Allow us to introduce ourselves...

For the past three weeks, we here at Team Groucho have been beyond pumped about adding a core of bloggers to our team. Our vision for this was bringing you a team of people who could share their experiences - ones you could relate to, commiserate with, learn from, be entertained by - when it comes to taking the world by a two-wheeled storm.

We received a lot of submissions - way more than we had anticipated - and we were blown away by the just all-out phenomenal people who applied to be Team Groucho Bloggers. These people were doing some of the coolest things out there - whether it was prepping for their first century ride, committing to 30 Days of yoga, building an online biking community, throwing everything to the wind and just traveling the country for 3 months, or taking the mountains of Washington by ski, muscle, or board. Everyone brought something new and fresh to the table...which made for an absolutely brutal selection process.

We're not ones to shy away from tough choices, however, and when it came down to it, we knew we had found the people we were looking for. This team of bloggers are not just out there killin' it on the bike...they're out there, killin' it in everything. Which is exactly what we wanted. We didn't want just a group of people who only wanted to talk about their bikes...we wanted people who had other cool stuff going on in their lives as well, whether it was other athletic endeavors, career ambitions, community involvement, or simply the entertaining trials and tribulations of personal/family life. Passionate, driven, well-rounded individuals who don't take themselves too seriously...the kind of people whom, once you know about them, you can't wait to see what they'll do next.

We're confident you'll agree.

So follow along today as we roll out our red carpet and introduce our new Team Groucho Bloggers. Hang around and say hi, check out some of the cool things they're doing, feel free to ask them some questions about themselves, and stay tuned for when our new website (and their blogs) launch. We're excited to get to know these guys better, and we know you will be to.

So. You guys ready?! LET'S DO THIS THING! We'll be announcing a new member of our team on this blog every hour on the hour. Watch our Twitter and Facebook feeds for the announcements, and then come back and bring it all in for a big old internet hug.

Because, sometimes, you just gotta get real and admit that it's time to take things to that level.

Don't fight it, brother.