I have got a lot to report for this post so bare with me.
First of all as I had mentioned last month I got a job as a sales person at Freewheel Bike in Eden Prairie and I love it. I have been doing well and learning a ton about bicycles, parts, the bike industry, and all the different types of cyclists out there. I really like Freewheel because they don't discriminate against any type of cyclist. They are not road snobs or extreme mountain bikers or hipster fixie riders, everyone is welcome. I think I am a good fit there and that it is a good fit for me. I have never had a job that I actually loved to go to.
Second my girlfriend finally got a bike! It is a Trek 7.5 FX. It is more like a road bike with flat handle bars than a hybrid. It has a 2x9 drive train with pretty decent components and she is able to ride it much easier than her old billion ton pink Target Schwinn. She is excited and I am stoked for her. This will be a fun summer.
My bike is trash. The Dawes Lightning Cross that I paid $450 for on bikesdirect.com is finally dying. I knew it would happen sooner than later but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly into it's second season. However, I've got over 6k miles on it so I suppose I have totally gotten my money's worth. So what am I going to do? I am going to do a custom build. This is something I have toyed with in the past but it has always seemed so expensive. So now that I get an awesome discount it is way more within my reach. I am going to do a Surly Cross Check with the Sram Rival cyclocross group. I am still figuring out the wheels but I think that I can use my nice Mavic rim with the Shimano Deore LX hub front wheel that I have, at least for now and I am kind of leaning towards a DT Swiss rear wheel. There is a lot of buzz about how awesome their wheels are. More on that later.
I'm nursing an injured back right now and hopefully will be back in commission by this coming weekend. As for now I gotta head to the chiropractor before I head to work.
That's all for now.
