Off the Bike...

By doctor's order:( Having bronchitis. I guess the ski trip didn't help (but it was fun anyway).

Right now, I am laying low, so I get better soon, so I can get back on my bike.

Isn't it amazing that they even postponed the Heartland Race#1 for me...just kidding, they did it because of the weather but one can dream.

I also need to get better because I "have" to go skiing again. And if that wouldn't be bad enough, this time it is Winter Park, CO, what a "horrible" place....OK, OK, I love this town, even though, I only know it by bike. It is actually the place, where I got my Blur. Only fond memory, besides those few bruises and indentations that I got from those ROCKY mountains:)

Tonight Roxzy, her sister and two nieces, Martin and I went to the Christina Aguilera Concert at the Quest Center in Omaha. Pretty good show! Men, that girl can sing and dance. The Pussy Cat Dolls opened for her and they did a pretty darn good job themselves. I always like good live music and enjoy a well done show.

Amazing how these girls (ladies) can dance on these high-heels without breaking their feet. But that is why that get paid so much money for doing that.

Now we are back home and settling in for the weekend. Are we going to get all that snow??

Isn't it time for spring? I did my first garden walk yesterday to see, if my bulbs are coming up and a few of them are sticking their first green out.

Isn't that one of these beautiful miracles of nature? You put a bulb in the soil in the fall (in hope that no darn deer nor squirrel will feast on it) and then, wen spring comes those bulbs start coming to live and start growing and blooming. I planted about 150 more bulbs last fall. That should bring my bulbous flowers up to, oh almost 400....

Yes, I do like to garden, can't you tell:)

Anyway, I better go to sleep now, it is late.

Reno, Nevada, 60 degrees, no bike

Roxzy, Martin and I arrived late last nite in Sacramento, CA. Flying into Sacramento was much cheaper than flying into Reno. Well ,flight and all that went well, until we stood in front of the baggage carousel....and nothing with our name on came out. Actually, there were around 20 folks from Omaha that spent about 3 hours in Denver to change planes, that didn't get the bags. It was a first for all of us and tell you waht it really makes for traveling lite.
We picked up our rental car and drove to Reno to join Ryan, who is working here this week.
We dropped off Roxzy and checked in to our hotel and then went to W-Mart to get some sleep wear and snacks....
Well Frontier made up for their mishap and delivered our bags overnite. So we woke up to a nice suprise: our own stuff:))
Now we can face the elements here. Right now 60 degrees. Where is your bike when you need it. Will write some more later. Gotta change now:)

Girls and mechanics...

...is it really true, that we have problems with mechanics? At least today I did, or at least I learnt a valuable lesson: when putting a fender on your full-suspension MTB, you have to adjust the height of the fender to the suspension sag, meaning, once your bottom sits on the bike, the fender will sit lower. I didn't think about that and I didn't notice that...two hours later and thanks to my IPod (and my ignorance!?), I had cranked enough and worked myself through the fender...

Made for a good laugh on Martin's side when I came home, so I thought, I need to share this, I and I thought all the grinding noises came from all the yak on the roads and my bearings that need to be exchanged (due to riding in to much mud last summer and now salt and s-stuff...)

Race Season 2007

I can't believe that the first race of 2007 is already in the end of February. That is way too early! But I guess, ignorance works only till the first race starts and then what, so pedal, pedal, pedal...
Today we had the first THOR meeting of the year. Thanks to the Bike Masters for hosting it. We got a good thing rolling. All I can say is: "Watch out Wheeds, we don't have respect for you!"
Well, I gotta take Mr. Whiskers out and then it is almost time to go to bed.