Local company backs pro team, plans bike symposium
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Editor) on January 24th, 2007 at 9:00 am
Northeast Portland-based Express Copy, has stepped up to sponsor a professional women’s bike racing team.
Team ExpressCopy.com is a UCI licensed team that plans to take part in more than a hundred events in twelve different countries this season.
Their roster includes some of “the fastest women cyclists in the world” including former and current National Champions of the U.S. and Canada.
Scott Gerrie, manager of Team ExpressCopy.com is the son of a long-time friend of Express Copy’s CEO, Lee Dietz. I asked Lee why he’d sponsor a bike racing team:
“Scott was looking for a new sponsor so that he could expand his team and race in both North America and Europe. I thought this would be an excellent way to present our brand to our markets. I also thought it was appropriate because we are from Portland and Portland is called the bicycle capital of America.”
Next Wednesday (1/31), Team ExpressCopy.com, will hold a bike symposium for women (and all cycling fans) at the Multnomah Athletic Club (1849 SW Salmon Street). The event will feature a short speech by team member Anne Samplonius (current Canadian National Criterium Champion) and a bike clinic from the City of Portland’s Women on Bikes program.
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January 24th, 2007 10:25
Sounds great - I just wish the symposium were at any place other than the snooty MAC :-)
January 24th, 2007 11:24
[...] Although this is the site for Team Veloshop and all its antics, we thought it important to bring to your attention an exciting development in women’s professional cycling. As reported at Bikeportland , there is a new women’s professional cycling team in town, Team Expresscopy.com. The majority of professional cycling press is centered around men’s racing, so we thought it our duty to try to balance the scales. [...]
January 24th, 2007 16:54
As a female cyclist I reckon I oughtta say "sweetness". Rock on(er, ride on) ladies.
January 25th, 2007 08:51
I think it's great to see a local company helping to promote women's cycling; way to go expresscopy.com. More importantly though, good luck to the team...it looks like they've got a well traveled season ahead of them.
January 26th, 2007 07:25
my mind is blown. I used to work for expresscopy, and they all thought i was a maniac for riding my bike to work. i guess times change, though. way to go!