Long Time & New Stuff...

[eXp_Chick]

Hi everyone! It's been quite a long time since I've made it back here (plus the fact that Hubby hogs the computer too!).

First of all, my husband has been putting together his first "nice" bicycle and his first build ever. You can go here to read about it on a day to day, play by play basis. **Warning-He's a different kind of guy. I love him but he has his own way of seeing things so be warned. Personally I think he strays off topic but that's just him I guess!

The Website

Next. We've been getting ready for our mammoth tour by selling off nearly everything. Most of it on Ebay. So things on that front are going along nicely.

Scott, my husband, has finally taken delivery of his Thorn eXp and it's at Peter White Cycles in New Hampshire being built up currently.

Scott and me have decided on the Thorn Nomad for me. We'll be ordering mine as soon as his is finished up. After thinking things through I decided to not go with the Rivendell Atlantis that Scott bought me. Nothing against the Atlantis at all. I just think the Nomad will suit me better in the long term for touring and I already have a beautiful Bridgestone 400 that I LOVE for day rides, errands, etc. The Atlantis frameset is 53cm, takes 26" wheels and is brand new, unbuilt and comes with a Shimano Ultegra headset so if anyone is interested in a beautiful, brand new, lugged steel deal. PM me!

See, as usual the wife is practical while the husband goes out and buys everything! Scott has a vintage Trek 520 tourer and was in the process of having his eXp frameset welded in the U.K. AND still went and bought himself an Atlantis for "fun rides" as he rationalized it to me. HUH!

And as of yesterday he had the gull to look at me over lunch and actually say something to the effect of, "Amy, I was checking out this guys website. He builds really beautiful custom framesets. Totally custom right down to geometry. Maybe we should get one for me, you know, just to see how it feels?" Innocent my &^%!! He's worse than Imelda Marcos and shoes when it comes to bicycles.
I see a receipt for an order to a builder out in Minnesota and I'm going to crown him.

On the relocation front. We are still planning our move but we delayed it as I got offered some nice cash to stay for another 3 month long contract here in New York City. In addition to our plan for moving to Portland, OR we've also been looking into somewhere just a little south of there in Northern California: in Petaluma. Scott has a friend there and from what we've gathered it's a very striking place to live with great weather, a good school system and lots of good cycling. So we have until August to finalize all that.

Anyway, Hi Everyone!

[bounceswoosh]

Hi eXp_Chick!

Somewhat offtopic: if you find yourself wanting to throw away piles of stuff that won't even sell on Ebay, you might check out http://www.freecycle.org/ ... from there, you can find a local mailing list. The idea is that people offer free stuff, or request free stuff. Keeps our unwanted junk out of the landfill. I've seen some pretty zany stuff get snapped up from my local one. One person's junk is another's treasure, I suppose ...

[Veronica]

Totally weird. I'm sitting at my laptop and start telling Thom about your post. He says he's heard this story before - but from the man's point of view. Your husband had posted to the Rivendell bike list.

So did he really get the Atlantis for the anniversary you forgot?

V.

[eXp_Chick]

Yes he did. Nice huh, my bad memory fetched him an Atlantis! That's ok I guess, he bought me a ring from Tiffany & Co. here in the city a week ago that he "forgets" to mention on his website.

Veronica your husband is correct, Scott is big on all those lists on Phred like the Rivendell and Bob lists.

[massbikebabe]

I got a kick out of your husbands web page...been there with my husband and the building of the Colnago!!! Your little girl is an absolute doll!!! Does she ride yet???

karen

[eXp_Chick]

Thanks I'll tell him that you enjoyed it. Yes she loves to ride!! Hopefully I can attach a photo of her from one of our "night rides" a couple months ago. She's decked out in full effect.

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The sunglasses were her idea. They lasted about 20 feet until she asked me to carry them for her.