Project Durango Completed!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 6:12AM Zentri supporters helped finish out the payments on the Jamis Durango 29er I had on layaway. This is a great collaboration project to help get the podcast off-road more often, resulting in a lot more variety in show content for many years to come.
Having a mountain bike opens up lots of events for me to participate in that I've been wanting to do for a long time. I used to mountain bike quite a bit, even raced a few times. Emily and I are now looking at both Xterra-style triathlons and mountain bike races for this coming year. Yes!
A 29er is in itself a great topic to talk about. They have very tall tires compared to regular mountain bikes, which leads to all kinds of interesting handling characteristics. As I train and race on one, it will be great to compare and contrast it to the regular bikes (26ers).
In a cruel ironic twist, I got the bike home and then was informed that nearly all of the next four weekends are booked solid with family events and other stuff that will make the first "epic" ride challenging to schedule.
I bought a new lapel mic so I can make some great recordings on the new ride. By the way, I've decided to call it "Flow". It's a great name because it has a double-meaning: "Flow" as in Zen focus, and "Flo" as in a hard working diner waitress, dishing out tasty goodness as fast as you can order it and with attitude.
Big thanks to everybody that helps support the show. Even though the podcast is for free, it is still very time consuming and expensive and all your help, in any fashion, makes all the difference in the world!
RESPECT, MON!