I went this morning to meet a friend because i'm helping with his house addition project. I needed to go over some concerns of mine and try once again to pry closely guarded details from him. But we didn't really talk much about the house because i met him first at his friend's bike shop where i saw this beautiful bike.

This bike is his gift to me for my help so far, and i'm sure as an incentive to work faster on the project. It's a Trek full-suspension mountain bike just loaded with carbon fiber (seat post, entire rear suspension frame, handle bars, even brake levers!). My favorite feature is the grip-mounted lever that allows you to "open" and "close" the front and rear suspension on the fly. So cool!

We tinkered with the bike at the shop, i picked out some shoes for the clip-on pedals, took some test rides down the street, talked a little about the house, and then drove to a bike trail to break in the new bike. I was laughing the whole ride because it was so much fun; the difference from my old bike with no suspension to this is quite extreme. You should be jealous now.