Because snow isn’t the best option always for a bike, it’s been two skis instead of two wheels. Fresh dirt last week in the low lands, 5000 feet from here. Two hours on the skis equals about 3 hours on the bike. At least that’s how it feels today. Definitely an alternative to cycling. Skating=high end, classic=endurance.

Had to get out and do some trail riding as the snow has mostly melted off the trails down low here in Boulder County.  A crew of us got out and played showing out pasty white skin in our short sleeve jerseys.

Things are getting going with the Subaru-GF team.  I have been busy with orders- frames, parts, wheels, tires etc.  I can’t wait to build the new team bikes.  The will look so hot!  All I will say is no more pink for the ladies.  The whole pink thing is played out- the Fisher ladies will set the new fashion trend.  The guys bikes will be super hot too.  I think these will be the hottest looking team bikes since I have been a part of the team.  I can’t wait to show them off.

We have a super busy schedule ahead of us.  We will be traveling all over the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Australia and Chile.  Should be fun and exciting

Later on-

Matto

Hope ya’ll have a great new year. And a great way to get through this coming year is by riding your Gary Fisher 29er mtb, as much as possible. In fact, I believe that the more you ride your bike, the better off you must be doing in life. Cuz if you’re care free enough to do nothing more than ride your bike, you gotta be doin well in most facets of living…

Four years into these 29er mtbs by Fisher Bikes. Love ‘em more than any bike I’ve ever owned.  And this is from a quarter century experience of ridin & racin mtbs…

My fleet of five of these bikes stand safely & comfortably in my bike den. All geared up with their different width Bontrager 29er tires. Each particular bike is equipped with a specific width tire for specific riding applications. I have an all-around ‘desert bike’, in tomato red, w/Bontrager XR 29×2.25/2.2 tires. A skinny-tired 29er, in silver, w/29×1.8″ wide XR tires for ridin the smoother dirt roads & big mountain paved grade, ‘Montezuma Grade.’ Another bike, in midnight blue, equipped with Bontrager 29×2.2″ ‘ACX’ tires that is my night-ridin specific bike. Another bike, a Fisher ‘Rig’ 29er one-speed, in black, used for the mountain single-track ridin, day & night. And my fifth bike, in lip-stick red, equipped with ACX 29×2.2 ‘ACX’ tires, meant for long-rides & races.

All these bikes are equipped with the same fork. This is the Bontrager ‘Switchblade’, with carbon-fiber legs. A rigid fork. Why rigid? Because this is how I ride my bikes. I am a rigid rider. In case you’re wondering, the forks do work on the new G2 frame geometry. So if you’re lookin to free up your bike by a couple of pounds in lighter weight, and do away with maintenance hassles of suspension technology (yuchh!), I would suggest you try these forks. You just might get hooked to mechanical riding, as opposed to mechanized riding.  Plus, you can go around saying, “REBELS RIDE RIGIDClimbing to Font’s Point/summit of Borrego Badlands“, whenever you start feelin rebellious…

Looking back, 2008 was a pretty good year to be on the bike. I started January off by getting a Soho S to commute around on and run errands. It turned into one of my favorite bikes, and ended the year with nearly 2000 miles of commuting and greenway riding on it. If you don’t have a cheaper bike to just commute around on, get one! You will not regret it! Road riding was good as well, with tons of miles, and lots of new routes explored around Knoxville. 

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