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Homeboy Diaries
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Herr Homeboy: Dirk’s New Team
Friday, March 24, 2006 2:21:53 PM PT
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Dirk Finders, our German U23 insider checks in this month from his new Belgian team, some darn chilly races, and a new level of competition where he’s not kicking everyone’s butt… yet.
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HomeBoy Hamburg: A Month of Rest
Thursday, February 16, 2006 9:41:08 PM PT
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Greg Reain – our Hamburg-based ‘crosser Homie is under strict orders to take a month of rest. A perfect time to reflect on his racing so far, and the wonders of life in Europe…
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Bella Vibe: Joining The Bigs
Wednesday, February 08, 2006 11:20:42 AM PT
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Bella Velo girl Christine Vardaros has had a busy winter – joining Team USA for the ‘Cross Worlds in Holland, and then moving to Belgium to join her new LOTTO-BELISOL Team for ’06. Luckily she hasn’t forgotten us little folks, as she checks from life in the Big League...
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Meet Dirk Finders
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 11:10:35 AM PT
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Dirk Finders is a 20 year old U23 rider from Aachen, Germany and will be joining the illustrious team of PEZ Homeboys. Dirk has already been on the bike for over half of his life, and looks set to go a lot further - and will take us along for the ride.
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Homeboy HAMBURG: A Crosser's Christmas
Wednesday, January 04, 2006 6:59:25 AM PT
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It’s funny when it happens to other people… Greg Reain checks in with his new year’s tales of last minute global travel, Heathrow adventures, his 4 days of Christmas enjoying the German yuletide tradition of pubs and discos, FIATs versus the autobahn, and exploring a later career as a travel agent.
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HomeGRRRL: Out Of The Storm
Friday, December 16, 2005 10:22:19 AM PT
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The last time we last heard from Rook Campbell, she was still adjusting: both to the pace of the euro-women’s pro speeds, to life in Europe, and to her Italian team. Things got worse - but she’s bounced back with a new team, new digs in Florence, and some cool postcards of this festive season in Italy.
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HOMEBOY Belgium: Winter Update
Thursday, December 08, 2005 4:44:17 PM PT
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So the off-season has finished and I am back to training again. The weather here in Texas has been quite good and it has been good for getting back into the swing of training again. This winter I am taking it a bit easier for the start of training as I had a bit of a self-imposed rest when I had a 3 inch plate removed from my left collarbone in the middle of November.
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HomeBoy Hamburg: Bringing It Home
Thursday, November 24, 2005 12:11:44 PM PT
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It’s now the eve of my departure for the Verge New England cyclocross series races in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and I’m trying to simultaneously do my laundry, eat some food and ram two frames and ten wheels into my 1990 Honda Accord for the seven hour drive south.
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Introducing: HomeBoy Hamburg!
Friday, October 14, 2005 9:47:04 AM PT
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With the falling leaves comes time turn over a new one – in this case the welcoming of a the newest of our HomeBoy diary from Canadian ‘cross & road racer Greg Reain. Reporting in from the Deutschland of pilsner and bratwurst, please put your hands together …!
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HOMEBOY Belgium: Done, Not Finished
Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:26:03 AM PT
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Gregg Germer is back with an end of the season wrap up where he goes into what happens during one really bad week, his fall season racing, and a little trip out to Interbike in Las Vegas.
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HOMEBOY Belgium: Kermessin' and Critin'
Friday, July 29, 2005 7:18:26 AM PT
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Our resident Homeboy in Belgium Gregg Germer is back with an update of the past couple of weeks. Gregg has been going well in a couple of Pro Kermesse races, rode himself dizzy in Germany and is starting to question the art sense of today’s Belgians.
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Bloke In France: Better Living Through Cycling
Friday, June 24, 2005 11:39:12 AM PT
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It’s strange the way life twists and turns. One thing I’ve learned along some more recent switchbacks in my life is that often it’s the experiences we have in pursuit of a goal rather than the achievement of the goal itself that is most valuable; or at least this is what I have been telling myself since I came to some stark realizations about my cycling career.
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Homeboy España: Retirement?
Thursday, June 16, 2005 4:24:24 PM PT
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Retirement is a strong word. It’s a term that some people use lightly; such as Cipollini in the past. Others truly think they will retire but then find they can’t stay away and come back, like Michael Jordan. Lately it’s a term I’ve been considering quite thoroughly.
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HomeGrrl: A Welcome Respite From Travel
Friday, May 27, 2005 12:58:29 PM PT
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A long stretch of racing warrants a welcome return 'home' to Italia for Rook Campbell. A lull in travelling allows for some needed structure, relaxing, and a lot of training to get ready for the upcoming Women's Giro.
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HOMEBOY Belgium: France dirt, Italian posers and other randomness
Thursday, May 19, 2005 3:07:05 AM PT
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In his next installment of the Homeboy in Belgium diaries Gregg gives us a look at the “other” Paris-Roubaix, a word on Italian imposters, and some other randomness that has been rattling around his brain the past couple of weeks.
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NeoPro: Winning Friends
Monday, May 16, 2005 1:15:00 PM PT
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Our NeoPro Geoff Rapoport checks in after some Spring racing at Redlands and Shenadoah, where he won some new friends and his friends won some. When will all this learning ever end…?
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HomeGrrrl: Postcard From Flanders
Tuesday, May 03, 2005 12:51:26 PM PT
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American pro Rook Campbell checks in after her first battles with the Spring Classics. Turns out the cobbles did not greet her as warmly as hoped, but what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger – and she lived to tell us about it…
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The Bloke’s Series Of Unfortunate Events
Thursday, April 28, 2005 6:34:22 PM PT
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The luck of our Bloke En France has been going like the bad half of a Curious George episode… “How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success?” said Elbert Hubbard. I don’t agree with a lot of things old Hubbard said, but I think this quote holds true.
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HOMEBOY Belgium: Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen
Thursday, April 21, 2005 12:59:24 PM PT
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This week Gregg Germer takes us inside the Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen. The race held some great moments, some scary crashes, and a lot of wetness. Still in the end he came in for a great result. Here is his story.
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HOMEBOY Belgium: E3 Prijs and Brabanste Pijl
Friday, April 08, 2005 3:18:18 AM PT
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This week is yet another inside look into two Belgian Semi-Classics as seen by our resident Homeboy in Belgium Gregg Germer. On Saturday the E3 held many great chances and some scary moments while Sundays Brabanste Pijl was a survival fest for Gregg in cold and bleak conditions.
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HomeGRRL Italia: Ready for Flanders
Friday, April 01, 2005 10:41:39 AM PT
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As our Italian-based Homegirl Rook Campbell readies for her trip to the Tour of Flanders, she sent this dispatch of her past week’s life in Lucca. She’s been busy with team appearances, appreciating prosciutto, and hangin’ with Jan … Ullrich that it is!
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HOMEBOY Belgium: Racing K-B-K
Tuesday, March 08, 2005 8:56:38 AM PT
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Last week PEZ’s own racing reporter got to race the biggest race of his career at the Belgian opener Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. There was cold, there was snow, there came a point where the only thought in my head was “Damn this is hard-core”.
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Homeboy España: New Year New Town New Team
Friday, March 04, 2005 11:24:43 AM PT
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Our man Nathan Deibert checks in from the only sunny place in Europe it seems – Spain – where he’s at last secured a new team, a new home, and a new pal in Classic’s king Andrea Tafi…
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HOMEBOY Belgium: Refining the Form
Friday, February 18, 2005 11:21:40 AM PT
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Gregg Germer’s Homeboy diaries are back again for a fourth year. This year looks to be one of his best with his second year in the professional peloton and a long list of races from February to October. This month he reports on his refinement of his form in sunny South Africa.
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HOMEBOY Belgium: Howzit?
Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:59:09 AM PT
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Oh how the days go by so fast and the scenery changes. This last month has seen a fair bit of travel days and a whole lot of training. I am now fully into my base training and the miles are being piled on at Ambush Hill and South Africa.
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PEZ Reviews: CRUD Fenders
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The dust has yet to settle from the storm of Interbike, but the rains have started here at PEZ HQ, and that means time to strap on that piece of rain ...
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Interbike 2009: Hidden Treasure, Good Deal, New Stuff
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From the show that just keeps on giving - another round of bit's... C-4 explodes, AX swings, EE in your BB, San Marco and Topolino...
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Interbike '09: The Hits Just Keep On Comin!
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Yes – it’s been a couple weeks since our last post, but we’re back and rollin' with more Interbike goodies, and the wait is worth it – Here’s what’s ...
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Interbike 2009: More to Score
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More from the shores of Treasure Island, this round brings a look at the latest from Look Cycles, chunks of hunks from Bonk Breaker, a ...
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Interbike 2009: Here We Go!
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So we're back from Interbike 2009. The hangover is very nearly gone, the feet are not close to normal, the back is still sore, but nothing itches ...
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Giro 2010 Up Close: The Hellacious Final Week
Friday, November 06, 2009 8:34:07 AM PT
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The first fourteen stages of the 2010 Giro d'Italia are going to be the standard, delicious Giro fare. The final final seven days are going to be the ...
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Grenoble'09: Marvellous Marvulli Tallies #5!
Thursday, November 05, 2009 11:51:37 AM PT
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Four nights down, two to go. The racing was hot in Grenoble, the sideshows, arguably, just as hot. Edmond Hood was on the scene, working hard, making ...
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California 2010: PEZ Takes A Closer Look
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 9:00:45 AM PT
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Let’s say you run a nice little bike race in that draws world champions and millions of fans. Conventional wisdom says, “don’t change a thing.” But ...
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