So it's Sunday and I'm a day late on my blog. Oh well, such is life. It's been so busy for me since I got here. Yesterday I had the chance to see all my old friends from team Cygnus. Thomas greeted me with a huge hug, and was truly happy to see me. Jan Marcel brought his wife along to enjoy the insanity first hand. We shall see what she thinks about all this craziness once the week is over.
The new bikes were getting some last details taken care of. Eta was on display with a heavy primer coat. Trefor and Calvin were handling the stinky details of filling small voids in the primer. It didn't take me long to get a little dizzy from all the fumes. So I ducked inside to say hi to some of the other AeroVelo team mates including Todd, and Cameron. Todd was doing some roller time on the recumbent and displayed some amazing balance in the process.
The Delft team was just getting ready to head out for some testing when I got to the Civic Center. So the big orange team was in full force once again. I think they have more than four times the support of most teams. There riders Christien and Rik rode their recumbents to the undisclosed test area for some much needed excercise. I had a chance to talk with Rik before he left, and wished him the best of luck for the event. He's a very humble individual, and I know he will do amazing things for the team.
Besides that I had more time to talk with Bas De Meijer. He's been the Delft photographer for the past few years, and we have struck up a good friendship with our common interests. He has a unique way of capturing images that sets him apart from the crowd. I always enjoy seeing what he has done, and hearing his stories.
It's getting late. Today was a long day of tech inspection with Dave Kennedy, and Don Schroeder. We managed to get through all thirteen vehicles that have shown up so far. It wasn't easy traking them all down, but it saves us the trouble of trying to get that done prior to qualifying tomorrow. It's another early to rise day for me to help out at the start so I better get some sleep. I'll be up at 5 am to get my breakfast, and get out to the track for about a 5 hour session. Hopefully I will have enough time to get in another blog after the speeds are read off for qualifying. Then I can post some more pictures prior to leaving for the evening session around 5 pm. Yipes! It's going to be another crazy day.