Day 30...Productivity

Well, to quote Ice Cube..."Today was a good Day".  Got to run around all over town all morning, literally.  I went from one end of north west Denver down to Parker and then back home to Stapleton.  The boys came along as usual, and they were pretty good overall.  We went to Rise and Shine Biscuit Kitchen, Highlands, to get some grub and I could meet my newest client to give her her freshly glued wheels/tires.  Then it was down to Parker to Creekside, the new job, to grab a couple things and chat with Boss Man, Kirk Webster, about his decision to carry Colnago! Holy crap is that gonna be an awesome addition to his shop.  He already has Pinarello, Merckx, Tommisini and Bianchi, and adding Colnago will take his shop to the next level.  So excited!  Not only that, the new Cyclocross World Champ, Neils Albert, won it onboard a Colnago Prestige.  We will be getting a Cross bike in, frame perhaps, maybe around a certain mechanic's size...hmmmmmmmmm.

From that bit o good news to driving back home and giving the boys some lunch and then nap time, we fast forward to my first official bike ride of 2012.  It wasnt impressive, but it did feel good.  They piled into the Chariot and the Stigmata got hitched up for the jaunt over to the park.  The boys love the trailer.  I hear them having conversations about the bumps and which ones are fun and which ones are hard.  The "bigger" bumps are typically the fun ones!

all ready to roll!

I also got some spokes ordered from Alchemy Bicycle Works for a build this week.  Thats going to be fun for sure.

boots out...

Day 17...Photos This Time

Yep, I actually took photos today.  Bit of a busy one, errands w/the boys, then Dr's office for Zach's 2yr check up, then making bread, and giving it a go at roasting a chicken officially from scratch for the first time.  After all that, doing some work on my friend's Custom Pegoretti.  Its going down to the shop tomorrow for the "Bikes and Beer" event this Friday...5-7pm for any who are interested...to hang up for some oooo-ing and aaaaah-ing.

Later skaters...boots out

turned out pretty good.  The wife was happy!

good ole country white bread fresh out of the oven

Custom Pegoretti from The Man himself
 

Freshly installed Arione 2 add some pop to it!

The same color tape..as that is The Rule!

You dont get to chose what he does to your frame...beauty

Front and center

Like i said...Beauty

Campagnolo Record Drivetrain

nice lil touch

Love the blue

This Time Next Week...

...Ill have completed my first 3 days at my new shop gig.  (oh yeah, 2 posts in 1 day is a new record for me!)  When I left the new shop I opened at the beginning of last year, I thought "this might be it for me" as far as working in shops goes.  Being happy in the industry had taken on such a dark overtone for me, and the love of the 2wheeled machine thats kept me sane for years had started to fade.

Long story short, and thanks to my local SRAM/ZIPP/Merckx/Pinarello rep for referring my new shop to me(which is unheard of typically...usually we're referred to shops), Ill be back in "the biz" at a place where I truly have a "glass half full" outlook.

Ill be at Creekside Bikes in Parker CO starting Friday Jan 6th.  The owner is a great guy to date, he even sent the family and I an Xmas card before even starting, and Im stoked to be taking over his service department.  Its a small shop, really small, but well utilized space and definitely aims for a certain niche.  That niche being road and some cross(hopefully more cross as I get settled in tee hee).  He doesnt even touch mtb's, and thats ok, because you cant be everything to everyone these days unless youve got major coin, or work for a chain store.

Anywho, check out the links in the post, come find me and say HI! Ill be there 3 days a week, Fri/Sat/Sun, for the first couple of months until "The Season" starts, then fulltime.