No ride yesterday, lots of storms rolling through. Instead, I visited a friend with headset tools to start getting my new frame together.
Nice little Porsche 912. He paid a guy $50 and dragged it out of a field 30 years ago, then proceeded to...
We still meet everything third Friday night at the Sonic/QT in Tempe (on Broadway). We do take the summers off, our next meeting will most likely be September 19th.
Welcome back.
New Frame Day yesterday...
Looked at the Brother Cycles Big Bro when I dropped wife and daughter off at the airport, and then whilst they were away, I bit the bullet and got the frame.
Picked it up yesterday after picking them up from the...
Love them. Converted 2 out of my 3 bikes to the shorter cranks. I think they make a world of difference for folks of our stature. Short dudes with short legs. The 29er is getting 165's next month.
How are you liking the 165's ? That's been a major improvement for me, I am running them on everything now. Wider seat + shorter cranks + slamming cleats all the way back has really helped with my low back pain. which i wouldn't have expected...
I sold this Ti Salsa El Mar a few years back with a Chris King cog in the back that my dad had given me. I kick myself pretty often for not at least swapping that cog off.
I would have ultimately ditched this bike for a 29er, but I should have...
Check this out, fellas: Riding in San Antonio Texas in the woods. I was leading. A couple big ass birds were flying thru the treeway in front of me and then landed on branches above the trail. And they sat there as we rode thru. Or actually...
New wheel set day today for my gravel steed.
700s. Moving up from 650.
These will live on this bike until my Falconer is completed and then they will get transferred to that unit. My gravel steed will then go back to 650s and will become a SS...
Well, that makes things easy. And I’ve already kind of done your road areas already during Xmas 2024 when I was in Encinitas riding road.
{Calendar check ensuing}