Bored at work...

Who says bike shops are buisy in the summer? I suppose since we just had some nasty weather move through, all the fair-weather cyclists will stay indoors until the sun shines again. Oh Well. I figure I can use this time to rant and rave. We are all caught up on repairs and all the cool bikes are assembled. Check out my employers website:

www.europacycle.com

Lets see....what product am I currently using that kicks ass? How about my Giant NRS Air frame set. This thing rocks. I have riden the NRS Air's from the last two years, and this one takes the cake. The main frame is now carbon, which has a high "bling-bling" factor. Plus, Giant has upgraded the rear shock from Rock Shox to Fox. This is the biggest improvement. There is to more topping out or bottoming out. It's always smooth like bud'er. The weight of the bike has dropped a bit, but the biggest thing the carbon adds is it soaks up a lot of the little trail chatter. Thanks Giant!!!

www.giant-bicycles.com

This morning I got a 3 hour road ride in. The weather, is what we Iowan's call "Swamp-Ass" conditions. Nasty, humid weather, which makes you feel like your ass is always sweating. What a joy.

Anyway, the ride was all good, until the Fed-Ex home delivery van buzzed me. I gave him the finger! The car directly behind him saw the whole thing and got a good laugh out of it. If that van would have stopped at any of the farm houses along my ride, I swear I would have ripped off him mirror. Atleast I wasn't wearing any of my "Team" clothing, so I stayed somewhat under the radar.

In Other News...The coffee maker I ripped off from Wal-Mart is still shooting out 12 cups of coffee in under 8 minutes, One of the names I did on a repair today was Dick Herter...pretty funny!, I found a 12 hour race to go to on September 18 down by St. Louis, the chinese take-out place next to us here at the shop has parking signs out front that read..."East China Paking Only"....and I am not making this up., My co-worker tonight is wearing a pink t-shirt that says "Tough Guys Wear Pink."

Well that's about it. Tomorrow it's back to work at 8, then back on the bike to get ready for the 24 Hour of Rapelje which is June 26-27 out in Billings, Montana. I think I might hit up the Thursday night road group ride. I haven't done as many of these ride this year, since I have been focusing in riding alone to learn to stay focused during my longer races.

Thanks for reading, and why doesn't anyone comment on my boring life???

Just Kidding!

Jeff Kerkove said at 5:13 PM :: ::