Cheryl is awesome

Ok, so last weekend was mother’s day, and as you can see from Cheryl’s post she got much of the usual mother’s day treatment – cake, day off to do whatever she wanted, balloons, chocolate, cards, etc… Well, in that same weekend she got me my belated birthday present… A new Demo 8ii.

That’s right, the bike that won the UCI Downhill World Championships, 5-time world champion Sam Hill’s bike. That one.

Now, a new bike like this isn’t something you just buy, it took her about a month of back-and-forth with folks in Vancouver, local shops, and riders, and a lot of preparation for the official unveiling.

On the day of, she blindfolded me while she drove to the local bike shop, where the bike was waiting with bows on, and a sign that read (among other things) “Ride it like you stole it” – one of Glade’s oft cited quotes.

I was completely surprised by this (as you might imagine) since it wasn’t my birthday. She had mentioned a couple years ago that she wanted to buy me a new DH ride because the one I had was out of commission.

Kayla came out to the shop with us as well, so here are a few pics of her:

Anyhow, needless to say, when I went out on a ride on the local trails later that afternoon it was very obvious that none of my riding compadres had gotten such a great bike as a surprise gift. Cheryl is their new hero :)

Anyhow, I just wanted to point out that Cheryl is awesome.

For the heck of it I’ll throw in another photo of Kayla from that day:

 

Anyhow, Cheryl and Kayla are in Ontario for the weekend, so I’m at home alone. I had a chance to do a great bike ride up at Duthie hill with Evan yesterday, but today the weather isn’t co-operating much.

Have fun!