Here's the low down -

I got my replacement bike last week. A Cannondale 29er 2. I've been riding it at every opportunity I get. Well the first weekend had the bike I went for an night mtb ride with Jacob. It was great time but it ended kinda rough. That night I was moving through the trees pretty fast, but found my handle bars rapped up around a tree which caused me to go over the handle bars and flat on my back in the weeds. So I brushed that fall, picked up what was left of my pride, and got back on my bike. If that wasn't enough while I was trying negotiate a turn at a low speed I fell. This time when I fell I landed on a honey locust thorn. The thorn found its way into my left forearm. Jacob and I decided to call it a night after my last fall and putted home. By the time we got to his place and I looked at my arm it was getting pretty stiff. The thorn was now down underneath my skin and was pushing out in a grotesque sort of way. Jacob offered to take me down the ER and I took him up on it. So diggy do there I am in the examination room at 2:30 AM getting a 5/8 inch thorn out of my arm. The doctor had to slice me open to get a handle on it. After pulling it out he actually went the rest of the MDs to show them what he just pulled out of me. So its a week later and my arm feels pretty good. Thank goodness this injury hasn't slowed down my riding. In fact its only made me want to ride more!

JN and I went to lake Ahquabi today for a ride. The heat was crazy hot ~95 and the hills were many and steep. It was a great time.

Here are few pics of my new ride - 27.5 lbs right off the rack.

I'm thinking this bike's nickname should be, Amputee