I arrived back from the Summit on Friday. I can't say enough words of grattitude about my rides (Kim Coram of Parkersburg there, and Greg Good of DC/Morgantown on the return). Thanks especially to my homestay hostess Elisabeth in DuPont Circle. You can read the trip report online at this link. Saturday we saw some customers and donors beginning to venture out into the Spring weather. Now that Spring is officially upon us and the daylight lasts longer we expect more. We'll be back to our regular hours this week - Wed 1-7pm and Thu-Sat 1-5pm. Hope to see you.
Some of you know about the transmission Kenny and I have been working on, I was able to show it to a couple of manufacturers at the Summit and they seemed to show genuine interest. Now that I'm back I intend to get the transmission mounted on the bike that it was built for, and get out and ride it.
During the Summit I was particularly impressed by the talks about getting kids on mountain bikes whether for fun days, clinics or races. It makes sense that parents will let their kids play in the dirt before they'll let them play in traffic. I'm looking for anyone interested in helping plan a pilot event (working title "Take our sons/daughters to Dirt") possibly to be held in May, and focusing our youth instruction on MTB riding rather than street riding. If you love to work with kids and would like to be part of this please call the shop, or come by Wed Mar 22 at 7pm for an organizational meeting.
On a personal note, I have moved out of my temporary Cheat Lake home and am staying with friends until I can find another place that I can afford. My preference is to rent a room in a home, within 5 miles of town but not in student housing. If you know of someone who has an affordable place please contact me at the shop phone number. And also remember that the best thing you can do for cycling is to ride, the second best thing is to take someone with you.
Nick
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