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Aural fyx
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with YOUR fyx
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Derailed
We stretched the legs with the Good Doctor yesterday. Here's the loop.
Without going along the path of verbal romantiscism, every day is a good day to be alive, riding just makes for more memorable days.
The loop emcompassed beautiful valleys, wicked descents, climbs, dirt roads (2 flats), the usual Australian wildlife and continual banter on everything from religion to politics - the cycling variety.
Getting up before the sun and watching it all unfold is hard to beat.
It's no track bike.
The clutter of cables, bidons, derailleurs - while it's hard to compete with the visual simplicty of pista, it's also hard to compete with the exhilaration of whipping the pedals over at 80kph, (how about that mmmMasi?!)
Our plan was simple. Find the perfect frame, compliment it with a modern gruppo (cause who's gonna have an 8 speed wheel spare in a race these days - let alone a Campy one).
The frame. MX-Leader. After falling in love with Columbus MAX, we just had to have the road equivalent. Admittedly it's not pink, but the black and chrome is growing on us. The elliptical tubing was love at first sight.
Pictured here with the training wheels, which we built ourselves. Just like the frame, they're also Belgian, and have removable lead inserts to make them even heavier!
Did we thank Shifterbikes? If not, we thank them again for their invaluable aesthetic contributions, advice and expertise in wheelbuilds.
Cinelli Ti 'Grammo' stem, in arte series finish was the icing on the cake - apparently they're a big flexy... ;)
Some of the old also, Chorus 'graphite' monoplaner brakes, Cinelli 'Campione del Mondo' bars with polished tops.
The rest is less exciting, Chorus/Record ensemble which you can get your hands on anytime.
BURY ME WITH THOSE BRAKES!
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Comments
on February 20 2008 17:25:09
If only there were pictures of it being ****embled. |
on February 20 2008 19:52:58
patience my child. all in good time.
a.s.s.embled and cla.s.s.ic both have too much a.s.s. for my liking. |
on February 20 2008 21:10:48
You can never have too much a.s.s. |
on February 21 2008 12:09:59
Sweet machine TC, it is hard to picture you swapping it over to the small chain ring to help make the ride easier! |
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