Breck Epic Day 0

We arrived in town before noon and found Thomas instantly. So fun to see a friend whom I haven't seen in a while. Unpacked and are pleased with the house. Cute street, cute house, very quiet, nice place. Heated floors, hot tub, we're all happy. Had a great lunch a couple blocks away on main street.

Registered for race, got suitable amounts of quality swag. Happy. Saw Tracy and Tim. All smiles.

Rode some hills behind the house which apparently we finish on one day. Beauty. New XTR brakes are like twice the power using one finger modulation as the SRAM XX ones... longer brake discussion can be had later.

Great pre ride. Felt fine at altitude. Maybe not as fast, but not disabled. Legs felt fine despite car trip. Everyone's happy as can be.

Race intro meeting was great. Focus on fun, being nice to each other, and riding. Over rules and self importance. Excellent. Best race meeting I've ever been to. Others would do well to follow suit. Shawn went to Shimano truck to check on his pedal that was getting some play in the bearings. The guy checked the serial number that indicated the production run of that set, then gave him new ones. He was happy... not sure what that implies about that production run.

Off to Mexican dinner. Such a happy guy running the place. Great food cheap; we were there for happy hour which meant tacos were on special. Great music. Decor was mostly ski/snowboard/bike/skate stickers and Mexican decorations. Something about basement level Mexican restaurants in ski towns is supremely theraputic. Heavenly.

Between Mexican dinner, Cindy is pumped to be riding, great atmosphere, happy people everywhere in town, awesome new brakes, great road trip down, and a week of great Breckenridge ahead, I just can't imagine things being much better.