My bike is on a holiday.
On a holiday in Kona, Hawaii - home of Ironman World's.
Lucky bike.
Of course you can always rent bikes while on holidays, but I generally choose to bring my own.  I have friends who are also here but they can't get on their bikes for a full 4 days after they have arrived, so I'm pretty excited to have my bike with me.
A tip about transporting a bike.  I have a bike box (www.bikeboxalan.co.uk) that my wife got me as a gift one year. If anyone is looking for a good gift for a triathlete, check this out!  Some airlines will charge you extra for sporting equipment, but West Jet Airlines just charged me as an extra bag.  In other words, it cost me a whole extra $20 to bring my bike (one way).  They didn't charge me extra for the weight, but I don't think it would have been too much anyway.
I headed to Bike Works to get them to fill up my tires and give it a quick tune up before I rode my bike.  It felt like I was a kid in a candy store!  They are great people there and know their stuff.  A great find.
I just took my bike for a quick 60 minute ride from one end of Ali'i drive and back, mostly because it was the middle of the afternoon and I was pretty hot.  Tomorrow is another day.