New Kona Caldera Mountain Bike Frame

On Monday I received a shiny new Kona Caldera aluminium hardtail mountain bike frame from Kona.  They supported Tom and I with our Explosif frames. However, my frame came a cropper in New Delhi when it snapped near the rear dropout (after 16k of riding loaded with luggage). I was able to get it welded immediately at a local welder. I've even been riding the frame off-road for the last 3 months, but I don't trust the weld for holding up with the bike loaded up with luggage.

Long time since I wrote, I know. In fact I've been spending a lot of time in front of a computer. I've been writing every morning and now have written 95000 words of my book. I met one of my sister's friends a couple of days ago who has just finished writing a book she wrote during university, a total of 150000 words. I was very impressed with her ability to be that organised and find somewhere peaceful to write during university! The book is a novel called 'We All Fall Down' and she is sending it to publishers now.