I haven’t written in quite a while.?I’m learning an entirely new career and there’s a lot to take in that provides… room for distraction.?I’m working with a new schedule and I’ve been more than a little lazy in trying...
I haven’t written in quite a while.?I’m learning an entirely new career and there’s a lot to take in that provides… room for distraction.?I’m working with a new schedule and I’ve been more than a little lazy in trying to figure out where I can slide an afternoon ride in.?More distraction and a bit of hiding, if I’m being honest (and I always am that, to a fault).?
It’s gotten to a point, it’s tough to sit down and coalesce my thoughts into something that would be passable to read, let alone a post that actually means something.?Other than the recovery angle to this, which is big going swimmingly, I haven’t even taken the time to figure out why some of the more expensive road bikes have gone to shallow section rims on their $7,000+ road bikes.?Let’s just say I was more than a little shocked when I looked up the 2024 Trek and Specialized lineups to see their high-end bikes with shallow-section rims.?I’m curious enough to start digging into it.?Trek’s Emonda SLR 9 AXS, the tippy-top-of-the-line, has shallow-section wheels and runs $13,000!?I’m guessing one of two things, here; 1.?Cost – even at $12,000 to $13,000, the bigger companies are trying to trip over Dollars to save a nickel.?2.?They’ve figured out a way to make a shallow-ish section wheel perform like a 40 in a wind tunnel, so they get lightweight and decent aerodynamic performance.?They needed a way to shave some weight off, really.?Bikes were getting a little heavy after the addition of disc brakes, even if they are vastly superior to the old rim brakes in stopping power and not grinding the rim.?There is a third option; it’s a little bit of both.
The Co-Motion tandem line is the same as last year, though their eBike looks like it’s advanced quite a bit from the previous year. Their tandems are all beautiful and worth every penny.
Everything is going so much better than I’d hoped, I’ve gotten to the point I’m mentally pinching myself.?I’ve worked really hard with my sponsor over the last several months and it’s really paying off.?My wife and I are doing better than we ever have at any point in our marriage, and that’s been sustained for quite a while – it’s awesome.?I’m getting along with our daughters better than I ever have, and I love that!?Work is going vastly better than I could have hoped, too.?They’re happy with me, and I’m exceedingly pleased with where I’m working and who I’m working with.?I’m the old man in the group, too.?Not necessarily in terms of upper management, but definitely in terms of the office.?I’ve been married longer than some have been alive.?Let me tell you how weird that is!?I enjoy it, though.
The good fortune will be mixed with challenging times, for sure – it always is.?In the meantime, though, I’m going to enjoy things as they come… and work on acceptance.?That’s my sponsor’s new mantra.?I’m not liking it much, though.?That angry streak I had has a tough time living in that environment.?
Oh wait, that’s probably a good thing, too.?Heh.
Merry Christmas, everyone.?I’ll be back at it soon.?
