"TC" and the Viking

TC talks Retul bike fitting at the startline with colleague Chris Carmichael at the Leadville 100
(check out Lance in the LiveStrong jersey in the middle)

Todd Carver, Retul Studios Master Bike Fitter, is a busy man these days. When I see the calendar have 4 fits on a SATURDAY, I know TC's bike fit schedule is filling up fast! Retul's International base of fitters is expanding like wild fire and thus there is more travel and less time for bike fitting in Colorado. The Leadville 100 is usually TC's annual focus event on his trusted Yeti Mtn steed. The question is, when will he find time to train? How does he plan to manage through his current form or lackthereof? What to do, what to do? ENTER: Norweigan born, Saudi raised, broken in Minnesota and as of late,proud resident of the Republic of Boulder...Mr. Lars Finanger. As the second most powerful person in his household, Lars manages to be competitive at the Iron distance races with 'supposedly' no time to train due to a slave-like work schedule at Retul (think Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom scenes of the underground 'workers'). But for the last few months, Lars has been shadowing TC as Retul's first test bike fitter apprentice. After dominating Xantunaisa's FIST training with his charm, Lars looks forward to completing his SICI course this next month and is excited by our new partnership with the Insititute and the Irish New Yorker :) . Next week TC and Lars will head out to Solvang, California - home of the pro tour teams early season training camps (and also to Michael Wacko Jacko Jackson) to do bike fits with Vision Quest, Chicago based coaching service empire of Robbie Ventura. After he returns (and he doesn't know this yet), I have hired Tony Deboom, former Army ranger, pro triathlete, secret service hit man during the Nixon cabinet, Director Sportiff of the Tri-Dubai team, current head coach of the West Point Tri team and part time cagefighter, to complete the final phases of Lars training regimen, so he will be able to deploy on a moments notice to anywhere in the world to conduct Retul bike fits.

TC and Lars manage the Retul Studios Denver, a posh bike fit studio in the heart of Denver's ball park district. Offering state-of-the-art 3D biomechanical anaylsis and a host of custom and stock solutions from the worlds greatest bicycle frame builders, the Retul Studios has become a great place to find your dream ride and ensure its performance and comfort with the Retul fit process. Retul is proud to offer high-end bicycles from Elite, Guru, Look, Spooky, Cervelo, Kuota, Scott, Quintana Roo, Litespeed, and Argon-18.

Also - just got word today that Retul Studios Denver and Boulder will be featuring some new cycling specific technology from "overseas".......ooh la la. We will mail our database in a few weeks to let them know about this very cool new ^#$@&$#$.

out for the weekend, except not really...i have to work tomorrow

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