Thursday shop ride was a bust. I showed up to find Mike was already out riding. I decide to wing a solo ride only to find that my liners are missing. So I decided to call it a day and go work on my bikes and hang out with Austin (I owed him some garage time with dad). Oh well, we had a good time despite not riding.
New parts are always fun. My Saint wheelset showed up yesterday. Man are these things tanks (2530g to be exact). They weigh as much as my tubeless 823 wheels. Guess they are destined to be my heavy duty wheels. But they were only $135 for front/rear/derailleur so I can't complain too much. Construction of the Saint hubs and derailleur are nice. I will probably match them up with a mid weight 2.2-2.3 tire set and call it good for now.
More cool stuff...
Got my Ultimate Professional Clamp for my park stand this week. Now I can work on my bike again without having to move the gravity dropper every time.
Hell yeah, that will do much better. Now I have 2 clamps on my stand so I can go pro or swap parts from bike to bike without having one of the bikes on the floor.
Even more cool stuff...
Roco R Air shock just showed up today. Should drop over a pound off of the ventana without sacrificing much if anything in terms of ride quality. Time will have to tell on that statement, but quite a few are singing the praises of this shock already. Since it has no platform it should be more plush than the current fox offerings (sorry stu). Also no air valve interference with the rockers, so I will be able to get things adjusted easily. At 350g it sits right in the middle of the rp23 and dhx air for weight, so it isn't a light weight xc shock.
The uncool stuff. Well, I had noticed some odd cable rub marks by my front derailleur cable. Odd in that the cable is stationary so I should get minimal rub. I threw some tape on the spot a month ago and carried on. I noticed that the tape had been torn up pretty good but didn't think anything of it. Well, yesterday I had the rear of the bike apart and I noticed that the seat stay yoke on the frame is the culprit. Dang, that ain't good. So I got into it to find that the front triangle on my frame is slightly out of whack. Not bent, but the main pivot is shifted slightly to one side (maybe .040-.060"). I don't think this would normally be an issue, but in my case the custom sizing put a weld right in the arc path for the rocker. So it rubs in the last .5" of travel. Not bad, but not good. Will have to wait and see what the big guy at ventana has to say about this.
This weekend's events??
I dunno, but I'll be damned if I don't brush off the cobwebs and get out for a ride at some point. Anyone want to hit up a demo loop or something fun?
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