hola - mi nombre es ernesto. mi casa es su casa.
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ah, nothing like celebrating the 5th of may with some frozen burritos. yummy.
not much going on lately - will be getting the new asylum this saturday, then the other one in about a week or so. the bike is actually complete and i am dying to ride it, but the work thang' has me not getting out to the shop until saturday.
:( (insert tears of sadness here too....)
another crit this weekend coming up - hopefully the rain will hold off. and with any luck, hopefully the riders who can't hold a straight line will stay away as well. last week was a little too nutty for me. love those crit's, but man... some of those guys just don't know how to ride in a pack.
looks like i'll be passing on the double up of races as well - not that i don't think i couldn't hang in the second race, but time constraints would make getting to the shop an impossibility. definetely would need work if i were still racing the road bike more, but seeing as there is not too many road sections in enduro racing, i think i am OK.
a few races coming up - should be fun. all the enduro type - 6 or 8 hours. should be good enough to sharpen up the skillz and get the asylums dialed in. dan the man will be in attendance - he needs to sharpen his skillz too. seriously - a good mechanic and pit crew are pretty essential to racing well. quick pits just give you extra time over others that have to screw around with water bottles, bikes, etc. gots to plan the race out yo.
and - time to plan the vegas bike show already. pretty much the same layout as always - bike demo on monday and tuesday then the show on wednesday through friday. definetley something to see. i sometimes help out at the shop and they were super awesome and took me along with them last year, so i will be out there again this year. i'll skip the demo days and just check out the products.
i work mostly with construction/fabrication companies, so to see the bike industry side of things was cool (last year was my first time out). booths are everywhere - sort of like a huge fair, and each one is bigger then the next, trying to get you to stop by their booth. how do they get you to stop? cool free stuff, free expresso or beautiful women in scantly clad clothing whom probably never ridden a bike in their life (but who cares?). what was cool is that any of the big companies that were there that supplies the shop with product had a meeting setup with the shop and they personally showed us their new products and gave us the low-down on pricing, fabrication, supplies and shipments. all the stuff that goes into bringing the bikes into the shop and to the consumer. was there to talk to moots, tifosi, shimano, a bunch of others. oh, and don't forget the stars - marla streb, bob roll, phil leggit, hincapie, landis... last year there was even a booth that was made 100% of titanium tubing. very cool. if you can get there, you gotta go.
bikes and babes. ah... they are both so beautiful.
sologoat out
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