It's Here! It's Here! It's Finally Here!!!
09-16-10, 11:07 PM
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Thanks for PM'ing your drivetrain pics - they were very helpful for verifying my guesstimates for the conversion.
10-01-10, 08:10 PM
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Keep us updated on the whole "keeps pants cleaner" thing. I just don't trust a bike that doesn't have some kind of chain guard for that purpose. 
10-01-10, 11:28 PM
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Will do. I imagine that during the winter some slop and road grit will stick to the belt and could therefore be transferred to a pant leg. The missing ingredient, of course, will be the chain lube. Civia makes a nice chain (belt?) guard for the Bryant. If they ever sell it as a separate accessory I may consider purchasing one.
10-02-10, 12:12 AM
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Will do. I imagine that during the winter some slop and road grit will stick to the belt and could therefore be transferred to a pant leg. The missing ingredient, of course, will be the chain lube. Civia makes a nice chain (belt?) guard for the Bryant. If they ever sell it as a separate accessory I may consider purchasing one.
The fenders and rack will go back on when the snow flies (I'll keep the CX tires on for winter), and we'll see how the belt does with real muck.
Oh, here's a pic of the Vesta in "Quasi CX" mode
Yours must be the smartest, most dapper CX bike on the trail. All you need now is a matching water-resistant, mud-shedding tweed outfit and cap.
10-02-10, 12:34 AM
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I use "Quasi" to not offend the real CX-ers. My cable routing is all wrong to be a true CX machine
That said, the bike does beautifully off road. I took it on some technical singletrack last weekend and it was up to the task. I brushed off my dusty mountainbiking skills - especially all those subtle things I'd learned from riding in the 80's before suspension became the thing.
The bike has great traction and balance offroad - the Vesta/Ceres frame is a great design!!!!!!!!!
Oh, and despite my abuse, my rear wheel is still dead-on true. It's nice to know I can still build 'em.
