Hey everybody Leighton White calling in from Steamboat Springs, CO. Got in last night just a little too late for the bike shops so I got a hotel room waiting for the bike shops to open up this morning. Need a little love, need a new chain. My cassette issue that I had has resolved itself. Actually some guys at an ATV shop and a little lock tight helped me with that one. My fork is also hemorrhaging some oil. So see if they can fix it here if not I've ridden it 3 days that way. Its a little harsh but maybe I can make it to Absolute Bike if they can't fix it here in Steamboat. Things going pretty well. Had an interesting encounter from some toothless drunken welder from Baggs, WY on some dirt road in WY. He really felt the need to give me a ride to Bags. "I shouldn't be out there alone" After 6 shots of Crown (well pseudo shots of Crown), I convinced him that he needed to go on his way and I'd be fine. So he drives away and I'm riding along and crest the next hill, there he is waiting for me. "Really can't leave me" - I'm like "No, dude, you have to leave me, I have to ride" So I keep on going and he drives away. Better him out there in front than behind me when he was as drunk as he was. Couple of minutes later I see a car coming back at me, its him, he pulls up and looks at me all shiXfaced and says "I have moles." At which point, I patted him on the arm and said "Well, I got to ride" and kept on riding. But I was looking over my shoulder for the rest of the night. So that is my interesting encounter of the trip so far with another human. Talk to you soon. Bye
(recorder time: 2008-06-27 09:16:54 EST)
(Race Fans-You really need to listen to Leighton's call ins on mtbcast. He could be a disc jockey with a smooth rolling story telling voice)
