We are now back in the wet, cold, windy UK after our annual home trip back to Scottsdale AZ for Thanksgiving break. This time we spent a total of 10 days and had awesome weather! It was sunny and about 78 degrees each day; perfect! It was REALLY tough to come back to the UK this time due to many factors; lots of sun and some great biking to name just a few! My Dad and Cyndi also made the trip down from the Tri cities which mde for a great holiday. 
I was able to hook up with the locals and hit some great AZ trails. We rode Black Creek Canyon and McDowell State park and part of the World Cup course. Black Creek is much more technical and McDowell is more like a XC race course. I was also able to get in a couple of road rides since my buddy Steve loaned me a bike (Look 566). I bought back 2 new bikes to London: a Cannondale Rize Carbon 1 and a Cannondale SystemSix. The Rize is an amazing bike. It rides like nothing else I've owned to date. Very plush and super efficient (it climbs amazing!). You seem to sit "in" the bike and not on it. The systemsix is going to be more of a second/winter bike, and I love it! It's in brand new condition w/full Dura-ace (now changed over to full SRAM RED).
