Visions of Moots danced in his head
10/28/2005 08:39:00 AM
(See what I'm talking about)
OK, I'm doing my best to keep Dana from getting too excited about the Steamboat position (as it turns out, we're getting picked up on the Thursday evening we arrive, having dinner at the homes of one of the doctors on Friday, and being taken hiking and then out for dinner on Saturday, and meeting with a real estate agent at one point as well), but I'm of course VERY excited.
I mean, we couldn't have HOPED for a better opportunity - it's exactly the kind of place we were looking for. It's kind of scary, actually.
So I've been doing a good amount of looking around, learning about the area (housing, etc), and arranged for a factory tour of Moots - an ultra-cool, ultra-high-end custom Titanium bike maker. so last night I was looking around at their offerings (looks like their cheapest FRAME costs as much as my new bike), and I kept coming across the image you see above.
And I woke up this morning having a dream about that descent. Look at it! How could you not dream about it!?!
Most of the reason I haven't been riding much here (in Houston) is because it's so DIFFICULT - riding on city streets is hardly what I call ideal road cycling, and driving somewhere to go on a ride is pretty silly. I can't wait for the day when I can hop on the bike and be out on roads like that in a matter of minutes....
Anyway, it's my job to temper our enthusiasm for Steamboat (because what if it's not all we have built it up to be), but every once in a while I'm allowed outbursts like this. It's like an enthusiasm release-valve.
There. Much better. Now back to work.
Also, in other news, Dana and I will both be back in Chicago next week (Oct 31st). I'll be staying through Friday (on Tuesday I become an IBM employee), Dana only stays until about 5pm Wednesday. Then I get home Friday and less than a week later we leave for Steamboat. My only regret is that we can't go during snow season (the Mountain opens, I think, the day after Thanksgiving).
Another Steamboat event we're likely to miss this year - the US Olympic Freestyle Ski Team finals in January, followed by the send-off for all the local Olympians. For a town of somewhere around 10,000 permanent residents, they've got more than their fair share of Olympians (but I'm too bored to look up the actual stats).
OK, really. Back to work now.
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3 Comments:
Moots! MOOTS!
posted at 8:59 AM
One of my old co-workers had a Moots... it used the flexing of the rear frame triangulation along with a small shock as suspension! Awesome stuff! But, of course, super expensive. Would love to MTB in steamboat! :)
posted at 9:55 AM
Seriously....
posted at 1:21 PM
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