Hey 29'er bandwagon! Wait for Me....

I demo'ed my first true big wheeler this past weekend. The rest of my bike didn't quite make it home in time to take the Dakota out for a few rides so I tested out the new 69er from Trek. Whoever came up with the idea, they knew what they were doing when they did it. The newest 69er also featured Fox's new 29 inch fork with 80 mills of squish, so it had to be good. First impressions of the bike: Fun, lots of fun. It does everything its supposed to do. The big front wheels rolls over everything and stays straight at speed, and had a very noticable, streamroller effect. It turns great too, not real quick but alot more stable than a 26er. The only time I didn't like it was in real slow, twisty singletrack where it felt like it had some flop, but at speed, you can't beat it. Oh, and Fox is still the best in the world. I'm definitely wanting to try a full-on 29er now and feel the difference in the rear wheel. All in all, I'm sold on the idea. Not that I never believed the hype about 29ers, just that I didn't think the difference was that big. But now I do, and it'd be sweet to race one next year.

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jenny is amazing.

Who Knows....

Being that I have some (alot) of extra time on my hands lately, I've been putting some of it towards learning a little bit about food. My conclusion? No one really knows anything about what people should or shouldn't be eating. At least when it comes to athletes. There are countless articles, books, reports, and studies on the Internet about what people should and should not be eating, but there all different. What one doctor says is good is bad to another. I'm usually the last person in the room to have an opinion about much of anything, but the one thing that grinds my gears time and time again is that we as humans need to explain and define everything in the world around us. Everything. We spend billions upon billions of dollars trying to come up with better explanations for everything under the sun, yet there are no real, concrete conclusions to many of the things in the world. Why can't things just be? Why do we need to argue over whether the the world was created by the Maker or if it is simply a huge dust ball that formed over trillions of years? Who cares? Why are doctors constantly trying to explain psychopaths' actions through using all sorts of equipment and computers to look at their brain waves and parts of their brains that are more active than others? Why can't they just be crazy?
Right now I'm taking a course called Intro to Human Communication. That's right, an entire semester which takes the word "communication" and dissects it down to its most mundane and meaningless form. The course is structured so that "communication" is a science, an art form if you will. What? Merriam Webster dictionary defines communication as- a verbal or written message. That's it. That's what it is. But for a university, that's not good enough. We need to break it down further, define it more. Why can't it just be communication? It's not a science, it is a natural, ability given to humans. Some are good at it and some aren't. That's as scientific as it gets.

I don't know where this post went in terms of a cohesive, clear thought, but that's a glimpse of the thoughts I have while I sit in lectures throughout the day and wonder why I'm even here. The moral of it though: Eat whatever you want, just in moderation.

In more coherent news, my fork, pedals, and rear brake are all still on vacation is SoCal. I hope they return soon...I'm starting to get motivated and want to put them to work.

Bike Game Debut

In an attempt to increase veiwership of my blog, I thought it would be interesting to play a little game. It's a pretty simple and straightforward competition, every so often I'll post a picture of a bike part, component, or just something that has to do with bikes, but only revealing a small part of it. Everyday or so, I'll repost the picture with a slightly bigger area uncovered. For those who are in the industry, I'm hoping it will be kinda fun. There's no real prizes up for grabs here, just pure bragging rights. Here's the first picture, its an actual bike part, post your guess in the comments.

Just like mom used to make

I love pies. Baking a pie is fun. Baking two pies is even more fun. Brandon and I were in the process of baking a pumkin pie this afternoon when we got the idea to make a second pie out of whatever we had left in the fridge. The result: a pie made of PB, cream cheese, chocolate syrup, egg whites, and evaporated milk (just like mom used to make). I was a good little boy so I got to lick the spoon and it was a tasty little preveiw. I'll post in a few hours on the final taste test.