This Is Fun

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Here's a little write-up from the Oboz publicist. I'm a pretty big on the world wide web these days.

Hi. I'm in Bozeman. Wish I had some great pictures of the mountains, sunrise, sunset, and cool town - but I've spent most of my time staring at this monitor, setting up my work computer, and figuring out how to transfer email from macmail to Outlook. All is well. We reviewed Spring 2012 color this afternoon and made some decision about what needs changed, and what gets sampled. Bozeman is pretty awesome. I haven't had much time to explore...the extent of my recreation has been watching the sun come up on a nice morning run and getting a food coop membership. My stoke is masked by fatigue. I hope all is well in your corner of the universe. I'll get pics and thoughts up this weekend.

Homeward Bound

I've been listening to Bruce Springsteen and craving a cheeseburger. It's time to come home. China is a trip. The level of progress, growth, and change is staggering. Start brushing up on your Mandarin because you might need it. I can't even explain how different things are. Have to catch a flight from Hong Kong to San Francisco. Looking forward to getting back, spending a few days in Denver, then off to Bozeman. At this point though I just want a nap. Then some endless single track and some nachos would be sweet.

Exit from The Exit

I left Salida today. Very bittersweet to leave my Crested Butte/Salida life. I took one last ride on the SMT trails, said goodbye to friends at the bike shop, and tore myself away from the river. Made an overnight stop at the Rice Peeps cabin...they live completely off the grid at 10,000 feet, a couple miles off of a county road, with a humongous panorama view of the Buffalo Peaks. On to Summit County tomorrow, then Denver, then China, then Bozeman. Not much else to share, just that packing usually takes twice as long as expected.

When the Circus Comes to Town

I had the privilege of being in temporary possession of a Yeti Big Top. They were kind enough to drop a demo off at the shop for employees and friends. The Big Top is a big deal - Yeti has been resistant to building a 29" wheel bike and this is their first crack at it. I was concerned that they would be behind the curve, but they've done a beautiful job - it descends like a dream. I forgot I was riding a hardtail and was ripping through corners and taking step-downs and ledges very confidently. Oh, and it goes up too. Very efficiently. My new dream is to have a Big Top and an ASr-7 - I think that would cover every riding situation I could ever think of from X/C racing to lift served.

Movin' to Montana Soon...

It's true. I've accepted a position with a very cool company in a very cool place. I am Bozeman bound. Packing, moving, settling up, and closure have all prevented me from getting time to post all the details here. So much to share, so many things have happened. I move in October, with a trip to the PRC in mid september to visit a factory. Stay tuned.

Matty, I have no email address for you. Send me a note: ddolph at hotmail dot com. I was at the Y Yesterday! Weird to be back there.

It was a nice weekend in the Exit. Fred and Heidi tied the knot (and what a beautiful knot they've managed to fashion) - in a meadow, in the forest, with dogs playing, kids laughing, and everyone smiling. The rain held off long enough to finish the service and then we huddled under tents and easy-ups and had a beautiful time. Thunder pealed in the place of bells and we even saw a through-hiker pass on the Colorado Trail.

The Omnium brought in a ton of folks for a good weekend of home-grown racing...a time trial in torrential rain Friday, big Crit around downtown Saturday, and a 74 mile road circuit Sunday. I worked a really fun corner on the circuit - the riders crested a big climb, hit downhill on broken pavement, rounded a 90 degree dirt corner, then picked up the pavement again at the beginning of a 40+mph descent. Some very sweet road racing.