When it was coming time to actually walk into Machinery Row to order up the Orbea, I just couldn't get excited about spending all that dough on all those gears. Cussing at my noisy and expensive drive train and spinning up hills like a rodent just doesn't appeal to me at all. I'm a singlespeeder for real.
So now that I've decided I'm still a Viking Berzerker the Raleigh is getting the full race bike treatment. Mike C. is ordering my hubs this morning and will have my wheels shipping within 3 days of their receipt. I won't see them before Ore to Shore but hopefully before the Subaru Cup. It will be nice to have some nice light wheels for that course as I am hearing it will be tough.
I'm loving the non-suspension corrected long and low front end of the Raleigh, so its getting the 26er version of the WB rock solid carbon fiber fork to keep the geometry as intended. I also have a set of these coming as the avid mechs are giving me fits. Topping off will be a couple pairs of the new generation of 29er tubeless tires. I'll be trying the new Hutchinson Pythons and the Specialized "Captain", both juiced up on Stan's Arch rims. I love the smell of new tires in the morning.
I can't forget to thank my sponsor for making all this bike porn possible.
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Seems like you have come a long way from bending the rims of my dads Wal Mart Murray at Hanna park. Glad you are living the life.
Love Peter
Hey Pete. I think your Dads's Murray was also my first Single Speed ride since the thing wouldn't shift anyway. That day you brought me to Hanna, I knew you had shown me something special 5 minutes into the woods.
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