New training partner

Heading to daycare
She yells "Allez, Daddy, Allez, Allez" all the way there.

Christmas interval inspiration

My wonderful, beautiful, most understanding wife and my little peanut, Penelope.

There is no question who's daughter she is.

Top step

It was her first time on the top step and she already knows to hold the hands up.

Pedal, Pedal, Pedal

She can really get that chair bouncing.

She bonked from too many stories

My tiniest fan

Hello world!

Penelope Lou Rients 9-7-11

Canada Eh?

My posts seem to get longer in between after my trip to France last fall.  The mtb season has been going well and cross is coming up soon.

I am in Buffalo, NY with Annie for work this week and plan on crossing the border tomorrow to ride in Canada and maybe get some free health care.  I figure I could get some sort of check up while I am there.

Thanks to Maury and the local Trek rep. Matt Koss, I was able to get set up with a Madone for the week.  It happens to be a friend of Matt's.  Matt even dropped the bike off at my hotel and is picking it up when I am done with it.  Wow, that is full service.  I hooked up with Rob from Handlebar bikes yesterday for some routes and we rode together today. We also cruised past a couple Frank Lloyd Wright homes on the way back through town.

The Elmwood neighborhood of Buffalo is a cool place to hang out.  I had coffee and a bagel at Cafe Aroma before the ride today and stopped at the Co-Op for a fresh peach and apple on the way home.