I moved to Chicago-land for the second time back in 2004. ?Moving has always been a way of life for me ever since I was born. ?After getting married in 2001 Mrs. P and I moved 5 times in 3 years. ?Needless to say you kind of have to get used to establishing new routines. …
PSIMET had the largest month we have ever had this last August. ?It’s a sign of things to come as well. ?Net result is a pile of builds. ?The turnaround is better than ever, but it’s easy to let go of the forest concept when tagging trees all day. So a recent customer came to …
Yesterday I decided to go play bikes in the rain. ?It was fun. ?A lot of fun. ?Something I haven’t had a ton of on the bike in a few cross seasons. ?Don’t get me wrong – I LOVE cross, but the last few years I have loved everything EXCEPT actually riding the bike in …
Timing has never been my strong suit. ?Just ask Mrs. P. ?I don’t have a “real” job, am making a run at the “wheel thing” full time, and she’s about 5 months pregnant. I never said I was a smart man either. Passionate – yes. Anyway, I shouldn’t have been surprised when I sunk 1/2 …
Thanks. No, really…thank you. How do you say thanks? ?Do you say thank you enough? ?Probably not. ?None of us really do. Growing up I used to find that when I did say thank you I said it out of upbringing, or taught behavior. ?When I started getting to the age of 12-13 I started …
Rain is coming down and all anyone can think about is why it isn?t snow.? It?s that time of year again.? Cross is drawing to a close, and trainers and computrainers are having the dust knocked off of them.? I have a hard time calling any time of the year a real ?off season? anymore, …
One of the main members of the “Sausage Cross” family is Rich Smott. ?Rich currently works, in part, for Pactimo and is racing for Alberto’s. ?Rich has been a part of the local scene for a Looooooooooooong time. Q. Rich, let me start this off a little differently than other interviews do. This is more …
During the Fox River Grove Crit this May, I was approached by Norge Ski Training center and asked if there might be a chance to host a cross race on the Norge Ski Jump property this fall.? The idea of hosting a cross race at a ski jump was too much of an enticement to …
One of the key things about Sausage cross is that we are all members of the industry. ?As such I thought it might be a good opportunity to interview Sausage Cross members to allow readers an opportunity to see what makes some of the local industry click and gives others perspective on how the local …
