I have an excellent condition PCS-10 work stand that I no longer need as I am converting to a wall mounted stand.  Details are at the link below.  I am located in Fishers.


$130.  PM me for questions/details.


http://www.performancebike.com/bikes/Product_10052_10551_1030488_-1_400152__400152

I will be there for a few days for work and was trying to decide if I am bringing my bike. Does anyone know anything about trails there?  Someone recommended Palos trails, but it looks like it is a solid 45+ minutes away so I am not sure if I will have time to travel that far.

A good friend of mine tried to get me into mountain biking for years, but I just wasn't interested.  Shortly before my first son was born, my wife and I both decided to get bikes.  Of course, I couldn't have just any bike, I wanted a "good" mountain bike and probably like everyone else new to the sport, without spending a ton of money.  I didn't even know what good was and had never really ridden a bike in my life, but luckily another friend came to my rescue and sold me an excellent Cannondale Jekyll equipped with top end gear.  My first trip out was awesome - it was cold, starting to rain, slippery, and I was terribly slow.... it was the most fun I'd had in a long time.  I was hooked, but the season was over. 
 
Last year was next season and my first time ever riding with any sort of regularity.  I probably ended up doing 250ish miles for the year on the Jekyll and again, had a lot of fun.  As the season ended, I decided I wanted a new bike, so I grabbed a Cannondale RZ120.  It was already winter and the weather was not suitable for riding due to flooding, so the new bike wouldn't see any miles until spring.  I set an ambitious goal of 1000 miles on the bike for this season.  Deep down, I thought that the number was ridiculous, especially considering I would be having my second son in April and a baby and toddler both would probably be a handful.  Well, it turns out that it wasn't as crazy as I thought - miles have flown by and are 95% on singletrack around the state.  I've seen some good crashes , sometimes several times in a single lap and often every time I went out, as I've learned to deal with varying conditions, obstacles, and generally getting faster.  I've broken some parts, upgraded a lot of parts, and become very familiar with working on the bike.  The journey has brought me to my 1000 mile goal before I knew it - today was that day.  Of course, I brought the camera out with a friend to snap some pictures while we rode the lap as proof that it actually happened.  I think I'll probably still get 300+ more on the year.  I've come a long way since I started last season and definitely look forward to what I learn in the next 1000 miles.  Great times.  Some lame pictures are below.  :-)