FRESHIES!!!!

Well its about fricken time, wouldn’t you say? We’ve been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for all the pieces of the puzzle to come together in one place to make this happen, and let me tell ya…it’s been worth the wait.

I’m rockin’ the Knolly Delerium T in yellow this year, while Barb is stylin’ in her trademark pink on the V-Tach.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm……………………..flava.

We’ve only had ’em built up for a day and already we’re racking up the vert. 1st impressions are stellar. These could be the raddest bikes that we’ve ever run on, and in Barb’s case she’s sure that if she’d had this bike when she was racing, it would have been a whole different ball game (like she didn’t win enough races back then).

Oh, and to complete the Freshie agenda, we’ve also managed to get our apres ride suite together.

Why aren’t you here?

Gotta give huge props to Kurt at Freedom for putting up with me in his shop, the kids at the Bike Barn for coming through with the final pieces, Noel for building the best frame ever (and scoring me three years worth of bikes), and a special shout out for Tyler Morland at SRAM for coming through when it mattered most. Anyone else would have lost their cookies at least twice over the shipping carnage on this one, and he managed to not only keep his suave demeanor intact, but to come through with the goods when we needed it most.

Random Early June Odds and Ends

Some stuff that just doesn’t fit the usual program around here that needs to be taken care of. First off, my dad had an art show at the Summerland Gallery that opened the other day. That’s him on the left and mom on the right. The other folks are some friends. We ran into them all at dinner just before the show.

The opening night was a success, with a good showing. The old man does watercolours, mostly of old buildings around BC, but he also does some landscapes and the occasional woodpile or something else sort of arty.

He sold a few the openeing night and some more this week. Let me know if you want to see some of his work. I’m ging to put his stuff online this coming winter. It’s pretty cool imagery to have hanging on your wall.

While I’m shilling for the family, meet one of my Uncles’ horses. He breeds and trains quarterhorses. This would be a prime example of his life’s work right here.

Gorgeous animals. This guy isn’t typical of his stock, in that he has a roan bloodline that he’s been working with for the past 60 years. Lots of racing wins in that heritage too.

That’s Bob and his “kids” right there.

OK, it wouldn’t be a very good entry without a riding shot, so here’s Andrew from Brodie Bikes.

Andrew was inthe ‘hood with his rep job, and managed to squeak a run in with me. He’s good people, and one of the reasons why you’re seeing a lot more Brodie around the Interior these days. Good rider, too.

OK, that’s all for now.

Corn Stars – Last Day

What..time to go already? Awww, and we were having such fun…..

Oh well, still time to go for one more lap on Builders Only.

Apart from a little glitch onthe exit of the spiral involving a busted seat, it was all butter today. It was a lot of fun having you two out this way. I can hardly wait until you move up here!

Until then, enjoy this collection of clips from the trip.