The weather was a little crisp this morning with a lite dusting of snow, but lots of sun for my training ride! I rode the mtb trails for 2.5hrs and then spent a bunch of time driving to a shop where they said they had the part I needed when I called only to get there and have them tell me they had never seen anything like it before....so I went onto their show room floor and found a bike with the same thing but they weren't too interested by that time. So my road bike I bought down here is amazing it rides super smooth, accelarates and climbs nicely and has a good parts groupo of Shimano Ultegra. I like the bike. Oh and it looks good too!
The only not so good thing so far has nothing to do with riding or training. My phone won't accept calls so obviuosly my voice mail isn't working either and I have spent way to many hours on the phone with customer service and tech support to try and have it fixed. Apparently I am not authorized to use the U.S. network even though I pay for it, and it's way more complicated then just adjusting the computer..supposedly I will have to return my phone to the place I bought it...not exactly an option for the next four months.
My first race is going to be this Saturday. It's not a huge race or anything but it will be good to be racing against some other guys and I will be trying out a new bike at the time. A Blue Competitions Bicycle full suspension prototype (full carbon). I am thinking it will ride super nice.

Went for some good mtb rides the last few days. Two in the pouring rain and mud and today in the sunshine! Yesterdays ride consisted of some TT work on a mtb circuit and with the mud and my not having any mud tires yet (still waiting for them to arrive) as well as my brakes not having as much stopping power as I was thinking they should it made for some interesting/exciting corners! Basically the brakes just don't have as much stopping power and that combined with the abrasive conditions and resin pads by the end of a 2hr ride I had no pads left. So it was tough. Tomorrow is a road ride for me and I am looking forward to it! Oh and I have a road bike down here now! its a Blue RC 4 full carbon with Ultegra groupo, it should be nice!

have bike will now ride

Well made it to Atlanta Georgia on the 14th of February after a somewhat hectic flight. For starters my flight out of Whitehorse was delayed by four hours so I was able to get on another flight which would give me 1hr in Vancouver airport to collect my bags and re-check them. Then in Toronto I would have just 1hr to collect my bags go through customs and catch my next flight to Atlanta. With the flight out of Vancouver delayed I ran to pick up my bags in Toronto and found out my bike wasn't shipped so after waiting around for awhile I decided to ask if I could board my plane anyways and the bike would be forwarded to me. After giving my address to the people at Air Canada I went up to a friends cabin in North Carolina for his birthday weekend rides. Fortunatley I was able to borrow a bike which was great! I rode a Turner Five Spot all weekend and loved it. Of course my bike never showed up and after spending a bunch of hours on the phone with Air Canada and Fed Ex I was able to convince them I really needed the bike in Georgia and not wherever else they were thinking I needed it. The Bike arrived today one week later and I am looking forward to riding it tomorrow!

so cold but sunny

Almost half way through February and so far the coldest month of this winter, I'm looking forward to going south train in Georgia! For those of you you who don't follow the weather in Northern Canada winter starts in October with an average temperature of about -15 to -20 until April when it starts warming up. The last couple of weeks though have been rather chilly with the average being between -35 and -45 and remember thats without wind chill! I leave the 14th and I am hoping the weather forecast is correct in saying it will be "warm" since Air Canada won't fly into Whitehorse if its colder than -40. But hey I could be even farther north right now where its been -48. That may not sound much colder but think of the difference between +20 and +30 in the summer .