June 30th, 2006 §
If you haven’t seen me in a few weeks – I’ve grown. I chalk it up to the faux hawk. Maybe my ego? Ha, probably not.
I had a ton of positive feedback from my “Crossroads” post from yesterday. It seems like there are many content, & happy folks that read my blog. More & more cyclist and daily riders are coming into the shop. This has started to effect my daily habits. I don’t mind going out of my way for a guy that rides & loves his bike. Need cables installed now because you need to ride home tonight? Sounds good to me. It makes me happy being able to help a customer like that. It also makes me happy that their are folks like that out there.
Fully believing in yourself & that you control your life is one of the puzzle pieces I’ve come to respect in MY life. Too may folks leave it up to destiny & all that goodness. I believe in fate, and destiny but only to an extent. If you are destined to be a good photographer you need to practice, or a good cyclist or even a good mechanic. If you are destined to travel – YOU need to buy that airplane ticket or buy the walking shoes.
Enough of my feel goodness!
My dear friend Scott over at MonkeyPhile was having some spam-a-lot issues and is transfering host to control the spam-a-lot. Once he gets it up and running I’ll update the link & let you all know that he’s purging again.
June 28th, 2006 §
There are many stories of being at a crossroad in life. Isn’t that what life is about? Crossroads. Chosing which way in life you want to go. It has come to seem that is the one thing people forget – you are not stuck going which way or another in life. You don’t like your job? You could leave and find a new one. Hate how you look? You can fix that too. Cut your hair, grow it out, plant a garden & become vegetarian, learn to love sushi, become gay, become a-sexual.
Due to the paths I’ve taken in life I am often asked how I came to be where I am. I then have to go into a 10 minute story of all the places I’ve lived, and why I moved there. If the person is still interested I go more indepth. Talking about lost love, new hobbies, family drama & broken dreams. All of these things were crossroads that I decided my direction in life.
So what did you do today? Did it make you happy? Are you satisfied in where you are? If not why aren’t you doing something about it? This thing you are doing – life – you get only one. Why aren’t you living it?
June 27th, 2006 §
Finally uploaded a few photos from the past weekends adventures. As you can see the blog is different. I’m hoping to get a photo up a day to keep myself motivated to carry the camera around. Now that doesn’t mean I am promising a photo a day, I said I am hoping to.
June 24th, 2006 §
God what the hell.
It is 12:42am I should be in f’n bed but I’m not. I worked a 12 hour event in the hot southern summer and was up at 5:30am, but I am still not in bed. Why you ask? I finally rode a nice fully rigid 29er around Catawba today. It made me jonesin’. I have a hard on you could say.
I want one.
Fuck the 1×1 – I’m getting a Niner. A Kermit Green Niner. Rigid Reynolds fork. 2.1 tires & single speed. Even if I am not a fan of the EBB design & go through every single thing to find something.
I want one. Guess I’m pushing a camera out of my dreams for now. I want a sweet Twenty Nine inch mountain bike that makes me feel like a kid again. Makes me feel like the first time I ever rode a single speed, or my first kiss even. Other than the time it bucked me into a tree, or the rigid fork rattled my can when I forgot to bunny hop a log – I want it. It was a love/hate relationship & I think I was the one loving more than it.
More later – I must shower and lay in bed for hours thinking about my ride today.
June 24th, 2006 §
June 23rd, 2006 §
This weekend is jam packed.
Work today till 8. Wake up at the crack of dawn to get to the venue where the Cowbell is held. Set up. Sleep. Spend the next 8-12 hours at that venue running the Neutral support tent. Eat. Nap. Alley Track race at 2am on Sunday morning. Around Freedom park – it will be crazy.
Sunday after I catch up on sleep the insanity ends & I hope to get a road ride in. If not I will simply sleep.
I know many of my friends & fellow bloggers will be out at Cowbell. Come find me under the Cane Creek tents. If you need anything maintenence wise let me know – that’s what I am there for!
Rock on to all of you racing, it’s going to be f’n hott.
June 21st, 2006 §
Spoke is finally replaced on the roadie’s front wheel. This means some miles on the road bike in the next few months. I’m trying to keep away from constant jarring which equates to mountain biking. The 24 hours of Booty is the end of July so let’s see if I can bust out 150 miles during that. Looking to do an easy 10-15 in the morning with a few planned bail points if needed. Including coffee at the turn around (half way point.)
Waiting for the lovely gearing to come in on Friday for the Pompino. I look forward to jetting around town on it, and maybe slapping some roadie tires on it for 24 Hours of Booty.
Oh yes. Speaking of lovely. Monkey Phile is coming to visit two weekends in a row. Among other friends that may or may not be traveling to see me. I am very excited. This summer is turning into a whirlwind of smiles and profiles.
Did you already see the flyer (look below) for July 4th? Come out – it will be fun.
June 21st, 2006 §
