Getting closer..

As you can see I've been lazy when it comes to blogging over the last month, but there hasn't been to much to report. We have started to acquire the filming and sound equipment for the trip. I've gone with the Canon 7D to use as the still and HD video camera with an assortment of lenses. The Canon and lenses where purchased from Parkcameras (http://www.parkcameras.com/), they offered us an amazing discount and gave great advice to help us choose our final gear. Today I ordered the sound recording device, and with any luck hopefully it will arrive before next Tuesday. 

Tuesday the 6th April is going to be a pretty big day for QuadEPIC, as Dan and Neil both arrive in England. It will be the first time we have all been in the same room, and also the first time that me and Dan will have met face to face with Neil (fingers crossed hes not a psycho). 

When it comes down to training, again I've not been out as much as I really need to have been. A few weeks back I spent the day at Dalby Forest in Yorkshire doing a few downhill and cross country tracks with my friend Lee. A video using the GoPro helmet cam for the first time can be viewed at our YouTube site (http://www.youtube.com/user/QuadEpic2010). It was an amazing day and a first for me for that style of cycling, it was very fast and sometimes a little too dangerous for me in parts, and silly me didn't have a helmet on, so I decided to take it easy. 

Five days later though, I did return to Dalby Forest with Lee once again, this time armed with my helmet. This time I was pushing myself a little harder knowing I did have that protection, to protect my beautiful head! Less than 2hrs into the bike ride I had a bad fall resulting in damage to my back. I spent that evening in hospital having x-rays and chatting up the lovely nurses, and just before midnight the doctors released me saying I had a compressed lower spine. Its now been nearly 2 weeks since the accident happened and I've started moving around again. During this time I have also been slowly building the frame work for the canopy on the bike to protect us from the elements, just waiting on the waterproof fabric to arrive.

We also welcome Shannon to the QuadEpic family you can read his bio at http://www.quadepic2010.org.uk/riders.html.