This is Chris’ beautiful Tournesol that he had built up and finished earlier this year. I’ve been meaning to draw it for a while now, but things have been busy… all year… I know that he is very happy with it. The bike has a very subtle flair with muted earthy colors. It doesn’t jump at your like a fancy race bike, but once you take it in, you really notice the amazing little details. Line art doesn’t exactly convey that, but you’ve got what I give you, damn it.

Things have been delightfully non news worthy lately. We spent time with our friends Norman and Maggie for most of Thanksgiving weekend. He was house sitting a nice place near Lake Washington and we decided to feel wealthy for a day or three. It was nice and low key though. I’m sorry that I didn’t get to see family, but we’ll be visiting my Mom in a few weeks anyways.

I haven’t been on the bike as much as I’d like. I’m having a rough time waking up with the weather and it being dark again. Most of my on bike time is a quick ride here and there on the weekends and the occasional commute. Chris and I have big plans for the end of our R12 though. January 31st and February 1st fall on one weekend. We want to plan an out and back style ride with 200k on Saturday and the return on a Sunday to finish off the last two months on the ride. I may suggest tackling another 200k in January just to be safe though. I’d hate to have something go wrong right at the end of our year.

We have our December ride tentatively planned for the 20th. The Three Rivers Cruise is looking like the winner so far. If anyone is interested in tagging along (I’m looking at you, Matt)… let me know ahead of time so I can get the proper amount of paper work done.