Went racing DH at Nordic Mtn.

 
well, duh! I haven't been able to catch up and be consistent on my blog... I know, pretty lame.

After I received my new - awesome! - mountain-bike, I went straight (like 5 hours later) to race a DH at Nordic mtn in Wisconsin.
It was an easy 3 hours drive from LZ, Taao and his Jamis, Tanner and his Trek, Cheri and her Cannondale, my Commencal Meta 5.5 and me, all 4 of us, bikes, camping gear, food and drinks, all packed in the small Forester.

I will make a long story short like Kenny Watson says - all the time - and because it's easier :) and say that we had a blast of a weekend. Blast riding down this small mountain. A blast camping and meeting new people. A blast spending family time together.

We took Tanner down the Super D singletracks and I have to say, I'm pretty proud of that little 9 year-old, he's not afraid of trying things.

Taao and I raced the DH - I crashed hard in practice and injured my pinky - and it was one of the best stuff in a while. Oh yes of course I totally underestimated the course which was more technical that I was expecting. Very rocky, but really fun. Of course, not big news, but I'm actually quite a wuss! I didn't jump stuff that looked small. It's was all cool and feasible when I was on foot checking the lines but it "appeared" much higher - and hurt-able - when I was on my 26" wheels and 6 inches suspensions! :)

No matter what, i just loved it. And believe me, it ain't the last one.

Anti Days of Thunder teaser...

Pure fun, joy and exctasy!!!

Interbike 2008, Las Vegas

Blogging from my Blackberry while having a snack and giving my destroyed knees a rest.
Interbike is my favorite trade show. I've been to motorcycle ones, business travel, luxury travel ones and aviation ones (although I did get mind-boggled at those, especially Le Bourget), this one is the coolest. It's probably the biggest bicycle show in the world and brings together all tribes of the cycling world and all manufacturers of everything cycling and believe me there's some crazy stuff.
Well, the show is very crowded, very busy, and this industry is in very good shape. Thanks for sure to gas at $4/gallon in the US.
Fox, 661, Scott, Oakley are in full force with cool booth. I notice a new brand of protection, POC, with some interesting stuff, but... Not as good as Dainese's of course ;-)
By the way, it was a good business day for me.

For the mtbikers, the Shimano Saint system is amazing. Truvativ's Hammerschmidt too and the Jamis XAM 2 will have it on next year. There are some real cool bike out there.
Ok, 1 more meeting to go to. Aloha!