My first post!

Hello All! I'm not sure what to do, so I guess I'll introduce myself and my family. I'm Darren, a civil service technician residing in the great central valley of California. I'm most happily married to Carolyn. She is a professional business person and student. She is the best at whatever she decides to do and I'm grateful she picked me to marry! Here are a few pictures of us, and our two "children" Bonham, and Bubba. Bubba is the ferocious Chihuahua and Bonham is the happiest Boxer on the planet.

I'm going to try to keep this blog about cycling, cars and photography, but I'm sure this will ramble a bit based on my ever changing obsessions...er...interests. See I'm the kind of person that will pick up a new hobby or interest, and obsess about it singularly until one day, it becomes old mews in my mind and have to find a new obsession....er...interest. Cycling, sports cars, particularly Porsche, and photography are the most current interests, although the cars are quickly taking a back seat the the bikes. Even though I have a Porsche, I've managed to put at least twice as many miles in the bikes in the last year than the car! the worst part is I've also managed to put twice the money in the bikes as the car! As for the bikes, I'll get the pictures of them up soon, the fleet is growing rapidly including two single speed "commuter" bikes and a time trial bike. Hopefully soon I'll add a proper road bike, and will be looking for suggestions!

The first single speed bike I bought was an 06 Giant Bowery. It has proven to be a great ride and I managed to put about 3,000 miles on it this past year. The latest addition to the bike fleet is a Van Dessel Country Road Bob. http://www.vandesselsports.com/crb.html. This ride is awesome! I love the bike although there were a few teething problems. Broke the first chain commuting to work after about 20 miles on the odometer, but the nice folks at Van Dessel are sending a new chain out and it should be here soon. Last but not least is the time trial bike. This bike is a real kick when I want to fly, and it has helped me in my budding super amateur career as a time trial specialist. More on that later! Well this should be enough for the first post. I promise more cycling and non interesting stuff about me soon, so until then RIDE FAST!