Special Edition LEX ALBRECHT Watch

I've worked together closely with Modify Watches to create 2 special edition pieces.  They will be produced and available for purchase...pending on the success of their Kickstarter Campaign.  (To get one of these special edition pieces, pledge $45 here: http://modifywatches.com/kickstarter)




DESIGN 1: COEUR. JAMBES. ESPRIT.  My most motivational and powerful message.  Often times I tape a message to my bars: COEUR JAMBES ESPRIT.  In French it means, "Heart. Legs. Soul."  Every athlete knows that it's absolutely essential for these 3 elements to work together in harmony.

On the hardest days of training or in the final kilometers of a grueling stage race, sometimes a reminder helps keep all three in line... Looking at the message, I remind myself: "I have the strongest heart, the strongest legs, and the strongest spirit." then, I CRANK OUT THE WATTS.

Modify Watches: Special Edition LEX ALBRECHT design. "COEUR. JAMBES. ESPRIT.". (Heart. Legs. Soul.)  Why is the message on a SLANT!?  The message is written on an angle so that it's easy to read at a glace when my hands are on my ZIPP handlebars.  This is the coolest watch - ever.

You have to believe your heart is strong, you can't let your legs "feel tired", and your spirit must be positive and energetic.


DESIGN 2: Chic, classy, and FUN!
This watch is a fun, and chic look that totally flies for wearing "off-of-the-bike".  The tiny bike sprockets pattern that I came up with is cool, fun, and subtly "bikey".  It ties in a passion for cycling, without being gaudy.  I made a neutral colour face that will fit perfectly with any Modify Watch strap colours. I can't wait to wear this one. 

Modify Watches - LEX ALBRECHT Special Edition white model.  Subtle, chic, and fun!

Modify Watches is a California based company that produces fun watches with interchangeable straps and faces.  I have a whole collection of them!

Tons of Modify Watches straps and faces.  They're all interchangeable!

This combo fits well with off-the-bike wear

Modify Watches look cool all of the time...!

Still a Girl, Under the Mess!

I spit all over my face, blow snot rockets meters away from my bike, get bad chafing when I'm really unlucky, and sometimes have a bit of blood on the wrong side of my skin.  Bike riding isn't gross, but it is no beauty contest. 

Return from a recent, long, bike ride where I got especially dirty!

Thanks to Velo Gioielli who has helped me keep up with my more feminine side though.  He's an artist who has created a few custom pieces that fit with my Optum Pro Cycling presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies kit. 

Check out these bracelets and earrings, made from chain parts, and spoke nipples!

Velo Gioielli has a shop on ETSY (http://www.etsy.com/shop/VeloGioielli) if you want to check out what he has in store.  It's a lot of fun to browse, and he's more than likely to have, or be able to whip up something that suits you to a T. 

I'll be wearing some of my jewelery from Velo Gioielli at the Air Force Classic Bicycle Race criteriums this weekend in Arlington, VA.  Is it enough to distract from the mess of mucus and sweat that I'll manage to make?  Come by, say hi, and have a look! 

THANKS for the jewelery, I love it!