As I predicted, Lance showed up in Trek Town, (Waterloo, Wisconsin) for a surprise visit and tour of the humongous Trek campus. About 600 employees were called outside for a surprise meeting - the surprise was Lance. He thanked them and praised them for their quality work on the bikes that have carried him to seven victories in the Tour de France. This is the second visit to the Trek digs for Lance, but Trek technology and testing mechanisms have changed lots in the past four years....

The annual Trek dealers convention is happening in Waterloo now, instead of later at Interbike in Las Vegas. John Burke, head honcho of Trek, decided to showcase the Trek digs, and Waterloo, WI this year, to inspire dealer loyalty...

On the loyalty theme, Lance said that he will be a lifetime Trek athlete - his contract with Trek runs through 2010. Trek’s loyalty to, and support of Lance is well-proven, but John Burke made a presentation of 1,000 shares of Trek Corporation stock for each of the seven Tour wins - Lance now owns 7,000 shares of Trek. Lance joked and said for that, he might consider going for another one... Just Joking!! Ha - Keep your eyes out for news headlines, now, that Lance is gonna go for eight - and laugh....

And, thanks for all your comments about yesterday’s posting - here and via email!