For those of you who live in the Philadelphia area I highly recommend that you come to this years bike race. Its a real good time. Good sports, good food and good fun. It is one of the only days in Philadelphia that they will look the other way with open container laws so expect to see lots of debauchery.



Heres a little info about the men's race.

The main event of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling – the Philadelphia International Championship, will treat Philadelphia spectators to a showing of twenty-five of the world’s elite professional cycling teams. Approximately 17 domestic and eight international teams will make up the culturally rich field of riders. With eight riders per team, Philadelphia is in for an exciting day of racing as they watch 200 cyclists vie for the lead position in the extremely competitive peloton. The cyclists will complete 10 laps of a 14.4-mile circuit through Philadelphia, which will include 10 climbs up the 17% grade Manayunk Wall. They will finish with three laps of Lemon Hill and Logan Circle, having logged 156 miles total in one of the biggest special sporting events in the country. Start Time: 9:00am.

SYMBIOT out will be out and about on race day, so keep an eye out for us.

I never thought this day would come. For years I made fun of and thought I would never need them but I gave in. I bought trekking poles. The years of ascending and mostly descending have taken it's tole on my knees. I've never used them before but I'm looking forward to trying them out for the first time. I decided to get a pair of Leki Super Makalu COR-TEC PA SAS-L. We have our first trip coming up on the weekend of June 13th so we will know if it's worth it or if I wasted $140.

Summer is finally here and it's time to get out and hike. Our first trip of the summer is coming up and I hope yours is too. So if your stuck looking for a new trail to hike then check out GORP. A website dedicated to everything hiking. Look up a trail or learn a new skill, it's all here. Oh and don't forget to pick up a Sportback to help you out with your adventures.




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Tandems Expo 2008 Page



Symbiot will be at the Tandem Expo 2008. Come check out our booth and pick up a Sportback in person.

2008:
Saturday, March 29th 12-6pm
Sunday, March 30th 9am-5pm

Pittsgrove Township Middle School
1076 Almond Rd. Centerton, NJ Rain or Shine

70 Tandems on Display : Great Free Refreshments : Other Vendors : Free Test Rides : Info : Compare and Buy : Meet with other tandem owners

This past weekend we were off on another adventure. This time we were on the Appalachian Trail in good old central PA. We went to check out an area called The Pinnacle. As in true weekend warrior fashion we ditched work as early as possible and headed up there.

This time we were all coming from different directions so getting there at the same time was going to be tricky. Personally my drive blew; it poured the whole way there. I was the first to get into the area after learning that Ash and Nate were lost somewhere in the hills. Jon arrived next then Nate and Ash followed.

Immediately we hit our first snag while getting ourselves together to head into the woods. Nate had left his sleeping bag at home and it’s about 25 degrees out. So we gathered up all the blankets and fabric we could find. It was going to have to do.
We walked into the woods just down from where we had parked to find a nice spot with a fire ring. We knew we weren’t far from civilization because this freaking street lamp at the water works was lighting up the whole camp site. Then to really give you the feeling of being “out there” a car drove down an unseen road just 50ft from us.

We got through the first rainy night with a good bottle of scotch, a nice big fat porterhouse. The next morning we headed up the mountain. As we got to about 1200ft. the nice wet ground started to turn into a thin sheet of ice pellets. The further up we go the larger the ice pellets get and the more ice covered trees become. Actually out at the Pinnacle trees were frozen solid with horizontal ice cicles. It was quite cool. I have no pictures of this because the ground was so icy that getting myself and the camera out to the cliff was to dangerous.

That night we found a choice camp site deep in the woods far from any street lights. The ground was still covered with a thin layer of ice when we threw down the tents for the night. We had a small fire and another delicious meal. It sure it nice when its cold because you can carry meat without worrying about it spoiling.

The next morning we woke up and headed out on the still icy trail. This morning the sun finally showed up which was kind of a curse. The sun was melting all the ice on the upper branches and causing it to drip down and refreeze on the ground bellow, making the trail really freaking icy and very difficult to walk. Good trip though. Not sure whats up next.
Booze

The Group

Frozen

One Slick Cliff