Krogg Indulge in Star Trek Relapse

Krogg have confession: since early age, Krogg harbor slightly embarrassing infatuation with Star Trek. Yes it true. When Krogg young caveman, Krogg neighbor hardcore Trekkie, and this neighbor loan Krogg entire Star Trek Next Generation (over the course of several summers). This permanently alter Krogg outlook on life; from thence forth, Krogg envision life among the stars, cruising about with Klingons, and Romulans, and androids, solving galactic mysteries, and helping broker peace between warring alien species'.

Krogg suspect Lt. Commander Worf would have been good friend to Krogg:

Oh how Krogg love himself a good episode of Star Trek, but this love somewhat suppressed in recent years. WELL NO LONGER! KROGG WISH TO SING FROM MOUNTAIN TOPS: KROGG LOVE STAR TREK! Recently, Krogg discover that certain channels on cable television offer Star Trek episodes round-the-frickin'-clock, and this make Krogg very happy. 


Star Trek: Krogg APPROVE!

Exergy News!

Cool new stuff on the Exergy front.

First off -- we've got our wheel sponsor: Williams Cycling! These wheels are awesome. Williams makes a great range of wheels -- from carbon clinchers, to deep dish tubulars, to disc wheels, and Powertap options. These should make our Felt bikes look really really good. Thank you Williams!

Next up, I got a chance to meet our team's soigneur, Mark Dauenhauer. He assessed my injuries and gave me a wonderful massage. He also had some excellent stories. I'm so excited to get to work with Mark throughout this season -- I have no doubt that he's going to make a big difference, both in injury prevention, as well as recovering from hard races.

Next, Exergy made the front page of the Daily Peloton. The article highlights several of the Idaho companies that are joining forces to support the team. Very cool stuff.

And saving the best for last, we got a friggin foosball table at the service course. I'm pretty rusty (read really awful) but our director Tad is an excellent player. Here's Tad, showing off some of his skills:

Well Shit -- Giveaway Revision.

Well shit. As my dear friend and loyal GliderBison reader Jamie pointed out -- uBRDO is no longer in business. This renders my giveaway completely useless. The last thing I want to do is sow the seeds of distrust in the hearts of my readers, so I've decided to make amends. I'm still going to give away a $25 uBRDO gift certificate, but I'm now going to include an honest to goodness time machine. Check it:

Just spin the dials, adjust the giant chronometer, and pull the crank and you'll be whisked away to roughly eight months ago when uRBDO was still in business. That way you can go back and use your gift certificate before uBRDO closes! Honestly, if all you did with your new time machine was redeem a $25 gift certificate, I'd probably have to punch you in the groin -- GO ON AN EXCELLENT ADVENTURE YOU FOOL -- OR EVEN HAVE A BOGUS JOURNEY -- I DON'T CARE!!! JUST USE YOUR GODDAM TIME MACHINE!!!

Here's what I'm actually going to give away instead: 

A Hagens Berman cycling cap! It's basically new (it didn't fit my head too well, so I never wore it riding). 

AND.....a new Chris King shirt (size L):

AND....a really handy bicycle repair quick guide. This thing covers pretty much everything you'd need to completely overhaul your bike. This handy guide is well organized and easy to use -- from basic adjustments, to roadside repairs, to more advanced tuning or repairs -- it's all in there. 

There ya go -- no time machine needed to redeem. Just leave a comment on this blog entry (on the actual blog, not on facebook please), and I'll do the drawing on Monday, 1/17/11 using a random number generator. One entry per person please. 

GliderBison Giveaway!

Allllright- here it comes -- another GliderBison Giveaway!

This one is pretty much only useful for those living in the Seattle area, but it's a $25 gift certificate to uBRDO (a sweet bike shop and sporting goods store in Kirkland). I won this in a race, and never used it. There doesn't appear to be an expiration date, so I'm pretty sure they'll still honor it.

To enter, just comment on this blog. I'll draw a winner next Sunday using a random number generator. Only one entry per person, and yadda yadda yadda. 

GOOD LUCK AND WIN. 

Things Going Great in Boise!

I am in bike riding heaven up here. The weather has been clear and cold (hovering just below thirty most of the day). I got my cross bike out of storage, and took my first cruise on the nearby trails. It was awesome -- swoopy, smooth single-track that went for miles and miles. I found out that I can hop on trails practically across the street that link up to the entire network of trails. Plus they're beautiful:

Today I took a nice loooong ride over to Horseshoe Bend, a town just north of Boise. Here more pictures:

YAAAA HOO.
This ride was long, it was hard, and it was cold. It was so cold, I decided to bust out the tights! I could tell it was cold because frost kept forming on any part of my clothing that wasn't in direct contact with my skin (namely my tights, specifically the region near my crotch). I also formed frost./ice on my mustache. You should have seen the look on the lady's face who worked at the gas station I stopped at -- she glanced at my frost-covered crotch, then at my icy mustache, and (kind of) suppressed a chuckle.

Oh, and I nearly ran over this guy on my way out the other morning:

Back in Boise! Hangin' in the Service Course.

Well the winds of next season have blown me back to Boise. Here I am, in the land of potatoes, starting my life as a professional cyclist in earnest. I'm surprised how different I feel, considering so little has really changed. My life will, for most intents and purposes, be very similar to the one I've lived these last several years. I'm still going to be scraping by financially. I'll still be going to (many of the) same races. I'm still going to be working hard, and giving it my all -- however, my perception is wildly different. I'll send you over to this blog, written by a professional distance runner, which does a good job summing up the difference that an attitude can make.

Right now, I'm chilling out here:

Yes, that's the view from the inside of the team's Service Course.

This is what we're doing today (read the name on there):

Sorting goodies. I don't get to use most of this stuff until our sponsor orientation at the end of the month, but here's some of the treats I get to look forward to:

Casual clothing from Castelli. Sweet!  And these bad boys:

Holy shit these things are nice. Bont -- thank you. These will be my first new shoes since 2008! Here are my current shoes (hand me downs from Adrian Hegyvary -- he used these in 2009, and I used them last year):

The internet is wonderful, and it allows us to do many amazing things, like send you an image of my shoes -- fortunately for you, however, one thing the internet does NOT do, is transfer the smell of my shoes too. When I take these bad boys off they smell exactly like cat urine. Exactly. Like. Cat. Urine. I can't express how excited I am to get new shoes, especially ones that smell like new shoes.

YEAH. YEAH YEAH YEAH.

MY YEAR SHALL BE NEWER!

Reminder: New Mexico is the Land of Enchantment.