Well, a buddy from work came up to me on Monday saying, “I’m buying a bike off of a guy for $200 tonight, could you check it our for me?” So he brings in this bike and it’s and old crappy FS frame, I think it might be a first model Weyless, with cob-job pivot hardware. It had about 2-3mm of play in the linkage. After noticing all that, I still told him I’d try to tune it and make it better. So I stripped it down, tried everything I could, and it still had a lot of rear play (hehe…rear-play). Still thinking I could get it to work, I decided to test ride it. When I sat on the bike, it felt like a 15" frame under me, and the guy I’m doing this for is 6’3". That was the last straw. I called him and told him that there was no way in hell this bike would work BUT I happen to have a 20.5" Discipline custom frame I’d be willing to donate to the cause that is just sitting around. So after that agreement, I swapped the frames within an hour and now he is going to be the proud new owner of my Custom Fetish Discipline frame.

Edit: pictures, and old frame…

Ok, so the other day I found a sweet trail right behind my house. It’s called the Coal Creek Trail and it’s a lot of fun so far. It’s a really wide (fire road wide) dirt path that has fun little single tracks that dip off the sides. I have ridden it twice this week so far, once on my single speed Fixation and once on my Soma. It’s definitely light enough to crank it out on a cross bike, which will be my next venture. I am still floored by the difference out here in Lafayette over Denver. The people are great, there were barely any people, other than a few out running or walking a dog, and the views…oh the glorious rocky mountain range is always in sight and just amazing. I can’t wait to keep exploring this new area and finding more rides. I think the biggest health factor so far has been air quality. Usually, when I would get back from riding in or around Denver, I would spend the next 1 -2 hours coughing, feeling like there was fiberglass in my lungs, out here, nothing. Even after a big-ring-top-gear-crank-fest with a buddy, nothing. Life is good, and progressively getting better. I finally got the riding “bug” back, it’s all I think about, it’s all I want to do. God I missed that.

Ok, so it’s been a while since I’ve really written anything more than a technical manual for some assault-rifle accessory, so i thought I’d stretch my fingers.

So I am moving out of ol’ D’town and up north to Lafayette, which is a few minutes away from Boulder. The riding out here is supposed to be incredible, and now I’m only 6.6 miles from work, I am excited to start riding into the office. It’s going to be pretty incredible to not have to take the highway every day.

Luckily for me, the CEO of my company is a bit of a Tri rider and has raced the Xterra Challenge a few times, so he want to start setting up some group rides. There are a ton of cycling backgrounds at this company, from people that worked in shops for years to the guy that invented the Avid Juicy 7 (he is one of the founders of our company). Needless to say, I’m stoked.

Everything else is actually falling into place too. I have been made “official” at my job, and got my first raise, so new bikes will follow, haha. I have plans of pro-dealing a GT Marathon 9r from performance and hopefully buying a custom GT peace 9r off a friend. I REALLY want to buy a Niner Jet 9, but that is a little down the road.

It’s nice when life stops giving you lemons; you can only drink so much lemonade.

So if anyone is ever in the Boulder area, get in touch with me. We can ride some bikes, drink some beers, and take in the sweet, sweet scenery that this gorgeous state has to offer.

Until the next time, Cheers!

Hey everybody! I’ve been missing this site for a while, and I am extremely happy it’s back up. Obviously a lot has gone down since I last posted. New job, new bikes, more bikes stolen, etc. I plan on getting my collection updated this weekend on here so you can see what I’m working with now.

I am planning on diving into the 29’r market this year, most likely a GT Marathon 9r and a GT peace 9r. I “technically” still work at Performance so i can pro deal them both!

Anyways, I’m looking forward to being a bit more active on here again.

Cheers!

Hey everyone. It’s been a while since I’ve been on here. I’m still alive, riding everyday, and working my ass off. There’s been a few changes in the bike family, but nothing really drastic except my Discipline, which got retired and is eventually going to replaced with a Reynolds 853 frame of the generic nature. I’m actually really excited about it and it will be my winter long project. Speaking of long expensive processes….my sleeves have started, well…one of them. So here are some pictures of the 4 sessions I’ve had so far….enjoy