are always fun when you have high-end desirable parts..  When you skip all the cheap/common/fake crap, you pay more for it, but also get more back easily instead of being stuck with stuff in the end.  The list above was early into the part out, which didn’t include the bigger items such as the rear air setup, full coilover suspension, and custom retrofitted HID bi-xenon headlights.  It was about time to part out the xB after losing interest in the automotive scene and the fact that a lot of my friends could put the parts to better use.  Also got rid of a bunch of my spare fixed gear bicycle parts to add to the savings account.

The xB was definitely a fun build and a great deviation from tuning a car just for speed and handling.  I’m hoping this will mark the end of my heavy builds so I can focus on bigger things in life.

is one of the rather more “intimidating” hills in Hawaii, but really isn’t much compared to Pineapple Hill and the Pali.  It was fun blazing past “roadies” who were downshifting to their lower gears on this hill during the 100-mile 2010 Honolulu Century that I rode on a couple weeks ago.  I revisited the hill on a nice windy day before meeting up with a bunch of coworkers for a Saturday UH game BBQ in Hawaii Kai.

Picture was shot with my new “point-and-shoot” Canon Powershot S95 camera that conveniently fits into my cycling pouch.  This camera does wonders, it’s amazing how much punch this little thing packs.  I’m almost confident that I could do full blown automotive feature with this camera and no one would be able to tell the difference when compared with a real DSLR.

I also plan to update my blog more often in the near future as there are big events/changes that will occur very soon in my life that I can’t yet disclose here.  More details later..