Felt Nine Solo custom project: Part 1.5 Frame is Here!

Here's a sneak peak... sorry for the crappy cell pic, my camera is at home!

Felt Nine Solo custom project: Part 1.4 UPDATE

T-Minus 45minutes until frame delivery!

And I left my camera at home... guess a few cell pics will have to suffice until tonight

RIP Wouter Weylandt

Today is a very sad one for all of cycling. Teams and results have no real meaning when a member of the cycling family is tragically taken...

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/weylandt-dies-in-giro-ditalia-crash

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tributes-pour-in-for-wouter-weylandthttp://velonews.competitor.com/2011/05/news/weylandt-dies-after-giro-crash_171955

http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/05/news/wouter-weylandt-biography_171968

http://pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=9321&status=True&catname=Latest%20News

http://road.cc/content/news/35450-giro-ditalia-stage-3-viciosos-win-overshadowed-death-wouter-weylandt

http://road.cc/content/news/35450-giro-ditalia-stage-3-viciosos-win-overshadowed-death-wouter-weylandt

And so many more...

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

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.....

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...

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