I just registered for the Summer Showdown at Bear Creek. I should be in fine shape for racing as the Fringe closes the night before and I’ll likely be sat in the Cabaret for a few latenight, um… acts.

With any luck, I’ll remember not to treat it like a race and just go out and have a nice ride in someplace new and interesting. Wish me luck.

[Update] Well, looks like I blew my goal of finishing DFL and took 6th. I did make my other goals, though: be the funnest guy on the course and hit all the auxiliary jumps I could find. I’m also considering racing with Team Shiftless for some singlespeed ‘cross this fall. What the heck, right?

UPDATE 14-09-2005: No More You is now also available through the iTunes Music Store!

Advent Sleep “No More You” EP. Out on Verboten Digital. Purchase your copy at CDBaby.com. More info at adventsleep.com.

I was hoping to write a recap of my Single Speed Worlds experience. I really was. But it’s been a coupla weeks now and it’s just not going to happen. How ’bout I just say it was a lovely, brutal ride. Beautiful day, cool people on the trails, the worlds longest brake-free descent at full cruising speed… I had a blast and was completely spent by the end.

1. slobs standing next to doorways smoking cigarettes.
2. pickup trucks.
3. self-imposed loneliness.