First - race bidness. You can get a super sweet Tacchino T-shirt from Jason Kamps at Woof Designs. They'll be delivered to the Tacchino on race day and will be available at the registration tent. $14. If you're out of the area and want one delivered, drop me an email tcrjames at gmail, and we'll see about shipping options. The pre-orders close (if you want race day delivery) on Monday, November 1. So get after it if you want one.
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Second - bidness bidness.
Dave Kirkpatrick, Blogger, Construction Guy, Racer, Humanitarian, and Purveyor of November Bikes, passed me one of his new bikes to test. He also gave me a free pair of gloves worth maybe $7 in case the FTC is reading this and wants to know if I've been bought, and if so, how cheaply I was willing to whore myself out.
Just kidding. Dave knows the deal and you guys know the deal. I'll tell the truth about how the thing rides, go about as hard as I usually go, tell you how it feels and what I think, and how it worked. If it breaks and it sucks, I'll tell you. If it rocks, I'll tell you that too. You are all grown ups and can make up your minds if you are interested in it after that.
For now, a first impression. As you would expect, I like the idea of a good race frame put together and sold by a local racer I'm friends with. The bike is nondescript, with an understated black carbon weave finish and a November Bikes logo on the downtube. Frankly, the internal cable routing entry and exit points are more eye catching than anything else on the bike. It's not generic, just understated and functional to the point of being visually quiet - a super hot librarian gal with un-cool glasses doing a bad job of hiding how hot it is. As Ultimate Slayer Fan says, you look at it and "you know. You just know."
The bike retails for $785, and it pretty much says, "shut up and let's just us go for a ride." I can't wait until the rain lifts to try it out. Tomorrow at lunch perhaps. I'll keep you posted.
Meanwhile, I need to ask: is your life better, or worse with 4-inch Brett Favre in it?
2 comments:
I think Jenn Sterger already answered the question about a 4 inch Farve didn't she?
Well, everybody has their own answer as to whether they want 4 inches of Favre. I notice the Favre action figure is wearing spikes, not Crocs. Weird.
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