Minus Ten Review 2009-50

Mr. Steve Fuller got me this ten years ago. I still remember how good it was. Thanks!

Ten years ago on the blog I was reminded how my (at that time only about four years) blogging was reaching readers and that, at odd times, my daily life and digital persona would intersect. Back then I was always surprised to know that anyone was reading my scribin'.

I'm still pretty amazed to see my stats when I look at them. People all over the world have read my stuff, and of course, most of them I won't ever meet. But like when it happened ten years ago, my blogging/reviewing gig still intersects with my day-to-day life at odd times. I still have a bit of disbelief when it happens. But, then again, why should I be surprised? It's been about 15 years now......

Ten years ago we also got a huge snow storm which dumped something like 15" of snow on us. And me without a fat bike! Well......most of us didn't have fat bikes ten years ago. I think that is easy to forget. Ten years ago, you either put together a Pugsley from scratch, or had a custom fat bike from Alaska somewhere built. They were a two thousand dollar plus proposition, and when you were thinking maybe you'd only ever use it in snow, well, that was a lot of money to experiment with an idea that you had no background in

Of course, now looking back, it was a no-brainer. I should have just done it when I saw Dave Grey's prototype Pugsley in 2005. I would have been fat biking ten years ago instead of sipping scotch on a cold Winter's night. Not that it was a bad idea........