Make It Stop

I know I live in northern Utah so it should not be a big surprise that it's snowing every day but seriously this is too much. I think it has been a month since we went more than a day without it snowing. I can't even find icemelt so I just keep the 18" wide strip down my drive way shoveled so it doesn't ice up like the rest. Needless to say, I haven't ridden a bike outside in a couple of months and with all this snow it's going to take a lot of time for it to melt away so springtime riding is delayed except for paved trail and road riding. I'd even be willing to ride on snow covered trails but it snows every Friday and I'm not about to try pusing my bike 6"-12" of new snow. I'd be panting and covered in soon to be frozen sweat before getting 100 yards down the trail. Doesn't sound like much fun.

My motorcycle may be covered in dust by my ideas for great motorcycle trips are as fresh as the snow outside. I've been thinking about doing a Death Valley ride or maybe the Oregon coast. It's apparent that I have cabin fever.

I try to pass the time by putting newly acquired parts on my bikes and working out on the trainer. I have recently purchased a new handlebar and bar ends for my hardtail GT and some new wheels for the full suspension K2. The GT will be my bike for doing XC(cross country) races and the K2 will be for the Super D races that need some decent supension for the more technical stuff. I have a few races lined up which helps with the cabin fever. It looks like I'll be doing 2 or 3 super d races at Sundance, one at Brian Head, another at Bald Mountain and perhaps one more at Deer Valley depending on the date. I'm also going to try to do about 6 of the Wed. night races in midway this summer. They have races every Wed. night, the cost is just $10. They sound like a lot of fun without things being too serious. All this racing, especially the XC races, will help to keep me in shape by providing a little motivation to not come in last place. Although they are 8 months away I'm also really looking forward to trying cyclocross racing. Crazy mad fun in the mud on a skinny tire road bike.

Landlord woes #1

First off I want to say that if I have placed an add to rent one of my apartments and I've included all of the pertinent information about the apartment don't call me and say "Can you tell me a little about it?" The add is in front of you why don't you ask me more you'd like to know. Ok, I got that out of my system.

It's currently snowing so I'm pretty doubtful that I'm going to ride a bike to work tomorrow. I even bought a new balaclava I wanted to try out. I may need to go to the second hand store and see if they have some sweaters I can use for another layer, it's getting pretty cold.

I think I have narrowed down my bike selection to a Kona Jake The Snake. It seems like a good choice. It's steel, has good geometry and has all of the holes neccesary to mount fenders and racks. Plus it can be had for $500- $750 pretty easily. It will be a good bike for commuting and weekend warrioring in cyclocross races.