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B Witty

2002-09-27

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Announcing the arrival of...

Half-Fast Velo

Name: Half-Fast Velo

Parents: immaculate Conception?

Birth date: Fall 2002 (for 2003 and beyond)

Weight at Birth: 6,482lbs 3oz (approximately)

Length at Birth: It's not length that matters

Parents Comments: "He looks just like his father" (Mother)

"Can we put it back?" (Father)

www.halffastvelo.com <http://www.halffastvelo.com>

Introducing the Half-Fast Velo cycling team.

The site, which aims to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about

Half-Fast Velo but were afraid to ask, is currently under heavy-duty

construction. But we're bike racers, not website developers, so we'll

probably not completely achieve that aim. Still we hope we can at least

introduce our new team, answer some of your questions and satisfy a little

of your curiosity.

Half-Fast Velo Team philosophy:

"Amistades-Victorias-Cervezas" (translation: "Friendship-Victory-Beer")

Half-Fast Velo was born out of the notion that amateur bike racing in the

U.S. has become far too stodgy at times...Far too sponsored...Far too

serious. We don't want to play that way.

Just what is Half-Fast Velo serious about then?

Simple.........Ride your bike and have fun doing it.

Half-Fast Velo is serious about riding their bikes...and doing it well. We

take racing and riding hard seriously, but we don't take ourselves too

seriously. We aspire to conduct ourselves like human beings simply doing the

best we can at our chosen hobby. After all, this is amateur bike racing, not

the Tour de France.

Second, we are serious about fun. We aspire to share countless smiles, many

beers, and occasional hijinks with our teammates, family, friends, and

fellow riders. If we aren't finishing a weekend of racing revitalized, then

we're probably doing something wrong.

Does this mean Half-Fast Velo is not interested in winning? Of course not!

We feel that winning comes naturally when a team is doing their best, having

fun and working as a cohesive unit.

Finally, we are serious about Service. Service to our fellow racers and to

our local community. Bike racing is a gift. A little community service can

help us reflect that there are broader issues in this World than how many $5

primes we win. Our service pyramid (corporate geek-speak) will consist of:

Throwing a race or two, introducing non-racers to the sport, and a team goal

of 600 volunteer hours at cancer awareness events in 2003.

Thanks to all of our sponsors:

Flosys <http://www.flosys.com>

Hook and Ladder Brewing <http://www.hookandladderbrewing.com>

Pacesetter NW <http://www.pacesetternw.com>

Clif Bar <http://www.clifbar.com>

We're riding for the American Cancer Society <http://www.cancer.org>

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Announcing the arrival of...

Half-Fast Velo

Name: Half-Fast Velo 

Parents: immaculate Conception?

Birth date: Fall 2002 (for 2003 and beyond)

Weight at Birth: 6,482lbs 3oz (approximately)

Length at Birth: It's not length that matters

Parents Comments: "He looks just like his father" (Mother)

 "Can we put it back?" (Father)

<A HREF="http://www.halffastvelo.com">www.halffastvelo.com</A>

Introducing the Half-Fast Velo cycling team.

The site, which aims to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Half-Fast Velo but were afraid to ask, is currently under heavy-duty construction. But we're bike racers, not website developers, so we'll probably not completely achieve that aim. Still we hope we can at least introduce our new team, answer some of your questions and satisfy a little of your curiosity.

Half-Fast Velo Team philosophy:

"Amistades-Victorias-Cervezas" (translation: "Friendship-Victory-Beer")

Half-Fast Velo was born out of the notion that amateur bike racing in the U.S. has become far too stodgy at times...Far too sponsored...Far too serious. We don't want to play that way.

Just what is Half-Fast Velo serious about then? 

Simple.........Ride your bike and have fun doing it.

Half-Fast Velo is serious about riding their bikes...and doing it well. We take racing and riding hard seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. We aspire to conduct ourselves like human beings simply doing the best we can at our chosen hobby. After all, this is amateur bike racing, not the Tour de France.

Second, we are serious about fun. We aspire to share countless smiles, many beers, and occasional hijinks with our teammates, family, friends, and fellow riders. If we aren't finishing a weekend of racing revitalized, then we're probably doing something wrong.

Does this mean Half-Fast Velo is not interested in winning? Of course not! We feel that winning comes naturally when a team is doing their best, having fun and working as a cohesive unit.

Finally, we are serious about Service. Service to our fellow racers and to our local community. Bike racing is a gift. A little community service can help us reflect that there are broader issues in this World than how many $5 primes we win. Our service pyramid (corporate geek-speak) will consist of: Throwing a race or two, introducing non-racers to the sport, and a team goal of 600 volunteer hours at cancer awareness events in 2003.

Thanks to all of our sponsors:

<A HREF="http://www.flosys.com">Flosys</A>

<A HREF="http://www.hookandladderbrewing.com">Hook and Ladder Brewing</A>

<A HREF="http://www.pacesetternw.com">Pacesetter NW</A>

<A HREF="http://www.clifbar.com">Clif Bar</A>

We're riding for the <A HREF="http://www.cancer.org">American Cancer Society</A>

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