><published>2009-04-27T10:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T10:22:01.798-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Zaskar Semi</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SfXowLOwbqI/AAAAAAAAB9I/oDJTdYUFfJU/s1600-h/2%2Bbike%2Bpix%2B4-24-09%2B001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SfXowLOwbqI/AAAAAAAAB9I/oDJTdYUFfJU/s400/2%2Bbike%2Bpix%2B4-24-09%2B001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329421648408899234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our team is always on the prowl for vintage GT's and it looks like this old Zaskar is living out its last days as a super hauler for someone. This proves that great bike never die.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-162329809565037838?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/162329809565037838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/zaskar-semi.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/162329809565037838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/162329809565037838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/zaskar-semi.html' title='Zaskar Semi'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SfXowLOwbqI/AAAAAAAAB9I/oDJTdYUFfJU/s72-c/2%2Bbike%2Bpix%2B4-24-09%2B001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-3961087780733195374</id><published>2009-04-24T07:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-24T08:38:08.150-07:00</updated><title type='text'>IMBA National Summit?</title><content type='html'>We have just learned that Madison, Wisconsin is in contention to host the&lt;a href="http://www.imba.com"&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;IMBA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; National Summit. The Mayor as well as the president of &lt;a href="http://www.madcitydirt.org"&gt;CORP&lt;/a&gt; met with with representatives of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;IMBA&lt;/span&gt; last week to discuss the possibility of the summit coming to the city. The meeting also focused on the possibility of adding mountain bike trails to one of the larger and more popular parks located in the city. We should know if Madison will host the Summit in just one week.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-3961087780733195374?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/3961087780733195374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/imba-national-summit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3961087780733195374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3961087780733195374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/imba-national-summit.html' title='IMBA National Summit?'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-7272147581379171846</id><published>2009-04-16T14:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-17T06:07:03.977-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GT So Cal Style</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SeegZXDtEaI/AAAAAAAAB8A/5AC7_8KU-_k/s1600-h/P4150103.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SeegZXDtEaI/AAAAAAAAB8A/5AC7_8KU-_k/s400/P4150103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325401441935626658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Robb Z our GT Marketing director shot us some pictures from the GT Factory in California.  Above are prototype &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;GTR&lt;/span&gt; Team Jelly Belly frames and forks. In the background a pile of prototype frames. It looks like the mad scientists are working on a new SS and some new &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;FS&lt;/span&gt; frames.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SeegZU_E45I/AAAAAAAAB74/6tBpnke35lA/s1600-h/P4150093.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SeegZU_E45I/AAAAAAAAB74/6tBpnke35lA/s400/P4150093.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325401441379345298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Above and below prototype frames, looks like a little carbon in the rear for at least one of these rides.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SeegZPmFXUI/AAAAAAAAB7w/x9dasv_0neo/s1600-h/P4150091.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SeegZPmFXUI/AAAAAAAAB7w/x9dasv_0neo/s400/P4150091.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325401439932341570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SeegZIEAAnI/AAAAAAAAB7o/G5YpWglUjQI/s1600-h/P4150096.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SeegZIEAAnI/AAAAAAAAB7o/G5YpWglUjQI/s400/P4150096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325401437910336114" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is Hans Ray's bike, this thing has seen a number of big hits for sure. More pictures and stories from the West Coast soon!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-7272147581379171846?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/7272147581379171846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/gt-so-cal-style.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/7272147581379171846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/7272147581379171846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/gt-so-cal-style.html' title='GT So Cal Style'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SeegZXDtEaI/AAAAAAAAB8A/5AC7_8KU-_k/s72-c/P4150103.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-6113934075121568192</id><published>2009-04-13T14:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-13T14:26:27.348-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GT in Route</title><content type='html'>At this very moment GT employees are in route to the Sea Otter Classic, they will be getting things ready for spectators and racers alike. Make sure you stop in and say hi, team members are of course welcome to hang at the tent. We will try to update throughout the week and during the event.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-6113934075121568192?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/6113934075121568192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/gt-in-route.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/6113934075121568192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/6113934075121568192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/gt-in-route.html' title='GT in Route'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-3354316022297187747</id><published>2009-04-08T06:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T06:45:29.831-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Prototype Survives</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdyoLRBvwdI/AAAAAAAAB7g/olXi91eZ_Fs/s1600-h/IMG_0999.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdyoLRBvwdI/AAAAAAAAB7g/olXi91eZ_Fs/s400/IMG_0999.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322313771147837906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just the calm before the storm waiting for the bulk of the DC Team to start racing. We have already seen some good results from a few of our riders in the South and West and we are expecting to see the same kind of returns from the rest of the riders from Middle Earth once their respective seasons kick off. This pic is from GT Headquarters and we are happy to say that this bike is from years past and has been thrashed nicely, so feel confident that you hammer  your new bikes with confidence.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-3354316022297187747?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/3354316022297187747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/prototype-survives.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3354316022297187747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3354316022297187747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/prototype-survives.html' title='Prototype Survives'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdyoLRBvwdI/AAAAAAAAB7g/olXi91eZ_Fs/s72-c/IMG_0999.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-748262935427227879</id><published>2009-04-03T09:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-03T09:47:35.363-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sea Otter Setup</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdY9cbzfAWI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/D05_RV0qCrs/s1600-h/Picture+1+13-51-26.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 145px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdY9cbzfAWI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/D05_RV0qCrs/s400/Picture+1+13-51-26.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320507568494149986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TEAM, For those of you attending the  &lt;a href="http://seaotterclassic.com/"&gt;Sea Otter Classic &lt;/a&gt;you can set up 1 or 2 GTDC Tents at the GT Expo area, however you must be there early on Wednesday to do so. If you can't get there early on Wednesday, them I am sorry your only other option is to arrive late and hang at the &lt;a href="http://gtbicycles.com/"&gt;GT&lt;/a&gt; Tent like &lt;a href="http://gtdirtcoalition.com/"&gt;Rockstars. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-748262935427227879?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/748262935427227879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/sea-otter-setup.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/748262935427227879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/748262935427227879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/sea-otter-setup.html' title='Sea Otter Setup'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdY9cbzfAWI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/D05_RV0qCrs/s72-c/Picture+1+13-51-26.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-4596441161463458360</id><published>2009-04-02T14:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-02T15:51:57.478-07:00</updated><title type='text'>1st Podium of the Season!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdU0W2TJuZI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/17bfjlj49M0/s1600-h/Picture+4.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 231px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdU0W2TJuZI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/17bfjlj49M0/s400/Picture+4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320216101945719186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Our Lone Star State rider, &lt;a href="http://gtdirtcoalitiontx.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jim Thomas&lt;/a&gt; takes the 1st, 1st place of the year, we don't want to steal his thunder so be sure to link over to his site and read all about his victory. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Jeez&lt;/span&gt; Jim, give the rest of the team a little chance to get their stride, a 1st place sets the bar pretty high this early in the season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdU0WoEGEaI/AAAAAAAAB7I/6obpufIIPJo/s1600-h/Picture+5.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 274px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdU0WoEGEaI/AAAAAAAAB7I/6obpufIIPJo/s400/Picture+5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320216098124468642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;From everyone at &lt;a href="http://www.gtbicycles.com"&gt;GT&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://gtdirtcoalition.com"&gt;GT Dirt Coalition&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Congratulations&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-4596441161463458360?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/4596441161463458360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/1st-podium-of-season.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/4596441161463458360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/4596441161463458360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/1st-podium-of-season.html' title='1st Podium of the Season!'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdU0W2TJuZI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/17bfjlj49M0/s72-c/Picture+4.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-6337153526777698771</id><published>2009-04-01T06:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-01T06:53:14.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sea Otter</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdNwaDjkvaI/AAAAAAAAB7A/tV-LCFz5v7E/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 145px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdNwaDjkvaI/AAAAAAAAB7A/tV-LCFz5v7E/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319719177788112290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;You will definetly see Louis and the new Demo Ambulance. That's correct look for a GT Ambulance and its cure for the common slow at &lt;a href="http://www.seaotterclassic.com"&gt;Sea Otter&lt;/a&gt;. Also be on the look out for &lt;a href="http://www.gtdirtcoalition.com"&gt;GT Dirt Coalition member&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gtdirtcoalition.com"&gt;s&lt;/a&gt;, we will try to have a start list of rider here before the race and an update of their experience after the event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdNvwvtjXXI/AAAAAAAAB6w/GOWjk6jMq_8/s1600-h/IMG_1044.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdNvwvtjXXI/AAAAAAAAB6w/GOWjk6jMq_8/s400/IMG_1044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319718468086619506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Think, less black and more sexy nurses!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-6337153526777698771?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/6337153526777698771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/sea-otter.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/6337153526777698771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/6337153526777698771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/04/sea-otter.html' title='Sea Otter'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdNwaDjkvaI/AAAAAAAAB7A/tV-LCFz5v7E/s72-c/Picture+1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-3438577746087490580</id><published>2009-03-30T06:42:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T07:20:47.298-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Working not Racing Weekend</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdDNZZj8bVI/AAAAAAAAB6o/bLe4RJRF93k/s1600-h/IMG_1005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdDNZZj8bVI/AAAAAAAAB6o/bLe4RJRF93k/s400/IMG_1005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318976996166626642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gtdirtcoalition.com"&gt;GT Dirt Coalition&lt;/a&gt; Riders are more than just racers, they are workers and representatives for our brand. Sure you will find them racing, but chances are you will also find them working alongside a &lt;a href="http://imba.com"&gt;IMBA&lt;/a&gt; trail crew or even at the local bikes shop helping the owner out with a spring sale. &lt;a href="http://leeunwin.com"&gt;Lee Unwin&lt;/a&gt; of Madison, WI was doing just that this weekend. He spent his Saturday and Sunday helping out &lt;a href="http://willybikes.com"&gt;Williamson Bikes and Fitness&lt;/a&gt; with their Spring Mega Sale. Below is his report.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdDNZFjGfyI/AAAAAAAAB6g/p0xgEGIre1o/s1600-h/Picture+13.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdDNZFjGfyI/AAAAAAAAB6g/p0xgEGIre1o/s400/Picture+13.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318976990794383138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Williamson has been great to me over the years and in return I agree to work their Spring &amp;amp; Fall sales. I meet with the store manager  a couple weeks before the sale then have him schedule me for a set amount of hours that I know I can commit to. I help with the accessories and GT specifically because these are the things I know best. The sale this year had a lot of Reps. from all areas of the industry, it was great to meet them and learn more about the products that they sell. I know some guys aren't comfortable in sales, but shops are usually happy to get any help they can at sale time, so just talk to the owner, tell them what you are best at and they will find a place for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Team members, you can send Trail Work or Sale Day reports and pics and we will put your info up here.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-3438577746087490580?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/3438577746087490580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/working-not-racing-weekend.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3438577746087490580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3438577746087490580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/working-not-racing-weekend.html' title='Working not Racing Weekend'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SdDNZZj8bVI/AAAAAAAAB6o/bLe4RJRF93k/s72-c/IMG_1005.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-2239778674029626393</id><published>2009-03-26T11:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T11:56:29.775-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GT Halls of Fame</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScvO9wWggKI/AAAAAAAAB5o/5ZOeuF4Zi34/s1600-h/IMG_0991.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScvO9wWggKI/AAAAAAAAB5o/5ZOeuF4Zi34/s400/IMG_0991.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317571345387651234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Todd Wells&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScvOZUWyetI/AAAAAAAAB5g/xaED9OeVSzU/s1600-h/IMG_0997.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScvOZUWyetI/AAAAAAAAB5g/xaED9OeVSzU/s400/IMG_0997.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317570719397346002" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Jill &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Kintner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScvOY6_bfWI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/jsP0w-Lr1H4/s1600-h/IMG_0995.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScvOY6_bfWI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/jsP0w-Lr1H4/s400/IMG_0995.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317570712588483938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mike Day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are just a few of the iconic jerseys that grace the walls at GT. Be great this year and there might be a place on the wall for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-2239778674029626393?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/2239778674029626393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/gt-halls-of-fame.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2239778674029626393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2239778674029626393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/gt-halls-of-fame.html' title='GT Halls of Fame'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScvO9wWggKI/AAAAAAAAB5o/5ZOeuF4Zi34/s72-c/IMG_0991.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-2358087399493509996</id><published>2009-03-24T12:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T12:56:33.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dirt Coalition Website is Active</title><content type='html'>The &lt;a href="http://www.gtdirtcoalition.com/Welcome.htm"&gt;GT Dirt Coalition Website&lt;/a&gt; managed by Active.com is now alive. We will continue to operate the blog bringing you the lighter side of racing and training, but for racing news and results be sure to check out our .com site. The site came alive over night so continue to check back as it grows and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;develops&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-2358087399493509996?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/2358087399493509996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/dirt-coalition-website-is-active.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2358087399493509996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2358087399493509996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/dirt-coalition-website-is-active.html' title='Dirt Coalition Website is Active'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-4715510763981591879</id><published>2009-03-23T07:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T07:55:44.367-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Team Bikes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScehwVpn-AI/AAAAAAAAB4U/j_CFJ8XAHXI/s1600-h/IMG_1007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScehwVpn-AI/AAAAAAAAB4U/j_CFJ8XAHXI/s400/IMG_1007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316395736951683074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Bikes are on the way, just remember wheel reflectors are mandatory race equipment so be sure to leave those on as well as the rear spoke guards. Sorry, we should have saved that for April 1st.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-4715510763981591879?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/4715510763981591879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/team-bikes.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/4715510763981591879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/4715510763981591879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/team-bikes.html' title='Team Bikes'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScehwVpn-AI/AAAAAAAAB4U/j_CFJ8XAHXI/s72-c/IMG_1007.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-2612004529785941606</id><published>2009-03-20T12:59:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-20T13:08:03.848-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Missing Golden Bike!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScP1xRo1dII/AAAAAAAAB4E/mqp85Sl_jgE/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 365px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScP1xRo1dII/AAAAAAAAB4E/mqp85Sl_jgE/s400/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315362212124390530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The above article comes from &lt;a href="http://www.bikeradar.com"&gt;Bike Radar.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wish I could say this was a clever marketing idea, but GT has lost a Golden Bike in shipping. They are not calling it foul play, but clues lead them to believe foul play. There is a $3000 reward for its safe return. If you have any information please email them at &lt;a href="http://www.goldenbike@gtbicycles.com"&gt;goldenbike@gtbicycles.com. &lt;/a&gt;This bike will not be hard to spot so please any help you can provide will be appreciated.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-2612004529785941606?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/2612004529785941606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/missing-golden-bike.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2612004529785941606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2612004529785941606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/missing-golden-bike.html' title='Missing Golden Bike!'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScP1xRo1dII/AAAAAAAAB4E/mqp85Sl_jgE/s72-c/Picture+2.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-5771570512274116413</id><published>2009-03-19T13:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-19T14:17:04.773-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GT Demo at Rays</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScKzNC_phsI/AAAAAAAAB38/lIK9l038Ls8/s1600-h/DSC00747.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScKzNC_phsI/AAAAAAAAB38/lIK9l038Ls8/s400/DSC00747.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315007546974111426" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As promised some pics and videos of the GT Team taking the fun on the road. Sounds like everyone had a great time and only one injury to a GT employee. Sounds like marketing should spend less time riding the desk and more time riding the ramp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScKzM5XD0UI/AAAAAAAAB30/qxqhKc4ZG1I/s1600-h/DSC00745.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScKzM5XD0UI/AAAAAAAAB30/qxqhKc4ZG1I/s400/DSC00745.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315007544387948866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;If you are in Columbus, Ohio be sure to make a stop at Rays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-59016fff3c8764cf" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D59016fff3c8764cf%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330370960%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D279E00BB30F6C7D8E4E8CF7FEFC8DE9908B33AF8.5ED71CDF420A78D86DFBD858573C16444DCF787E%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D59016fff3c8764cf%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dkcc6HwRlPsJrsbbu91P7cXOeUfg&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v6.nonxt1.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D59016fff3c8764cf%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330370960%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D279E00BB30F6C7D8E4E8CF7FEFC8DE9908B33AF8.5ED71CDF420A78D86DFBD858573C16444DCF787E%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D59016fff3c8764cf%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dkcc6HwRlPsJrsbbu91P7cXOeUfg&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Robb, GT Marketing. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Back flip&lt;/span&gt; &amp;amp; Spin. Nice effort Robb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-a27f8b4bd5964b29" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v7.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da27f8b4bd5964b29%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330370960%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D82C65AF5440A4244DD0071239DB34FEB47AEF233.4EF41D44E356DF58FBDCC8DF856B2C01435BA4FD%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da27f8b4bd5964b29%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D4BLUYueSFQndEzawzDu4WCS54p0&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v7.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da27f8b4bd5964b29%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330370960%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D82C65AF5440A4244DD0071239DB34FEB47AEF233.4EF41D44E356DF58FBDCC8DF856B2C01435BA4FD%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da27f8b4bd5964b29%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D4BLUYueSFQndEzawzDu4WCS54p0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again to our new GT Dirt Coalition members for showing up and helping out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-5771570512274116413?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=59016fff3c8764cf&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=a27f8b4bd5964b29&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/5771570512274116413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/gt-demo-at-rays.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/5771570512274116413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/5771570512274116413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/gt-demo-at-rays.html' title='GT Demo at Rays'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScKzNC_phsI/AAAAAAAAB38/lIK9l038Ls8/s72-c/DSC00747.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-6972284811626254409</id><published>2009-03-18T12:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-18T13:22:27.821-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Team at Work</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScFVwb1pDwI/AAAAAAAAB3U/OlzFvLK3_t0/s1600-h/IMG_1046.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScFVwb1pDwI/AAAAAAAAB3U/OlzFvLK3_t0/s400/IMG_1046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314623325868723970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A little peak inside the Demo Tour Van. Lots of go fast goodies in here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScFVwFF8Y5I/AAAAAAAAB3M/CSDqot3nT8A/s1600-h/IMG_1045.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScFVwFF8Y5I/AAAAAAAAB3M/CSDqot3nT8A/s400/IMG_1045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314623319763084178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Louis is the Demo Manager and the man behind the wheel for GT, be sure to say hi and follow his tour through the link below.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScFVvWK56_I/AAAAAAAAB3E/wNY6QsdMmQE/s1600-h/IMG_1043.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScFVvWK56_I/AAAAAAAAB3E/wNY6QsdMmQE/s400/IMG_1043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314623307167427570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(Above) Robb Z. part of the GT Marketing/Sales Team. Robb hard at work on St. Pats day. I personally saw the video of him doing back flips into the tire pit at Rays. We think the added girth from all those donuts helped him get the inertia he need to pull that trick. We hope to have that video here real soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I learned yesterday that a couple of our Dirt Coalition Team Members from Ohio made the trip to &lt;a href="http://www.raysmtb.com/"&gt;Rays&lt;/a&gt; to hang out with some of our Marketing staff, &lt;a href="http://www.experiencegt.com/"&gt;Demo Crew&lt;/a&gt;, and Pro- riders. Not even a race and our Team is hard at work flying the colors. Thanks guys.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-6972284811626254409?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/6972284811626254409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/team-at-work.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/6972284811626254409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/6972284811626254409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/team-at-work.html' title='Team at Work'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/ScFVwb1pDwI/AAAAAAAAB3U/OlzFvLK3_t0/s72-c/IMG_1046.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-9141501743249752094</id><published>2009-03-16T06:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T07:08:46.307-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Team Tents</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sb5ZnESYnFI/AAAAAAAAB28/XsJQSdhT2zA/s1600-h/IMGP0248.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 352px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sb5ZnESYnFI/AAAAAAAAB28/XsJQSdhT2zA/s400/IMGP0248.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313783138044386386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Team, you should be &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;receiving&lt;/span&gt; your tent this week. I know many of you have already &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;received&lt;/span&gt; them and are putting them up in drive ways and backyards around the country. With any luck your tent looks like this when you are finished. Simple tip for those that have never used a pop up tent. First, get the legs just far enough apart so that you can slide under the tent, then standing directly under the peak, lift the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;entire&lt;/span&gt; tent up and off the ground by pushing up on the center post, it may not work well the first time, but after a couple times it will pop up easily. The tents come with stakes, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;however&lt;/span&gt; you may want to spend just a couple dollars and purchase a soft mallet and stakes that look like very large nails. Many soils will be to hard to push the provided stakes into. The soft mallet will allow you to drive the stakes in without &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;damaging&lt;/span&gt; the tent legs. Any questions just post in comments&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-9141501743249752094?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/9141501743249752094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/team-tents.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/9141501743249752094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/9141501743249752094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/team-tents.html' title='Team Tents'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sb5ZnESYnFI/AAAAAAAAB28/XsJQSdhT2zA/s72-c/IMGP0248.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-8035080532968814720</id><published>2009-03-11T15:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T15:43:50.595-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2009 GT Dirt Coalition Team</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gtbicycles.com/usa/eng/News/Details/3010http://"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 98px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sbg6zRSxuWI/AAAAAAAAB14/LMTepmTDw9c/s400/Picture+5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312060412973398370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;News Link Above&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sbg6zVuZKPI/AAAAAAAAB1w/LAnzq7u_4KM/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sbg6zVuZKPI/AAAAAAAAB1w/LAnzq7u_4KM/s400/Picture+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312060414162970866" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sbg6zX02mzI/AAAAAAAAB1o/iwgxfHP8tSM/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sbg6zX02mzI/AAAAAAAAB1o/iwgxfHP8tSM/s400/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312060414726937394" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sbg6zLQVAZI/AAAAAAAAB1g/ncYZyauMCSI/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sbg6zLQVAZI/AAAAAAAAB1g/ncYZyauMCSI/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312060411352514962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sbg6zGWqNBI/AAAAAAAAB1Y/OwpdXcI1bkE/s1600-h/Picture+4_5.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 219px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sbg6zGWqNBI/AAAAAAAAB1Y/OwpdXcI1bkE/s400/Picture+4_5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312060410036892690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;GT is happy to announce the 2009 GT Dirt Coalition Team. We want to thank everyone who applied and stayed with us until the end. If you were not selected please use this year to learn more about the team and its members so that you can be ready to apply again in 2010. We wish you the very best in your racing season and look forward to meeting you out on the trails. To our new team members, congratulations on making this years team. We look forward to learning more about each and every one of you. Take the rest of this week to celebrate and relax because Monday we go to work. Congratulation!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-8035080532968814720?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/8035080532968814720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-gt-dirt-coalition-team.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/8035080532968814720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/8035080532968814720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-gt-dirt-coalition-team.html' title='2009 GT Dirt Coalition Team'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sbg6zRSxuWI/AAAAAAAAB14/LMTepmTDw9c/s72-c/Picture+5.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-2871606954449907594</id><published>2009-03-07T19:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T07:33:31.304-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Update</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SbNCjXJ2N_I/AAAAAAAAB0Q/JGd7FGlMN7I/s1600-h/Picture+1_14.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SbNCjXJ2N_I/AAAAAAAAB0Q/JGd7FGlMN7I/s400/Picture+1_14.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310661560878118898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;GT emailed me today, Active.com has authorized the release of names next week, "Wednesday at the latest." This is what I am told, this is what I know. The above picture is just a reminder that April is the official date, we are just trying to do better with more real time info. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;We do care&lt;/span&gt;, 6 hours ago I finished racing a NORBA National Marathon, but I promised you I would let you know what I found out asap so believe me we do care. On the road, sorry no updates until Tuesday.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-2871606954449907594?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/2871606954449907594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-i-know.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2871606954449907594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2871606954449907594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/what-i-know.html' title='Update'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SbNCjXJ2N_I/AAAAAAAAB0Q/JGd7FGlMN7I/s72-c/Picture+1_14.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-1440530171375863721</id><published>2009-03-04T10:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T10:47:49.897-08:00</updated><title type='text'>39 Team Members</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sa7J6lXwNvI/AAAAAAAAByg/ZowHWMW_ZIE/s1600-h/IMG_0998.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sa7J6lXwNvI/AAAAAAAAByg/ZowHWMW_ZIE/s400/IMG_0998.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309403019017729778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(Above) Command central for sales at GT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The GT Dirt Coalition Team for 2009 has been finalized. There are 39 riders total meaning there must have been 4 extra riders that they just couldn't pass on. Kits and bikes should be arriving next week, but it will be perhaps up to 2 weeks before team members receive bikes and kits. I am on the road racing this week, but I will do my best to get the link or names up asap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sa7J6SWfHhI/AAAAAAAAByY/Nvh8DLktgp0/s1600-h/IMG_1017.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sa7J6SWfHhI/AAAAAAAAByY/Nvh8DLktgp0/s400/IMG_1017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309403013912141330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Zaskar or Marathon always a tough question, but whatever you picked you will love how it rides and races.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sa7J6La00UI/AAAAAAAAByQ/8v-XOBnB_M4/s1600-h/IMG_0990.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sa7J6La00UI/AAAAAAAAByQ/8v-XOBnB_M4/s400/IMG_0990.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309403012051292482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hats are in, men's on the left and women's on the right.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-1440530171375863721?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/1440530171375863721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/39-team-members.html#comment-form' title='28 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/1440530171375863721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/1440530171375863721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/03/39-team-members.html' title='39 Team Members'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/Sa7J6lXwNvI/AAAAAAAAByg/ZowHWMW_ZIE/s72-c/IMG_0998.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-2043193569373981606</id><published>2009-02-27T09:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T10:34:37.447-08:00</updated><title type='text'>March 5th</title><content type='html'>I just &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;received&lt;/span&gt; word that all denial and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;acceptance&lt;/span&gt; emails/letters will be &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;received&lt;/span&gt; by March 5&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;. The official public team roster will be posted no sooner than that. Good luck&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-2043193569373981606?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/2043193569373981606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/waiting.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2043193569373981606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/2043193569373981606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/waiting.html' title='March 5th'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-8139202717167513300</id><published>2009-02-25T08:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T09:53:46.112-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Chosen Few!</title><content type='html'>GT has started contacting the first batch of riders and have a handful signing their lives away even as I write this. Notification takes awhile, but they are on schedule to get names and public notification out within the next couple weeks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-8139202717167513300?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/8139202717167513300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/chosen-few.html#comment-form' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/8139202717167513300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/8139202717167513300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/chosen-few.html' title='A Chosen Few!'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-5067477683394022</id><published>2009-02-20T14:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T14:49:05.159-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Golden</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZ8yzzs74FI/AAAAAAAABwI/x_8Q2u_tl-k/s1600-h/Picture+1_10.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZ8yzzs74FI/AAAAAAAABwI/x_8Q2u_tl-k/s400/Picture+1_10.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305014751699132498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZ8yzzVzCtI/AAAAAAAABwA/frfNx8JNv58/s1600-h/Picture+7_2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZ8yzzVzCtI/AAAAAAAABwA/frfNx8JNv58/s400/Picture+7_2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305014751602084562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZ8yzsHJwzI/AAAAAAAABv4/dGM7_CkVMpI/s1600-h/Picture+6_4.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZ8yzsHJwzI/AAAAAAAABv4/dGM7_CkVMpI/s400/Picture+6_4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305014749661610802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZ8yzZjD_FI/AAAAAAAABvw/Wx80QAoEYH8/s1600-h/Picture+5_3.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZ8yzZjD_FI/AAAAAAAABvw/Wx80QAoEYH8/s400/Picture+5_3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305014744678399058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks everyone for another great week of GT Talk. We wish we had more for ya this week, but please believe that we are working to get things finalized as fast as we can. We are really  excited that the GT Golden Bike Series and its Gold Diggers launched this week so if you are in need of a little eye candy be sure to visit &lt;a href="http://www.gtisgolden.com/"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;GTisgolden&lt;/span&gt;.com&lt;/a&gt; We are sorry to say there will be no Gold Bikes or Cheerleaders for DC team members.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-5067477683394022?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/5067477683394022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/golden.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/5067477683394022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/5067477683394022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/golden.html' title='Golden'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZ8yzzs74FI/AAAAAAAABwI/x_8Q2u_tl-k/s72-c/Picture+1_10.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-6482482220925183656</id><published>2009-02-18T14:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T14:38:53.245-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bikes Bikes Bikes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Just &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;received&lt;/span&gt; an email confirming that bikes will be arriving in Mid March. Things are getting exciting around here!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-6482482220925183656?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/6482482220925183656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/bikes-bikes-bikes.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/6482482220925183656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/6482482220925183656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/bikes-bikes-bikes.html' title='Bikes Bikes Bikes'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-4217303413511454454</id><published>2009-02-11T07:07:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-11T07:18:02.573-08:00</updated><title type='text'>GT Dirt Coalition HeadQuarters</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZLp0-sEusI/AAAAAAAABuU/HrzPTl1Q80s/s1600-h/IMGP0233.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZLp0-sEusI/AAAAAAAABuU/HrzPTl1Q80s/s400/IMGP0233.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301556807758822082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inside this building at this very moment the Dirt Coalition Team is being hand selected, bikes are being built, race schedules formulated. This is all being done with a dedicated staff grinding away day and night to create the greatest bikes and team on the planet. Ok, even they sometimes take long lunch hours to play foosball.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-4217303413511454454?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/4217303413511454454/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/gt-dirt-coalition-headquarters.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/4217303413511454454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/4217303413511454454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/gt-dirt-coalition-headquarters.html' title='GT Dirt Coalition HeadQuarters'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZLp0-sEusI/AAAAAAAABuU/HrzPTl1Q80s/s72-c/IMGP0233.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-1344020317479254803</id><published>2009-02-09T07:18:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-09T07:34:31.302-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bikes &amp; Kits</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZBKGTiC40I/AAAAAAAABts/S9JgWKl91tA/s1600-h/Picture+5.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZBKGTiC40I/AAAAAAAABts/S9JgWKl91tA/s400/Picture+5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300818233597813570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Clothing and Kits are being finalized and we expect to take shipment in about a month.  Because each manufacture designs clothing and equipment a little differently, we will provide some guidelines for bike and clothing sizing as we get closer to finalizing the Team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZBKFzlvaNI/AAAAAAAABtk/eYPy6EAPcfA/s1600-h/Picture+6_2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZBKFzlvaNI/AAAAAAAABtk/eYPy6EAPcfA/s400/Picture+6_2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300818225023379666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We hope to have the first shipment of Team Issued Bikes arriving at the same time. When we get product we will post pictures of models wearing clothing and sitting on and over bikes for &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;reference&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-1344020317479254803?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/1344020317479254803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/bikes-kits.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/1344020317479254803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/1344020317479254803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/bikes-kits.html' title='Bikes &amp; Kits'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SZBKGTiC40I/AAAAAAAABts/S9JgWKl91tA/s72-c/Picture+5.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419626929625595248.post-3218384711349820904</id><published>2009-02-04T12:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-06T09:05:52.815-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to the Dirt Coalition</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SYoBWtC7vZI/AAAAAAAABnY/HVVdbPuZO_Y/s1600-h/Picture+1_7.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SYoBWtC7vZI/AAAAAAAABnY/HVVdbPuZO_Y/s400/Picture+1_7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299049401115458962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Team issue bikes, look for them at the start lines and podiums near you. We tried to give our riders as much Carbon as a Formula 1 driver and we expect them to be just as fast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SYoA5VspS2I/AAAAAAAABnI/0-8v6mrmARQ/s1600-h/Picture+2_5.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SYoA5VspS2I/AAAAAAAABnI/0-8v6mrmARQ/s400/Picture+2_5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299048896631753570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419626929625595248-3218384711349820904?l=gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/feeds/3218384711349820904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/welcome-to-dirt-coalition.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3218384711349820904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1419626929625595248/posts/default/3218384711349820904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gtdirtcoalition.blogspot.com/2009/02/welcome-to-dirt-coalition.html' title='Welcome to the Dirt Coalition'/><author><name>Lee Unwin</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BpYRsAlhZGI/Tqq-rLJyLZI/AAAAAAAACsQ/kGpT9qikfkk/s220/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-06-20%2Bat%2B8.37.26%2BAM.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7ukfDsOgO_E/SYoBWtC7vZI/AAAAAAAABnY/HVVdbPuZO_Y/s72-c/Picture+1_7.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>
