¡Viva España!

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the walt

 

We went to Spain!  It was in a word, amazing,  I feel lucky to be able to travel with great friends and race in epic events.   The RHC Barcelona was a great race, however all of these photos are from the 5 days we spent in Barcelona before the race.  My camera died as the first qualifiers went off.  So no race pics and thankfully no pictures of Crihs, Juan and Mine’s trip to Ibiza right after the race.

 

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crihs

 

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juan helping cooper dial in a loaner bike

 

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evan

 

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jamon at the market

 

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evan got a flat on the way to the beach, so we made it work.  walt, evan and marc

 

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crihs

 

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kyle

 

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evan

 

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marc

 

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the crew

 

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juanma, juan, and dani  the best hosts ever!!

 

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kyle and walt

 

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after the ride

 

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outside my front door, meat delivery

 

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late night before the track getting ready

 

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velodrome

 

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rainier’s loaner bike was hot

 

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crihs and josh

 

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marc

 

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walt and evan

 

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marc got sunburned, really bad

 

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rainier and walt

 

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dave washing the prize bike

 

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rudy getting pumped!

 

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my Madrid doppelganger

 

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late night arm wrestling

 

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from the roof of sagrada familia

 

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another direction

 

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sagrada familia

 

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sagrada familia

 

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sagrada familia

 

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whats the wifi?

 

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otto, dosnoventa shop dog

 

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family

 

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taxi

 

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last photo

 

 

the trip was out of this world, but the thing that really impresses me is the community of racers that travel to these events.  I am privileged to call these fine people my friends, my team, and my competition.

 

a huge thanks to Dosnoventa, these guys opened their homes and their shop to all of us, treated us like family.  Solid crew of dudes!!

 

 

till next time!! rubber side down

 

_chas