Going on Ebay
I’ve decided the only way to do this is to cut ties with the past. I had a decommisioning ceremony last night for the Meatplow. I broke her down in a matter of minutes and stuck her in a box. This way there is no turning back. It’s time to turn over a new leaf and learn some new tricks. The Meatplow has served me well, but her reign as queen has come to an end. Bidding will start at $1. Get ready for a crazy bidding war as the bike that was ridden to a “World” championship hits the auction block. If the winning bid is over $4,000 I’ll even autograph the top tube.
As if?
C’mon, I’m gonna sell the bike that I did La Ruta, two Trans Rockies, won the “Worlds” on, and a slew of other things I call “dubious cycling achievements and marginal life accomplishments” just because there’s a new girl in town? I actually told this bike I loved her while pushing her up a mountain in Utah last August. I’m not that free with my affection (ask The Pie), so that’s kind of a big deal.
I am sending her back to Dean for a little makeover. I wasn’t going to be riding it for at least a month anyhow, so I figured why not get some changes done. The EBB has stretched a little over the last two and a half years where the set screws push against the EBB. I would like it to be circular again (instead of egg shaped), and I am going to have the set screws moved somewhere between 12 and 3 o’clock to avoid future distortion. I am also having an extra water bottle mount added. Last year’s “Fanny Pack of Doom” experience has taught me a valuable lesson. It certainly would be nice to have two water bottles for the hundies.
“Hey, wait a second?” you say. “What about racing on a 29′er? Are you already giving up?”
No. It’s just that this is the first time in a long time that I’ll have two mountain bikes. I’ve wanted to get this work done for some time, but I’ve never had the opportunity to do it. Why bother if I may not race it this year? Even if I was selling the frame I couldn’t sell it with a clean conscience with the EBB all stretched out and what idiot would want a bike with only one bottle cage. AND YES, in the back of my mind if the 29′er thing doesn’t work out I’ll have the Meatplow of my dreams.
Funny, but all this 29′er talk and frame mystery has pushed my site hits up quite a bit. Is it the drama? Maybe the overwhelming amount of people swapping over to big wheels and a bunch of fence sitters awaiting an outcome? Go figure. How ’bout the replies? I should blog about something less controversial, like prayer in schools or flag burning. Tomorrow shoul be a much better shakedown ride in the mountains. I’m going with Eric and a few other folks for a five or six hour ride in Pisgah. There should be plenty of steeps, rocks, roots, and loads of climbing. Yummy.
Late edit: Thanks to Kerkove I see that the Ultra Series is back on. No western race requirement, and I am already thinking about doing three of the races anyways (making me one short of the four minimum. Why did they have to go and make it that tempting?
