Oh Boy!!!

Well I will admit the wait time for this bike is killing me. The weather is getting nicer and each weekend I think "wow this would be a great ride weekend". But instead I just wonder what is going on with my bike. So I decided to e-mail Doug last week and his response was this drawing of my bike. All I can say is I am excited. He also let me know it would probably go off to paint this week and get a nice dose of baby poop brown powder coated sprayed all over it. The Fork was changed from a 135mm to 110mm travel so it makes the down tube a little confusing with all the lines. Me and the wife have been getting ready for the day it arrives. I am ordering her a Gary Fisher Mamba or picking up a last year X-Caliber this week from a local shop that is having a sale. We also have been preparing the Honda to cary 2 bikes with a new yakima rack and a couple bike racks. It was all on sale from different places. As much as this recession bites there are allot of good deals right now. So a little excitement in the menotiney of negativity from every day activity is a good thing these days.

Just Waiting!

The last few days have been very hard as my patients is running out and I am getting very antsy about my bike. The weather has been unreal and I wish I had a bike to take advantage of it. The past two weeks I have decided to drop 20 pounds by the end of July. It wont be easy but at 6'10" its like someone 6' dropping 10. I have gained way too much weight this winter and am tipping the scale at a blistering 285. I should be at 265 and my body is reminding me every time I do anything strenuos. So I took on the dreaded running again. The amazing thing is when I played basketball I hated running and did it for endurance, but I kind of enjoy it now. Seattle is a little hard to run since every street is a hill but my legs get a killer workout. I figure this will also help me when I get my bike enjoy it sooner and help with some of the hikes we plan to do this summer. The job is going well but like everything in our thriving economy the sales are very low and everyone is uneasy about they're jobs. I have learned to do the best I can and whatever happens, happens. So here is my final build sheet (I think), I know Ryan wants me to use Sram but Doug gets a killer deal on Shimano, I might switch to XTR if its no too crazy on price.

Fork White Brothers Magic 110 mm 20 mm axle
XT derailleurs, chain, cassette and shifters
Hope Tech M4 Brakes 8" Rotor
White Industries M16 rear hub 36
White Industries front hub 20 mm thru axle
DT Alpine spokes
Salsa Gordo rims 36
WTB Laser V saddle
WTB Weirwolf 29x2.55 tires
Race Face Deus XC riser bar 31.8
Thomson X4 stem 31.8
Thomson 31.6mm seatpost
HSC long cranks w/Race Face chainrings 215mm
Phil Woods BB
Chris King headset
Oury grips

Like always advice is welcomed.