All About Bikes... AOB!

AOB.... Asheville On Bikes!
A local organization trying to promote bike awareness and create bike infrastructure.  Several times a year the group holds organized rides that are so large they require permits for a parade.  This year's bike of the Irish was almost 500 strong! Wonder how long we tied up traffic?  The best ride was close to the rider with the boom box strapped to the back if his bike.  Had a great time pedaling with my old buddy Alan and enjoying the day!  Especially had fun sipping beers and munching peanuts at the wedge afterwards.   Then I peddled the 7 miles home to my lovely family... great day!

King rules

First ride with the new King parts was a blast.  On a cool beautiful afternoon I rolled out into the woods and had a peaceful ride in the forest.  After a while I realized that my steering was taking more effort to stabalize... it was like a steering damper had been removed from my bike.  I want a King headset for all of my bikes! No wonder Chris King will not ride a bike that has an inferior headset attached.  Hands down the best!

King Rhymes with Bling!

Most of the years i have been a mountain biker i have wanted Chris King parts on my bike.  If you know anything about bikes you would know that King makes the best bearings and Bering based parts in the bike industry.  To make the greatest even greater Chris King is committed to environmentally friendly materials, recycling and all American!  And wait, there's more! He's good to his employees and even pays them to ride to work.
So last year I was overjoyed to obtain a pair of custom built wheels with King hubs; built by Greg at Fatz by my house.   And yesterday i was like a kid in the candy store to have King headset and bottom bracket installed on my bike!  Not just bling... it's the best thing!

Upgrade!

Chris King makes the best rotating parts for bikes.  Last year I was very fortunate to be able to purchase a pair of wheels custom built by a friend at the local bike shop with Chris King hubs.  Then a couple months later I met the man himself and gave him an Architects tour at Biltmore.
Today I received the matching bottom bracket and headset from Kris.  Chris King is coming back to Biltmore and I am going to give him a private tour.  In exchange for admission tickets his General Manager, Kris, sent me the parts.  I am really excited to once again meet the man and give him a tour!

Tropical Paridise!

Ever since our first cruise to the Caribbean I have wanted to go again and again.  There is nothing quite like getting on board a floating palace and leaving the worries of the world behind at port.  Great food is always available,  entertainment and fun abounds, and relaxation is strongly encouraged!   We have each taken two cruises.  Our first cruise was with Royal Caribbean on our Honeymoon.  We left from the port of Miami and traveled to Haiti, Grand Cayman, Jamaica and Cozumel Mexico.  Our second cruise was from the port of Charleston and we traveled to the Bahamas; Freeport and Nassau.

When I asked a couple of co-workers what we should do with the remains of our tax refund: A. Buy a new washing machine.  B. Make an extra mortgage payment.  C. Take a cruise to the Caribbean,   All of them replied that we should take a cruise to the Caribbean.  They think we are responsible enough and that we should travel while we are young and able to enjoy life experiences with capable bodies and minds!  Each one of us thoroughly agrees!

Soon!

This winter has been long hard and miserably cold.  From my standpoint there was not enough snow to compliment the cold.  Last weekend we had a couple of warm days that were really just a teaser.  Daffodils are poking up and yesterday I wore shorts and a t shirt while riding my bike home from work and even got to smell some winter honeysuckle that started blooming.  But alas it was another teaser!  This afternoon it will be 22 degrees when I leave work... arrrgggg!

Kitchen

Either last January or the December before we bought a sample paint can for the kitchen.  A splotches was painted to test the color.  A few weeks later I got bored and painted the walls till the sample can was empty.  Then a couple weeks later we bought a can of paint.  It wasn't until one year and some week later that we finally got the kitchen walls fully painted!
Several years ago we started with green samples in the bedroom.   Now we have all the walls covered in different shades of blue; for over a year now.  Someday we will paint the bedroom... ha ha.