New Bike

   I finally got my bike.  Been waiting for while.  Not really that long, but it seemed like forever after they shipped it to Britton's Bikes it TX.  It's a Focus Izalco Team 2.0

   This thing is awesome.  I think I fell in love with it with in one block of pushing the pedals.  It felt like I was on a rail and it just wanted to go fast.  So after I established that it was stiff and loved to go fast I wanted to put ride comfort to the test.  I quickly started finding some pretty nasty assault to my surprise, and satisfaction it was quite comfortable.  I rode it last night at the Thursday Night Worlds.  Felt pretty good really.  Towards the end my gears started skipping.  So I tuned it up today.   I'm going to put 90 to 100 miles on it Saturday, so I'll see how it handles on the long haul. 

  Other than that it is a Dream to ride, a site to look at, and I love it. 

 

Raceing, and a New Bike

   Well I haven't had time to post lately.  I don't really have much to say either.  I did the Joseph Sheehan Race.  I'm also getting a new bike.  I guess that's a  lot.

  The Race was fun.  It was cold as most already know.   I road up front too much again.  I guess I kept hoping a break would get away and I could get in it.  Charlie was up front a lot too.  We traded pulls for a while with some guys.  I think we could've pulled off the front if anyone would've done any real work.  There was a guy that took off the front right at the beginning and lasted till the last couple of miles.  I tried to take off once I got a half to a mile away before they decided to get me.  I cramped up at the 1k to go mark and it was over.

We had a lot of guys out from the team though and Quiet Brian got 2nd.  His first Cat 4 race.   Charlie got 6th.  So good job guys. 

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/83227914

New bike.  I'm getting a new bike.  It's pretty awesome.  It's by far the nicest bike I've ever had.  Can't wait to get it.  Should be here 5/10 or so.  It's a Focus Izalco Team 2.0  All SRAM Red.  Pretty sweet!

http://www.focus-bikes.com/us/en_us/bikes/bikes-2011/category/racing-bikes-4/model/izalco-team-20-1.html