Well used cliche, sometimes real like the micro wave and seat dropper. Yesterday Fat Tire installed my new Rockshox Pike fork, new Chris King headset and axle adapter. I pedaled up and down a small step in front of the shop to observe the fork performance. WOW! Same amount of travel but 35 mm stanchions to stiffen the handling. Going to be super. PUSH has not figured out how to tune it or if performance will be enhanced by tuning. Great out of the box. I will ride today.
Friend Steve from Sun Valley is visiting still. Yesterday we rode out Verde Valley rd to Pink Feet crossing then a bit of rocky Turkey creek. I was riding my mtn bike and he was riding his cross bike. Sort of like Grimms fairy tales about the stork and fox hosting the other for dinner. The fox used a wide flat bowl that the stork couldn’t submerge its beak to get the food. The stork served in a tall narrow vase that the fox couldn’t gets its muzzle into. Steve was faster on the pavement but when the chunk became the tread I scooted ahead. He sprung for a 1 X 10 drive train that BnB installed yesterday in a feat of incredible customer service. Fucking computer ate.
I am going to Hawaii compliments of George, the owner of the Sedona laundromat. He won a trip for 2 and he asked me after several people on the list turned him down. Trip is 10 days, 5 days on 2 islands, air fare, and lodging, last week of Feb and 1st of March. I will be a tourist, maybe I’ll have one of those drinks w/ an umbrella. I will see flora and fauna that I have never seen. We established that we are independent and sharing is only mutually agreed upon.
Tonight post shop ride will be another jug of moonshine.
Washington state has called fraud on me for using my earthclass mailing address and I have until Feb 6 to resolve a residency issue or lose me driver’s license. I created an STP and emailed it today.
Aloha Craig, you’ll love Hawaii. Which island, Maui, Oahu? If you are in Maui, you should stop in and See Tom Atkins. He lives there full time now. Caution, you may find the warm air and water temps addictive. We are heading to Bonaire in March to windsurf, kiteboard, and snorkel. I’m thinking Craig in Hawaii is going to be like another episode of Duck Dynasty in Hawaii! Have fun.
Been to 3 of the islands, Kauai my favorite with the Ne Pali oast and cool Hanalei, where Puff the Magic Dragon resides. The west end of Maui was great with a wet climate and big waterfalls. If going to the Big Island taking a helicopter to see the volcanos is a good idea. Hiking is about 120 degrees and I didn’t see much but get there near dark.
Good deal Craig,
Too bad you can not drive your van there. We were in Kaui a few years ago. Be prepared for the deplorable conditions of their outhouses. My new Turner is ready to be picked up!