Giant XTC 1

This is how my bike was shipped to me. In a box of course. I had time to get it assembled and tuned today. I didn't realize how nice of a bike I bought until I heard all the great comments from everyone at the bike store. I'm told it has very good components and it's setup to ride trails. I plan on riding it on the street too. I have a lot to learn and some riding to get use to. I bought a light kit so I'm prepared to ride at night. Now I need to buy my riding gear. My first ride will be Saturday. I'll be sore on Monday.

_Vince

My New Bike

I have a bad habit of impulse buying. A couple of examples are:

Woke up one morning and decided to go look at the new Suzuki GSXR-1000 motorcycle. I drove over to Bert's Motorcycle Mall and after sitting on the bike, I bought it. Went to Bestbuy one day and came home with a Nikon D700 camera because they had it in stock. And now this....

I've been looking to buy a bicycle. I want to take it on rides along the beach and maybe even a few trails. So I found the one I like. It so happens to be the 2009 model but the color scheme is cool, it has disk brakes (super cool) and it just looks badass! I found it on sale at a store in Northern California. After a couple of phone calls and a friend helping me out with shipping it, the bike should be here Wednesday. I didn't wake up today thinking of buying a bike. Somehow these things just happen. Now I can plan some bike trips. I definitely need to do some research on riding gear (biker shorts!), outfitting my bike to carry camera gear and a bag of clothes for my weekend trips.

I will post detailed photos when it gets here.

_Vince

Baby Photos

I love taking photos of kids. Especially when they're sleeping. There's no chance of them getting upset or cranky :) This little one was easy. She was 7 days old when I took her picture. If anyone has a need for baby photos, let me know.

_Vince