Great Lakes - Something Evil This Way Comes ...

Things keep showing up on my doorstep. Wonder what they're for?

http://www.pbase.com/image/104267884/original.jpg

Hmmm. Those look like they may cut off at least three seconds in a TT :D

Dad, could you buy me . . .

i approve of the ceramic bearings in the rear derailleur.

i approve of the ceramic bearings in the rear derailleur.

Black box, that's really funny. Are the bearing yours?

Things keep showing up on my doorstep. Wonder what they're for?



Just throw all that junk in a box and put it out on the curb. We'll send someone over to haul it away ... no charge.

You're very welcome. :D

Black box, that's really funny. Are the bearing yours?
yep, thats right. I'm sorry but you're going to have to give me back that piece... :p

Cool. Are you and engineer? Do you work for SRAM? Supplier?

Or are you just pulling my kick-stand.

sure, I'll take the kick-stand too. (my avatar name is completely unrelated :))

Curiouser and Curiouser ...


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i thought you would have learned your lesson with that FSA stuff? ;)

seriously, what frame are you slapping this TT stuff on?

later.

Your workbench is Soooooo much cleaner than mine.

EDIT: BTW - what brake calipers are you using for the TT?

Why do you have two waterbottle cages?

That helmet looks slow too.

Your wife must be very understanding, if I had all that on the livingroom table . . . :eek:

There's a mix of components from my new replacement road frame and extra's for something else. ;)

There's a mix of components from my new replacement road frame and extra's for something else. ;)

You've got an extra crank. The one you're not going to use (meaning, either one) would look nicely on my bike.

I have an FSA K-Force Light on e-bay right now.

Red brakes, Psi.

It's my office, not the living room. I may look stupid but I'm not that stupid Alien. ;)

Suddenly I understand what most women apparently feel, as they're standing in high-end jewelry stores staring down through the glass case at items they'll probably never own.

Like a woman trying on a diamond tennis bracelet, I wanna hold those components up beside my bike and imagine what they'd look like on it. Though on my bike, putting SRAM Red on it, would be like puttin "frosting on a turd".

Suddenly I understand what most women apparently feel, as they're standing in high-end jewelry stores staring down through the glass case at items they'll probably never own.

Like a woman trying on a diamond tennis bracelet, I wanna hold those components up beside my bike and imagine what they'd look like on it. Though on my bike, putting SRAM Red on it, would be like puttin "frosting on a turd".

LOL!!!! I haven't laughed that loud in weeks! :lol:

"frosting on a turd"

Have you seen him ride? :lol:

Have you seen him ride? :lol:

:roflmao2: :roflmao2:

But I hafta admit, he did exceptionally well in the Oakbrook race until his weight weenie seat post gave up on his fat ass :innocent:

You guys suck!

Yea I know ... and I smell ... like a turd apparently. ;)

LOL!!!! I haven't laughed that loud in weeks! :lol:

Of course it would have to be a "lime green" frosting. My bike's a 12 y/o lugged steel Bianchi, that probably weighs in around 25lbs. I have a "love/hate" relationship with it; the kind that usually only comes from living with the same woman for many years. Now if I could just get either one of them to shave a few pounds...:love:

(...just don't tell my woman I said that....or she'll SRAM her foot up my *****!):innocent:

LOL again. :)

Here is my new baby. :love:

She's not quite as slim as her racing partner ... but boy does she have the curves.


http://www.pbase.com/colorchange/image/104854609/original.jpg



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awesome. simply awesome.

I've been staring at this pic for a while. Had it up the whole time I was talking to you on the phone about it. Still can't get over it. It is an extremely fine looking machine for sure. I can't even imagine how nice it will be to ride.

Enjoy the pleasure it brings man....and ride the pi$$ out of it....like I know you will.

<heading to nutrition website to figure out how to lose more weight for next season>

Wow -she's stunningly beautiful! I would sooo cheat on my Bianchi to ride her. *does this seatpost make me look phat?*

...don't tell us, this one just showed up on your doorstep, too?

In your pic of it on the scale, are the saddle and handlebars on it too, or is that the weight for the frame, fork, & seatpost? Either way, it gets me light-headed just looking at it.

Sweet mother of Jesus.

Hmm... I think since you are too slow to ride such a stunning machine you should hand it over to a professional TTer like me. For free of course. :innocent:

Sweet bike!

Not really sure how it's going to help you in all your crits next year, though?

Sweet bike!

Not really sure how it's going to help you in all your crits next year, though?

...that's what the other one is for....there's 2....:notamused:

...seriously....

Assuming we can talk him into crits that is....

This keeps getting better and better. Check out the lines. Curvelicious! And she keeps whispering in my ear ... "All you want is 3 seconds? Sure I can't do anything more for you?

Anything???"

http://www.pbase.com/image/104869059/original.jpg



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And what about her booty! Totally Tubular!

http://www.pbase.com/colorchange/image/104869075/original.jpg


The naughty little vixen. I think she's trying to steal me away from my first love (SLC-SL). :)

This keeps getting better and better. Check out the lines. Curvelicious! And she keeps whispering in my ear ... "All you want is 3 seconds? Sure I can't do anything more for you?

Anything???"

http://www.pbase.com/image/104869059/original.jpg



http://www.pbase.com/image/104869153/original.jpg


And what about her booty!

http://www.pbase.com/colorchange/image/104869075/original.jpg


The naughty little vixen. I think she's trying to steal me away from my first love (SLC-SL). :)

The decent part of me wants to tell you how sweet that thing is.

The jealous part of me wants to make fun of you, or come up with some reason why that's a silly new toy to buy in an effort to shave only 3 seconds.

The decent part of me loses. I hate you.

LOL! MJH! ...

Nota, weight with seat post and uncut fork.

Awesome. The disk came! Hope you have your rental fee in mind for any TT in which you are not participating in that I am....:D

Also....seriously....you can throw that catalog away. I told you, we closed the plant....

I've got everything but brakes and her own Powerdome cassette. Ahh... who needs stinking brakes: all they do is slow you down.

Here are a couple more shots.

Psi was interested in the rear brake. You remove the black bracket. Mount the rear brake to it, and then remount it to the frame (he already guessed that of course). Pretty trick. Hey, the girl knows what she's doing doesn't she. ;)

http://www.pbase.com/image/104869630/original.jpg


Look at the crank on her ... 54 ... yeeshhh ... who's gonna help my push that thing? Big Jim, can I borrow your quads for a while?

http://www.pbase.com/colorchange/image/104869635/original.jpg

I see the heat gun on the floor so I take it you're using my super glue and heat shrink tubing trick on the cables? ;)

Psi ... actually, it's a left over tool from my commuter bike project. I had to bend the front planet bike plastic fender. It got warped somehow and was rubbing. Haven't used it on the P3C yet. I am currently using your super glue on the cable ends trick as I thread and cut the cables. Might go the shrink route though, think it would look nice.

I've got everything but brakes and her own Powerdome cassette. Ahh... who needs stinking brakes: all they do is slow you down.

Here are a couple more shots.

Psi was interested in the rear brake. You remove the black bracket. Mount the rear brake to it, and then remount it to the frame (he already guessed that of course). Pretty trick. Hey, the girl knows what she's doing doesn't she. ;)

http://www.pbase.com/image/104869630/original.jpg


Look at the crank on her ... 54 ... yeeshhh ... who's gonna help my push that thing? Big Jim, can I borrow your quads for a while?

http://www.pbase.com/colorchange/image/104869635/original.jpg


These don't make me hate you any less, FYI.

I say we roll him at the first TT :D

Very nice!

You'd better be under an hour, or I can't help what I'll be writing here about you :innocent:

I heard that they were going to shorten the course by about 200 meters next year. That ought to be worth 3 seconds or so. ;)


That bike is scary.

I've been staring at this pic for a while. Had it up the whole time I was talking to you on the phone about it. Still can't get over it. It is an extremely fine looking machine for sure. I can't even imagine how nice it will be to ride.

Enjoy the pleasure it brings man....and ride the pi$$ out of it....like I know you will.

<heading to nutrition website to figure out how to lose more weight for next season>

you dont need a website. let me help, eat less and ride more. :p


and holy mother of all that is holyness............that bike it too hawt for sure. later.

Starting next year, I'm carrying a large frame pump with me just for your front wheel, in case I'm ever close enough to put it there. Very sweet ride colorchange.

Now you gonna put a rack on the back of the car or will both of your Cevelos play nice together in the back seat? I can just hear it now "Daddy, the SLC-SC just made a bad face at me", " No I didnt ", " Yes you did ", "Did not ", " Did too ", "nuh uh" "uh huh". " You two play nice, dont make me stop this car"

She's getting there .... lookin' real purty!

http://www.pbase.com/image/104913558/original.jpg

That chain going to be long enough?

Yea, typical big rings plus one link. I think it's fine but I'll have you take a look once I get her fully put together. She's in the third smallest ring now on my SLC-SL cassette (11-26) and her 11-25 Powerdome isn't in yet.

I prefer to put it in the small-small and take out just enough to make sure the chain isn't rubbing on the cage (derail is under at least some tension). That usually allows me some extra room in the big-big which is a combo I mash way too much but still ensures that it is short enough.

It also means I can change cassettes without changing chain - the small cog will never get smaller no matter what cassette I choose and I still have room on the upper end for larger cogs.

EDIT: this might not make sense to some people so I will try it this way...

using the big-big+1 technique you are ensuring that the chain is "long-enough" (leaving it on the short side) to work with the largest cog on that particular cassette.

Using small-small you are ensuring that the chain is "short-enough" (leaving it on the long side) to work with the small-small combo - a combo that won't change unless you get a smaller crank....

her 11-25 Powerdome isn't in yet.

11-25 on a TT bike?! Don't you want the gearing closer than that?

I can see it now: Oooooh, this gears too much :p but the one before it is too little :twitchy: DOH! - 3 seconds over again -- Cyclpsycho is going to make fun of me again :mad:

I always used a 11-18 (8 speed) only one tooth difference/shift. Much easier to keep HR, or your case watts, :rolleyes: at the level you want.

Just my $.02

11-25 on a TT bike?! Don't you want the gearing closer than that?

I can see it now: Oooooh, this gears too much :p but the one before it is too little :twitchy: DOH! - 3 seconds over again -- Cyclpsycho is going to make fun of me again :mad:

I always used a 11-18 (8 speed) only one tooth difference/shift. Much easier to keep HR, or your case watts, :rolleyes: at the level you want.

Just my $.02

I run an 12-23 ( I don't have any 11's) 10spd during TT's for this reason. I figure you always have the small chainring for climbing and there aren't any TT's around here with climbing.

I just have a range of cassettes and swap as needed. next time you guys see me look in the trunk. i will have 3 or so cassettes in there because of swapping for racing.

Sorry, typo. 11-23. That's the tightest powerdome SRAM makes.

So, what kind of an omen is it when her maiden voyage is made in snow flurries?

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I was missing the stoppers ... finally got them.


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Now, to start all the simultaneous tweaking and dialing in. This is going to be highly iterative. :crash:

My goodness... that bike alone cost more than two of my cars :) I want to make love to your bike.