Officially, Union Bay Cycling / Wines of Washington’s colors are now black, silver, and gold. Or perhaps yellow, but I’ll still think it’s gold. Why? Well, because here’s next year’s team bike:

That’s right… it’s a Speed Yellow Black & Gold Trek Madone 5.5, and you’ll be seeing a number of the team racing around on them next year.

Now, I need to think of something to convince Mary Kaye… perhaps, it’s what Troy would ride!

Check out these Pastry Powered jerseys! Interested in a new one, made by our pals at Canari? Contact Lauren using the links on the right.

Interested in joining our happy crew? Just send mail to Erik or Lauren using the links to the right!

In 1995, Rich Segal, a grad student in the Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) department at the University of Washington (UW), roped in a number of fellow grad students to ride STP, the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic. While training, using routes from Bakeries by Bicycle, someone coined the term “Pastry Powered Turing Machines” — a pun based on the unofficial CSE icon, the Steam Powered Turing Machine. Our motto is: We live to eat… we bike to eat more!
12 riders: Paul, Rich, Joanna, Don, Ruben, Keith, Lauren, Eric, Erik, Marc, Jennifer, and Kevin completed STP that summer.

Flash forward 11 years… Lauren, Ruben, and Erik, still in the Seattle area, decide to do it again. So we call the gang… Paul, Keith, Marc, Rich, and Joanna are in, with Keith, Rich, and Joanna all pledging to fly out. We meet some new people - including Megan, Julie, Scott, Kate, and Katie. And we do STP again!

Now, the Pastry Powered T(o)uring Machines are back, and are an informal cycling, triathlon, and social club based in the Seattle area. We’re interested in group training and do mostly cycling rides, either lead by members or part of other groups (such as Cascade Bicycle Club or Tacoma Wheelmen).