Don't call me 'Hop-a-long'
I'm crutchless!!!!
Well, just about anyway. My leg is coming along really well (its now 9 weeks since I broke my knee and they said I wouldn't walk for 12 weeks, pah!) I can walk around with a bit of a limp quite well, except my knee starts to ache after an hour or so. And I can ride my road bike too - shame it's all wet, cold and greasy out there.
How about a rant all about the condition of the roads nowadays? Maybe another day eh! I know that you all just want to hear about the Team, so here's an update.
Preparation for next year is now in full flow. We are still looking for sponsorship, so if you know of anyone with a few grand to spare that would like to see their name on some winning bikes next year, just drop me a line. Our sponsorship document is now ready for printing and so Erol and I will be able to get out there and 'press the flesh' with anyone who wants to listen to our stories. The document outlines everything the Team is about and how sponsors can help. It really will be our biggest year so far in 2007 - we will be in it to win it - and financial assistance will be incredibly helpful.
Right, enough begging, on with the update.
A sponsorship success is that we have spoken to Uniform Solutions who have agreed to supply the Team with some snazzy new clothes - we will be the smartest looking team in the paddock next year.
All 3 bikes are being stripped (now that I can spend some time in the garage at last) and prepped. A few things need replacing, a set of brake pads here, a new clutch there and we hope to have all the mechanical side sorted by the end of the year.
Then its just a case of painting the bikes. More Black & White paint will be used but we have a new paint scheme which will look (hopefully) fabulous. I have bought a compressor and spray gun, so no more cans of paint from Halfords.
If anyone knows of a supplier of paint who might be able to donate some cans (preferably a pearlescent white - told you it was going to be fabulous!) and all the thinners etc, please let me know. It's these little things that cost £30-£50 which all add up when we have to buy them ourselves and there must be someone out there who has some spare paint (and advice on how to use it - but thats another story)
We are also looking for someone to supply our vinyl graphics this year. Decaldesign did a great job for us in our first 2 years, but Darren seems to have packed up shop now, so we are after a new supplier. Just a few vinyl cut letters and stuff, not too much to ask and we would be very, very grateful.
Whoops, that sounded like more begging!
So, hopefully, whether the bikes are painted or not, Erol and I will be out testing the bikes in the new year. There will be some cheap (read cold and wet) track days available and we'll be out there getting the practice in.
And in between times we'll both be down the gym, getting as fit as we possibly can, ready for some elbow bashing in March.
Speaking of which, the provisional calendar has been published on the New Era MCC web site and maybe I'll have a rant about that when it looks to be finalized.
Enough already, enjoy you winter and come back soon for another update.
Paul
Well, just about anyway. My leg is coming along really well (its now 9 weeks since I broke my knee and they said I wouldn't walk for 12 weeks, pah!) I can walk around with a bit of a limp quite well, except my knee starts to ache after an hour or so. And I can ride my road bike too - shame it's all wet, cold and greasy out there.
How about a rant all about the condition of the roads nowadays? Maybe another day eh! I know that you all just want to hear about the Team, so here's an update.
Preparation for next year is now in full flow. We are still looking for sponsorship, so if you know of anyone with a few grand to spare that would like to see their name on some winning bikes next year, just drop me a line. Our sponsorship document is now ready for printing and so Erol and I will be able to get out there and 'press the flesh' with anyone who wants to listen to our stories. The document outlines everything the Team is about and how sponsors can help. It really will be our biggest year so far in 2007 - we will be in it to win it - and financial assistance will be incredibly helpful.
Right, enough begging, on with the update.
A sponsorship success is that we have spoken to Uniform Solutions who have agreed to supply the Team with some snazzy new clothes - we will be the smartest looking team in the paddock next year.
All 3 bikes are being stripped (now that I can spend some time in the garage at last) and prepped. A few things need replacing, a set of brake pads here, a new clutch there and we hope to have all the mechanical side sorted by the end of the year.
Then its just a case of painting the bikes. More Black & White paint will be used but we have a new paint scheme which will look (hopefully) fabulous. I have bought a compressor and spray gun, so no more cans of paint from Halfords.
If anyone knows of a supplier of paint who might be able to donate some cans (preferably a pearlescent white - told you it was going to be fabulous!) and all the thinners etc, please let me know. It's these little things that cost £30-£50 which all add up when we have to buy them ourselves and there must be someone out there who has some spare paint (and advice on how to use it - but thats another story)
We are also looking for someone to supply our vinyl graphics this year. Decaldesign did a great job for us in our first 2 years, but Darren seems to have packed up shop now, so we are after a new supplier. Just a few vinyl cut letters and stuff, not too much to ask and we would be very, very grateful.
Whoops, that sounded like more begging!
So, hopefully, whether the bikes are painted or not, Erol and I will be out testing the bikes in the new year. There will be some cheap (read cold and wet) track days available and we'll be out there getting the practice in.
And in between times we'll both be down the gym, getting as fit as we possibly can, ready for some elbow bashing in March.
Speaking of which, the provisional calendar has been published on the New Era MCC web site and maybe I'll have a rant about that when it looks to be finalized.
Enough already, enjoy you winter and come back soon for another update.
Paul
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