Well I woke up yesterday and realized it is already February. I haven’t been on my bike a lot, I have been working out with my wife daily though and will be the MC for the 2nd Annual RedToRed MTB race on March 6th in Echo, Oregon. Joseba the Basque and I are racing, no, riding the Tour of Walla Walla in April, I should be in some semblence of shape by then, hopefully.

Bikingwise things seem different, I find myself looking at trail bikes instead of lightweight race bikes and I think a multi-day road bike tour sounds like fun. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always though any day riding is better than a day not riding, however recently and unexspectedly my ambition to race and be competitive has dimminished. I still want to be one of the strong riders in the group ride and still want to make Chacho suffer in the hills mountain biking but I am not so drawn toward racing a bunch of folks I hardly know on a 6-10 mile lap.
This has left me with the decision to try and sell both my 2009 GT Marathon Pro and my 2008 Giant Anthem 0, if I am able to do so I will be purchasing a 29′r trail bike, hopefully a Santa Cruz Tallboy. I will also be selling all my 26 inch tires, I’m the Emelda Marcos of mountain bike tires, here’s a partial list:
Schwable Fast Fred
Schwable Rocket Ron
Schwable Racing Ralph
Schwable Nobby Nick
Kenda Karma
Panaracer Fire XC
Maxxis MiMo
Hutchison Spider
Michelin Dry
and so on…….

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