Whatev

So although my 'stache kicked all of the asses of other 'staches in the area...I decided to let it go. I was actually creeped out more than anyone else, I mean c'mon.....every morning waking up and forgetting its on my face until I look in the mirror. Anyway, in other news...I have been hitting up the gym on this ridiculous machine I call my ankle. It actually feels really great to ride a stationary bike, although boring as all hell. The best part is sitting in the sauna and/or the hot tub...probably not too smart as probably every unwashed ball sack in the place has probably touched that water...which has touched my incision line, shudder. All in all, things are progressing...Fat Tire Festival in Spearfish here I (and Adam and Jason and Dana and Dusty and Porter) come.

Almost Forgot

Now, I do know that being within a couple hundred yards of a school looking like this is a horrible idea but.....its Mustache March, put up or shut up.

Ankle Update

So since I have nothing else to bore you people with I will toss this nugget of goodness out there...I can walk without the assistance of crutches. Now, to most of you this is of no concern because...well...who cares right? Well, to me this was rad to say the least....although I HAVE been a shitty patient and decided to bear weight on this stupid thing a week or so early (think me with WAYYYYY too many beers in me hobbling through the really fun night at QBP). At any rate, I am told that I have 4 weeks of using the boot on a daily basis before I can walk all terrible-like in a regular shoe. The only good thing about this experience is that people treat you like you have a handicap tag tattooed on your forehead...score! Aside from that, the worst part is telling the weak ass story 1.3 million times. Well, I am going to go walk on the treadmill for a mile or so since we have one of those contraptions now....next, I am trying for a stationary bike like the Schwinn Pro or something cool like that...you know, so I don't break my other ankle...

Bike Swap Tomorrow

Just like the title says...Bike Swap Tomorrow, show up with your cool, not so cool and downright shitty stuff...one mans trash is another mans treasure. Its for a great cause, putting some dank ass single track in this city crafted by some people who call themselves FAST. Join FAST as well, there will be sign up sheets at said Bike Swap along with some T-Shirts that you might remember having seen before that will go towards the project as well. I'll be there along with my co-worker Sean (I'll be the fat guy with the beard that only goes to 3 now) so say hello and buy some cool shit from somebody down there.

Neighborhood Meeting # 2

There isn't anything I can put here that you don't know if you were there....and most of you who follow me were. Here is my contribution:

When (more like if) I make it to the age(s) of the upset patrons of the Leaders Park Area Township Regional Section thing, I will NOT be crotchety...below is a list of things I will do and / or have:

1. Bikes in my garage that get ridden daily
2. A sweet old picnic table that I WILL let you turn over and ride down the sledding hill
3. Yard Gnomes in terrible poses (think awkward sexual or Gnome Nativity)
4. A wife with a "weight problem" who will still sunbathe without a monster fence, because she doesn't really give a shit
5. Beers...really cold ones that as long as you look 14 you can have

Dig it.

Frostbike 2010

Just got home from Frostbike....ok well, I got home about 4:45 but I digress. This was my first Frostbike experience and I must say that it was more fun than a barrel of monkeys...really. Frostbike is sweet because you can walk around a huge warehouse full of distributors who actually want you to talk to them (unlike Interbike) and let you play around with all of their new (and current) shit! I would have to say that the coolest people there were the Surly guys and girls which is a no brainer but I would also say that Woody from Hope was also a bad ass dude as well. All in all it was a great trip that really got my blood boiling for another year of building cool bikes and fixing some shitty ones. The real highlight of the trip was this morning at Cane Creeks headset seminar. Not only did we get to learn some really valuable information about Cane Creeks line and their expertise BUT we were also given a sample kit which included a FREE 110 headset. For those of you who are unaware of the 110, it is literally the BEST headset that money can buy...no joke. My years of being a mouth piece of Chris King headsets has fallen the wayside. Don't get me wrong, King and his people are masters of machining and hands down have the best bearings that you can drop coin on BUT where they fall short is the lack of the split compression ring that they don't want to pay Cane Creek to use. All said and done, the o-ring system that King uses in place of the split compression ring likes to distort and lets the cup smash into your steerer tube over and over again causing scoring...which is NOT good. I will however be putting a Chris King bottom bracket on my bike (if I don't spring for Hopes ceramic one first).

Less steel, same amount of Ti

Had an appointment to kick it with my Orthopedic Surgeon today in order to harvest the staples that were at the time holding my skin together. Just as I assumed, the procedure went off without a hitch so that makes one more small step for healing kind. Although I am a few ounces lighter minus the 29 staples, I still have this (and will continue until I'm a dead man) Titanium stuff holding my bones straight. Good news is I only have 3-4 weeks of crutches left....bad news is, I still have 3-4 more weeks of crutches left. The world keeps turning, so I'll keep bitching.