way too much stuff to do, and not nearly enough time!
The family and I are headed to Revelstoke, BC tomorrow morning for a week of skiing. and here's a quick update on whats been going on. More when I get back.

NEW BIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!



So despite it being slightly traitorious to my black death roots, I opted to race for Van Dessel cycles for the season. Got a sweet deal on the bike, and it just showed up yesterday. May I introduce to you, the newest addition to my stable, The Jersey devil.




Twenty nine inches of beautiful green bicycle. Alu frame with carbon seat stays. xt build, ritchey wcs, american classic wheels, wb magic 110 fork. and it is wonderful.

To christen the beast, went for an epic (ride) with some of the junior crew on a route that was definitely not ridable, and probably wont be for another month or so. after a while of climbing pavement, we ended up on a (road) completely covered in snow.

So, fueled by the eternal optimism of youth, we trudged on, post-holing through knee deep snow for somewhere around 3 hours. It was terrible snow to walk on too. Breakable suncrust that tore the flesh away from numbed shins. It honestly was very little fun at all. there was a cool descent at the end, but that didn't erase the fact that we walked for five miles of snow in cycling clothes.




From what I did get to ride, the JD is sick, it's fast and stable, super solid. have to ride it more for a better idea, but that won't happen for a little while. :)