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Yesterday I started the first of two days of packing for the Jamaica Fat Tire Festival. It doesn't take two whole days but it sure takes some of the pressure off to stretch it out. I am really looking forward to this trip, wifey is allowing this to count as my 40th birthday present and I am ready to ride in some sunny and warm weather. It has been terrible weather here in Huntsville.
With the miserable, foggy weather outside I sequestered myself in my above ground lair to pack my bike. I am always concerned about mechanicals in the third world that can ruin your whole trip so I take as many spare parts and tools as possible. I am quite sure that my bike box is going to be way overweight at the airport but at least I am comfortable knowing I might have something I or someone else will really need. My suitcase is probably going to go over as well as I am stuffing it full of spare parts (derailleurs, shifters, cables, etc.) and various items that are hard for the locals to get in Jamaica. We in the states really take for granted how ridiculously easy we have it compared to the rest of the world. I have double most Jamaicans annual income packed into a 47" x 30" box, and I am worried about not having enough stuff with me for a week long trip. Kinda crazy when you think about it.
Oh yeah, as for my wheelset dilema, I have decided to go with the blue Chris King wheelset, since that is what I have been riding on. You gotta dance with the one that brought ya.
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Keep checking back for reports and pics of the 2008 Jamaica Fat Tyre Festival.
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