The Cyclingskills newsletter

It's in "THE MACHINE"The mold got fitted into the injection-molding machine last week. This was a pretty big job since our tool requires water, air, electric and hydraulic oil. Basically every possible variable that can be used in injection molding. Extra clamping holes had to be added to the machine to hold the 9000lbs tool in place. The electric components got rewired and extra long hydraulic hoses had to be ordered and installed. We have received our material for this weeks test runs, which is going to be a polypro with a calcium carbonate additive. Once we get complete parts...

After loosing an additional 10 days in customs it finally happened. Our mold/tooling got delivered and is sitting in our factory in New York. Now they have to make a couple of custom hydraulic manifolds for it and rewire the hot runner plug to US standards. They are also scheduling a technician to come in and hard wire the valve gate system to the machine. This should hopefully all happen next week and if completed, they can run the machine the following week. Once we get the first parts out of the mold we will do some testing for strength...

Being a successful bike racer has a lot to do with your day to day attitude. It doesn't matter what the conditions are, all riders are created equal because the wind, snow and rain doesn't know the difference between a pro or an amateur. Having the "glass half full" or "it could be worse" approach is the first step in becoming a successful racers.