Home Finally

As I spent most of yesterday stuck in the gleaming jewel of our civilization known as Newark, I had some time to reflect on the happenings of this last weekend at Frostbike. A whirlwind trip for sure, I was very flattered to have been invitied to this dealer only event. I took in some very valuable info at the seminars, saw some cool new products, but most importantly, got to put some faces to names.

The most anticipated meeting was with Guitar Ted. After many years of lurking on each other's blogs, and several failed attempts to connect at Interbike, we finally meet. I had a great time catching up with you man! After our conversations, it looks like we may see each other again this year, with bikes even.

I had dinner with Brent from Twin Six with Tim Grahl and Arleigh from Crooked Cog at a cool little Minneapolis neighborhood restraunt called Chatterbox. I felt right at home there, good food, good vibes, and a Scooby Doo mural on the bathroom wall.

I also spent some time catching up with Jason from Salsa as well. Despite missing Jason's presentation, I know there are some cool things ahead...

My return flight was later inthe day on Sunday, but stormy clouds were in the forcast for the north east. I tried to get out of dodge early, only to be thwarted in New Jersey. You'd think with the amount of time I've had robbed from my life from that place, I'd know better, but I always have that hope that things will work out. Well, they didn't. I did get home though, for which I am very greatful. Big thanks to Aaron for the opportunity to sneak in to the President's Club. They have beer and TV in there!

More news on the horizon from Bike 29 shortly...