Riding!!!!

Yes, the riding has been excellent this Summer.....and, I am back on the trail and off the reserve list. Ripping the trails with a new found appreciation for my health and fitness. Surgery really puts everything into perspective! First rugged ride after getting back from Utah....Blue Mountain with Sam, Kevin, and Eric. One of the more punishing rides I've ever experienced....pure brutality. It rained right before we got there and Kevin decided we were climbing up the backside for 3 miles of technical, slippery singletrack to get warmed up. Wow! After that one....back on the Spot for singlespeed mania on many rides including Jeremy's birthday ride with the Sos at East Setauket. Also, pre-riding the Dark Horse 40 course at Stewart MTA with Sam, Emily, and Ari! Ari's first big ride on his new Cannondale Flash Carbon 29er. He killed it and was smiling for hours :) JC and I blasted out to Glacier Ridge for a SS 29er session with the Spot and his Voodoo Dambala for some fun and the twists never seem to end. My movie is awesome! More to come...

On the way to Blue at the gas station/smoke shop....

Kevin, Eric, and Sam getting ready at Blue....

Sam demoing a new Yeti!!!

2 bold Flash Carbon 29ers and the Birthday Boy Bean

Jeremy and Sos at East Setauket

All American Burger...yep.

Birthday Boy Burger Feast

Voodoo and Spot on the way to Glacier Ridge

On the trail at GR.....

Emily, Sam, and Ari at Stewart...some wicked 29ers

Spot's Eye View at Stewart

near the end of 22 miles of fun

2013 Specialized Dealer Event - Snowbird UT

Well....here I am, catching up again. It's not easy being me :)
Sam (from Bicycles NYC) and I traveled out to Snowbird in Utah for the annual Specialized dealer event. It was excellent! Great weather. Great bikes. Great riding! We made an impression, as always, and brought our NYC brand of hijinks wherever we went! The trip started off lame as our plane was about 4 hours late out of JFK so we ended up drinking Budweisers out of aluminum bottles for brunch... As soon as we landed in SLC, Sam saw the speed gun on the airport road and had to see what he could do against it. 13 mph is what he ran and luckily we didn't get arrested :) Snowbird is amazing and beautiful! Stunning views everywhere you look! A great venue for the event. We learned about bikes. We looked at bikes, helmets, shoes, tires, equipment, you name it.... We rode bikes....road bikes....mountain bikes. I rode the new SW Roubaix with new SRAM Red, awesome! Also rode the new Bad-ass Allez Race with SRAM Rival. Excellent! Best mountain bike.....Stumpjumper FSR EVO 26 & 29. Superb! Ripped the Enduro too and loved it!!! Hung out with my pal Rebecca Rusch. Hung and dined with Don Langley of the Langster fame and also fabulous racer Ned Overend. Hung out with our boys Luis and Dave from Toga/Gotham a lot and Pat and Josh from Cycles Plus on LI....also Lester, Josh, and Bryan from U-Bikes in Boulder, CO. Great seeing everyone and having fun living the bicycle life. I'm pretty lucky....

Sam at JFK

Sam running.....13 mph in SLC

Hotel room with a view....almost unreal

First breakfast with Rebecca Rusch

Road Demo

2013 Specialized S-Works Allez!

Chris Whehan presents at road presentation

Ilya from BOA fixes up my S-Works shoes!

Snowbird

At the mtn demo with our rep Chris Facas

Our warranty guy Bruce working the mtn demo

2013 Stumpjumper FSR EVO 26 (and Sam)

2013 Enduro...and Sam

Kit management :)

Womens' road bikes

Globe Roll Rare with belt drive, 8 speed, sweet....

SW Stumpy FSR with 1x11

Sam finishing the cross race on our last night...