Past, present, and future.

Life has been crazy since my Nerstrand trip in so many good ways.

First of all work has picked up quite a bit. Despite the rain and general feeling of gloom, business has been pretty good. We re staying busy even when we don't have a lot of customers, we have been giving the shop some much needed attention. Lots of little retail projects and such. I was also given some extra responsibilities at work which is nice because I like having more things to do at work.

School is also going well. I am really enjoying my environmental history class, there is more to learn than I could have ever even imagined. I am also enjoying my data management class, I thought I knew a lot about excel before, oofda!

I joined a team for the Powderhorn 24 race in August, the team does not have a name yet but we are a full six in the mixed gender category. It should be a lot of fun and if nothing else it will be an opportunity to meet some cool people.

My new shoes also finally came in, it seems Gepeddo over there in Italy was taking a really long lunch break and just never got around to making my shoes. They finally came back in stock and they shipped them to me, I am still breaking them in but they are worlds better than the old ones. It is amazing how good it feels to have shoes that actually fit.

I also thought I had ordered my bike on Wednesday but it seems that something may have not worked out. I filled out the form and had the manager sign it and faxed it to Trek, but three days later I still have not been charged for the bike. I will have to look into it on Monday I suppose.

The Cross Check is in the shop right now getting some love. I blew through a brand new set of brake pads during my Nerstrand trip so I needed some new pads and the cables have been feeling pretty gritty so I decided to get some new cables and housing as well. I'm going back to green as my accent color, so I also went back to the lizard skin bar tape. The bar tape and the green cable housing don't match, but I also don't really care. Just a plain black bike is super boring, I just want to breathe a little life into it.

I also finally took the studded tires off the fat bike and put the Nates back on. I want to do some single track in the near future so that will be fun. The fat bike is hurting inside, I can tell when I ride it. The cranks are super grindy and gritty and the wheels are creaking like crazy. I will ride it through this coming winter and then just do an overhaul on it. Should fix it right up. I am still considering putting some Knards on it and getting rid of the Nates, they are just so damn aggressive, I don't feel like I need them for anything I ride.

That's all I got for now.