Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Felt Nine Solo custom project: Part 1.3 UPDATE

Great news! Frame delivery is scheduled for next Wednesday, May 4!!

I've been putting together a build list. So far:

Fork: White Bros. Rock Solid carbon
Stem: FSA OS99
Bars: Not sure yet... I have several alu bars to choose from. May go carbon though
Seatpost: Thomson Elite
Saddle: Selle Italia SLR - leather removed
Hubs: Hope Pro 2 - Tuned, lightened, modified bearings
Spokes: DT Swiss
Rims: Undecided. Have Bontrager Mustangs, may go with Stan's
Tires: Stan's The Crow
Brakes: Avid Juicy Ultimate, lightened
Rotors: Hope floating
Crank: Deciding between custom XTR single or Rotor Agilis XC2

Pics of the parts soon

Monday, April 25, 2011

Felt Nine Solo custom project: Part 1.2 UPDATE

UPDATE:

I just got some progress photos... seems that stripping a powdercoated finish isn't all that easy, thus a short delay. Not a real big deal, as I'm looking out my office window right now and it's pouring rain, so I doubt I'll be hitting any real trails any time soon.

The gang at PPG took it upon themselves to smooth out the welds! Looks slick! They still won't tell me what the actual paint job will look like though.....

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Songs to Ride Bikes to. G. Love: Milk and Sugar

C'Mon. It's a song about coffee, how could I NOT like it?

It would be pretty fun to see G. Love playing in a subway someday...

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Songs to Ride Bikes to. OK Go, This Too Shall Pass

I'm not one that's normally all that enamored with music videos. However, these guys always have the best, most innovative videos around! Fun stuff

One of my favs: OK Go, This Too Shall Pass