GET IN THE VAN! Pedro's Cross Natz Cannonball Run Wants YOU!

Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention. I've just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. I need all of you, to stop what you're doing and listen.

CANNONBALL RUN!

The freshly wrapped, non-flower-power Pedro's van is departing for Cross Nationals in Bend, Oregon THIS COMING MONDAY (that would the 6th). As things stand, the two inhabitants of the van are David "The Wilcox" Wilcox and Thom "Big Bikes" Parsons. But here's the crazy part:

We're looking for a third person.

It's not a bad deal really. Gas is paid for and you won't have to deal with all the B.S. and expense associated with flying your bike and all your gear out to Bend. The van is a VW Eurovan, so it has a bed to crash out on when it's not your turn to drive. Of course we will be stopping along the way...we don't know where yet. (Hey, we've got van, we didn't say anything about a plan.) We'll probably, I say probably be coming back the following Thursday. Unless David hijacks the van and makes us go to Belinky Junkyard Cross in Albany.

We intend to get to Bend some time Thursday, in time for The Pedro's/Lazer Helmets party at Sunnyside Sports. That party is gonna be SICK. J-Pow! will be there, as will Tim Johnson, Jamey Driscoll, Georgia Gould, Amy Dombrowski, Mo Bruno-Roy, Dylan McNicholas, and the Pedro's Grassroots team. There will be music by Wild Rye, an athlete and mechanic Q & A, food, drinks, and a Wii Dance-Off pitting the fans against the Pros.

If J-Pow has to dance to anything but techno; he is screwed. "This song is NOT mean!"

And speaking of pitting, the Pedro's crew will be offering Pit and Citizens bike washes all week long. Look for the yellow and black aprons. Also look for Pedro's down at Thump Coffee, where we'll be handing out free coffee to 30 lucky folks a day. Thump is also the site of the Cileo/Pedro's sculpture, which hopefully doesn't involve ants crawling on a cross...er, bike.

How Do I Get To Get In The Van?!?

Easy. Just post to the Pedro's Facebook page and tell us why you should be the third man/woman on the Pedros' Cannonball Run mission. If there are enough nutters out there who actually want to GET IN THE VAN! with The Wilcox and The Big Bikes then we'll figure out some way to narrow it down. I always find cage-fighting matches to be a good way to narrow things down.

It's going to be a great time, and oh ya, the whole thing is going to be documented and featured here, throughout Nationals weekend on the new and very exciting Pedro's Bike Care Blog. So many crazy things are going to be happening here, I could start to tell you, but I might get so worked up that I'd have to take a rhinoceros tranquilizer to calm back down. Just wait, it's gonna be good.