Should I or shouldn't I

I've set myself a goal to ride 7 out of 10 days, or 70% of the time. Having been a slacker in the beginning of the month and the technical issues I now only have three days in hand, or had. I should have gone for a ride today but found my work so enthralling (read far too much on my plate) that I looked up and the sun is on its way down.
I have the trainer set up but my Achilles hurts, not sure why but don't want to take a chance sitting and pounding away. I will probably go for a swim because after seeing four walls all day I need to get out and do something. So I hope to do the century ride either tomorrow or Saturday. It seems none of my companions will be able to join so I will do it solo.

Bike Cleanup

So during my rest period off the bike I've been keeping myself busy. I really wanted to get a new bike by the finance minister of the house(read Mirit) has made it clear that in the next year we'll be spending money on more important things. One small issue is the wedding we have to organize and that will be a drain on yeah old bank account. I'm really happy that I'll be spending money on something else other than my black hole hobby. I love cycling but it must be the first sport where I find myself wondering where the hell all that cash has gone. Walking into a bike shop already makes my credit card shrink to the deeper recesses of my wallet and my bank manger rubbing his hands with a wicked smile across his face. So no road bike this year and I'll be hanging onto the Epic for one more year...

The Epic however was looking a bit abused with the decals being rubbed off in certain places. Our team is also sponsored by Kona so showing up to the races brandishing the Epic always made me like feel a bit of a traitor to the people supporting us. So I decided to remove the logo's for both reasons and then when I sell it I'll just put new ones on. So enough said and here's the results. I might get some decals made with the team logo because she's looking rather naked. I'll also be taking off all the smaller stuff thats still on the frame and a new carbon bottle holder may be in order.

Rain has settled in

I'm really glad that the rain has timed itself to my off-season break. Since it doesn't rain here much I'm pretty happy we're getting early rain into the dry, caked soil. That means we'll have some beautiful greenery and flowers pooping up soon, seeing as it doesn't take much water to get them going. We've jumped pretty quickly from summer to winter with the temp's dropping like an anvil in a loonytoons cartoon. The good thing is that the rain will probably be sparse after this stormy week we're having meaning that the trails will be firm and packed and all that dirt thats been building up will be wached clear of the trails.
I saw my pump track was well under water this morning so it'll be a good time to finish it with the soil being workable. Then in summer it'll bake the clay soil into a awesome little track to play around on. I went around on it the other day and I think the turns are a bit too sharp so I'll need to get the sharpness out of them and make for a smoother pump.