Possibly good bye to an old friend

It seems that everyone has been changing a little with sponsors. Dicky did it, now Tanya, guess I was next. If you happen to notice there isn't a Georgian Cycle or Giant link to the right anymore. First off I have to say thanks to Dave for everything he has done for me over the last 5 years. I wouldn't be at the level I am if it wasn't for him. Of course the link to Georgian Cycle is how the link with Giant happened. Again thanks to Dave.

I'm not 100 percent fully certain that things are done at this time but it's been looking that way. Why the break up after so many years. The reason is access. With me being way over in boonie land of Waubauhsene it's been very difficult for me to get over there to do anything between bike work or parts needed. Last season I did 95 percent of the tuning on my bikes because of this. Not that it's a bad thing, of course I was being bugged last night as we worked on the hardtail build up. Jer is now hoping that none of his appliances ever break after the ribbing I took.

Dave has been amazing and is one hell of a bike mechanic. Never had a problem with a bike when it came from his shop. Of course as Dave slows down a little I've always mentioned to him that I would like to buy his business. I would of course move it a little closer to where I'm living. Of course there will be a continued promotion for him for as long as he is working and selling bikes. My new road bike has a strong chance of still coming out of his shop.

Speaking of the bike buildup. Drive train is together. It is a 2x9 setup, Bike fit was done with some existing parts which meant cheap. Got shunned a little about the brakes that are currently on the bike. Will be sending my Hayes HFX's out to get fixed and they will be on the bike soon enough. A few comments were made by our Shimano catalogue poster boy on the mix match of Shimano and Sram components. For those wondering, Andrew Watson is not dead. He was into his 3 big bag of potato chips and 7th beer by the time I got there. Looks like he must be 180 pounds right now. I think he s going to race downhill next year and this is his training.

Back to the bike, cables are on and setup. Shifting is ready to roll. A few more minor things and the bike will be ready to ride. Road trip to the city will be in order. Pretty bad when you are excited to go riding indoors. At least this indoors actually has forward momentum.

Training front today. Well once it stops being minus 20 outside I'll be planning to play. That may be after about 3 or four more coffees. At that point cold cannot over power the wonderful world of caffeine.