Let it Snow!

I am catching up on my new bike stuff that has arrived at the house the last couple of weeks (post Interbike), but testing is on the back burner for a bit due to the heavy snow conditions on the local trails. I will have some pictures, and 'First Look' asap.

So the latest round of snow in Colorado was very spotty, and the further down towards Colorado Springs you got, the smaller the snowfall amounts were, Denco got hammered! We got around 10-12" at my house, but the blizzard conditions made lots of big drifts in spots, and left my driveway, mostly dry!

Castle Rock: 19.3"
Conifer: 42.0"
Denver (Official): 14.2"
Evergreen: 40.0"
Fort Collins 18.5"
Highlands Ranch: 24.5"
Pinecliff: 46.0" WOW!
Colorado Springs 7"
Colorado Springs (central) 4"
Woodland Park 20"
Monument 16-20"
Pueblo West 4"

My Son was very stoked this morning when he found out that he didn't have to go to school for a third day in a row. He is only in the morning half day kindergarten, so if the school district calls a 2 hour delay for snow, then he has no school, how lucky is that! So what's the news of the world?

I watched another wild video from the uber trial/stunt man Danny MacAskill, this time it's a VW commercial




Here is his infamous video that most everyone has already seen:



Maybe it's time to get some trials practice in this Winter?

Then I saw that he is out for 5 weeks with an injury, can we say oops! "Danny MacAskill Bike stunts hero Danny MacAskill takes a tumble.. tripping on kerbstone"

So in Britspeak kerbstone is curbstone, tyre is tire, fanny is ##### (This is the word for a woman's front bits, so don't use it in the UK). Smacking someones fanny takes on a whole new meaning!

Fi'zi:k Cyrano - First Look

The fi'zi:k Cyrano is fi'zi:k's first foray into the seatpost business, and it is definitely full of innovations. The Cyrano is a nice looking seatpost, with some neat etching and graphics, which subtlety play into its smooth lines. The Cyrano tube is made from 3D forged 7075 aluminum, and uses thicker walls fore and aft for strength, and thinner walls on the sides for weight savings.

Ashima PCB - First Look

While I was at the Interbike 2009 show, I dropped by the Ashima booth, and had a nice conversation with the main man of Ashima, Wayne Moore. Wayne had on display a set of their new PCB brakes, and some colored rotors. The lightweight AiRotors brake rotor now comes in red, black, blue, yellow, and white! I got a trick set of the red ones to test out, and I must say that the colors really add to their uniqueness.