So I quickly got to work building up my newest friend. I took it out for a quick spin around 10:30 tonight, and it feels fantastic. The cockpit still needs some adjustment (hence all the headset spacers stacked above the stem), and the brake cables could be shortened up a bit. But other than that, everything is as it was intended to be! Although hopefully I'll find some money to pick up a set of Stans rims to build up for a tubeless setup...
Thanks to White Brothers, Ergon, SRAM, and University Bikes of Boulder for helping me out with all the parts!
Tomorrow I'm off to Aspen to give a talk at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, and then on Friday I'm taking the long way around the Elk Mtns/Sawatch Range to spend the weekend in chilly Saguache. I might even give this bike a taste of what's in its future by taking it on part of the Great Divide Route.
5 comments:
Very nice!
Hot! If you find some of the GDMBR not under a lot of snow that would be sweet!
Went with the Stylo I see ... everything looks great!
Yeah, I was contemplating Stylo vs Noir. There's one issue with the Noir that still needs to be worked out that makes me uneasy about racing on it in the middle of nowhere. If I was setting up the bike for XC racing, I'd definitely have gone with the Noir.
Oh, those were comments from two different Chris'! I didn't catch that...
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