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Eric Martin 26 Steamboat Springs, CO: emartin10; Share

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Hometown:: Steamboat Springs, CO

Relationship Status:: Engaged

About Me:: I'm a triathlete who doesn't want any stress in my life. I am getting married in August to a beautiful tri-chick. I love to cook, and am starting a catering business as we speak. I currently work as a bellman in Steamboat Springs, and am relocating to Niwot, CO in the fall.

Favorite Music:: Anything, but I love Barenaked Ladies and Xavier Rudd.

Favorite TV Shows:: Braves baseball is about all I have time to watch.

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Great idea in Paris : les velolib !

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What is with these guys?

I'm tired of the negative publicity the Tour de France is bringing to our beautiful sport. Cycling gets three solid weeks of coverage a year, and this is how these guys decide to publize the sport. Is there that much pressure to perform from sposors that busting your ass day in and day out is not enough? Should someone be looking at the sponsors to relent a bit? Or should teams just go more private? I just wish people would start focusing on the rides that these guys are having. Whether or no…

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Posted on July 26th, 2007 at 11:12am — 5 Comments (Add)

Boulder Peak Triathlon

Figured a good place to start would be my triathlon yesterday, no? And since it's a cycling site, I'll focus on the bike ride!

The ride portion was a 42km loop all over Boulder. The gem of the ride was Olde Stage, or Lee Hill Road. This is a 15% grade over 2/3 of a mile, and is just brutal. It's not an incredibly tough hill to just jump out of the saddle on and stomp, but when you have a 10K looming, you want to conserve. I just sat in the saddle and spun like hell. The hill is very To…

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Posted on July 23rd, 2007 at 12:32pm — 1 Comment (Add)

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At 2:39pm on July 27th, 2007, Rob Duffield said…: This place is really scary. Me, you, Kaiser...slowly taking over the US. We actually have regional control, now...

At 7:42am on July 27th, 2007, Rob Duffield said…: Who is this Eric Martin cat I keep finding in my life?

At 8:48pm on July 23rd, 2007, Kaiser W said…: E- man, I'm jealous that you can go out and just ride hills whenever you want to. Of course, you're probably jealous that I can go ride flats. :)

Don't listen to Mike - I always tell the team to leave me behind when I get dropped, which is a bunch. :)

At 12:14pm on July 23rd, 2007, Mike the Veloist said…: Eric, welcome to The Veloist. I see Kaiser is a friend that's good because he doesn't have many on the team. Yesterday they all voted to leave him behind, I made them wait. It's sad. Glad you could join us. Ride safe. Mike