Laps 4 Landon

Few people had asked to see this logo that was made for Laps 4 Landon. Landon Dody was born with Cystic Fibrosis, a disease which causes thick mucus build up in the lungs and stomach and can cause life threatening breathing and panceatic problems. I got involved with the event last year when a class I took helped organize the event and I loved it so much I want to help out again ths year anyway I could so I got the chance to make the logo again! Below is a picture of the logo, time and date of the event so I hope to see all of you there(ya its far away so plenty of time to plan ahead!).

The idea for the logo was that when I first got to meet Landon he walked in with his mom holding her hand and always kind of stuck in my head so check it out.

Anyway big group ride today so hope to have some pictures up tomorrow of the good times to be had. I am gitty with excitement, feel like a little kid, just ready to be outside again with everyone.

Dirty Kanza 200 Video Teaser

Short post but just wanted to throw up a little preview(more of just throwing some short clips together than anything) of the documentary I am planning on trying to pull together for the Dirty Kanza 200 focusing on training and what not.

Also got some good riding in the last few days with the nice weather out. Riding outside again just makes everything seem so right. Hard to describe but just good for the soul. Anyway enjoy the short video and hopefully it makes you want to ride.

Dirty Kanza 200 Teaser from Garret Seacat on Vimeo.

Short preview of the start of the video I plan on doing to document the race and training of the Dirty Kanza 200 this year(2010). Thanks to Lelan for some of the clips. Enjoy!

-Seagato

P.s. CLICK HERE for the link to the amazing video IM Design did last year.

Busy Busy Busy

Got some grief from some readers about no new updates so had to throw one down really fast. I have been crazy busy with writing an article for the Adventure Monkey and Bobby's brain child, "Kansas Bicycling Magazine", designed a team t-shirt for the High Gear squad, designing a couple other t-shirts for people around the community(one is Laps 4 Landon, which is a great event that benefits a young boy that I believe is three and is fighting cystic fibrosis and all the money thats raised goes to finding a cure), and also getting all the sizes for everyone on the team to get the jerseys order...which reminds me here is the new design for the 2010 team...Shawn at IM Design once again killed it!! Check them out! If you get a chance check out the sponsor links on the side...they do alot for us and we try to give back as much as possible.


Also on a side note thanks to Wiggins and Matt for hooking it up with the team stickers again! Before I forget I got a chance to check out Aaron's sick Trek 9.9 today when it was in the shop for repairs...makes my Superfly feel like a tank! Its 5 lbs lighter...just not fair. Stupid 26er haha

-Seagato

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Nothing really to talk about lately...sick of the cold which leads to way to much time on youtube and vimeo and every now and then come across a pretty decent movie or two.

I found this video of some crazy cross race and thought it was worth a watch. Check it out and enjoy. Also Lelan has a great video on his blog as well...check it out HERE

And yes the blog is still a work in progress just got busy with school and work again so the finishing touches have been put on hold for now...hope you like the new layout...which reminds me I owe Matt some t-shirt designs(I knew this blog was good for something).

Raleigh SSCXWC from Saleigh on Vimeo.

Just a little bit of fun at SSCXWC09.

-Seagato

ITS HERE!

2010 Gary Fisher Superfly!!! Came in today about 2-3 weeks early!! Guess being on a Trek/Fisher team pays off.

Matt told me to come down to the shop to get a box that came in for me...assuming it was just some socks or some other silly part I ordered from long ago. I walked into the shop and Matt told me to go check in the bathroom because he ran out of room so being the fool I am, I just walked in and looked around for a small box to only notice the only box in the room was a bike box...I checked the side and it said "Superfly 21in." and I almost fainted...ok maybe not but all smiles from that point on.

I threw it together in a hurry...and this thing is crazy light...talking sub 23 lbs for an XL frame...ya thats right, thats not a typo(even though I am notorious for those). Thats also with tubes and the heavier handle bars on too! This baby is going to be crazy light for the DK200.

Anyway, Matt helped me so I could get out of his joint so they could close and then I ran home to finish it up. I called up Dustin on the way home because like any true bike fanatic I knew he would enjoy tinkering with it. He went straight to work on the brakes(which I normally won't let others touch it because I like setting things up on my own but he has the same attention of detail on putting together a new bike that I like so I knew it was all good) while I changed out the RL bar for the XXX bar. Also tossed on the XTR pedals and Bontrager RXL water bottle cages and then we sprinted outside like little kids to ride it around.



I was very impressed so far but tomorrow will be its maiden voyage so for tonight I have to relax and get some major homework and reading done...damn this school thing...to think I pay for this. Lata suckas!

-Seagato

p.s. I know the background image is having trouble loading for alot of people and trying to address it right now but thinking it may finally be time to start an actual webpage and be done with this damn "blogger" website crap

First Century of 2010

I know I left out a update from last weeks ride but I was feeling lazy so you can just check out the blog links in the post below somewhere...sorry. I do have a new post about yesterdays ride though so that should be worth something right? On Saturday I had actually planned on a 100 mile solo venture but never been happier that it turned into a group ride. Dustin Burgadt(also a great head shot of yours truly on his most recent post), Tim Mohn, Scott O'Mara, and myself all got together and headed out despite the wet roads and horrific wind. Everyone road strong and made great time for a mostly headwind of 20+ mph. This ride would once again go to show how putting road bike tires on a mountain bike, does not in anyway make it a road bike...especially if I get lazy and leave the front fork on. The real turning point of the ride would be just short of 50 miles when we took a road over a huge lake(not sure which one this was) but the wind tore us apart! I was able to snag some pictures during it of everyone. Scott would feel the pain of riding a mountain bike and snag a ride at 70 miles(still impressive to me for riding with a mountain bike with crows on it and keeping up 'till then). The three of us would continue on fighting for city limit sprints despite the pain with everyone winning one in the three cities. Dustin would take honors of the Emporia sprint when he pulled away a mile or so away and me and Tim just had nothing left to pull him back...nicely played.

This ride was for sure a great fitness boost but hurt mentally a couple times when we would stop and it hits you just how much farther and harder the DK200 is. Still I have no intention of peaking for the DK200 but still want to have a better showing aka not DNF-ing. My legs felt like rubber and stomach was all upside down and inside out after the ride(cheap pizza will have that affect, or is it effect? shit who knows) but after a quick meal with Dustin followed by some nachos and some dark chocolate all was right again. Ride ended at just short of 105 so not bad for a January training ride. Well that's about all I really have for now. I am going ahead and put a link to The Adventure Monkeys blog HERE. This guy takes some awesome pictures and his post are usually worth a read. Also I got a name drop on the the Dirty Kanza 200 blog HERE. Its an old post but I just now saw it on a lazy day when searching the web. Also Lelan is signed up for a 24 Hour race. Good luck brotha and get on that bike!

Quick Post For Midget

Fell off the map this week just being busy with school, work, and training...needless to say I'm home today sick but it hasn't been a totally loss. My little brother Matt aka Midget sent me his bike to put together for him for when he gets back from the Marines. Little preview picture below for him as I work on it.
In other news I did about 75 miles last Sunday with the team and a few other guys from around. Had a great time and still feel like an ass because I made us pick up the pass and ended up ripping the group apart in the last 40 miles...my bad guys. I'll have a full write up maybe later this week but check out a good one at Bobby's blog or Eric Benjamin's blogs. Both good and humors.

Well I am heading back into my little shop to knock out Midgets bike for him so I can give it a little bit of a ride. Couple mornings ago I forgot I took these pictures below of my daily energy boosters for the day...Special K followed by large amounts of coffee.