Christian Vande Velde Meet and Greet at Get A Grip Cycles

There was great turn out at Get A Grip Cycles and Christian Vande Velde warmed us all up from the cold with a fun, upbeat conversation. He answered a wide range of questions prompted by a few from Ken of Get A Grip as well as others in the crowd. Everyone was enjoying the relaxed atmosphere and free Chipotle connecting with fellow cyclists and Chainlinkers. Garmin Chipotle jerseys, hats and posters of Christian were on sale and able to be signed. All proceeds went to Christians fund that supplies bikes to kids.

Christian Vande Velde (born 22 May 1976 in Lemont, Illinois, U.S.) is an American professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team Garmin-Chipotle.[1] Son of United States Bicycling Hall of Fame inductee, John Vande Velde, Christian became professional in 1998 for US Postal. (Wikipedia.org) Read more on him here.

Leah, Christian and Julie

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Permalink Reply by K. on December 17, 2008 at 12:02pm

I really want to thank everyone of you that made it out. And I hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Sorry for the longer than planned wait on burrito delivery. Christian really seemed surprised by the large turnout. I think he better get used to it if he keeps riding as well or better in 2009.

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Permalink Reply by Leah on December 17, 2008 at 12:29pm

It was an awesome night! Christian was really nice and friendly, and it was great to meet so many cyclists! Thanks to Kevin, Ken and the Get a Grip team for putting it on!