Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Old school reunion

Steve Swope is throwing an invite-only, old school reunion at Woodward West Mar 20 - 22, and I'm going.
http://www.kickstandbmx.blogspot.com/
Fly in to LAX late Friday night after teaching until 3pm in Toronto, drive into the desert, ride and hang out with my 80s heroes and 1990s / 2000s friends Saturday, dinner with Enns and Portia Sunday night, then fly home by Monday at 9am. Short and sweet.
As I am waiting to hear back from McMaster University with regard to a tenure-track professorship, this trip will either be my celebration or consolation. Either way, it's BMX heaven for 48 hours. Especially looking forward to see Aaron Huff, Shad, and Big Island.
Now I just have to get my new bike done. Matt Coplon shipped out the Profile hubs today from Florida, and I'm still waiting on a rim, tires and bars/stem. The last item scares most people, but I'm going to give the KHE Anchor bar/stem combo a chance. I wouldn't put them on Osato's bike, but for nibbling on ramps they should be OK. I hope.
Thanks again to Zack at Kink for the frame, Matt at Profile, Chris at Core, and my brothers at Ten Pack / MacNeil for the rest.