Ric Flair did not disappoint.

Little shakedown on the thread trail in the hood and man, I love this bike. the TRP hoods feel amazing, and the bike just feels like it fits me perfect. The new found ability to stop with hydraulic disc brakes on a cyclocross bike is amazing. Will be fun to toss on the carbon wheelset/cranks and really see how it feels. While I was riding it, part of my mind thought about how I should replace the Aloominator with a Macho Man, but I think that is getting a little too crazy.

Not sure why I did this, but I did.

TRP Hydros are awesome. Lets see if I can actually pin a number and race it this season.

Photo Dump

Just going through my phone:
Jack is a big helper at the grocery store. Now if only he would learn how to steer.

He doesn’t look thrilled, but this is his mean muggin’ face. He gets it from his Momma.

This slide is slowly becoming a hit.

Here is the last photo of the canti nature boy. I posted it for sale after I cleaned it up, which I do from time to time, and this time I got a bite to ship it of to Louisiana. Hopefully it finds it’s way onto some dirt/grass instead of hanging on a hook in my garage. Part of me will miss it, but as always, I already spent the money before this was already on it’s replacement.

Jack is a big helper with cleaning.

Carbon Wheels version 2 arrived. I returned the ICAN ones I got from Amazon no questions asked and got these bad boys from the same vendor (iplay) that built my MTB wheels that I have yet to destroy.  So far so good. They don’t feel as light, but if I give up a little bit of weight savings for not blowing up spokes, thats cool. These spokes feel much stiffer and I think these will last a good while.

The Nature Boy replacement, another, new Nature Boy, but with hydraulic discs. I actually was able to cut the hoses myself without having to bleed the brakes. This is 99% done, except all the chains I have are one link too short to fit my gear range. Fart noise. Stoked to button this up and see how it rolls.

Got busy with M’s Cricut and made these up.

3 weeks until Mommas due date and she still out rolling the mean streets of Concord with us.

Today Jack had a breakthrough with the Strider. I just picked it up and stood it next to me, he actually took it upon himself to throw his leg over and start walking down the driveway. Almost like he knew how to do it all along, just wasn’t ready until now. I didn’t push the envelope and let that awesome, but short shred session end. Maybe we try more this evening.

One of these bikes is not like the other. Jerry has terrible socks.