Well, after a log winter of snowboarding and hardly touching any kind of two-wheeled machine,
the time has come to get back to cycling.
Don't get me wrong, I love snowboarding and the snow. Being up in the mountains is awesome, and hopefully I can move up there one day. I mostly rode the local mountain, which is Bear mtn. here in lovely SoCal. I did get the chance to ride Mammoth and June mountain a handful of times which was great. June is an amazing mountain when there is fresh powder and I am stoked to report that pretty much every day I rode June, there was powder. Finally, I got to go on my first-ever winter vacation. Yes, over the years I choose to save all my vacation time for summer activities, however this year I got out to Sal Lake City for a week of snowboarding. Some people will think I am crazy but I was genuinely not impressed with the snow and the riding up there. Still, it was a good week.
I decided to pick up a
XC bike, more of a trail bike actually. It seemed to me a good time for me to get back to my roots of sorts, just ride
singletrack and have fun. I decided on a
Cannondale Rize and I could not be happier. The bike rides well and is a nice balance of climbing-ability while still being pretty good on the descents. Anyway I took her to Noble canyon for her first real ride and was impressed. As of now I am waiting for the rest of my parts to come in so I can complete building my DH bike and get to business.
Finally received my parts which enabled me to finish the build on my new DH bike for 2009. Thanks to Daniel for helping me rebuild my old fox 40, I'm still waiting on the 2009 fork to come in.
