My inability to ride due to injury leaves an unbearable amount of free time. Do any cyclists out there remember what it was like to have time to read, cook, watch television? It just doesn’t happen when the weather’s nice and you’re healthy… 

Some friends actually invited me to an invite-only clinic up at Free-Flite to see Chris Eatough speak. I don’t think I had any questions, I think I really just wanted to bask in the glow of people who can actually ride bikes right now. I hadn’t seen any of the local endurance crowd since I had the amazing experience of racing near Eatough at the 24 Hour World’s back in October.

It sounded as if the clinic was falling through; in any case, I found out that they were hosting it at Free-Flite in Marietta. No way I was driving that far north in rush hour, even if Gandhi was going to give the keynote speech.

Chris just returned from Sea Otter, where Grippped Films hosted the premiere of it’s latest documentary. I’d ordered my copy of ’24 Solo’ the other day, and ended up having a long conversation with Ken Bell, one of the filmmakers. What a great guy Ken is. The riding community is full of people like Ken who only wish to share in your stories as well as tell their own.

The new trailer for 24-Solo is up, and pre-orders of the movie are shipping this week.  You can’t even buy a crap cassette for $25, so ‘24 Solo’ on DVD is a bargain at twice the price.