28 July 2010 - 22:39New Shoes

The build:

Bobke’s Niner AIR9 Crabon, size large, in Vanna White

Reba XX, 100mm w/the schmancy Hydroloc lockout

Avid XX brakes, 185mm up front, 160 out back

I9 geared wheelset with Stan’s Arch rims

Geax Saguaro tires

Edge Composites low rise bars and seatpost

Thomson stem and seatpost clamp

WTB Devo saddle

Ergon GX1 grips

Furley’s Noir cranks and 33t Rotor ring, Black Box GXP Cereamic BB*

Boone 19t cog with Endless Fibonacci spacer kit and Chris King lock ring

SRAM PC991 chain

Crank Bros Candy 2Ti pedals

A little excessive, maybe, but without builds like this, we slack into complacency.

The ride?

Well, I’d have to say that I only got a short ride in on it today. The shop was going off gangbusters, and I didn’t really get a chance to put on the finish touches until right before I had to leave to get boy wonder from summer camp. I did get a quick ride to drop off some packages at Fed Ex up the street, and it was during this time I was very intrigued. It’s a feeling I call “stiffrent”.

Power transfer was immediate, step on the pedals and you are rewarded with forward movement. While riding over big cracks in the pavement, the bike displayed some compliancy that is more like a steel frame. I can’t wait to take it for a real ride in the woods!

Another thing I found out was that I can fit two full sized bottles on this bike. Booya.