Sweet rides and sayonaras

Jake rocks it pro-style at Alston on his new Kona Mtn Bike

Quick post...

My Sweet new Surly Cross-Check came in from Surly (what an incredible and unknown gift for helping with SSWC)...swapped parts from trusty Cannondale XS800 and have put a few rides on Surly (Veeder, Partrick and commute to work)...really nice ride! Pics soon.

Meanwhile, my sell-a-thon has worked really well. Craigslist came through just fine as I sold the XS800 and Jake's basically mint-condition (blame it on over-excited Dad rushing into bike purchase) Redline Micro-Mini recently. 

Trusty Cannondale and Jake's mint Redline are off to new owners...

The Redline sold to make room for his sweet new Kona Shred 2-0. What an incredible little bike-20" wheels, shocks, Hayes Disc brakes....Luuuuckeeee! We were very fortunate to have some trmendous help from Curtis in procuring this sweet rig (Jake's bud Jeffrey was also the recipient of the same whip)...

Jake has done INCREDIBLY well on the shifting and disc brake operation. He and I spent 2 hours at Brown's Valley School trying it out and then today at Alston with his bud Jeffrey on a maiden dirt trip. It is so awesome to see his face light up as he rides!

I'm looking forward to my first long weekend with him in a while next weekend, I wonder what kind of adventures we will embark upon!