Going Long and Hard.
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Juggernaut
Master of the Metaphor
Fantastic for people built like Christopher Blevins …. Unfortunately for the bike industry, most of the world is built a little more like me.
Wonder if the new mountain bikes will come in a step though variant. 😳
John the Plumber
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With tire size that big I hope I can put my feet on the ground being short with 28 inch inseam.
Sven Migot
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32 + stupid boost FTW
that requires UDH+
Red Mosquito
Formerly RLB the Scrapple Boy
The new standard will be DUH.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Shimano is working on their own standard, GAY.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Drove out to The Island first thing this morning to pick up my frame at opening. Bullshitted with the owner for a bit. Never mentioned I worked in the Industry so I was like a totally normal customer. I mean, a cool AF customer, but still a normal customer.
Took about 5-hours round trip because New York sucks.
Dry build just to check if contact points line up with the Caledonia. I was pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to build this because I’d need a longer stem but it was dead on right out of the box. Lower of course because this is a go fast build.
I’ve build these before so I already had new hoses and fittings ready to go. I also bought a new Torque Wrench because a lot of Cervelo stuff is 8Nm and I have a bunch of single Park ones at home. Sram sent me a pile of brake tools and a BB Press to install the Dura-Ace kit along with a bunch of internal routing tools so I can totally do complex builds like this at home now.
After I got it all together went out for my local loop to see if everything was a ok. And…
BOOM. Absolutely nuts build. Stupid fast and poppy. Sorta reminds me of the old Venge but a lot lighter. Looking forward to putting this thing through the ringer.
Took about 5-hours round trip because New York sucks.
Dry build just to check if contact points line up with the Caledonia. I was pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to build this because I’d need a longer stem but it was dead on right out of the box. Lower of course because this is a go fast build.
I’ve build these before so I already had new hoses and fittings ready to go. I also bought a new Torque Wrench because a lot of Cervelo stuff is 8Nm and I have a bunch of single Park ones at home. Sram sent me a pile of brake tools and a BB Press to install the Dura-Ace kit along with a bunch of internal routing tools so I can totally do complex builds like this at home now.
After I got it all together went out for my local loop to see if everything was a ok. And…
BOOM. Absolutely nuts build. Stupid fast and poppy. Sorta reminds me of the old Venge but a lot lighter. Looking forward to putting this thing through the ringer.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Broke 100-miles on this beast. Think I’m done fiddling with the fit. Seat was 1cm too high first ride because I had to cut the post. Then it felt a tad low when I set it to my normal height. Moved it up 5mm and slid the saddle forward about the same and it’s good to go. Been great riding around with no computer. I just have the Strava App recording in my pocket. Mount will be here Friday…
Probably should start riding my orange bike again being that’s currently the test bike I’m being paid to ride 🤷
Probably should start riding my orange bike again being that’s currently the test bike I’m being paid to ride 🤷
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Kaleidopete
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But this one is so much better!
serviceguy
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Would that be Rusty 2.0? Looks more like brown than orange…
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
The Caledonia. It’s like pumpkin orange.
serviceguy
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Watched it on Sunday. Same thing that was at the beginning. Hopefully the last installment of this saga, Michael Crichton is about to come back from being dead and kick some Hollywood asses they creatively speaking raped Jurassic Park up and down!
Thankfully there’s still some dinosaurs in it so that’s cool. But I felt they’re dwindling…
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Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Hawk’s Nest 200K.
Joined the PA Randos for a day of Breveting. Stayed overnight in Stroudsburg and had my second Vegan Big Mac ever from someplace called Farmhouse. Not as good as the Delaware one but still good.
Anyway. Was nice and cool and kinda overcast at the start. Lots of climbing right from the gun so I kinda ended up off the front just trying to get the climbs out of the way while it was cool.
Planned on doing 2 stops, 1 early at mile 25 and then again in Port Jervis at mile 80. There wasn’t anything I could eat at the actual Controls.
Got caught during my stop and got into a group for a bit. Then they stopped at the actual Control and I was alone again.
I think this is Shaholo? Shahola? IDK, it’s where we crossed into NY.
Blew past Control 3.
And up to Hawk’s Nest.
Quick stop in Port Jervis and stocked up a bunch. No stops for the last 50 miles.
Got caught again during the climb into the Water Gap. Started to get hot so I slowed down a lot.
Rode with this kid until Mine Road where he dropped me and I was on my own again.
Somehow caught him with a mile to go and we joked about sprinting for the win. He actually started to ramp up and then rode straight past the Finish Control, so I won 😂
1 of 1 food option at any of the businesses around the finish.
Joined the PA Randos for a day of Breveting. Stayed overnight in Stroudsburg and had my second Vegan Big Mac ever from someplace called Farmhouse. Not as good as the Delaware one but still good.
Anyway. Was nice and cool and kinda overcast at the start. Lots of climbing right from the gun so I kinda ended up off the front just trying to get the climbs out of the way while it was cool.
Planned on doing 2 stops, 1 early at mile 25 and then again in Port Jervis at mile 80. There wasn’t anything I could eat at the actual Controls.
Got caught during my stop and got into a group for a bit. Then they stopped at the actual Control and I was alone again.
I think this is Shaholo? Shahola? IDK, it’s where we crossed into NY.
Blew past Control 3.
And up to Hawk’s Nest.
Quick stop in Port Jervis and stocked up a bunch. No stops for the last 50 miles.
Got caught again during the climb into the Water Gap. Started to get hot so I slowed down a lot.
Rode with this kid until Mine Road where he dropped me and I was on my own again.
Somehow caught him with a mile to go and we joked about sprinting for the win. He actually started to ramp up and then rode straight past the Finish Control, so I won 😂
1 of 1 food option at any of the businesses around the finish.
mwlikesbikes
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That looks more like a Big Mick, no sesame seeds..,
Sven Migot
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You keep the spray paint in that frame bag? AFAF
Kaleidopete
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That is Shohola PA, cool place, this used to be a jail, now a pub
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
What do you use your bags for? Snacks like some dork?