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David loves checking in hundreds of new models.

At this time of Thanksgiving, we here at the BW like to ponder our many blessings. One of those blessings is David, our receiving guy. You see, we just got in our big pre-season order from Ritchey, chock-full of all kinds of new 2011 models. David (with some help from Greg and Oran) has been going through that huge order, piece by piece, getting all the new models ready to be listed. You’ll also notice him working on lots of Camelbak stuff. Yeah, that’s right. We said Camelbak. We’re now a proud dealer.

More big pre-season orders are on their way. So look out world! We’re going to be shipping out all kinds of goodness to a front porch near you.

Dave’s last entry from Europe:

The four of us that were left took the night train back to Budapest. It was just like we left it.

I think I changed a lot because of seeing Romania. It’s the farthest I’d ever been from home. I’ve stuck pretty close to the West so far in my life, so being that far away gave me a new perspective on what it means to feel familiarity.

Bike fashion show

We checked back into our hostel (here is a link to the Groove Hostel, if you want more info) and had quite a time explaining in Hungarian that we needed cardboard to pack our touring bikes. We’ve been riding Lapierre Passports.

We packed. We reflected. It was cloudy and cold outside. I was glad I wasn’t next to the trail. Those nights of rain and cold were tough. Outside our window was the strangest thing: a bike fashion show. I included some pics. Of all the streets in Budapest, Hungary to have a bike fashion show, they picked our street. It was a wink from the bike gods. We walked along the Danube. I said my good-byes. I thought of Sidhartha. I thought of Vienna. I thought of all those dragonflies in Slovakia. I thought of my bike and bike parts. I thought of this blog and all the secrets I’ve told. I thought of home.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this. You should check back regularly. Deal? I’ll be contributing one post a week about my experiences as a bike commuter and, as you’ve read, everything that comes along with it.

Stay safe,

Dave

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