The Julie's started a thing that something on each of their bikes had to be pink! It started with the Pink Terry seats and grew from there!
JS story/list of pink...
I have always had a passion for the Breast Cancer Awareness. A good friend of mine had her mother survive it, a couple of former co-workers have survived it (one went on to lose her battle with bone cancer), and then finding out my husband's best friend lost his mother to it.
I for one am partial to my ta-ta's and don't know how I'd react if I found out I had Breast Cancer. Thus the pink bike parts, some of them even have a portion of the proceeds go to Breast Cancer Awareness.
Road bike - Silver bike - Terry breast cancer seat, it has the logo on it. Jagwire pink cables, and pink Crankbrothers pedals. I also have the Livestrong and Pink bracelets around my seatpost.
Time Trial bike - this one was harder as the bike is red/white/black. I found a pink seat that has red/black/silver stripes on it. It's pretty cool!
SS 29er - Brown bike - Pink grips, Jagwire pink cables, and pink Crankbrothers pedals.
Kyle even got into the spirit of pink and when he built up his red Specialized Stumpjumper for me to ride, he added one pink cable to it!
I'm going to continue to keep pink on my bikes regardless of the color of bike it is, and continue to watch for the products that help support awareness.
OH....and each year I buy raffle tickets to Speedgoats bike raffle...one year I WILL win it!
JG story/list of pink...
I have known many people who have had cancer, be it breast, bone, colin, prostate. Cancer is something that affects us all. What started the pink item on all of my bikes was when Bill was building up my road bike, the bike was gray and he had found a Pink headset made by Chris King which a certain amount would go to breast cancer. It built from there, I ordered pink handle bar tape(at that time I had to search the internet for Pink handle bar tape), then found the pink Susan G. Komen seat made by Terry and pink speedplay peddles. During this time is when JS and I started to ride together ,things kind of grew from that. I am not sure who said it but one of us said we need to have something pink on each of our bikes. It does not matter what is pink but something has to be pink.
My red specialized cross bike has the terry seat. The seat is black but the ribbon is pink. The bar ends are also pink(ok I only have one at the moment, I lost one during my first cyclo cross race). My red Cinelli mt bike has pink handle bars, I asked Bill if there was such a thing, he did some looking and found some. They are really neat. My tri bike at the moment just has pink tape holding the handle bar tape on. I told Bill that I want to switch bar tape to pink for the coming tri season.
10 years ago when I first started doing the Race for the Cure, it was very difficult to find pink except in clothing. Now you can find almost anything in pink. I know when I see pink the first thing that I think of is breast cancer awareness.
I am also aware of the power of Yellow..again unless you have been living under a rock..the power of yellow is the "LiveStrong" bracelets. What Lance has done for cancer awareness is amazing. However the Power of Yellow has a long ways to go to catch up with the power of Pink.
The other day at the Iowa Cyclocross championships I noticed the Kim Eppen's bike, which is red has pink handle bar tape. I do not know if she did this for breast cancer awareness, however it was the first thing I thought of...now if everyone that was at the race thought the same thing just think how many people at that moment were aware of breast cancer..it is amazing..Never forget the power of pink
That is the two jules' story of what the power of pink means to them. As long as breast cancer is affecting our family and friends we will continue to support the Power of Pink. The next time you see the color pink dont think of it as just a "girly" color think of it as the "girly" color that is bringing awarness to a very deadly disease that has/will affect us all.
PEACE...
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