freaking out about the start of the race season, that is where i have been.
prep time for all the races encompases many an enduro riders life, so when we aren't putting in the hours (or possibly tapering for an event), we tend to go nuts. or at least i do. when you put in 30 hours on a bike in a week, then you cut it to half of that, you have more energy than drinking 100 expressos on an empty stomach.
hence, that is why you should rest.
hmm....
news on the homefront:
1. asylums - back from being polished, off to ano. think i am going to run all black bikes. was supposed to get them both at same time, but due to time constraints, i may end up getting one about two weeks later. oh well.... definetely got the hook up this year with bikes/parts/help in general, so i can wait a few weeks more for cool stuff.
2. heart rate monitors - got my sigma pc-14's to start working. i had a brainiac moment and decided to put a new battery in the strap. dah. works perfect.
3. cateye - running the same little light mr. kerkove is running for his helmet "map reading" light. i have used these before - take three AAA. believe it is the EL200 - because it was the version before the new EL300 which he is running on a slick mount on the fork. anyhoo - cateye makes some pretty cool lights for commuters/racers alike. and - they have some pretty neat-o tail lights as well.
4. lights in motion - doing my last little check of the vega systems. got two of them running downstairs in my basement at the max 4 watt setting to verify the claimed two hour burn time. the lowest setting claims to be an 8 hour burn time, which seemed pretty close to me, but my curiousity was killing me so i had to verify their claims. stay tuned for the results.
5. getting a fit on my IOWA bike tomorrow - better late than never, eh? well, lets just say that a certain somebody you know got one of these wobblenaught fit a week before winning at snowshoe 24 hours last year.
6. just got my mechanical avids for the k-monkey. she will be so happy.
that's it - gotta run. dad is driving with me out to the west side of chicago on thursday, then off to iowa early on friday. should be interesting. hope to get there early, maybe register and get some grub and meet the other riders.
IOWA should be fun - curious to get another look at mike c's 29r (saw it at vegas last year), meet some of the other guys.
gotta go - one more post before IOWA.
sologoat out
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