Ride Argyle Apparel at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge!
We are very excited for the second edition of our hometown race, the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. This year, we will be working with Garmin in the race expo selling team merchandise, as well as Garmin cycling computers at special event pricing. We have also produced a fantastic special edition Ride Argyle tee shirt for [...]
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Spot the POM contest winner shows his spoils!
Gregg Deal, writer of the blog District Cycling, was the big winner of POM Wonderful’s Tour of California ‘Spot the POM’ contest. As such he received a wealth of team gear and POM products. However, his main spoil finally arrived at his Washington, D.C. area home — a Felt F1 SL equipped with Di2 and [...]
A Fangyle view of the Giro
Argyle Armada aficionado Maria Nasef sent along these shots from the first week of the Giro d’Italia. Thanks Maria! See all of her photos, as well as more photos from all of the team’s races on the team Flickr site.
Fangyle: Giro, stage 1
Argyle fans Jenni James and her husband sent this dispatch from stage 1 of the Giro d’Italia. Venezia – Stage 1: Sicily to Venice to see a little Red, White & Blue We arrived on Wednesday from Sicily to hang out and relax, but the real focus of the trip was to catch a glimpse [...]
Happy Argyle Birthday to Me!
What does an argyle addict have on his birthday? Just ask Anthony Clarkson of Lincolnshire, England. He recently celebrated his 40th with a very special argyle cake, made by his understanding wife.
Avid Argyle January: Maggie's Slipstream Kangol
Super Duper Fan Maggie Tarbox (below right) reveals her secret recipe for a genuine Slipstream-colored kangol: 1. First, you must have established street cred as a rabid…errr…avid follower of Sir Jonathan and his merry band of argyle-clad cycling velociraptors. By this I mean that you have given at least two Garmins as holiday presents, you [...]
Lucky in St. Louis
Lisa Brown writes from St. Louis, Missouri I felt very lucky to catch the Hermann-St. Charles stage of the Tour of Missouri from start to finish. It was so humid in Hermann that most of the teams stayed in their RVs before the start. Who could blame them? Danny Pate (above) was nice enough to [...]
Avid Argyle October: Special day at Tour of Britain
Practice Nurse Anthony Clarkson Grimsby writes from Lincolnshire, England: Hi from Lincolnshire England! I am a near 40-year-old father of three, club cyclist and pro cycling fan here in the UK who has at last found a team to believe in! For so many months I have followed Team Garmin-Chipotle in Europe and the US [...]
Meeting Big Mag!
From Jackie Harrington, England “I’ve been a fan of Garmin/Chipotle from the start so I was delighted to meet Magnus Backstedt at the International Cycle Show in Earl’s Court, London where he was signing posters on the Felt Bike stand. I hadn’t known he was going to be at the show, so it was very [...]
Dressing up as Trent Lowe for Halloween
From Ross in Jacksonville, Florida: My name is Ross. I am 8 years old and I am a huge Garmin-Chipotle fan. This year for Halloween I decided I am going to be Trent Lowe (above left). We ordered some of the new bottles and I have most of the kit and even one of Lucas’s [...]
Avid Argyle October: Carmen Arace 8th grade fans prevail!
8th grade English teacher Maggie Tarbox uses the power of Argyle to motivate her students: Hi, I am an 8th grade English teacher at Carmen Arace Middle School in Bloomfield, CT. Our student population is predominantly African-American and many are avid sports fans and athletes. Additionally, they are brilliant and very creative. Out team decided [...]
Missouri time trial better than Christmas
Jamie Wynne writes about the Tour of Missouri time trial: Standing on the side of the road in Branson for the time trial, I got to see the racers going both down the hill at lightening speeds and then climb back up. While speed is intoxicating and gets all the glory, the pace at which [...]
Happy to be at the start!
From Chris Brianas of La Jolla, California: My interest in Team Slipstream started when I went to Long Beach in 2007 to see the final stage of the Tour of California. Of course, it was the outfits that were the initial draw… then it was the anti-doping message and program… then it was the signing [...]
Meeting Millar
Angela Manancourt from Birmingham, UK talks about meeting David Millar during the 2008 Tour de France: I got a chance to meet David Millar before the start of the stage out of Le Bourg d’Oisans on this year’s Tour de France (2008). Having the chance to meet him in person, getting an autograph and having [...]
Avid Argyle October: Christian wins races (and hearts) in Missouri
Erin Jameson from Belleville, Illinois writes about her tour of Missouri: Really, in retrospect, it had been a good day for a race so it was a good thing that the Tour of Missouri was in town. It had been a pretty interesting race, what with the switches from the country to the urban and [...]
Christian Vande Velde Rocks!
Creator of the Christian Vande Velde Fan Club, Connecticut super fan Maggie Tarbox has produced this special video tribute to her favorite hero:
Dean highlights Tour of Ireland trip
Jeff Pint from San Diego, CA writes about his trip to Ireland: Last month (Aug 30th), I went to Ireland on a trip to catch the new and growing Tour of Ireland. I arrived in Limerick, Ireland to catch no other than Julian Dean being interviewed by the cycling press. Julian had held a 2nd [...]
Missouri Road Trip!
Tim Carls from Racine, Wisconsin writes about his road trip to the Tour of Missouri: My friend Matt Wagner and I drove from Racine, WI (SE corner of the state) to the Tour of Missouri for the last 3 stages. We had a blast watching the Argyle race. Was great to see our favorite riders [...]
Fangyle Canadian-style
Heather Antunes from Markham, Ontario writes about her family’s Tour de France experience: My husband and I have been avid Tour de France fans for years and were able to go for the first time this year. It was amazing and we can’t wait to return next year! We support team Garmin-Chipotle wholeheartedly and are [...]
Avid Argyle September: Meeting Magnus
From Marshall Dobbins of Rockville, Maryland: I have been to the CSC Invitational with 1 or both of my 2 sons every year for the last nine years and was looking forward to another great day of racing this year. I was really excited last winter when I read that you had signed Magnus Backstedt [...]
Avid Argyle August: Tour of California Groupies
Becky Neal writes from California: Every year my husband and I count the days until the Tour of California comes around again. We have seen multiple stages in years past, but this year we followed the whole race. We got to meet many of the Slipstream – Chipotle riders as they were always very friendly. [...]
Avid Argyle September: DC Super Fan
From Phillina Chan of Washington, D.C. I so enjoyed meeting the team at the Capital Criterium on Sept 21. I got to meet Danny Pate, Will Frischkorn, Mike Friedman, and surprise!…Jonathan Vaughters. What a treat!! I really wanted to say “hello” because they were only 5 feet away from me, and I was so nervous [...]
Avid Argyle September: Lucky Bunkie and Argyle Bliss
From Andy Schwartz and Bunkie Miller of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My wife and I spent a lovely two weeks chasing the TdF this year and my wife walked away with an unforgettable experience largely due to the kindness of one of your support guys. To start, my wife (right) is a big Garmin/Chipotle fan. She has [...]
