Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Racing Team Bus

My idea is to purchase a used yellow school bus (already half of the team colors), and convert it into a Putney/West Hill racing team vehicle that can be used to transport bikes, equipment, and racers to events (road races, crits, mt. bike races, cross races). We can paint it to match the jersey. Putney on the back, West Hill on the front, Putney/West Hill Race Team on the sides, with the shop phone number and website address. Take out a few rows of seats and install bike racks on the floor, bolt a set of rollers or two to the floor, hang a curtain for a changing area, park it in the field to be seen from I-91 when not in use to help drivers spot the shop. Not a full size bus, but not a converted van either -- mid-size. Preferably diesel. I am checking with DMV to see if the driver would need a CDL - probably not if used for strictly recreational purposes and noncommercial uses.

Here is a link to a possible bus: http://www.buscrazy.net/upload/L1745.htm

Any interest? Any ideas how to raise the money to buy one?

Will.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Tour of the Valleys, 2007

The annual Tour of the Valleys ride, which starts and ends at West HIll Shop, took place on the rain date of Sunday, May 20 - check out some pics here.